Dan Bilsker, PhD, is a psychologist who consults to the Centre for Applied Research in Mental Health & Addiction at Simon Fraser University. His academic appointments are Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University and Clinical Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia. He leads a project to enhance the Canadian mental health care by disseminating brief behavioural interventions for mood disorders in primary care; he has recently completed the report Improving Men's Health. He has produced several depression self-management tools, including the Antidepressant Skills Workbook (2005), available in French, Chinese and Punjabi translation.
Selected Publications
Bilsker D, Goldner EM (In press). Training GPs to prescribe depression self-management. In The Oxford Guide to Low-intensity CBT Interventions, Oxford University Press (expected 2010).
Bilsker D (2009) Review: Some computerised cognitive behavioural therapies are effective for treating mild to moderate depression. Evidence Based Medicine 14: 52-53.
Bilsker D, Anderson J, Samra J, Goldner EM, Streiner D (2009). Behavioural interventions in primary care. Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Patten S Bilsker D Goldner EM (2008) The evolving understanding of Major Depression epidemiology: Implications for practice and policy. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry 53:689–695
Bilsker D Goldner EM Jones W (2007) Health service patterns indicate potential benefit of Supported Self-Management for depression in primary care. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry 52: 86-95.
Bilsker D Wiseman S Gilbert M. (2006) Managing depression-related occupational disability: a pragmatic approach. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry 51: 76-83.
Bilsker D Goldner EM (2004). Teaching evidence-based practice: overcoming barriers. Brief Treatment and Crisis Intervention 4 (3), 271-275.
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