OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Psychology and Psychotherapy-Theory Research and Practice 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
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What about the children? Adult mental health practitioners' experiences and views of family‐focused practice in Early Intervention Services	28
Investigating the relationship between negative symptoms and metacognitive functioning in psychosis: An individual participant data meta‐analysis	26
Findings from a randomized controlled trial of Metacognitive Reflection and Insight Therapy for people with schizophrenia: Effects on metacognition and symptoms	26
Sensitivity to betrayal and new intimate relationship building in survivors of intimate partner violence	25
Barriers and accessibility‐improving strategies in mental health services for persons with hearing or vision impairments: Perspectives from professionals and clients—A qualitative interview study	24
Disclosing racial trauma in psychological therapy: Exploring the experiences of racially minoritised people in the UK	24
Mindful parenting and child behaviour problems: A chain mediating role of parental and child communicating performance	23
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Attachment as a predictor of dropout in mentalization‐based treatment	21
“All the horrible emotions have passed, I still remained, and I was safe”: A qualitative study of Lesbian and Gay people's lived experience of completing a full Dialectical Behaviour Therapy programme	20
Self‐compassion and complete perinatal mental health in women at high risk for postpartum depression: The mediating role of emotion regulation difficulties	19
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Psychological therapies for bipolar disorder in later life: Current evidence, practice and future directions	19
Sensitivity to punishment and emotional eating: The mediating role of shame and rumination	18
Special issue: State of the art in CBT and third‐wave therapies for psychosis	18
Talking therapies for anxiety and depression in people affected by dementia: A scoping meta‐review	17
A meta‐analysis of self‐compassion and attachment in adults	16
‘The last thing you feel is the self‐disgust’. The role of self‐directed disgust in men who have attempted suicide: A grounded theory study	16
The effectiveness of psychological interventions for anxiety in the perinatal period: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	15
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Pathways from childhood trauma to aberrant salience: A structural equation approach to mentalization model	15
Experiences of dialectical behaviour therapy for adolescents: A qualitative analysis	14
Types and mechanisms of idiographic change during guided self‐help for anxiety	13

Mindfulness for voices: An experimental analogue study of the effect of manipulating response style to simulated voices in a non‐clinical population	13
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Quality of life and psychiatric distress in people with serious mental illness, the role of personal recovery	11
Activation of the inner critic increases speech illusions and negative emotional valence of perceived speech	11
Compassion focused therapy for older people: Why it is needed and adaptations for clinical practice	11
The temporal dance: How therapist presence and alliance evolve across early sessions of psychotherapy?	11
Distress factors of voice‐hearing in young people and social relating: Exploring a cognitive‐interpersonal voice‐hearing model	11
Associations between treatment credibility, patient expectancies, working alliance and symptom trajectory in cognitive behaviour therapy for pathological health anxiety	11
A brief compassion focused therapy intervention can help self‐critical parents and their children: A randomised controlled trial	10
“Cover up your arms, you’re triggering people”: A Mixed‐Methods Investigation of Shame in those who Self‐Injure	10
‘I felt like I'd lost control of everything’: An exploration of metacognition and masculinity in men experiencing suicidality	10
The experience of seeking and accessing help from mental health services among young people of Eastern European backgrounds: A qualitative interview study	10
Changes in the predictive effects of family function and depressive symptoms of suicide‐related behaviours in Chinese adolescents during COVID‐19	10
Response to the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ critique of our audit of ECT usage	10
At the mercy of myself: A thematic analysis of beliefs about losing control	9
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Empathy training for counselling novices: A randomized controlled trial using machine learning and natural language processing	9
The associations of stress, pleasure and emotion to voice‐hearing: An ecological momentary assessment study	8
The mediating effect of social network sites addiction on the relationship between childhood psychological abuse and depression in college students and the moderating effect of psychological flexibili	8
The service user experience of SlowMo therapy: A co‐produced thematic analysis of service users’ subjective experience	8
