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Press Features
Dr Amelia Scott regularly contributes expert commentary on sleep, insomnia and mental wellbeing across national media and health publications. Her insights help translate complex sleep science into clear, practical guidance for everyday life.
Talks & Seminars
Dr Amelia Scott delivers talks, workshops and professional education sessions on sleep, pain, mental health and evidence-based psychological care. These appearances reflect her work translating clinical and research expertise into practical learning for health professionals and wider audiences.
Academic Publications
Dr Amelia Scott’s research spans sleep, insomnia, chronic disease, digital psychological interventions and mental health. Explore selected publications below, or browse the full list by year.
Scott, A. J., Correa, A. B., Bisby, M. A., Chandra, S. S., Rahimi, M., Christina, S., et al. (2025). Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia in people with chronic disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis. JAMA Internal Medicine, 185(11), 1350-1361.
Scott, A. J. (2025). Understanding what drives efficacious CBT-I interventions: insights from a circadian-enriched digital CBT-I trial in university students. Sleep, 49(5), zsaf397.
Scott, A. J., Hathway, T., Bisby, M. A., Titov, N., & Dear, B. F. (2024). The sleep course: an inclusive trial examining the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of a digital sleep intervention for adults with self-reported sleep difficulties. Internet Interventions, 38, 100778.
Scott, A. J., Sharpe, L., Quinn, V., & Colagiuri, B. (2022). Association of single-blind placebo run-in periods with the placebo response in randomized clinical trials of antidepressants: a systematic review and meta-analysis. JAMA psychiatry, 79(1), 42-49.
Scott, A. J., Bisby, M. A., Heriseanu, A. I., Salameh, Y., Karin, E., Fogliati, R., et al. (2023). Cognitive behavioral therapies for depression and anxiety in people with chronic disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Clinical Psychology Review, 106, 102353.
Dear, B. F., Karin, E., Fogliati, R., Dudeney, J., Nielssen, O., Gandy, M., et al. (2022).
The pain course: a randomised controlled trial and economic evaluation of an internet-delivered pain management program. Pain, 163(7), 1388-1401.
Colagiuri, B., Sharpe, L., Ambarchi, Z., Glozier, N., Bartlett, D., Costa, D. S., et al. (2021).
Open-label placebo for insomnia (OPIN): study protocol for a cohort multiple randomised controlled trial. BMJ open, 11(2), e044045.
Feliciano, I. F., Staples, L., Scott, A., Jones, M. P., Hadjistavropoulos, H., Titov, N., et al. (2026). Therapist effects in internet-delivered cognitive behavior therapy for anxiety and depression. Journal of consulting and clinical psychology, 94(2), 88.
Scott, A. J., & Dear, B. F. (2026). Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia in Chronic Disease—Reply. JAMA Internal Medicine, 186(5), 644-645.
Chandra, S. S., Scott, A. J., Bisby, M. A., Titov, N., & Dear, B. F. (2026). The Endometriosis Pain Course: exploring predictors of clinical response to an internet-delivered psychological pain management program for endometriosis. The Journal of Pain, 106350.
Wilson, M. J., Scott, A. J., Pilkington, V., Macdonald, J. A., Rice, S. M., Oliffe, J. L., et al. (2025).
Suicidality in men following relationship breakdown: A systematic review and meta-analysis of global data. Psychological Bulletin.
Scott, A. J. (2025). Understanding what drives efficacious CBT-I interventions: insights from a circadian-enriched digital CBT-I trial in university students. Sleep, 49(5), zsaf397.
Scott, A. J., Correa, A. B., Bisby, M. A., Chandra, S. S., Rahimi, M., Christina, S., et al. (2025). Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia in people with chronic disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis. JAMA Internal Medicine, 185(11), 1350-1361.
Wilson, M. J., Scott, A. J., Pilkington, V., Macdonald, J. A., Rice, S. M., Oliffe, J. L., et al. (2025).
Suicidality in men following relationship breakdown: A systematic review and meta-analysis of global data. Psychological Bulletin.
Todd, J., Scott, A. J., & Menzies, R. E. (2025).
Introduction: Theoretical Foundations of Health Psychology. The Routledge International Handbook of Health Psychology, 451-465.
Gandy, M., Woldhuis, T., Wu, W., Youssef, M., Bisby, M. A., Dear, B. F., et al. (2025). Cognitive behavioral interventions for depression and anxiety in adults with neurological disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis: reply to Zhou et al. Psychological Medicine, 55, e94.
