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Papers

(The TQCC of Psychiatria Polska is 2. 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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
The occurrence of anxiety disorders among Poles during the COVID–19 pandemic .	22
Comorbidity of bipolar disorder and autism spectrum disorder – review paper	14
Cognitive dysfunctions in depression – significance, description and treatment prospects	13
Cognitive functions and thyroid hormones secretion disorders	12
Orthorexia nervosa – a distorted approach to healthy eating	12
Treatment-resistant depression - recommendations of the National Consultant in the field of psychiatry	11
Treatment of insomnia – effect of trazodone and hypnotics on sleep	9
Climate depression. Critical analysis of the concept	9
Risk factors for depression. New evidence on selenium deficiency and depressive disorders	8
Etiopathogenesis of schizophrenia – the state of the art for 2021	8
Pharmacological treatment of a depressive episode and recurrent depressive disorder – guidelines of the Polish Psychiatric Association and the National Consultant for Adult Psychiatry	8
Psychopathic traits, psychological resilience and coping with stress in socially maladjusted youth	8
What exactly is catatonia in children and adolescents	8
Ketogenic diet in therapy of bipolar affective disorder - case report and literature review	7
Lithium treatment – the state of the art for 2020	7
Gender dysphoria, gender incongruence and gender nonconformity in adolescence – changes and challenges in diagnosis	7
Amisulpride – is it as all other medicines or is it different? An update	7
Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) in treatment of psychiatric disorders – review of current studies	7
The significance of physical activity in the prevention of depressive disorders	6
Mental health of medical workers during COVID-19 pandemic - literature review.	6
Depressive disorders among long-term care residents in the face of isolation due to COVID-19 pandemic	6
Etiopathogenesis of bipolar affective disorder – the state of the art for 2021	6
A hormetic approach to understanding antidepressant effectiveness and the development of antidepressant tolerance – A conceptual view	6
SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and the population with dementia. Recommendations under the auspices of the Polish Psychiatric Association	6
Euthanasia and assisted suicide in the context of psychiatric disorders: sharing experiences from the Low Countries	6

The relationship between eating patterns, body image and emotional dysregulation: similarities between an excessive and normal body weight sample	5
Implementation of the European Psychiatric Association (EPA) guidance on forensic psychiatry in Poland. Current state and required measures	5
Will MDMA-assisted psychotherapy become a breakthrough in treatment-resistant post-traumatic stress disorder? A critical narrative review.	5
The Polish adaptation of the Burnout Assessment Tool (BAT-PL) by Schaufeli et al.	5
Theory of Mind deficits in childhood mental and neurodevelopmental disorders	5
Positive and negative life experiences and changes in internal working models of attachment – a comparative study	5
Sexual obsessions in obsessive-compulsive disorder. Definitions, models and cognitive-behavioural therapy	5
Polish adaptation and validation of the Mentalization Scale (MentS) – a self-report measure of mentalizing	5
Emotion regulation in binge eating disorder	4
Parents’ personality and maternal experiences in childcare as predictors of postpartum depression in couples in transition to parenthood	4
Analysis of the efficacy and safety of electroconvulsive therapy in elderly patients: a retrospective study in the Polish population	4
The program of psychological and breastfeeding support “Maternity step by step”: an example of effective solution for the prevention, diagnostics and treatment of prenatal and postpartum depression	4
Polish version of the Hinting Task – pilot study with patients with schizophrenia	4
The role of emotional eating and BMI in the context of chocolate consumption and avoiding situations related to body exposure in women of normal weight	4
Therapeutic programs aimed at developing the theory of mind in patients with autism spectrum disorders – available methods and their effectiveness	4
Assessment of sleep disorders and use of psychoactive drugs among Polish students	4
Mortality in extremely low BMI anorexia nervosa patients – implications of gastrointestinal and endocrine system dysfunction	4
Experience of courtesy stigma among relatives of individuals with schizophrenia – a qualitative study	4
Letter to the Editor. Psychological support provided by national nursing associations in pandemic. Polish ICU nursing experiences	4
The role of the endoplasmic reticulum stress in depression	4
Type 1 Diabetes and COVID-19: the level of anxiety, stress and the general mental health in comparison to healthy control	4
Climate change and mental health: a review of current literature	4
Parafunctions, Signs and Symptoms of Temporomandibular Disorders (TMD), in Children with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).	4
Can the Mediterranean diet decrease the risk of depression in older persons – a systematic review	4
Reproductive problems and intensity of anxiety and depression in women treated for infertility	4
Relationship of metabolic parameters with the course of the first episode of psychosis – preliminary research	3
A naturalistic, 24-week, open-label, add-on study of vortioxetine in bipolar depression	3
Implementation of virtual reality (VR) in diagnostics and therapy of nonaffective psychoses	3
Assessment of personality disorder in the ICD-11 diagnostic system: Polish validation of the Personality Inventory for ICD-11	3
Well-being among PhD candidates	3
Level of Personality Functioning Scale-Brief Form 2.0: Validity and reliability of the Polish adaptation	3
Is acceptance of disease and life satisfaction of women with postmenopausal osteoporosis dependent on BMI?	3
Vergence eye movements in bipolar disorder	3
Impulsiveness and cyclothymic traits of affective temperament as predictors of risky gambling behavior	3
Polish adaptation of self-report instruments for studying borderline personality traits – FFBI and FFBI-SF	3
Infections and mental diseases: from tuberculosis to COVID-19	3
Familism – the concept, measure and importance for mental health	3
Orthorexia – current approach. A review	3
Depressive and anxiety disorders in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism	3
Improvement in clinical symptoms in patients with the first episode of psychosis is associated with a decrease in systemic nitric oxide availability. A pilot study	3
Chronic fatigue of nurses in view of the challenges of contemporary psychiatric care. Do temperament and work environment matter?	3
Dysfunctions of the retina and other elements of the visual system in schizophrenia	3
Electrodermal activity and suicide risk assessment in patients with affective disorders	3
Comparative assessment of the relationship between emotional factors and quality of life in a group of patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes – preliminary report	3
Weak central coherence – construct conception, development, research methods	3
A Polish adaptation of the Self-Assessed Wisdom Scale (SAWS) in older adults	3
The position statement of the Working Group of the Polish Psychiatric Association on the use of D2/D3 dopamine receptor partial agonists in the treatment of mental disorders	3
Use of transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) in the treatment of drug-resistant depression – a pilot study, presentation of five clinical cases	3
Higher indexes of childhood trauma in borderline personality disorder compared with bipolar disorder	3
Does pop-culture affect perception of medical procedures? Report on knowledge and attitude towards electroconvulsive therapy among Polish students	3

