His work spans the exploration of cognitive models and mechanisms in depression, as well as innovative approaches to its treatment.

[8] In 2010, the Centro de Psicoterapie y Asesoraiento Psicologio Keith Dobson was named after him in La Paz, Bolivia.

[9] Dobson has conducted research on cognitive behavioral therapy, clinical psychology and different psychopathological states, particularly depression.

[10] He wrote an article in the mid-2010s highlighting issues such as aboriginal services, prescriptive authority and medically assisted death, in a Canadian context.

[12] He co-developed a scale and participated in several studies that examined avoidance as a coping strategy and its link to depression.

[18] In 2019, he co-wrote the article ‘Concurrent and Prospective Relations between Attentional Biases for Emotional Images and Relapse to Depression’.

The participants in this study were administered eye tracking tasks in order to measure attentional biases for emotional images.

[19] Dobson is a Principal Investigator for the Opening Minds program which focuses on stigma reduction related to mental disorders in the workplace.

[20] He is also involved in the development of programs that educate about mental health, reduce stigma and promote wellness and resilience; These programs include The Working Mind and The Inquiring Mind, which have been offered to tens of thousands of participants, as part of the Mental Health Commission of Canada, and extensively evaluated by Dobson and others.

Participants recruited from primary care clinics, for the purpose of this research, were to complete self-reported measures of depression and adverse childhood experiences.