World Psychiatry

Papers
(The median citation count of World Psychiatry is 4. 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.)
ArticleCitations
WPA scientific publications in the triennium 2020‐2023644
Detecting and managing non‐suicidal self‐damaging behaviors374
R. Spitzer and the depathologization of homosexuality: some considerations on the 50th anniversary325
Trauma, coloniality and survivance among Indigenous peoples in the US314
What is good acute psychiatric care (and how would you know)?307
Evidence‐informed is not enough: digital therapeutics also need to be evidence‐based270
From inter‐brain connectivity to inter‐personal psychiatry203
A question of continuity: a self‐determination theory perspective on “third‐wave” behavioral theories and practices164
Patterns and correlates of patient‐reported helpfulness of treatment for common mental and substance use disorders in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys162
Increased risk for COVID‐19 breakthrough infection in fully vaccinated patients with substance use disorders in the United States between December 2020 and August 2021161
Therapist‐supported Internet‐based cognitive behaviour therapy yields similar effects as face‐to‐face therapy for psychiatric and somatic disorders: an updated systematic review and meta‐analysis152
Reappraising the variability of effects of antipsychotic medication in schizophrenia: a meta‐analysis150
Cognitive behavioral therapy, process‐based approaches, and evolution in the context of physical health144
Estimating the reproducibility of psychotherapy effects in mood and anxiety disorders: the possible utility of multicenter trials144
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The “Meet the WPA Council” Panel at the 21st World Congress of Psychiatry138
Prenatal exposure to antidepressants or antipsychotics and the risk of seizure in children137
Implementation of the WPA Action Plan 2020‐2023137
Mental health literacy for supporting children: the need for a new field of research and intervention131
Functional neurological disorder: defying dualism122
How common is secondary psychosis? Estimates from a systematic review and meta‐analysis116
The aggregation of marginal gains: a pragmatic philosophy of clinical care in psychiatry116
Burnout: a case for its formal inclusion in classification systems116
Sex differences need to be considered when treating women with psychotropic drugs109
Achieving equality, inclusiveness, and cultural sensitivity in mental health (EDIT)95
Breaking down barriers to conversations about sexual and reproductive health94
Potential for prediction of psychosis and bipolar disorder in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: a longitudinal register study of all people born in Finland in 198789
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Scientific validation of the ICD‐11 CDDR88
Prevention, treatment and care of substance use disorders in times of COVID‐1981
Alternatives to coercion in mental health care: WPA Position Statement and Call to Action79
A lived experience perspective on the new World Mental Health Report79
Designing and scaling up integrated youth mental health care79
Augmenting trauma‐focused cognitive behavior therapy for post‐traumatic stress disorder with memory specificity training: a randomized controlled trial76
One world, one profession: psychiatry72
Malpractice claims in psychiatry: approaches to reducing risk71
Key considerations for clinical trials in psychopharmacology64
The hypothesis of biologically based subtypes of schizophrenia: a 10‐year update61
Education, policy and clinical care in mental health: an update on the activities of WPA Collaborating Centres58
Metacognition in psychosis: a renewed path to understanding of core disturbances and recovery‐oriented treatment56
After the acute crisis – engaging people with psychosis in rehabilitation‐oriented care55
What makes Internet‐based interventions work?53
How the ICD‐11 and the CDDR address the public health dimensions of substance use53
The Hikikomori Diagnostic Evaluation (HiDE): a proposal for a structured assessment of pathological social withdrawal52
“Third‐wave” cognitive and behavioral therapies and the emergence of a process‐based approach to intervention in psychiatry51
Outcomes in people with eating disorders: a transdiagnostic and disorder‐specific systematic review, meta‐analysis and multivariable meta‐regression analysis49
The growing field of digital psychiatry: current evidence and the future of apps, social media, chatbots, and virtual reality47
Selective outcome reporting and the effectiveness of psychotherapies for depression45
Ongoing phase 2/3 trials of psychotropic drugs: is help finally on the way?45
Emotion regulation and mental health: current evidence and beyond44
Treatment of substance use disorders in prison settings: statement by the UNODC‐WHO Informal Scientific Network, UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs44
Meeting the challenges of the new frontier of youth mental health care43
Deconstructing the social determinants of mental health43
WPA scientific meetings 2020‐202343
Global launch of the ICD‐11 Clinical Descriptions and Diagnostic Requirements (CDDR)41
Intimate partner violence and mental health: lessons from the COVID‐19 pandemic41
Can a practical process‐oriented strategy prevent suicidal ideation and behavior?41
The lived experience of mental disorders in adolescents: a bottom‐up review co‐designed, co‐conducted and co‐written by experts by experience and academics40
Reflections on the current status of psychiatric epidemiology and public mental health39
Shaping the future of autism care: the need for a precision medicine approach35
COVID‐19 vaccination uptake in people with severe mental illness: a UK‐based cohort study34
Management of generalized anxiety disorder and panic disorder in general health care settings: new WHO recommendations34
The definition of treatment resistance in anxiety disorders: a Delphi method‐based consensus guideline34
