David Roe, Ph.D.
David Roe’s research is dedicated to improving the lives and recovery of people with serious mental illness by advancing person-centered, recovery-oriented mental health care. His work examines the psychosocial processes that influence recovery and how mental health interventions and services can better reflect the needs, perspectives, and experiences of the people who use them.
Research Overview
Transforming Inpatient Care Through Psychiatric Rehabilitation
His research spans several interconnected areas, including recovery from serious mental illness, stigma and self-stigma, the development and evaluation of psychosocial interventions, and the implementation of evidence-based practices in real-world mental health settings. He has contributed to the development and study of Narrative Enhancement and Cognitive Therapy (NECT) for reducing self-stigma and to the adaptation and implementation of interventions including Illness Management and Recovery (IMR), family psychoeducation, Social Cognition and Interaction Training (SCIT), and comprehensive services for first-episode psychosis.
Another major focus of his work is the development and use of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) and Patient-Reported Experience Measures (PREMs). This research seeks to ensure that individuals’ own assessments of their recovery, functioning, and experiences of care are systematically incorporated into the evaluation and improvement of mental health services.
Across these areas, his research aims to bridge research, clinical practice, and mental health policy, translating evidence into services and practices that support recovery and improve the quality and responsiveness of mental health care.
Funding & Grants
Supported Research Programs
Federal, foundation, and institutional funding advancing predictive modeling of treatment responses
The Israel National Institute for Health Services Research and Health Policy.
$288,000 nis
Implementing the PWP model of the UK IAPT program in Israel: Feasibility, process and outcome
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Implementing the PWP model of the UK IAPT program in Israel: Feasibility, process and outcome
Principal Investigator
2024-2027
The Israel National Institute for Health Services Research and Health Policy.
$288,000 nis
- 2024 – 2027
Israel Science Foundation
$885,000 nis
Examining stigma as a function of antipsychotic medication use: A multi-method, cross-cultural study
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Examining stigma as a function of antipsychotic medication use: A multi-method, cross-cultural study
Co-Investigator
Prof. Ilanit Hasson-Ohayon
2025-2028
Israel Science Foundation
$885,000 nis
- 2025 – 2028
Israel Science Foundation
$940,000 nis
Key stakeholders evaluation of the risks and benefits of antipsychotic use
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Key stakeholders evaluation of the risks and benefits of antipsychotic use
Israel Science Foundation
940,000 nis
Prof. Ilanit Hasson-Ohayon
Principal Investigator
2024-2028
- 2024– 2028
Læge Sofus Carl Emil Friis og Hustru Olga Doris Friis’ Legat
2,190,000 Danish crown
DE-COMPASS Shared Decision-Making Model: Can virtual reality improve shared decision-making and reduce relapse after antipsychotic discontinuation?
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DE-COMPASS Shared Decision-Making Model: Can virtual reality improve shared decision-making and reduce relapse after antipsychotic discontinuation?
Læge Sofus Carl Emil Friis og Hustru Olga Doris Friis’ Legat
2,190,000 Danish crown
Consultant
Helene Speyer
- 2024– 2028
Publications & Impact
Selected Research Publications
2025
Recovery-oriented psychiatry: oxymoron or catalyst for change?
Speyer, H., Roe, D., & Slade, M.
The Lancet Psychiatry, 12(10), 795-802
2007
- 1041 citations
Toward understanding the insight paradox: internalized stigma moderates the association between insight and social functioning, hope, and self-esteem among people with schizophrenia spectrum disorders
Lysaker, P. H., Roe, D., & Yanos, P. T.
Schizophrenia bulletin, 33(1), 192-199
2007
- 965 citations
Recovery from versus recovery in serious mental illness: One strategy for lessening confusion plaguing recovery
Davidson, L., & Roe, D.
Journal of Mental Health, 16(4), 459-470
2005
- 343 citations
Self and narrative in schizophrenia: Time to author a new story
Roe, D., & Davidson, L.
Medical humanities, 31(2), 89-94
2011
- 318 citations
The relation between objective and subjective domains of recovery among persons with schizophrenia-related disorders
Roe, D., Mashiach-Eizenberg, M., & Lysaker, P. H.
Schizophrenia research, 131(1-3), 133-138
Achievements
Awards & Honors
Prof. Roe has published 3 books and over 300 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters in leading journals such as JAMA Psychiatry, The Lancet Psychiatry, and World Psychiatry.
His research has been cited over 16,000 times and funded by several local and international sources, including NIMH, the Israeli Science Foundation, the Israeli Ministry of Health, The Israel National Institute for Health Services Research and Health Policy, the Israeli National Insurance Institution, and the Tauber and Rich Foundations.
Prof. Roe has served as Associate Editor for the Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, Journal of Mental Health, BMC Psychiatry, and Israel Journal of Psychiatry, and is on the editorial board of Psychiatric Services, Psychiatry Research, Journal of Clinical Psychology, Psychiatry Research Communications, Stigma and Health, Psychosis, American Journal of Psychiatric Rehabilitation, and Social Welfare (Hebrew)
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