OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Psychology and Psychotherapy-Theory Research and Practice is 6. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
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Investigating the relationship between negative symptoms and metacognitive functioning in psychosis: An individual participant data meta‐analysis	31
Issue Information	31
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“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	28
Mindful parenting and child behaviour problems: A chain mediating role of parental and child communicating performance	26
What about the children? Adult mental health practitioners' experiences and views of family‐focused practice in Early Intervention Services	26
Disclosing racial trauma in psychological therapy: Exploring the experiences of racially minoritised people in the UK	25
The experience of body image in people with psychosis and psychotic‐like experiences: A co‐produced mixed‐methods systematic review and narrative synthesis	24
Sensitivity to betrayal and new intimate relationship building in survivors of intimate partner violence	23
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	23
Findings from a randomized controlled trial of Metacognitive Reflection and Insight Therapy for people with schizophrenia: Effects on metacognition and symptoms	21
Self‐compassion and complete perinatal mental health in women at high risk for postpartum depression: The mediating role of emotion regulation difficulties	21
A meta‐analysis of self‐compassion and attachment in adults	21
Attachment as a predictor of dropout in mentalization‐based treatment	21
‘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	21
Special issue: State of the art in CBT and third‐wave therapies for psychosis	19
Psychological therapies for bipolar disorder in later life: Current evidence, practice and future directions	17
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Sensitivity to punishment and emotional eating: The mediating role of shame and rumination	16
Talking therapies for anxiety and depression in people affected by dementia: A scoping meta‐review	16
Hearing voices and the quest for autonomy: An interpretative phenomenological analysis	16
Issue Information	15
Types and mechanisms of idiographic change during guided self‐help for anxiety	15
Mindfulness for voices: An experimental analogue study of the effect of manipulating response style to simulated voices in a non‐clinical population	15

Experiences of dialectical behaviour therapy for adolescents: A qualitative analysis	13
The effectiveness of psychological interventions for anxiety in the perinatal period: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	13
Pathways from childhood trauma to aberrant salience: A structural equation approach to mentalization model	13
Issue Information	13
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Quality of life and psychiatric distress in people with serious mental illness, the role of personal recovery	12
The experience of seeking and accessing help from mental health services among young people of Eastern European backgrounds: A qualitative interview study	12
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Compassion focused therapy for older people: Why it is needed and adaptations for clinical practice	12
Activation of the inner critic increases speech illusions and negative emotional valence of perceived speech	11
Distress factors of voice‐hearing in young people and social relating: Exploring a cognitive‐interpersonal voice‐hearing model	11
“Cover up your arms, you’re triggering people”: A Mixed‐Methods Investigation of Shame in those who Self‐Injure	11
The temporal dance: How therapist presence and alliance evolve across early sessions of psychotherapy?	11
Associations between treatment credibility, patient expectancies, working alliance and symptom trajectory in cognitive behaviour therapy for pathological health anxiety	11
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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
‘I felt like I'd lost control of everything’: An exploration of metacognition and masculinity in men experiencing suicidality	10
Empathy training for counselling novices: A randomized controlled trial using machine learning and natural language processing	9
Inpatient cognitive analytic therapy for functional neurological disorder: A mixed methods four‐phase single‐case experimental design	9
Position paper – CFT for psychosis	8
At the mercy of myself: A thematic analysis of beliefs about losing control	8
Editorial acknowledgement	8
Changes in the predictive effects of family function and depressive symptoms of suicide‐related behaviours in Chinese adolescents during COVID ‐19	8
Age equality in mental health: Déjà vu all over again	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
Emerging applications of systemic therapy with older people	8
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
Functional neurological disorder: A qualitative study exploring individuals' experiences of psychological services	7
Issue Information	7
Expression of Concern: Eysenck, H. J. (1988). Personality, stress and cancer: Prediction and prophylaxis. British Journal of Medical Psychology , 61(1),	7
The service user experience of SlowMo therapy: A co‐produced thematic analysis of service users’ subjective experience	7
Self‐forgiveness, self‐compassion and psychological health: A qualitative exploration of change during compassion focused therapy groups	7
A family perspective on parental psychosis: An interpretative phenomenological analysis study	7
Establishing an optimal working relationship with patients with an antisocial personality disorder. Aspects and processes in the therapeutic alliance	7
Adult stakeholders' perspectives on supporting or undermining the mental health of sexual and gender minoritised adolescents	7
Understanding treatment non‐responders: A qualitative study of depressed adolescents' experiences of ‘unsuccessful’ psychotherapy	6
The assessment of pathways towards suicide in adolescent patients: A PDM‐2‐oriented approach	6
Issue Information	6
Effectiveness of cognitive behavioural‐based interventions for adults with attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder extends beyond core symptoms: A meta‐analysis of randomized controlled trials	6
Parenting with psychosis: An exploration of the everyday parenting practices of parents with psychotic disorders	6
A life more ordinary: A peer research method qualitative study of the Feeling Safe Programme for persecutory delusions	6
The effect of the alliance on social recovery outcomes and usage in a moderated online social therapy for first‐episode psychosis	6
Issue Information	6
Psychosis and help‐seeking behaviour–A systematic review of the literature	6
Does disorganised attachment lead to auditory hallucinations via dissociation? An experimental study with an analogue sample	6