OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Comprehensive Psychiatry is 10. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Towards understanding and addressing mental health challenges in Africa: An integrated perspective	183
Prenatal anticipatory stress: Baby preparation and worry scale-revised in the Dutch context	112
On the use of positive test strategies when diagnosing mental disorders	76
Diligent for better or worse: Conscientiousness is associated with higher likelihood of suicidal behavior and more severe suicidal intent in later life	72
Pallidum volume as a predictor for the effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy and psycho-education in unmedicated patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder	57
Assessing the effectiveness of high-definition transcranial direct current stimulation for treating obsessive-compulsive disorder: Results from a randomized, double-blind, controlled trial	53
Evaluation of the psychometric properties of the UBACC questionnaire in a multi-country psychiatric study in Africa	45
Digital engagement profiles and binge eating symptoms in adolescents: A person-centred, longitudinal analysis	42
The relationship between anxious-depressive symptoms and harmful cannabis use: Multiple mediation models via rumination, negative urgency, protective behavioral strategies and refusal self-efficacy	41
The longitudinal structure of negative symptoms in treatment resistant schizophrenia	39
Schizophrenia genetic risk and labour market outcomes in the Finnish general population: Are schizophrenia-related traits penalised or rewarded?	38
Adaption and validation of the Rwandese version of the Mood Disorder Questionnaire for the screening of bipolar disorder	37
“When is it late”? Optimal threshold for duration of untreated illness (DUI) to predict SSRI-treatment resistance in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)	32
Advances in problematic usage of the internet research – A narrative review by experts from the European network for problematic usage of the internet	31
Effectiveness of electroconvulsive therapy for depression: comparing research studies with real-world clinical data from the Dutch ECT consortium	31
Pathways to suicidal ideation for young people engaged in mental health care	30
Brief intensive CBT for adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorder: A 5-day add-on program	30
Virtual reality-based theory of mind intervention in schizophrenia: Preliminary efficacy results	30
Suicidal thoughts and behaviors in adults with hoarding disorder	29
Commentary on the article: “Maintenance of wellness in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder who discontinue medication after exposure/response prevention augmentation A randomized clinical tria	28
Aberrant anterior insula underlies interoceptive deficits in alexithymia among schizophrenia patients	28
How personality functioning shapes symptom development during and after treatment: A random intercept cross lagged panel analysis	28
Problematic use of the internet in individuals with psychiatric disorders – A scoping review and meta-analysis	26
Validation of the aberrant salience inventory in a general and clinical Spanish population	26
Beyond criticism, hostility, and emotional overinvolvement: Development and psychometric validation of the Comprehensive Expressed Emotion Scale (CEES) in schizophrenia	25

Exercise moderates longitudinal group psychopathology networks in individuals with eating disorders	24
Care coordinator delivered method of levels therapy to improve engagement and other outcomes in early psychosis (CAMEO): A feasibility cluster-randomised controlled trial	24
A prospective investigation of impacts of comorbid attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) on clinical features and long-term treatment response in adult patients with obsessive-compulsive dis	24
Personalized virtual reality exposure for panic disorder and agoraphobia: A preliminary neurophysiological study	24
Associations between metabolic disorders and sleep disturbance in patients with schizophrenia	24
Diagnosing and treating catatonia in low- and middle-income countries – a scoping review	24
The impact of events scale-revised (IES-R): Validation of the Ukrainian version	23
Cardiometabolic screening and monitoring in patients prescribed antipsychotic drugs in primary care: A population-based cohort study	22
Daridorexant for adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and insomnia disorder: An exploratory study	22
Neuropsychological functions as trait markers in OCD: A 10-year follow-up study	22
The relationship between cognitive phenotypes of compulsivity and impulsivity and clinical variables in obsessive-compulsive disorder: A systematic review and Meta-analysis	22
Are circadian rhythms more favorable with lithium than with other mood stabilizers? An exploratory actigraphy study in euthymic bipolar disorder type 1	22
Comparative effects of pharmacological treatment for weight gain in patients treated with antipsychotics. A systematic review and network meta-analysis	21
Less inhibited and more depressed? The puzzling association between mood, inhibitory control and depressive symptoms	21
Risk of suicidality in mental and neurological disorders in low and middle-income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis	21
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (r-TMS) and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor-resistance in obsessive-compulsive disorder: A meta-analysis and clinical implications	20
Lifestyle behaviours and mental health and wellbeing of tertiary students during COVID-19 lockdown in Australia: A cross-sectional study	20
Evaluation of whether commonly used risk assessment tools are applicable to women in forensic psychiatric institutions	19
Working memory performance in disordered gambling and gaming: A systematic review	19
Psychometric properties of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) across cross-cultural subgroups, genders, and sexual orientations: Findings from the International Sex Survey (ISS)	19
The course of borderline personality disorder from adolescence to early adulthood: A 5-year follow-up study	19
Permissive beliefs in the context of gaming, online shopping and alcohol drinking – Systematic development of a self-report measure	19
The LEADING guideline: Reporting standards for expert panel, best-estimate diagnosis, and longitudinal expert all data (LEAD) methods	19
Prevalence and factors associated with depression and anxiety among young school-going adolescents in the Western Cape Province of South Africa	19
Translation and Validation of the Gaming Disorder Test and Gaming Disorder Scale for Adolescents into Chinese for Taiwanese Young Adults	17
Corrigendum to “The global assessment of OCD” [comprehensive psychiatry, volume 118, October 2022, 152,342 1–17]	17
HUGS@Home - An initial evaluation of a psychological first aid programme for families and friends of first responders	17
