Dean McMillan
Professor

Profile

Biography

Professor Dean McMillan has a joint appointment between Hull York Medical School and the Department of Health Sciences, University of York. He is a clinical psychologist with research interests in the development and evaluation of brief psychological interventions for common mental health problems. 

Qualifications

• BA/MA, King’s College, University of Cambridge
• PhD, University College London
• DClinPsych, University of Manchester
• Diploma in Cognitive Therapy, University of Durham

Departmental roles

• Member of the Centre for Health and Population Sciences (CHaPS)

Research

Overview

Dean's research interests are in behavioural activation, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, low-intensity psychological interventions, and diagnostic test accuracy of psychological screening instruments.

Projects

• Addressing Depression in Muslim Communities: Development of a Treatment Manual for Professionals (Funder: NIHR RfPB; Role: co-applicant)
• Autism Spectrum Social Stories in Schools Trial ( ) (Funder: NIHR HTA; Role: Lead for systematic review phase)
• Collaborative Care and Active Surveillance for Screen-positive Elders with Sub-clinical Depression: A Pilot Study and Definitive Randomised Evaluation (CASPER trial) (Funder NIHR HTA; Role: co-applicant)
• Collaborative Care and Active Surveillance for Screen-positive Elders with Major Depression: (  trial) (Funder NIHR HTA; Role: co-applicant)
• Costs and Outcome of Behavioural Activation (COBRA trial) (Funder: NIHR HTA; Role: co-applicant)
• Early Parenting Interventions for Families with Young Children Showing Severe Attachment Problems: An Integrated Evidence Synthesis (Funder: NIHR HTA; Role: co-applicant)
• Obsessive Compulsive Treatment Efficacy Trial (OCTET) (Funder: NIHR HTA; Role: Site lead)
• Screening for Psychological and Mental Health Difficulties of Young People who Offend: An Integrated Evidence Synthesis and Value of Information Analysis (Funder: NIHR HTA; Role: Principle Investigator)
• Sudden gains in cognitive therapy for panic disorder (Funder: BABCP; Role: Supervisor) 
• Born and Bred in Yorkshire: Birth Cohort Study (BABY)
• Born And Bred in Yorkshire: Perinatal Depression Diagnostic Accuracy Study (BABY PaNDA)
  
• COBID - a feasibility trial of behavioural activation to improve depression for people with substance misuse
  

Research group(s)

• Mental Health and Addiction

Supervision

Dean is keen to supervise PhDs in the following areas: evaluation of low intensity psychosocial interventions, systematic reviews and diagnostic test accuracy studies of psychological measures.

Teaching

Undergraduate

• Block lead for Psychological Medicine, Hull York Medical School

Publications

Full publications list

• Dean McMillan's publications

External activities

Memberships

• British Psychological Society, Associate Fellow
• British Psychological Society, Division of Clinical Psychology
• British Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies

Editorial duties

• Action editor, British Journal of Clinical Psychology

Media coverage

• Interviewed by ITV news about groundbreaking BABY PANDA study which aims to explore how to improve the rates of diagnosis and treatment - March 2014