ICD‐11‐related educational activities32
Adolescent mental health and supportive relationships: 21st century challenges32
Psychiatric diagnosis and treatment in the 21st century: paradigm shifts or power shifts?31
Keeping Dr. Google under control: how to prevent and manage cyberchondria29
The need to bring community, policy makers and researchers to the table in prevention programs29
Priorities and opportunities for lifestyle psychiatry: consensus from the LifePsych Society27
WPA Working Group on Public Mental Health: objectives and recommended actions27
Sensitivity of the familial high‐risk approach for the prediction of future psychosis: a total population study26
Socioeconomic inequalities in mortality associated with mental disorders: a population‐based cohort study26
The future of CBT and evidence‐based psychotherapies is promising26
Understanding side effects of psychotherapies: implications for clinical practice and research trials26
In support of supportive psychotherapy25
Non‐specific psychopathology: a once and future concept25
Clinical trials of novel psychotropic agents: some caveats24
Genetics for mental health clinicians: a call for a globally accessible and equitable psychiatric genetics education24
Another “and”: philosophy as glue23
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A clinically useful model of psychopathology must account for interpersonal dynamics22
The future of psychopharmacology: challenges beyond efficacy and tolerability21
Promoting healthy digital device usage: recommendations for youth and parents21
A critical assessment of NICE guidelines for treatment of depression21
Views of international experts on challenges to early intervention for bipolar disorder20
Dispelling “pleasing myths” about the integration of ecological momentary assessment and intervention into clinical research and practice20
Evolutionary psychiatry: foundations, progress and challenges20
Discovering informative biomarkers in psychiatry20
A Minimum Service Package (MSP) to improve response to mental health and psychosocial needs in emergency situations19
The World Mental Health Report: transforming mental health for all19
The promise of ICD‐11‐defined PTSD and complex PTSD to improve care for trauma‐exposed populations19
Excess cardiometabolic risk in children and adolescents initiating antipsychotic treatment compared to young adults: results from a nationwide cohort study19
The need for a consensual definition of mental health18
Treatment‐resistant depression invites persistent reflection18
The efficacy of complicated grief therapy for DSM‐5‐TR prolonged grief disorder17
WPA educational initiatives: reaching different stakeholders in the mental health field17
Systems‐based approaches to mental disorders are the only game in town16
How can measurement‐based care improve psychotherapy processes and mental health service delivery? A synthesis of expert perspectives16
Cyberbullying: next‐generation research16
Violence and schizophrenia: the role of social determinants of health and the need for early intervention16
WPA Scientific Sections 2020‐2023: from strengthened backbone to motor of innovation16
Sustainable Technology for Adolescents and youth to Reduce Stress (STARS): a WHO transdiagnostic chatbot for distressed youth16
The curse and opportunity of heterogeneity in the pursuit of psychiatric biomarkers15
Some priorities in targeting social determinants to achieve prevention of mental disorders15
The 2021‐2024 Work Plan of WPA Collaborating Centres15
Pushing forward public mental health agenda and promotion of mental health15
The changing nature of work in the 21st century as a social determinant of mental health15
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Incremental integration of nosological innovations is improving psychiatric diagnosis and treatment15
The importance of listening to patient preferences when making mental health care decisions14
The WPA Action Plan 2020‐2023: an updated report14
The role of gamification in digital mental health14
How should psychotherapy proceed when adjoined with psychedelics?14
Meaning in life is a fundamental protective factor in the context of psychopathology14
Prevention, treatment and care of substance use disorders among adolescents. Statement by the UNODCWHO Informal Scientific Network, 202413
WPA Section on Perinatal Psychiatry and Infant Mental Health: a report on recent activities13
Personality in the spotlight: activities of the WPA Section on Personality Disorders13
Trans‐theoretical clinical models and the implementation of precision mental health care13
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Borderline personality disorder: a comprehensive review of diagnosis and clinical presentation, etiology, treatment, and current controversies13
Hormone‐sensitive depression in women: a key to precision psychiatry12
Protective and compensatory childhood experiences and their impact on adult mental health12
The World Psychiatry Exchange Program: expanding the world of early career psychiatrists12
Distinct cognitive trajectories in the early course of psychosis are associated with clinical and functional outcomes longitudinally12
New research on validity and clinical utility of ICD‐11 vs. ICD‐10 and DSM‐5 diagnostic categories12
Advancing psychotherapy in psychiatry: the contribution of the WPA Section on Psychotherapy12
Breaking the glass ceiling: women's scientific participation in the 24th World Congress of Psychiatry12
The International Consortium on Paranoia Research: an introduction12
All levels of the translational spectrum must be targeted to advance psychopharmacology and improve patient outcomes12
A clinically useful conceptualization of emotion regulation grounded in functional contextualism and evolutionary theory11
What's in a name? Mental disorders, mental health conditions and psychosocial disability11
Crisis within a crisis – the fragility of acute psychiatric care delivery11
