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Papers

(The median citation count of Acta Neuropsychiatrica is 1. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Aggressive behaviours associated with MDMA and psychedelics: a narrative review	81
Relationship between pineal gland, sleep and melatonin in fibromyalgia women: a magnetic resonance imaging study	42
Research and Diagnostic Algorithmic Rules (RADAR) for mood disorders, recurrence of illness, suicidal behaviours, and the patient’s lifetime trajectory	33
Neuropsychiatric symptoms in post-COVID-19 long haulers	29
A double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomised withdrawal study of adjunctive brexpiprazole maintenance treatment for major depressive disorder	29
Comorbid cerebrovascular and neurodegenerative burden in mild behavioural impairment and their impact on clinical trajectory	25
The effect of azelaic acid on AlCl₃-induced neurocognitive impairments and molecular changes in the hippocampus of rats	19
Dissecting the association between psychiatric disorders and neurological proteins: a genetic correlation and two-sample bidirectional Mendelian randomization study	18
Misconceptions about paediatric bipolar disorder	18
The influence of peer non-suicidal self-harm on young adults’ urges to self-harm: experimental study	17
Psychiatric sequelae after SARS-Cov-2 infection: trajectory, predictors and associations in a longitudinal Australian cohort	17
Comparative study of the pencil-and-paper and digital formats of the Spanish DARS scale	16
Rumination in bipolar disorder associated with brain network and behavioural measures of inhibitory executive control	13
Polymorphisms in ERBB4 and TACR1 associated with dry mouth in clozapine-treated patients	13
Variability in the antioxidant MSRA gene affects the psychopathology of patients with anorexia nervosa	11
A comparative study of retinal layer changes among patients with schizophrenia and healthy controls	10
Exploration of possible sex bias in acute social stress research: a semi-systematic review	10
Cholecystokinin B receptor gene polymorphism (rs2941026) is associated with anxious personality and suicidal thoughts in a longitudinal study	10
Occurrence of metabolic syndrome in untreated bipolar disorders: a cross-sectional study	9
Wearables measuring electrodermal activity to assess perceived stress in care: a scoping review	9
Feasibility, acceptability and evaluation of meditation to augment yoga practice among persons diagnosed with schizophrenia	8
Plasma neurofilament light chain is increased in Niemann-Pick Type C but glial fibrillary acidic protein remains normal	8
Gene expression of kynurenine pathway enzymes in depression and following electroconvulsive therapy	8
Attention improvement to transcranial alternating current stimulation at gamma frequency over the right frontoparietal network: a preliminary report	8
The impact of morningness–eveningness on depression through a serial mediation model of resilience and anxiety	8

Serum S100B protein after electroconvulsive therapy in patients with depression	8
Development and validation of the Male Post-coital Affect Scale for heterosexual men	8
Role of T and B lymphocyte cannabinoid type 1 and 2 receptors in major depression and suicidal behaviours	8
Time perception in bipolar disorder: a systematic review	8
COMPLEMENT SYSTEM DYSFUNCTION IN AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER: EVIDENCE FOR ALTERED C1Q AND C3 LEVELS (COMPLEMENT SYSTEM DYSFUNCTION IN ASD)	7
Cannabidiol negatively modulates adenosine A_2A receptor functioning in living cells	7
The impact of social isolation due to the COVID-19 pandemic on patients with dementia and caregivers	7
Roles of cannabinoid CB1 and CB2 receptors in the modulation of psychostimulant responses	7
Lowered oxygen saturation and increased body temperature in acute COVID-19 largely predict chronic fatigue syndrome and affective symptoms due to Long COVID: A precision nomothetic approach	7
Serum s100b protein levels as a neuroinflammatory biomarker of acutely relapsed paranoid schizophrenia patients	7
Cannabidiol improves non-motor symptoms, attenuates neuroinflammation, and favours hippocampal newborn neuronal maturation in a rat model of Parkinsonism	7
Problems of living: perspectives from philosophy, psychiatry and cognitive–affective scienceAuthor: Dan Stein eBook ISBN: 9780323904391 Paperback ISBN: 9780323902397 Imprint	6
Impact of elevated body mass index (BMI) on cognitive functioning and inflammation in persons with post-COVID-19 condition: a secondary analysis	6
A comprehensive bibliographic study on mental illness	6
Behavioural impairments in a mouse model of Kabuki syndrome associated with dopaminergic and neuroinflammatory modulations	5
Cerebrospinal fluid neurofilament light predicts longitudinal diagnostic change in patients with psychiatric and neurodegenerative disorders	5
Plasma BDNF and insight in OCD: a promising path for future research	5
Anxiolytic-like effects of acute serotonin-releasing agents in zebrafish models of anxiety: experimental study and systematic review	5
Apathy associated with antidepressant drugs: a systematic review	5
Cannabis-induced psychotic disorder with onset during withdrawal: a brief report of emerging evidence	5
‘Unravelling the shared genetic architecture between suicidality and subcortical brain volume: a genome-wide association study’	5
Blood–brain barrier permeability and electroconvulsive therapy: a systematic review	5
The PSYchiatric clinical outcome prediction (PSYCOP) cohort: leveraging the potential of electronic health records in the treatment of mental disorders	4
Modelling self-diagnosed burnout as a categorical syndrome	4
Distributed genetic effects of the corpus callosum subregions suggest links to neuropsychiatric disorders and related traits	4
Genetically predisposed and resilient animal models of depression reveal divergent responses to early-life adversity	4
A retrospective analysis of iv ketamine outcome on hospitalisations in an unselected psychiatric sample	4
Dietary supplementation with casein glycomacropeptide, leucine and tryptophan reduces plasma amino acid levels in men	4
Investigation of the relationship of sleep disorder occurring in fibromyalgia with central nervous system and pineal gland volume	4
Network hub changes in the pars opercularis indicate impaired inhibition in tic disorder patients	4
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and osteoporosis: a target trial emulation using real-world data	4
Evaluating the safety profile of connectome-based repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation	4
No decrease in perseverance and performance on cognitive tasks in Danish cohort of hormonal contraceptive users	4
Obstetric complications and clinical presentation in first episode of psychosis	4
Electroencephalogram activity related to psychopathological and neuropsychological symptoms in institutionalised minors: a systematic review	3
The male–female suicide ratio in Denmark plateaus at 2.7: an opportunity for targeted intervention?	3
Neural correlates of learning accommodation and consolidation in generalised anxiety disorder	3
Mental well-being, health, and locus of control in Danish adults before and during COVID-19	3
Psychometric properties of the ASEBA Child Behaviour Checklist and Youth Self-Report in sub-Saharan Africa - A systematic review	3
Mediators of improved PTSD symptoms in veterans and civilians following a yoga program	3
Adverse childhood experiences and reoccurrence of illness impact the gut microbiome, which affects suicidal behaviours and the phenome of major depression: towards enterotypic phenotypes	3
Dual administration of lipopolysaccharide induces behavioural changes in rats relevant to psychotic disorders	3
Antinociceptive effect of N-acetyl glucosamine in a rat model of neuropathic pain	3
Decreased sensitivity to antidepressant drugs in Wistar Hannover rats submitted to two animal models of depression	3
Attention-related impairment and contributing neuroinflammatory signalling in the prefrontal cortex of perinatal nicotine-exposed mice	3
Group independent components underpin responses to items from a depression scale	3
A meta-analysis of the prevalence of neuropsychiatric disorders and their association with disease onset in myotonic dystrophy	3
Reactivation of herpesvirus type 6 and IgA/IgM-mediated responses to activin-A underpin long COVID, including affective symptoms and chronic fatigue syndrome	3
Return to classes impact on mental health of university students during the COVID-19 pandemic	3
Ultrasonic vocalisations in the Flinders Sensitive Line rat, a genetic animal model of depression	3

Application of cognitive behavioural therapy combined with aripiprazole in the treatment of schizophrenia: a randomised controlled trial	3
Time to transition from paediatric to adolescent bipolar disorder	3
A single dose of cocaine raises SV2A density in hippocampus of adolescent rats	2
Decreased beta 1 (12–15 Hertz) power modulates the transfer of suicidal ideation to suicide in major depressive disorder	2
Acta Neuropsychiatrica embraces full open access: towards a new era of global knowledge sharing	2
Major depressive disorder: a possible typisation according to serotonin, inflammation, and metabolic syndrome	2
About the paper ‘Apathy associated with antidepressants: a systematic review’	2
White matter tract alterations in schizophrenia identified by DTI-based probabilistic tractography: a multisite harmonisation study	2
Network meta-analysis of the effectiveness of psychotherapies with or without medication for treating adult depression	2
Association between cortical thickness or surface area and divergent thinking in patients with bipolar disorder	2
The therapeutic potential of cannabidiol in neuropsychiatric and neurodegenerative disorders	2
Circuits regulating pleasure and happiness – focus on potential biomarkers for circuitry including the habenuloid complex	2