Paternal perinatal depression: cases	2
Activity of selected metalloproteinases in neurodegenerative diseases of the central nervous system as exemplified by dementia and schizophrenia	2
Depression and smoking – widespread health problems among 14-year-old adolescents in Poland. The results of the SOPKARD-Junior survey	2
Cognitive functioning and social networking sites addiction – a review	2
Premorbid social relationships and the course of schizophrenia in a 20-year follow-up study	2
Memory in Polish multiple sclerosis patients - correlations with mood and fatigue	2
Polish adaptation of the Prodromal Questionnaire–Brief version PQ–B(PL) in psychiatric patients and healthy persons	2
Ganser syndrome – a dissociative disorder or a factitious disorder? A case report	2
Anorexia Readiness Syndrome – about the need for early detection of dietary restrictions. Pilot study findings	2
Mania induced by antidepressants – characteristics and specific phenomena in children and adolescents	2
Activities based on yoga techniques in psychiatric treatment in Poland in a historical context	2
Biological factors and consequences of pregnancy-related anxiety – What do we know so far?	2
Positive psychotherapy for psychosis – a new approach in the rehabilitation of patients suffering from schizophrenia	2
Validation and psychometric evaluation of the Polish version of the FCV-19S in children and adolescents	2
Polish Psychiatric Association diagnostic and therapeutic management guidelines for patients with early-onset schizophrenia	2
Patterns of synthetic cathinones use and their impact on depressive symptoms and parafunctional oral behaviors	2
Chronic anorexia nervosa: Patient characteristics and treatment approaches	2
The relationship between panic disorder and hypertension. A review of literature	2
A half-century of participant observation in psychiatry. Part I. Schizophrenia	2
Common pathomechanism of migraine and depression	2
Mediating effect of coping strategies on the relation between social support and depressive symptoms among patients after cardiac transplantation	2
Assessing effects of diet alteration on selected parameters of chronically mentally ill residents of a 24-hour Nursing Home. Part I: Effects of diet modification on carbohydrate-lipid metabolism	2
Ketamine - a long way from anesthetic to a prototype antidepressant: Review of potential mechanisms of action	2
Glycine Transporters in Schizophrenia. A New Hope or Informational Noise?	2
Shame, guilt, time perspective, time of imprisonment and PTSD symptoms in sentenced motor vehicle accidents perpetrators – a preliminary report	2
Persistent delusional disorder with delusions of poverty – a case study	2
Heterogeneity of cognitive profiles in students with borderline intellectual functioning	2
Treatment of insomnia in older adults. Recommendations of the Polish Sleep Research Society, Polish Society of Family Medicine and the Polish Psychiatric Association	2
Review of studies on the impact of climbing as a complementary form of depression treatment and their evaluation according to the QUADAS-2 tool	2
Can’t get enough. Addiction to physical exercises: phenomenon, diagnostic criteria, etiology, therapy and research challenges	2
Transsexualism or psychotic disorder? A case study	2
Tuberous sclerosis complex-associated neuropsychiatric disorders	2
The position statement of the Working Group of the Polish Psychiatric Association on the use of D2/D3 dopamine receptor partial agonists in special populations	2
Use of fentanyl, butyrfentanyl and furanylfentanyl as discussed on Polish online forums devoted to new psychoactive substances.	2
Demographic and health characteristics of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine users (MDMA, ecstasy)	2
Cardiac syndrome X – the present knowledge	2
Organisational units providing psychiatric services for adults – an analysis based on National Health Fund data for 2010–2016	2
Severity of post-traumatic stress symptoms, level of experienced stress and coping strategies in mothers of children previously treated in the neonatal intensive care unit	2
A pregnant patient with schizophrenia – dilemmas of treatment and care. A problem still not only for psychiatrists	2
The stress of the SARS-CoV-2 virus pandemic and pro-health behaviors among medical personnel - preliminary report	2