Dr. Daniel David
Daniel David
Professor
No. 37 Republicii Street, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Clinical psychology and psychotherapy, clinical cognitive sciences
Tel. 0040744266300
Education:
B.S.: Babes-Bolyai University, Psychology, 1996
PhD: Babes-Bolyai University, 2000
Postdoctoral studies: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (Biobehavioral and Integrative Medicine Program), New-York, USA, 2002
Research:
Current research is focused on the role of cognitive mechanisms, both explicit (e.g., autobiographical memory) and implicit (e.g., implicit memory/learning; priming) in generating subjective/emotional (cognition-emotion relation), behavioral, and psycho-physiological human responses, more specifically, on the role of (a) rational/functional and irrational/dysfunctional beliefs and (b) response hopes and/or expectancies on various psychological and medical outcomes related to mental health and cancer. When clinical trials are used as research instruments – often based on cognitive behavioral psychotherapies (sometimes including cognitive hypnotherapy) – the analysis employed is typically multilevel, concerning: (1) outcomes (i.e., efficacy and/or effectiveness); (2) theory/mechanisms of change (both psychological and neurobiological); and (3) economical aspects (e.g., cost-effectiveness, cost-utility). A specific research interest is related to the use of technological developments in clinical psychology/psychotherapy (i.e., virtual/augmented reality therapy; robotherapy) and in a cross-cultural approach. Recently, a strong body of meta-analysis research (i.e., classic/IPD/network) defined Dr. David also as a “meta-researcher”.
In 2019 and 2020 Dr. David was included in top 2% most cited scientists in the world (in the Scopus system – analysis made by Stanford-Elsevier), both in specific fields (clinical psychology/cognitive science) and across all of science fields. Google Scholar (27 March 2022): 12725 citations; H=60. (https://scholar.google.ro/citations?user=yCHcggQAAAAJ&hl=en)
Selected Publications:
David, D., Lynn, S., & Montgomery, G.H. (Eds.), 2018. Evidence-based psychotherapy: The state of science and practice. New York: Wiley-Blackwell.
David, D., Lynn, S., & Ellis, A. (Eds.), 2010. Rational and irrational beliefs in human functioning and disturbances; Implication for research, theory, and practice. Oxford University Press, London, UK.
David, D., Matu, S., & David, O. A. (2014). Robot-based psychotherapy: concepts development, state of the art, and new directions. The case of robot-based cognitive behavior therapy. International Journal of Cognitive Therapy, 7(2), 192-210.
David, D., & Montgomery, G. H. (2011). The scientific status of psychotherapies: a new evaluative framework for evidence-based psychosocial interventions. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 18(2), 89-99.
David, D., Szentagotai, A., Lupu, V., & Cosman, D. (2008). Rational emotive behavior therapy, cognitive therapy, and medication in the treatment of major depressive disorder: a randomized clinical trial, posttreatment outcomes, and six-month follow-up. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 64(6), 728-746.
Classes:
Undergraduate:
- Clinical Psychology
Graduate:
- Clinical Psychology and Individual and Group Psychotherapies I
- Research Methods in Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy