OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry is 3. 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 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01.)

Article	Citations
Abnormal insula network characteristics in panic disorder	60
Heterogeneous trajectories in schizophrenia: insights from neurodevelopment and neuroprogression models	39
Decision tree-based classification as a support to diagnosis in the Alzheimer's disease continuum using cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers: insights from automated analysis	33
A systematic review of observational, naturalistic, and neurophysiological outcome measures of nonpharmacological interventions for autism	33
Long-term effects of antipsychotics on mortality in patients with schizophrenia: a systematic review and meta-analysis	28
Examining differences in brain metabolism associated with childhood maltreatment and suicidal attempt in euthymic patients with bipolar disorder: A PET and Machine Learning Study	27
Brazilian Research Consortium on Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders guidelines for the treatment of adult obsessive-compulsive disorder. Part II: cognitive-behavioral therapy	26
Trajectories of positive attributes from childhood to early adulthood and their association with environmental factors	23
Do baseline participant characteristics impact the effectiveness of a mobile health intervention for depressive symptoms? A post-hoc subgroup analysis of the CONEMO trials	23
Naltrexone-induced psychois in a patient with alcohol use disorder	22
Digital psychopathology: a not yet explored frontier in mental status examination	22
The efficacy and safety of complementary and alternative medicine for depression: an umbrella review	21
Underage drinking in Brazil: findings from a community household survey	21
Effects of home-use transcranial direct current stimulation on clusters of depressive symptoms: an ancillary analysis of the PSYLECT study	21
The kynurenine pathway in Alzheimer's disease: a meta-analysis of central and peripheral levels	21
Tourette syndrome and multiple sclerosis: a case report	18
The role of psychiatry in areas affected by natural disasters	18
Interventional psychiatry: the revolution has arrived	17
Neural correlates of negative and disease-specific emotional stimuli in panic disorder: a functional magnetic resonance imaging study	16
Association between methyl-CpG-binding domain protein 5 gene and depressive symptoms in Mexican population: Results from MxGDAR/Encodat cohort	15
Yanomami humanitarian tragedy: an urgent colonial heritage issue	14
The association between maternal fears about their infant/ toddler during the COVID-19 pandemic and depression and anxiety: a birth cohort study	14
Perinatal risk factors for the onset of bipolar disorder in young adulthood: a 22-year birth cohort	13
Overdose death rates in Brazil: an ecological analysis by region	13
Gender differences in progression to crack-cocaine use and the role of sexual and physical violence	12

Patient Health Questionnaire-9: a clinimetric analysis	12
Unraveling Disordered Eating: A Call for Early Intervention and Action	11
Depression and suicide in patients with diabetes	11
No changes in plasma Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) levels in Treatment-Resistant Depression patients submitted to Convulsive Therapies	11
The association of blood biomarkers with cerebral white matter and myelin content in bipolar disorder: A systematic review	11
Wilhelm Heinrich Erb (1840-1921): recognizing his impact on Kraepelin’s work after 100 years	11
Bidirectional associations between hyperopia, myopia, astigmatism, and strabismus, and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in children: a national population-based cohort study	10
Facial processing in bipolar disorder is mediated by clinical and biological aspects	10
Selective Tax on Alcoholic Beverages in Brazil: The Next Step for an Effective Tax Policy to Reduce Health Harms	9
Ibogaine microdosing in a patient with bipolar depression: a case report	9
Development and analysis of the psychometric properties of the Fear of Childbirth Motivators Questionnaire (QMMP)	9
Convergent evidence for the antiviral effects of several FDA-approved phenothiazine antipsychotics against SARS-CoV-2 and other coronaviruses	9
Vaccine protection against COVID-19-related death in patients with schizophrenia: A retrospective cohort study	8
Clozapine prescription trends in Brazil in the last decade	8
Concomitant deep brain stimulation and vagus nerve stimulation for treatment-resistant depression: a case report	8
Adolescent depression and resting-state fMRI brain networks: a scoping review of longitudinal studies	8
One size does not fit all: trans-diagnostic immune signatures for personalized treatment of psychoses	8
Brazilian Psychiatric Association guidelines on the integration of spirituality into mental health clinical practice: Part 1. Spiritual history and differential diagnosis	7
Guidelines for assessing and treating suicidal individuals: toward validated approaches for difficult clinical cases	7
Independent and combined associations of sugar-sweetened beverage consumption, TV viewing, and physical activity with severe depressive symptoms among 59,402 adults	7
The mind possessed: well-being, personality, and cognitive characteristics of individuals regularly experiencing religious possession	7
Physical health in affective disorders: a narrative review of the literature	7
Brazil has a problem: where is its research on eating disorders?	7
The rise of so-called adolescent "zombie" behavior: a spotlight on synthetic cannabinoid abuse	7
Risk assessment of ayahuasca use in a religious context: self-reported risk factors and adverse effects	7
Mental health problems among healthcare workers involved with the COVID-19 outbreak	7
Brazilian norms for Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9): so near or not too close?	6
Are we correctly diagnosing and screening for bipolar depression?	6
Stalking in clinical psychiatry: when the doctor becomes the victim	6
Automated movement analysis predicts transition to non-psychotic disorders in individuals at ultra-high risk for psychosis	6
Risk of suicide in association with major depressive disorder among patients with dementia: a populationbased nested case-control study	5
Can personalized medicine mitigate confirmation bias in mental health?	5
Translating measurement into practice: Brazilian norms for the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) for assessing depressive symptoms	5
Abbreviated Suicidal Narrative Inventory: factor structure, internal consistency, and validity in a Brazilian sample	5
Natural language processing in at-risk mental states: enhancing the assessment of thought disorders and psychotic traits with semantic dynamics and graph theory	5
Influence of TMX2-CTNND1 polymorphism on cortical thickness in schizophrenia patients and unaffected siblings: an exploratory study based on target region sequencing	5
Expectations when you are expecting in times of COVID-19	5
Online narrative therapy intervention improves post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms, perceived stress, anxiety, and depression in nurses: a randomized controlled trial	5
The notable humanist and scientist Aaron Beck (1921-2021), the revolutionary founder of cognitive therapy	4
Cannabinoid receptor gene polymorphisms and cognitive performance in patients with schizophrenia and controls	4
Cannabidiol and mental health: possibilities, uncertainties, and controversies for addiction treatment	4
Behavioral self-regulation in pediatric bipolar disorder and healthy offspring of bipolar patients	4
Pressure is not a privilege: what we can learn from Simone Biles	4
Dr. Raphael Mechoulam, cannabis and cannabinoids research pioneer (November 5, 1930-March 9, 2023) and his legacy for Brazilian pharmacology	4
Is maintenance needed for patients who respond to acute TMS therapy?	4
Patterns of impairment in decision-making capacity in Alzheimer’s disease and its relationship with cognitive and clinical variables	4
Identifying Depression Early in Adolescence: assessing the performance of a risk score for future onset of depression in an independent Brazilian sample	4
A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of N-acetylcysteine as an adjuvant treatment for alcohol use disorder	4
Brazilian Psychiatric Association guidelines for the management of suicidal behavior. Part 1. Risk factors, protective factors, and assessment	4
Early adolescent life-related factors and predictors of violent behavior	4