Scott, A. J., Walker, J., Karin, E., Gandy, M., Dudeney, J., Heriseanu, A. I., et al. (2025). Exploring predictors of clinical response to a transdiagnostic, internet-delivered psychological intervention for people with chronic health conditions. Health Psychology, 44(6), 653.
Bisby, M. A., Jervis, N., Fisher, A., Scott, A. J., Titov, N., & Dear, B. F. (2025). Development and initial evaluation of an ultra-brief digital treatment for perinatal depression and anxiety symptoms. Internet Interventions, 100866.
Dear, B. F., Fisher, A., Bisby, M., Scott, A., & Titov, N. (2025). Examining an entirely self-guided transdiagnostic internet-delivered intervention ‘in the wild’: A randomised controlled trial for anxiety and depression with minimal inclusion criteria. Internet Interventions, 100887.
Morgan, Z., Scott, A., Bisby, M. A., Chandra, S., Hathway, T., Correa, A. B., et al. (2025). Understanding the untreated course of adults with chronic pain seeking psychological intervention: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Pain, 166(11), e518-e526.
Hathway, T., Scott, A., Dudeney, J., Dear, B., & McLellan, L. (2025). P102 Prevalence of insomnia and related sleep difficulties in middle childhood. Sleep Advances: A Journal of the Sleep Research Society, 6(Suppl 1), A56.
McNaughton, D. T., Hancock, M. J., Bisby, M. A., Scott, A. J., Jones, M. P., & Dear, B. F. (2024). The association between physical intervention use and treatment outcomes in patients participating in an online and psychologically informed pain management program. Pain Medicine, 25(10), 620-629.
Gandy, M., Woldhuis, T., Wu, W., Youssef, M., Bisby, M. A., Dear, B. F., et al. (2024). Cognitive behavioral interventions for depression and anxiety in adults with neurological disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Psychological Medicine, 54(12), 3237-3250.
Bisby, M. A., Balakumar, T., Scott, A. J., Titov, N., & Dear, B. F. (2024).
An online therapist-guided ultra-brief treatment for depression and anxiety: a randomized controlled trial. Psychological Medicine, 54(5), 902-913.
Kwon, C. S., Rafati, A., Gandy, M., Scott, A., Newton, C. R., & Jette, N. (2024). Multipsychiatric comorbidity in people with epilepsy compared with people without epilepsy: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Neurology, 103(3), e209622.
Scott, A. J., Correa, A. B., Bisby, M. A., & Dear, B. F. (2024). Appreciating the Limits and Opportunities of Meta-Analyses to Understand Complex Psychological Trajectories: Reply to da Silveira et al. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 93(4), 280-281.
Dudeney, J., Scott, A. J., Hathway, T., Bisby, M. A., Harte, N., Titov, N., et al. (2024). Internet-delivered psychological pain-management for young adults with chronic pain: an investigation of clinical trial data. The Journal of Pain, 25(6), 104447.
Scott, A. J., Hathway, T., Bisby, M. A., Titov, N., & Dear, B. F. (2024). The sleep course: an inclusive trial examining the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of a digital sleep intervention for adults with self-reported sleep difficulties. Internet Interventions, 38, 100778.
Kwon, C., Rafati, A., Gandy, M., Scott, A., Newton, C., & Jette, N. (2024). Psychiatric multimorbidity in people with epilepsy compared to people without epilepsy-A systematic review and meta-analysis. EPILEPSIA, 65, 225-226.
Fisher, A., Eugene Dit Rochesson, S., Bisby, M. A., Scott, A. J., Gandy, M., Heriseanu, A., et al. (2024). Uptake of a self‐guided digital treatment for depression and anxiety: A qualitative study exploring patient perspectives and decision‐making. Health Expectations, 27(1), e13976.
Bisby, M. A., Scott, A. J., Fisher, A., Gandy, M., Hathway, T., Heriseanu, A. I., et al. (2023). The timing and magnitude of symptom improvements during an Internet-delivered transdiagnostic treatment program for anxiety and depression. Journal of consulting and clinical psychology, 91(2), 95.
Bisby, M. A., Chandra, S. S., Dudeney, J., Scott, A. J., Titov, N., & Dear, B. F. (2023).
Can internet-delivered pain management programs reduce psychological distress in chronic pain? Exploring relationships between anxiety and depression, pain intensity, and disability. Pain Medicine, 24(5), 538-546.
