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Papers

(The TQCC of Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry 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
“Pandemic fear” and COVID-19: mental health burden and strategies	848
Prevalence and correlates of major depressive disorder: a systematic review	188
Fear of missing out (FOMO): overview, theoretical underpinnings, and literature review on relations with severity of negative affectivity and problematic technology use	118
The role of the microbiota-gut-brain axis in neuropsychiatric disorders	88
Schizophrenia and COVID-19: risks and recommendations	71
Mental health problems among healthcare workers involved with the COVID-19 outbreak	54
Risk factors for eating disorders: an umbrella review of published meta-analyses	54
Factors associated with risk behaviors in adolescence: a systematic review	51
Neurobiology of bipolar disorders: a review of genetic components, signaling pathways, biochemical changes, and neuroimaging findings	45
Early diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease: new definitions and challenges	43
Mental health: why it still matters in the midst of a pandemic	38
Unhealthy weight control behaviors, disordered eating, and body image dissatisfaction in adolescents from São Paulo, Brazil	35
Prevalence and risk factors for internet gaming disorder	34
Domestic violence in the COVID-19 pandemic: a forensic psychiatric perspective	31
How can we improve antidepressant adherence in the management of depression? A targeted review and 10 clinical recommendations	31
Reflections about the impact of the SARS-COV-2/COVID-19 pandemic on mental health	28
Neurobiology of COVID-19: how can the virus affect the brain?	28
Cannabidiol for the treatment of crack-cocaine craving: an exploratory double-blind study	26
Risk assessment of ayahuasca use in a religious context: self-reported risk factors and adverse effects	24
Maternal mental health before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in the 2019 Rio Grande birth cohort	21
3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA)-assisted psychotherapy for victims of sexual abuse with severe post-traumatic stress disorder: an open label pilot study in Brazil	20
Precision non-implantable neuromodulation therapies: a perspective for the depressed brain	18
Nitrous oxide as an adjunctive therapy in major depressive disorder: a randomized controlled double-blind pilot trial	18
The pharmacological interaction of compounds in ayahuasca: a systematic review	18
Mental health interventions following COVID-19 and other coronavirus infections: a systematic review of current recommendations and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	18

Partner relationship quality predicts later postpartum depression independently of the chronicity of depressive symptoms	17
The root of the problem: identifying major sources of stress in Brazilian medical students and developing the Medical Student Stress Factor Scale	17
Increased depression and anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazilian mothers: a longitudinal study	16
Melatonin use during pregnancy and lactation: A scoping review of human studies	16
The impact of COVID-19 on Brazilian mental health through vicarious traumatization	16
Prevalence and risk factors for post-traumatic stress, anxiety, and depression in sepsis survivors after ICU discharge	16
BDNF Val66Met polymorphism and resilience in major depressive disorder: the impact of cognitive psychotherapy	16
Ultra-long-term lithium therapy: all-important matters and a case of successful 50-year lithium treatment	15
Generalized anxiety disorder in type 2 diabetes mellitus: prevalence and clinical characteristics	15
Secular trends in suicidal ideation and associated factors among adolescents	14
Improvement in borderline personality disorder symptomatology after repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation of the dorsomedial prefrontal cortex: preliminary results	14
Acceptance and commitment therapy-based behavioral intervention for insomnia: a pilot randomized controlled trial	14
Web-based exercise interventions for patients with depressive and anxiety disorders: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials	14
Adjunctive vortioxetine for SSRI-resistant major depressive disorder: a “real-world” chart review study	14
An infectious disease pandemic and increased suicide risk	14
Clinical evaluation of biological rhythm domains in patients with major depression	13
N-acetylcysteine as an adjunctive treatment for smoking cessation: a randomized clinical trial	13
The rise and fall and rise of benzodiazepines: a return of the stigmatized and repressed	13
Appraising the effectiveness of electrical and magnetic brain stimulation techniques in acute major depressive episodes: an umbrella review of meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials	13
Exercise prescription for people with mental illness: an evaluation of mental health professionals’ knowledge, beliefs, barriers, and behaviors	12
Childhood-maltreatment subtypes in bipolar patients with suicidal behavior: systematic review and meta-analysis	12
Assessment of intraocular pressure, macular thickness, retinal nerve fiber layer, and ganglion cell layer thicknesses: ocular parameters and optical coherence tomography findings in attention-deficit/	12
Why Brazilian women suffer more from depression and suicidal ideation: a mediation analysis of the role of violence	12
An epidemiological study of childhood development in an urban setting in Brazil	12
Multimodal treatment for a Brazilian case of hikikomori	11
The anxiolytic effect of cannabidiol depends on the nature of the trauma when patients with post-traumatic stress disorder recall their trigger event	11
Increased insulin resistance due to Long COVID is associated with depressive symptoms and partly predicted by the inflammatory response during acute infection	11
Why psychiatric treatment must not be neglected during the COVID-19 pandemic	11
Impulsivity influences food intake in women with generalized anxiety disorder	11
Depressive symptoms as an independent risk factor for mortality	11
Obsessive-compulsive disorder during the COVID-19 pandemic	11
Suicide attempts in Chinese Han patients with schizophrenia: cognitive, demographic, and clinical variables	11
Supporting people with severe mental health conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic: considerations for low- and middle-income countries using telehealth case management	11
Brazilian version of the European Cross-Cultural Neuropsychological Test Battery (CNTB-BR): diagnostic accuracy across schooling levels	11
Translating science into policy: mental health challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic	11
Predictors of gaming disorder in children and adolescents: a school-based study	10
Biomarkers in Alzheimer disease: are we there yet?	10
Prevalence of chronic insomnia in patients with obstructive sleep apnea	10
Physical health in affective disorders: a narrative review of the literature	10
The future of precision medicine in opioid use disorder: inclusion of patient-important outcomes in clinical trials	10
The association between neurocognitive functioning and clinical features of borderline personality disorder	10
Sluggish cognitive tempo is associated with autistic traits and anxiety disorder symptoms in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder	10
Individuals with untreated psychiatric disorders and suicide in the COVID-19 era	10
Hikikomori and the COVID-19 pandemic: not leaving behind the socially withdrawn	9
Impairments of facial detection in tobacco use disorder: baseline data and impact of smoking duration	9
An updated systematic review on the coronavirus pandemic: lessons for psychiatry	9
A review of systems biology research of anxiety disorders	9
Does every psychopath have an antisocial personality disorder?	9
Prevalence of psychiatric symptoms among refugee adolescents in Turkey: a controlled study	9
Limitations of DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for substance use disorder in adolescents: what have we learned after using these criteria for several years?	9