Systematic review of differentially abundant proteins in people with Lewy body dementia	2
In memoriam: Brian E. Leonard	2
BDNF-related mutations in major depressive disorder: a systematic review	2
Anti-MOG autoantibody-associated schizophreniform psychosis	2
Association of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) and neurogenesis: a systematic review	2
Decreased leucocyte telomere length in male patients with chronic bipolar disorder: lack of effect of long-term lithium treatment	2
Augmentation strategies for clozapine resistance: a systematic review and meta-analysis	2
First-episode psychotic disorders in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic: a descriptive review of casereports	2
Psychomotor and neurofunctional aspects after COVID-19	1
Emotion perception and theory of mind in adolescents with major depression	1
Test-retest reliability of prepulse inhibition (PPI) and PPI correlation with working memory	1
Modelling self-diagnosed burnout as a categorical syndrome – CORRIGENDUM	1
Lexical stability of psychiatric clinical notes from electronic health records over a decade	1
Non-pharmacological therapeutic paradigms in stress-induced depression: from novel therapeutic perspective with focus on cell-based strategies	1
Increased markers of inflammation after cannabis cessation and their association with psychotic symptoms	1
Has maternal sensitivity been comprehensively investigated in sub-Saharan Africa? A narrative scoping review	1
Navigating the complexity of COVID-19: a multifaceted examination	1
Structural impairment in superficial and deep white matter in schizophrenia	1
Cannabidiol modulates hippocampal genes involved in mitochondrial function, ribosome biogenesis, synapse organization, and chromatin modifications	1
Missed conceptions about paediatric bipolar disorder: a reply and discussion of DMDD	1
Effects of electroconvulsive therapy on cortical thickness in depression: a systematic review	1
As a new challenger approaches, how will modern psychiatry cope with ’shifting realities’?	1
The use of low-dose quetiapine does not necessarily increase the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events	1
Relationship between early traumatic experiences and emotional regulation skills in major depressive and bipolar disorders	1
Paediatric bipolar disorder and its controversy	1
Investigation of the effects of oxidative stress, inflammation on the pathway of tryptophan/kynurenine in OCD	1
Pharmacogenetics of angiotensin modulators according to APOE-ϵ4 alleles and the ACE insertion/deletion polymorphism in Alzheimer’s disease	1
Influence of CYP2D6 phenotype on adherence, adverse effects, and attitudes in aripiprazole and risperidone users	1
DNA methylation in stress and depression: from biomarker to therapeutics	1
COVID-19 as a polymorphic inflammatory spectrum of diseases: a review with focus on the brain	1
Effects of cannabidiol on reward contextual memories induced by cocaine in male and female mice	1
The immune checkpoint pathophysiology of depression and chronic fatigue syndrome due to preeclampsia: focus on sCD80 and sCTLA-4	1
RNA m⁶A methyltransferase activator affects anxiety-related behaviours, monoamines and striatal gene expression in the rat	1
Gut microbiota alterations in stable outpatients with schizophrenia: findings from a case–control study	1
Preliminary evaluation of a smartphone application (DelApp) for identification of delirium in sub-Saharan Africa	1
Major neurocognitive psychosis: a novel schizophrenia endophenotype class that is based on machine learning and resembles Kraepelin’s and Bleuler’s conceptions	1
Associations between community-level patterns of prenatal alcohol and tobacco exposure on brain structure in a non-clinical sample of 6-year-old children: a South African pilot study	1
Escitalopram alters tryptophan metabolism, plasma lipopolysaccharide, and the inferred functional potential of the gut microbiome in deer mice showing compulsive-like rigidity	1
Salidroside exerts antidepressant-like action by promoting adult hippocampal neurogenesis through SIRT1/PGC-1α signalling	1
Leptin and leptin receptor gene polymorphisms and depression treatment response	1
Tips and traps for behavioural animal experimentation	1
Neuropeptide Y gene variants and Agreeableness: interaction effect with the birth cohort and the serotonin transporter promoter polymorphism	1
Is there a place for psychedelics in sports practice?	1
Psychological well-being and symptoms of depression and anxiety across age groups during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Denmark	1
Investigation of serum galanin, alarin, meteorin-like protein, and ischemia modified albumin levels in patients with schizophrenia	1
Advancing the understanding of cannabinoids in psychiatry	1
Heterogeneity of lithium effects in the forced swim test, across more than within experiments	1
Unravelling the complex tapestry of addiction: insights from recent research	1
Measuring dispositional empathy in South African children	1