Unveiling the relationship between social anxiety, loneliness, motivations, and problematic smartphone use: A network approach	17
Identifying factors strongest associated with clinical, societal and personal recovery in people with psychosis with a long duration of illness	17
Views about neuromodulation interventions for depression by stakeholder group, treatment modality, and depression severity	17
The relative risks of different forms of sports betting in a U.S. sample: A brief report	17
The effect of the menstrual cycle on obsessive-compulsive and related disorders: A scoping review	16
Mental health outcomes in frontline healthcare workers in Brazil during the COVID-19 epidemic: Results of an online survey in four regions using respondent-driven sampling (RDS)	16
Efficacy of a dialogic book-sharing intervention in a South African birth cohort: A randomized controlled trial	16
Mindfulness-based intervention for clinical and subthreshold perinatal depression and anxiety: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trial	16
Identifying internalizing transdiagnostic profiles through motivational and cognitive control systems: Relations with symptoms, functionality, and quality of life	16
Beyond the surface: Understanding obsessive symptoms and body perceptions, from shape concerns to fear of blushing	16
The double-edged sword of distress tolerance: Exploring the role of distress overtolerance in nonsuicidal self-injury	16
An extended model of gambling motives: The first results with the long and short versions of the gambling motives questionnaire-revised	15
An investigation into symptoms of depression and anxiety and emotion regulation among older adolescents from low-income settings in South Africa	15
The relationship between childhood trauma and insomnia among college students with major depressive disorder: Mediation by the role of negative life events and dysfunctional attitudes	15
Internet severity and activities addiction questionnaire (ISAAQ): Psychometrics of item response theory and clustering of online activities	15
Social media as an incubator of personality and behavioral psychopathology: Symptom and disorder authenticity or psychosomatic social contagion?	15
Identifying populations at ultra-high risk of suicide using a novel machine learning method	15
Childhood trauma increases vulnerability to attempt suicide in adulthood through avoidant attachment	15
The clinical utility and relevance in clinical practice of DSM-5 specifiers for major depressive disorder: A Delphi expert consensus study	15
Gender bias in antidepressant direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical advertising	15
Gender and trait rumination moderates the link between trait impulsivity and gambling problems severity in young adults	15
The influence of psychological traits and prior experience on treatment expectations	15
Premorbid temperament as predictor of onset of depression: 23-year follow-up	15

Sex-differential patterns of neuropsychological functioning in adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder	14
Identifying the most important research, policy and practice questions for substance use, problematic alcohol use and behavioural addictions in autism (SABA-A): A priority setting partnership	14
Infralow-frequency transcranial magnetic stimulation as a therapy for generalized anxiety disorder: A randomized clinical trial	14
Effect of stress on the relationship between relief-seeking and cue-induced alcohol craving and anxiety: A virtual reality cue exposure study	14
A remotely-applied, cognitive control-based video game intervention to reduce depressive symptoms in a sub-clinical population: A randomized controlled trial (RCT)	14
Is it acceptable and feasible to measure prolonged grief disorder symptoms in daily life using experience sampling methodology?	14
Clinical assessment and treatment of PANS/PANDAS	14
Adverse childhood experiences and cognition: A cross-sectional study in Xhosa people living with schizophrenia and matched medical controls	14
Affective dysregulation and sex differences in somatic symptom disorder: A 6-month longitudinal and mediation analysis	13
Long-term risk of psychiatric disorders in women with endometriosis: A retrospective cohort study	13
Associations between the Personality Inventory for DSM-5 trait facets and aggression among outpatients with personality disorder: A multimethod study	13
Correlates of risk-taking behaviour and suicidality among humanitarian aid workers	12
The power of youth: Long-term differential effects of developmental functioning trajectory on social functioning, quality of life and personal recovery across the schizophrenia spectrum	12
Efficient screening and outcome assessment for borderline personality disorder: A psychometric evaluation of the uBPDc	12
Predictors for early and long-term readmission in involuntarily admitted patients	12
Subtypes of major depressive disorders and objectively measured physical activity and sedentary behaviors in the community	12
A scoping review on serotenergic psychedelics for obsessive compulsive and body image disorders	11
A comprehensive measure assessing different types of problematic use of the internet among Chinese adolescents: The Assessment of Criteria for Specific Internet-use Disorders (ACSID-11)	11
Subjective and objective assessments of executive functions are independently predictive of aggressive tendencies in patients with substance use disorder	11
Mapping policies related to problematic usage of the internet in seven European countries: Netherlands, Spain, Hungary, Lithuania, Portugal, Estonia and Switzerland	11
Therapists who foster social identification build stronger therapeutic working alliance and have better client outcomes	11
Epidemiology of DSM-5 psychiatric disorders in Kenyan Youth with Low and High Psychosis Risk	11
Empirical support for recognizing pathological buying/shopping as a mental disorder	11
Cognitive performance in young adults who endorse a cannabis use disorder	11
Psychological therapies for people with intellectual disabilities: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis	10
Psychiatric comorbidities of posttraumatic stress disorder among adolescent refugees in Uganda: A latent class analysis of patterns and covariates	10
A systematic review of evidence-based interventions for child and adolescent mental health problems in low- and middle-income countries	10
Adverse childhood experiences and problematic use of the internet among a child and adolescent psychiatric clinical population.	10
Association between autoimmune diseases of the nervous system and schizophrenia: A systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies	10
An ecosystem approach to the evaluation and impact analysis of heterogeneous preventive and/or early interventions projects for veterans and first responders in seven countries	10
A latent class analysis of mental disorders, substance use, and aggressive antisocial behavior among Swedish forensic psychiatric patients	10