OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Psychology and Psychotherapy-Theory Research and Practice is 5. 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
Findings from a randomized controlled trial of Metacognitive Reflection and Insight Therapy for people with schizophrenia: Effects on metacognition and symptoms	26
Investigating the relationship between negative symptoms and metacognitive functioning in psychosis: An individual participant data meta‐analysis	26
Sensitivity to betrayal and new intimate relationship building in survivors of intimate partner violence	25
Disclosing racial trauma in psychological therapy: Exploring the experiences of racially minoritised people in the UK	24
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
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Mindful parenting and child behaviour problems: A chain mediating role of parental and child communicating performance	23
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
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Psychological therapies for bipolar disorder in later life: Current evidence, practice and future directions	19
Self‐compassion and complete perinatal mental health in women at high risk for postpartum depression: The mediating role of emotion regulation difficulties	19
Special issue: State of the art in CBT and third‐wave therapies for psychosis	18
Sensitivity to punishment and emotional eating: The mediating role of shame and rumination	18
Talking therapies for anxiety and depression in people affected by dementia: A scoping meta‐review	17
‘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
A meta‐analysis of self‐compassion and attachment in adults	16
Pathways from childhood trauma to aberrant salience: A structural equation approach to mentalization model	15
The effectiveness of psychological interventions for anxiety in the perinatal period: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	15
Issue Information	15
Experiences of dialectical behaviour therapy for adolescents: A qualitative analysis	14
Mindfulness for voices: An experimental analogue study of the effect of manipulating response style to simulated voices in a non‐clinical population	13

Types and mechanisms of idiographic change during guided self‐help for anxiety	13
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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
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
‘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
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
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Empathy training for counselling novices: A randomized controlled trial using machine learning and natural language processing	9
At the mercy of myself: A thematic analysis of beliefs about losing control	9
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
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
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
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
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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
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
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
‘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