Marketa Ciharova

Marketa Ciharova is a Research Fellow at the Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, with affiliations to APH - Digital Health and APH - Mental Health. Her work focuses on meta-analytic synthesis of digital mental health interventions and psychotherapy effectiveness across global populations.

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Dr. Ciharova's research explores meta-analysis methodology, digital health interventions, and cross-cultural psychotherapy effectiveness. She actively contributes to the Metapsy consortium for mental disorder treatment synthesis.

Her recent publications highlight 2025 work on:

• Digital intervention effectiveness across eight mental disorders
• Unified meta-analyses of cognitive behavioral therapy
• Reinforcement learning applications in mental health apps
• Comparative analysis of self-report vs clinician ratings

As part of APH - Digital Health, she contributes to research networks studying:

• Mental health apps (100% coverage in her work)
• Psychological treatment methodologies (100% coverage)
• Systematic review frameworks (75% coverage)