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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Review of the current empirical literature on using videoconferencing to deliver individual psychotherapies to adults with mental health problems	67
A systematic review of the use of acceptance and commitment therapy in supporting parents	51
The mediating role of fear of COVID‐19 in the relationship between intolerance of uncertainty and depression	45
Emotional exhaustion among the South Korean workforce before and after COVID‐19	37
COVID‐19 distress and worries: The role of attitudes, social support, and positive coping during social isolation	32
Factors contributing to the distress, concerns, and needs of UK Neuroscience health care workers during the COVID‐19 pandemic	28
Compassionate Mind Training: An 8‐week group for the general public	26
Psychological interventions for people with Parkinson’s disease in the early 2020s: Where do we stand?	23
Rejection sensitivity and adolescent non‐suicidal self‐injury: Mediation through depressive symptoms and moderation by fear of self‐compassion	21
Group teletherapy for first‐episode psychosis: Piloting its integration with coordinated specialty care during the COVID‐19 pandemic	20
The acceptability, effectiveness, and durability of cognitive analytic therapy: Systematic review and meta‐analysis	20
Self‐compassion and emotional regulation as predictors of social anxiety	19
Embodiment in online psychotherapy: A qualitative study	19
The interpersonal processes of non‐suicidal self‐injury: A systematic review and meta‐synthesis	18
A treatment protocol to guide the delivery of dialogical engagement with auditory hallucinations: Experience from the Talking With Voices pilot trial	18
Factor structure, internal reliability, and construct validity of the Brief Resilience Scale (BRS): A study on persons with serious mental illness living in the community	18
Fear of COVID‐19, stress and depression: A meta‐analytic test of the mediating role of anxiety	17
Systematic review and meta‐analysis of therapeutic alliance, engagement, and outcome in psychological therapies for psychosis	16
Trauma‐focused imaginal exposure for auditory hallucinations: A case series	16
Reductions in experiential avoidance explain changes in anxiety, depression and well‐being after a mindfulness and self‐compassion (MSC) training	15
A second independent audit of electroconvulsive therapy in England, 2019: Usage, demographics, consent, and adherence to guidelines and legislation	15
How psychosis interrupts the lives of women and men differently: a qualitative comparison	15
Physical activity in a pandemic: A new treatment target for psychological therapy	14
Understanding the illness representations of young people with anxiety and depression: A qualitative study	13
Compassion‐focused therapies for self‐esteem: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	12

Young adults’ dynamic relationships with their families in early psychosis: Identifying relational strengths and supporting relational agency	12
Targeting dissociation using cognitive behavioural therapy in voice hearers with psychosis and a history of interpersonal trauma: A case series	12
The Compassionate Kitbag: A creative and integrative approach to compassion‐focused therapy	12
How does attachment imagery for paranoia work? Cognitive fusion and beliefs about self and others mediate the impact on paranoia and anxiety	11
Developing a competence framework for cognitive analytic therapy	11
Family involvement in psychotherapy for depression in children and adolescents: Systematic review and meta‐analysis	10
Empathy, compassion, and theory of mind in obsessive‐compulsive disorder	10
Mistrust and negative self‐esteem: Two paths from attachment styles to paranoia	10
How social rejection expectations and depressive symptoms bi‐directionally predict each other – A cross‐lagged panel analysis	10
Internet‐based psychological therapies: A qualitative study of National Health Service commissioners and managers views	10
The psychological journey of weight gain in psychosis	9
Service user and eating disorder therapist views on anorexia nervosa recovery criteria	9
Changing to remote psychological therapy during COVID‐19: Psychological therapists' experience of the working alliance, therapeutic boundaries and work involvement	9
Understanding predictors of change in a day treatment setting for non‐suicidal self‐injury	9
Early shaming experiences and psychological distress: The role of experiential avoidance and self‐compassion	9
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	9
A qualitative study exploring adolescents’ experience of brief behavioural activation for depression and its impact on the symptom of anhedonia	9
Young people’s experience of online therapy for first‐episode psychosis: A qualitative study	8
Exploring factors associated with personal recovery in bipolar disorder	8
Skills‐homework completion and phone coaching as predictors of therapeutic change and outcomes in completers of a DBT intensive outpatient programme	8
Early Maladaptive Schemas and Schema Modes in clinical disorders: A systematic review	8
Yoga complements cognitive behaviour therapy as an adjunct treatment for anxiety and depression: Qualitative findings from a mixed‐methods study	8
Managing unusual sensory experiences: A feasibility trial in an At Risk Mental States for psychosis group	8
A qualitative examination of the relationship between rumination, distress, and dysregulated behaviours in vulnerable young people	7
Self‐compassion and complete perinatal mental health in women at high risk for postpartum depression: The mediating role of emotion regulation difficulties	7
A systematic review of the relationship between momentary emotional states and nonsuicidal self‐injurious thoughts and behaviours	7
Barriers to delivering trauma‐focused interventions for people with psychosis and post‐traumatic stress disorder: A qualitative study of health care professionals’ views	7
An evaluation of compassion‐focused therapy within adult mental health inpatient settings	7
A systematic review of the rates of depression in autistic children and adolescents without intellectual disability	6
A novel smartphone‐based intervention targeting sleep difficulties in individuals experiencing psychosis: A feasibility and acceptability evaluation	6
The relative benefits of nonattachment to self and self‐compassion for psychological distress and psychological well‐being for those with and without symptoms of depression	6
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	6
Impulsiveness and suicide in male offenders: Examining the buffer roles of regulatory emotional self‐efficacy and flourishing	6
The experience of cognitive behavioural therapy in depressed adolescents who are fatigued	6
How does attachment style affect psychosis? A systematic review of causal mechanisms and guide to future inquiry	6
Patient experiences of therapy for borderline personality disorder: Commonalities and differences between dialectical behaviour therapy and mentalization‐based therapy and relation to outcomes	6
Causal explanations of depression on perceptions of and likelihood to choose cognitive behavioural therapy and antidepressant medications as depression treatments	6
Depth of experiencing and therapeutic alliance: What predicts outcome for whom in emotion‐focused therapy for trauma?	6
The challenges and opportunities of social connection when hearing derogatory and threatening voices: A thematic analysis with patients experiencing psychosis	6
Self‐compassion and social anxiety: The mediating effect of emotion regulation strategies and the influence of depressed mood	5
The Emotional Dysregulation Questionnaire: Development and comparative analysis	5
Negative childhood events and the development of the anorexic voice: A grounded theory	5
When experiences of presence go awry: A survey on psychotherapy practice with the ambivalent‐to‐distressing ‘hallucination’ of the deceased	5
‘It’s like having a core belief that’s able to speak back to you’: Therapist accounts of dialoguing with auditory hallucinations	5
A cognitive behavioural intervention for low self‐esteem in young people who have experienced stigma, prejudice, or discrimination: An uncontrolled acceptability and feasibility study	5
Thinking about the next generation: The case for a mentalization‐informed approach to perinatal and intergenerational mental health	5