Neurocircuit models of obsessive-compulsive disorder: limitations and future directions for research	9
Medication exposure and predictors of first mood episode in offspring of parents with bipolar disorder: a prospective study	9
Mild and moderate cognitive impairment and mortality among Brazilian older adults in long-term follow-up: The Bambui Health Aging Study	9
Effectiveness of an internet-based self-guided program to treat depression in a sample of Brazilian users: a study protocol	9
Diversity matters: opportunities in the study of the genetics of psychotic disorders in low- and middle-income countries in Latin America	8
Anger and substance abuse: a systematic review and meta-analysis	8
How to prevent the malignant progression of bipolar disorder	8
Brazilian Psychiatric Association guidelines for the management of suicidal behavior. Part 2. Screening, intervention, and prevention	8
Independent and combined associations of sugar-sweetened beverage consumption, TV viewing, and physical activity with severe depressive symptoms among 59,402 adults	8
Panic disorder respiratory subtype: psychopathology and challenge tests – an update	8
Body image is associated with leisure-time physical activity and sedentary behavior in adolescents: data from the Brazilian National School-based Health Survey (PeNSE 2015)	8
Lowered serum cesium levels in schizophrenia: association with immune-inflammatory biomarkers and cognitive impairments	8
Lowering costs for large-scale screening in psychosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of performance and value of information for speech-based psychiatric evaluation	8
Longitudinal measurement invariance of neuropsychological tests in a diverse sample from the ELSA-Brasil study	8
Validation of the Portuguese version of the Community Assessment of Psychic Experiences and characterization of psychotic experiences in a Brazilian sample	8
Effect of two oral formulations of cannabidiol on responses to emotional stimuli in healthy human volunteers: pharmaceutical vehicle matters	7
Efficacy and safety of Morinda officinalis oligosaccharide capsules for depressive disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis	7
DRD4 genotyping may differentiate symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and sluggish cognitive tempo	7
Stressful life events and hopelessness in adults: the mediating role of mentalization and emotional dysregulation	7
Suicide and suicide attempts in adults: exploring suicide risk 24 months after a psychiatric emergency room visit	7
Cannabinoid receptor gene polymorphisms and cognitive performance in patients with schizophrenia and controls	7
Eating disorders are associated with adverse obstetric and perinatal outcomes: a systematic review	7
“I don’t need any treatment” – barriers to mental health treatment in the general population of a megacity	7
Brazilian Psychiatric Association guidelines for the management of suicidal behavior. Part 1. Risk factors, protective factors, and assessment	7
Lifestyle behaviors among 4,343 Brazilian adults with severe mental illness and 55,859 general population controls: data from the Brazilian National Health Survey	6
Skin picking treatment with the Rothbaum cognitive behavioral therapy protocol: a randomized clinical trial	6
Low-dose ketamine does not improve the speed of recovery from depression in electroconvulsive therapy: a randomized controlled trial	6
Tobacco dependence treatment for special populations: challenges and opportunities	6
Subjective sleep parameters in prodromal Alzheimer’s disease: a case-control study	6
Treatment-resistant bipolar depression: concepts and challenges for novel interventions	6
Positive psychology interventions to improve well-being and symptoms in people on the schizophrenia spectrum: a systematic review and meta-analysis	6
Heterogeneous trajectories in schizophrenia: insights from neurodevelopment and neuroprogression models	6
Melatonin decreases cocaine-induced locomotor activity in pinealectomized rats	6
Poor physical fitness is associated with impaired memory, executive function, and depression in institutionalized older adults: a cross-sectional study	5
The safety and efficacy of acceptance and commitment therapy against psychotic symptomatology: a systematic review and meta-analysis	5
Hallucinogens/psychedelics resurrected as new tools in psychiatric therapy	5
Early maladaptive schemas and harm avoidance as mediating factors between early life stress and psychiatric symptoms in adults	5
COVID-19 and panic disorder: clinical considerations for the most physical of mental disorders	5
Population neuroscience: challenges and opportunities for psychiatric research in low- and middle-income countries	5
Effective recommendations towards healthy routines to preserve mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic	5
Translation and validation of the Structured Interview for Prodromal Syndromes (SIPS) to Portuguese	5
Challenges and opportunities in the science of research to practice: lessons learned from a randomized controlled trial of a sexual risk-reduction intervention for psychiatric patients in a public men	5
Cognitive-behavioral therapy in pregnant women with generalized anxiety disorder: a retrospective cohort study on therapeutic efficacy, gestational age and birth weight	5
Why is deep brain stimulation for treatment-resistant depression a needed treatment option?	5
The contribution of mindfulness to outpatient substance use disorder treatment in Brazil: a preliminary study	5