How young people experienced COVID‐19 disease containment measures in the Western Cape, South Africa: A qualitative study including the perspectives of young people, their parents, teachers and school	8
Editorial acknowledgement	8
Position paper – CFT for psychosis	8
Inpatient cognitive analytic therapy for functional neurological disorder: A mixed methods four‐phase single‐case experimental design	8
Adult stakeholders' perspectives on supporting or undermining the mental health of sexual and gender minoritised adolescents	8
Functional neurological disorder: A qualitative study exploring individuals' experiences of psychological services	8
Expression of Concern: Eysenck, H. J. (1988). Personality, stress and cancer: Prediction and prophylaxis. British Journal of Medical Psychology, 61(1), 57–75. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2044‐834	7
Emerging applications of systemic therapy with older people	7
A family perspective on parental psychosis: An interpretative phenomenological analysis study	7
A dyadic session‐by‐session assessment of therapeutic alliance and short‐term outcome among clients with schizophrenia in comparison with clients with emotional disorders	7
Age equality in mental health: Déjà vu all over again	7
Establishing an optimal working relationship with patients with an antisocial personality disorder. Aspects and processes in the therapeutic alliance	7
Self‐forgiveness, self‐compassion and psychological health: A qualitative exploration of change during compassion focused therapy groups	7
Effectiveness of cognitive behavioural‐based interventions for adults with attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder extends beyond core symptoms: A meta‐analysis of randomized controlled trials	7
Does disorganised attachment lead to auditory hallucinations via dissociation? An experimental study with an analogue sample	6
Understanding treatment non‐responders: A qualitative study of depressed adolescents' experiences of ‘unsuccessful’ psychotherapy	6
A life more ordinary: A peer research method qualitative study of the Feeling Safe Programme for persecutory delusions	6
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Psychosis and help‐seeking behaviour–A systematic review of the literature	6
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The effect of the alliance on social recovery outcomes and usage in a moderated online social therapy for first‐episode psychosis	6
‘Like walking with someone as opposed to trying to catch up to them’—Dynamics at play when clinicians and young people formulate together	5
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Generalisability of the interpersonal theory of suicide to latent profiles of young people attending treatment in a suicide prevention service	5
The assessment of pathways towards suicide in adolescent patients: A PDM‐2‐oriented approach	5
Between personal and professional involvement: A qualitative interview study on insights of novice and experienced therapists in Alliance ruptures	5
SlowMo therapy, a new digital blended therapy for fear of harm from others: An account of therapy personalisation within a targeted intervention	5
A qualitative study exploring participants experiences of the Mental Imagery for Suicidality in Students Trial	5

Thinking about the next generation: The case for a mentalization‐informed approach to perinatal and intergenerational mental health	5
Gendered dynamics in outpatient psychotherapy: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of female patients' and male therapists' experiences	5
Goal‐oriented practices in youth mental health and wellbeing settings: A scoping review and thematic analysis of empirical evidence	5
The Reflective Fostering Programme—Adapting a group parenting programme for online delivery in response to the COVID‐19 pandemic in the United Kingdom	5
Social identification, identity integration and wellbeing in people who hear voices	4
Problematic behaviours associated with generalized anxiety disorder during pregnancy and the postpartum period: A thematic analysis	4
Parents who experience psychosis: A qualitative exploration	4
Therapeutic alliance in a cognitive rehabilitation programme for people with serious mental illness: A qualitative analysis	4
The phenomenology of auditory verbal hallucinations in bipolar disorder	4
Editorial acknowledgement	4
The effect of cumulative trauma and polarised thinking on severity of depressive disorder	4
Perceptions of psychotherapy when therapists focus on the therapy relationship or other relationships	4
Emotion processes in voice‐hearers: Understanding differences in emotional reactivity, emotion regulation and alexithymia	4
Exploring the impact on primary care mental health practitioners of the death of a patient by suicide: An IPA study	3
Poverty, ACEs and stigmatised places: The application of psychology to the challenges of disadvantage	3
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Staff views about involving service users in team formulation	3
Cisnormativity and the frustration of core emotional needs among transgender and gender diverse individuals	3
A qualitative study exploring the role of perfectionism in trichotillomania	3