Bisby, M. A., Chandra, S. S., Scott, A. J., Dudeney, J., Titov, N., & Dear, B. F. (2023). The timing and magnitude of improvements in depression, anxiety, disability, and pain intensity during an internet-delivered program for chronic pain. The Journal of Pain, 24(11), 1968-1979.
Scott, A. J., Correa, A. B., Bisby, M. A., & Dear, B. F. (2023).
Depression and anxiety trajectories in chronic disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Psychotherapy and psychosomatics, 92(4), 227-242.
Scott, A. J., Bisby, M. A., Heriseanu, A. I., Salameh, Y., Karin, E., Fogliati, R., et al. (2023). Cognitive behavioral therapies for depression and anxiety in people with chronic disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Clinical Psychology Review, 106, 102353.
Gandy, M., Heriseanu, A. I., Balakumar, T., Karin, E., Walker, J., Hathway, T., et al. (2023). The wellbeing neuro course: a randomised controlled trial of an internet-delivered transdiagnostic psychological intervention for adults with neurological disorders. Psychological Medicine, 53(14), 6817-6827.
Gandy, M., Heriseanu, A., Balakumar, T., Karin, E., Walker, J., Hathway, T., et al. (2023). The wellbeing neuro course: a randomized controlled trial of an internet-delivered transdiagnostic psychological intervention for adults with epilepsy and other neurological disorders. EPILEPSIA, 64, 40-41.
Heriseanu, A. I., Karin, E., Walker, J., Scott, A. J., Bisby, M. A., Gandy, M., et al. (2023). The impact of obesity and overweight on response to internet-delivered cognitive behavioural therapy for adults with chronic health conditions. International Journal of Obesity (2005), 47(6), 487.
Sharpe, L., Todd, J., Scott, A., Gatzounis, R., Menzies, R. E., & Meulders, A. (2022). Safety behaviours or safety precautions? The role of subtle avoidance in anxiety disorders in the context of chronic physical illness. Clinical psychology review, 92, 102126.
Scott, A. J., Sharpe, L., & Colagiuri, B. (2022).
Do Not Rule Out Double-blind Placebo Run-in Periods for Randomized Clinical Trials—Reply. JAMA psychiatry, 79(4), 381-382.
Gandy, M., Pang, S. T., Scott, A. J., Heriseanu, A. I., Bisby, M. A., Dudeney, J., et al. (2022). Internet-delivered cognitive and behavioural based interventions for adults with chronic pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Pain, 163(10), e1041-e1053.
Scott, A. J., Bisby, M. A., Heriseanu, A. I., Hathway, T., Karin, E., Gandy, M., et al. (2022). Understanding the untreated course of anxiety disorders in treatment-seeking samples: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of anxiety disorders, 89, 102590.
Scott, A. J., Sharpe, L., & Colagiuri, B. (2022).
A systematic review and meta-analysis of the success of blinding in antidepressant RCTs. Psychiatry Research, 307, 114297.
Scott, A. J., Sharpe, L., Quinn, V., & Colagiuri, B. (2022). Association of single-blind placebo run-in periods with the placebo response in randomized clinical trials of antidepressants: a systematic review and meta-analysis. JAMA psychiatry, 79(1), 42-49.
Dear, B. F., Karin, E., Fogliati, R., Dudeney, J., Nielssen, O., Gandy, M., et al. (2022).
The pain course: a randomised controlled trial and economic evaluation of an internet-delivered pain management program. Pain, 163(7), 1388-1401.
Dear, B. F., Scott, A. J., Fogliati, R., Gandy, M., Karin, E., Dudeney, J., et al. (2022).
The chronic conditions course: a randomised controlled trial of an internet-delivered transdiagnostic psychological intervention for people with chronic health conditions. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 91(4), 265-276.
Bisby, M. A., Karin, E., Scott, A. J., Dudeney, J., Fisher, A., Gandy, M., et al. (2022).
Examining the psychometric properties of brief screening measures of depression and anxiety in chronic pain: The Patient Health Questionnaire 2‐item and Generalized Anxiety Disorder 2‐item. Pain Practice, 22(4), 478-486.
Michaelis, R., Schlömer, S., Popkirov, S., Krämer, G., Lindemann, A., Cosentino, M., et al. (2022).
German translation and validation of the brief Epilepsy Anxiety Survey Instrument (brEASI). Epilepsy & Behavior, 134, 108857.