Increased body sway in phobic patients exposed to images of spiders	4
Treatment-resistant bipolar depression: concepts and challenges for novel interventions	4
Revisiting global cognitive and functional state 13 years after a clinical trial of lithium for mild cognitive impairment	4
A randomized controlled trial of a dissonance-based eating disorder prevention intervention for body-dissatisfied Brazilian men: results from a 1-year follow-up	4
Tranylcypromine: a red flag for broader reflection	4
A narrative review on invasive brain stimulation for treatment-resistant depression	3
Positive psychology interventions to improve well-being and symptoms in people on the schizophrenia spectrum: a systematic review and meta-analysis	3
Inflammatory cytokines and alcohol use disorder: systematic review and meta-analysis	3
Association between exposure to toxoplasmosis and major psychiatric disorders: a systematic review	3
The pathophysiology of high-lethality suicide attempts: a vital area of suicide research	3
Obesity, Stigmatization, and Mental Health: The Imperative of a Psychosocial and Legal Approach Approach in Brazil	3
Risk factors for executive function impairment in adolescence: an analysis of data from the 2004 Pelotas Birth Cohort study	3
Back to the future: the Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry embraces change and innovation	3
Cross-cultural adaptation of the Mind-Wandering Questionnaire (MWQ) for Brazilian Portuguese and evidence of its validity	3
Unveiling the neurobiology of learning and memory: the lifetime accomplishments of Ivan Izquierdo (1937-2021)	3
White matter hyperintensities and their role in major depressive episodes: a cross-sectional study in adults under 65	3
Ayahuasca and its interaction with the sigma-1 receptor: a potential treatment for COVID-19	3
Association between depressive symptoms and social support in a nationally representative sample of older adults (ELSI-Brasil)	3
Mental health predictors of Internet Gaming Disorder: a longitudinal study	3
A network analysis of early trauma and impulsive behavior in individuals with alcohol, cocaine, and polysubstance use disorder	3
Impact of maternal depressive symptoms on offspring executive functions: a systematic review	3
Longitudinal Patterns of Disordered Eating Behaviors in Children and Adolescents from the Brazilian High-Risk Cohort Study for Mental Conditions	3
Abstinence, anti-drug psychosocial care centers and therapeutic communities: pillars for reorienting the Brazilian Mental Health and Drug Policy	3
Effective recommendations towards healthy routines to preserve mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic	3
Effectiveness of online group cognitive behavioral therapy for adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorder: a pilot study	3
Treatment compliance and risk and protective factors for suicide ideation to completed suicide in adolescents: a systematic review	3
Associations of adult ADHD symptoms with binge eating spectrum conditions, psychiatric and somatic comorbidity, and healthcare utilization	3
Longitudinal Gut Microbiota Composition During Perinatal period in Women with Different Intensities of Depressive Symptoms	3
Association of urbanization with psychological well-being in Chinese adults aged 50 years and older: a population-based study	3
A call for greater diversity and representativity within countries in psychiatric research: Lessons and challenges from a systematic review of schizophrenia research in Brazil	3