Caring for a friend or family member who has experienced suicidal behaviour: A systematic review and qualitative synthesis	3
Longitudinal outcomes of a therapist‐supported digital mental health intervention for depression and anxiety symptoms: A retrospective cohort study	3
A qualitative study exploring children and young people's experiences of cognitive therapy for PTSD delivered within the context of a randomised controlled trial	3
ECTAS Response to ‘A second independent audit of electroconvulsive therapy in England, 2019: Usage, demographics, consent, and, adherence to guidelines and legislation’	3
Fear of COVID‐19, stress and depression: A meta‐analytic test of the mediating role of anxiety	3
What does it mean to age well with bipolar disorder? A qualitative study using photo elicitation	3
Does remote match reality? Comparing the effectiveness of a self‐help app for panic disorder and agoraphobia to face‐to‐face CBT	3
The emotional impact of self‐criticism on self‐reflection and rumination	3
The problem with picking: Permittance, escape and shame in problematic skin picking	3
Relating positively and openly with voices through dialogue: A talking with voices implementation guide for mental health practitioners	3
Reductions in experiential avoidance explain changes in anxiety, depression and well‐being after a mindfulness and self‐compassion (MSC) training	3
“If there is a tension about something, I can solve it”: A qualitative investigation of change processes in a trial of brief problem‐solving interventions for common adolescent mental health problems	3
Therapists' perspectives on the Maudsley model anorexia nervosa treatment for adolescents and young adults (MANTRa): A qualitative interview study	3
Veterans' experiences of somatic experiencing and prolonged exposure therapies for post‐traumatic stress disorder: A qualitative analysis	3
Acceptance and commitment therapy for psychosis: Current status, lingering questions and future directions	3
‘It’s like having a core belief that’s able to speak back to you’: Therapist accounts of dialoguing with auditory hallucinations	3
Do recovery‐oriented messages improve self‐efficacy and positive emotions amongst people with lived experience of psychosis? Experimental investigation	2
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Predictors of psychological distress during self‐isolation	2
Associations between psychological inflexibility processes, pre‐sleep arousal and sleep quality	2
Temporal relationships between changes in depression and suicidal ideation: A mediation analysis in a randomized double‐blinded clinical trial	2
The role of parental mentalizing on the link between parental depression and child emotion regulation	2
Early maladaptive schemas and ICD‐11 CPTSD symptoms: Treatment considerations	2
Practitioners' perspectives on preparing for and delivering remote psychological support in Nepal, Perú and the United States during COVID‐19	2
Compassion‐based interventions in Asian communities: A meta‐analysis of randomised controlled trials	2
Transition to online psychological support – Barriers, stereotypes and challenges from the perspective of service providers	2
An independent audit of electroconvulsive therapy patient information leaflets in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales	2
‘I think that we can effect change’: Psychologist use of social media for social justice advocacy	2
Assessing the delivering of iMAgery‐focused therapy for PSychosis (iMAPS) via telehealth	2
Using routine outcome measures as clinical process tools: Maximising the therapeutic yield in the IAPT programme when working remotely	2
Internalizing symptoms and affective vulnerability among heterosexual and sexual minority young adults	2
What predicts psychosocial functioning in borderline personality disorder? Investigating the association with reflective functioning	2
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‘Cheering on from the side‐lines’: The perceived impact of romantic partner's commentary and behaviour on maintaining women's appearance anxiety	2
Self‐compassion and social anxiety: The mediating effect of emotion regulation strategies and the influence of depressed mood	2
Investigating associations between self‐compassion, self‐criticism and psychotic‐like experiences	2
How social rejection expectations and depressive symptoms bi‐directionally predict each other – A cross‐lagged panel analysis	2
Dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) for high‐risk transgender and gender diverse (TGD) youth: A qualitative study of youth and mental health providers' perspectives on interventi	2
“It is not all glowing and kale smoothies”: An exploration of mental health difficulties during pregnancy through women's voices	2
The journey of adolescent paranoia: A qualitative study with patients attending child and adolescent mental health services	2
Psychologists' experience of working with people who hear voices and their views on the idea of voice simulation training: A qualitative study	2
“It's like I used to share a room with self‐injury, but now it lives next door”: Exploring experiences of naturalistic improvement in non‐suicidal self‐injury	2