Melkonian, M., McDonald, S., Scott, A., Karin, E., Dear, B. F., & Wootton, B. M. (2022). Symptom improvement and remission in untreated adults seeking treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Affective Disorders, 318, 175-184.
Bisby, M. A., Scott, A. J., Hathway, T., Dudeney, J., Fisher, A., Gandy, M., et al. (2022). Sudden gains in therapist-guided versus self-guided online treatments for anxiety or depression. Journal of consulting and clinical psychology, 90(11), 861.
Bisby, M. A., Karin, E., Hathway, T., Scott, A. J., Heriseanu, A. I., Dudeney, J., et al. (2022). A meta-analytic review of randomized clinical trials of online treatments for anxiety: Inclusion/exclusion criteria, uptake, adherence, dropout, and clinical outcomes. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 92, 102638.
Chandra, S. S., Bisby, M. A., Scott, A. J., Titov, N., & Dear, B. F. (2022). The endometriosis pain course: a randomized controlled trial of an internet-delivered psychological pain management program for endometriosis. Pain, 10.1097.
Scott, A. J., Sharpe, L., Thayer, Z., Miller, L. A., Nikpour, A., Parratt, K., et al. (2021). How frequently is anxiety and depression identified and treated in hospital and community samples of adults with epilepsy?. Epilepsy & Behavior, 115, 107703.
Scott, A. J., Sharpe, L., Thayer, Z., Miller, L. A., Nikpour, A., Parratt, K., et al. (2021). Reply to Grzegorzewska et al. Epilepsy & behavior: E&B, 118, 107914.
Dear, B. F., Karin, E., Fogliati, R., Dudeney, J., Nielssen, O., Scott, A. J., et al. (2021).
A cost-effectiveness analysis of an internet-delivered pain management program delivered with different levels of clinician support: results from a randomised controlled trial. The Journal of Pain, 22(3), 344-358.
Colagiuri, B., Sharpe, L., Ambarchi, Z., Glozier, N., Bartlett, D., Costa, D. S., et al. (2021).
Open-label placebo for insomnia (OPIN): study protocol for a cohort multiple randomised controlled trial. BMJ open, 11(2), e044045.
Gandy, M., Heriseanu, A. I., Dudeney, J., Bisby, M. A., Scott, A. J., Fisher, A., et al. (2021). Disability and life satisfaction in neurological disorders: The role of depression and perceived cognitive difficulties. General hospital psychiatry, 73, 16-23.
Mergelsberg, E. L., Mullan, B. A., Allom, V., & Scott, A. (2021).
An intervention designed to investigate habit formation in a novel health behaviour. Psychology & health, 36(4), 405-426.
Mullan, B. A., Dzidic, P., Boyes, M., Hasking, P., Slabbert, A., Johnson, R., et al. (2020).
The lived experience of young Australian adults with type 1 diabetes. Psychology, health & medicine, 25(4), 480-485.
Scott, A. J., Sharpe, L., Loomes, M., & Gandy, M. (2020).
Systematic review and meta-analysis of anxiety and depression in youth with epilepsy. Journal of pediatric psychology, 45(2), 133-144.
Gandy, M., Karin, E., McDonald, S., Meares, S., Scott, A. J., Titov, N., et al. (2020). A feasibility trial of an internet-delivered psychological intervention to manage mental health and functional outcomes in neurological disorders. Journal of psychosomatic research, 136, 110173.
Colagiuri, B., Sharpe, L., & Scott, A. (2019).
The blind leading the not-so-blind: a meta-analysis of blinding in pharmacological trials for chronic pain. The Journal of Pain, 20(5), 489-500.
Scott, A. J., Sharpe, L., Thayer, Z., Miller, L. A., Hunt, C., MacCann, C., et al. (2019). Design and validation of two measures to detect anxiety disorders in epilepsy: The Epilepsy Anxiety Survey Instrument and its brief counterpart. Epilepsia, 60(10), 2068-2077.
Scott, A. J., Sharpe, L., Thayer, Z., Miller, L. A., Wong, T., Parratt, K., et al. (2018).
A qualitative examination and theoretical model of anxiety in adults with epilepsy. Epilepsy & Behavior, 85, 95-104.
Scott, A. J., Sharpe, L., Hunt, C., & Gandy, M. (2017).
Anxiety and depressive disorders in people with epilepsy: a meta‐analysis. Epilepsia, 58(6), 973-982.