A comprehensive vision for women's mental health11
The WPA Working Group on Intellectual Developmental Disorders: the need for a second paradigm shift11
The dynamic paradigm of illness in psychopathology11
Continuity of care and therapeutic relationships as critical elements in acute psychiatric care11
Clinical translation of expert‐endorsed cognitive rehabilitation interventions for substance use disorders11
New resources for understanding patients’ values in the context of shared clinical decision‐making11
Ethical challenges in mental health care: moving beyond aspirations11
Recent advances in the conceptualization and evidence supporting the HiTOP approach11
Implementation of the WPA Action Plan 2020‐2023: an update11
Associations between physical diseases and subsequent mental disorders: a longitudinal study in a population‐based cohort10
Attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder as a risk factor for cardiovascular diseases: a nationwide population‐based cohort study10
Challenges in implementing interventions to address the social determinants of mental health10
Socioeconomic and sociocultural factors affecting access to psychotherapies: the way forward10
Living through interminable adversity: the mental health of the Afghan people10
Clozapine: past, present and future10
Treatment‐resistant depression: definition, prevalence, detection, management, and investigational interventions10
No service is an island: towards an ecosystem approach to mental health service evaluation10
Mental health services on the roof of the world9
The WPA Expert International Advisory Panel for Early Intervention in Psychosis in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries: an update on recent relevant activities9
Measurement‐based care: opportunities to improve global mental health care9
Childhood gender non‐conformity, sexual orientation and mental health problems among 18 to 89 year‐old Danes9
WPA communications under reorganization9
The alliance construct in psychotherapies: from evolution to revolution in theory and research9
Absolute and relative outcomes of psychotherapies for eight mental disorders: a systematic review and meta‐analysis9
First evidence of a general disease (“d”) factor, a common factor underlying physical and mental illness9
Real‐world effectiveness of antidepressants, antipsychotics and their combinations in the maintenance treatment of psychotic depression. Evidence from within‐subject analyses of two nationwide cohorts9
Philosophy of psychiatry as study of paradigm changes9
Aligning the “single law” proposal to the CRPD standard of “will and preferences”8
Vulnerability to addictive behaviors: the Associational Memory‐Appetitive Systems Relations Model8
Learning from the global response to COVID‐19 to accelerate innovation in mental health trials8
We share more attributes than we think: the crucial input of epidemiology8
Anorexia nervosa and the long‐term risk of mortality in women8
The clinical characterization of the adult patient with bipolar disorder aimed at personalization of management8
Politics and development as drivers of women's reproductive mental health8
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The WHO Flexible Interview for ICD‐11 (FLII‐11)8
The challenges of youth mental health: showing the hero out of the panopticon8
Update on WPA Scientific Meetings8
Risk and protective factors for mental disorders beyond genetics: an evidence‐based atlas8
Patterns and innovations in the unfolding of Latin American psychiatry and mental health8
The need to focus on perfectionism in suicide assessment, treatment and prevention8
Report by the WPA Working Group on Developing Partnerships with Service Users and Family Carers (2020‐2023)8
Internet‐based field trials of the ICD‐11 chapter on mental disorders8
Psychiatric diagnosis and treatment in the 21st century: paradigm shifts versus incremental integration8
Promoting schizophrenia research in Europe: the contribution of the European Group for Research in Schizophrenia8
Bridging between youth psychiatry and child and adolescent psychiatry7
Euthanasia for unbearable suffering caused by a psychiatric disorder: improving the regulatory framework7
Thinking too much: rumination and psychopathology7
Acute psychiatric care: approaches to increasing the range of services and improving access and quality of care7
Changing approaches to interventions for autistic adults7
From “online brains” to “online lives”: understanding the individualized impacts of Internet use across psychological, cognitive and social dimensions7
Mortality in persons with recent primary or secondary care contacts for mental disorders in Finland7
Community care for people with mental illness: challenges emerging in the 2020s and consequent recommendations7
Substance use disorders: a comprehensive update of classification, epidemiology, neurobiology, clinical aspects, treatment and prevention7
Learning health systems for community‐based mental health7
Update on implementation of WPA Action Plan 2020‐20237
The alliance in mental health care: conceptualization, evidence and clinical applications7
Labour market marginalization in children of persons with major psychiatric disorders: a Swedish national cohort study7
Clinical response to SSRIs relative to cognitive behavioral therapy in depression: a symptom‐specific approach7
DSM‐5‐TR: overview of what’s new and what’s changed7
Violence in schizophrenia: triangulating the evidence on perpetration risk7
Loneliness and abuse as risk factors for suicide in older adults: new developments and the contribution of the WPA Section on Old Age Psychiatry7
The WPA Scientific Sections: a global resource for education, research and care6
The post‐traumatic growth approach to psychological trauma6
Standards for randomized controlled trials of efficacy of psychological treatments6
Antidepressants in primary care: limited value at the first visit6
Social connection as a critical factor for mental and physical health: evidence, trends, challenges, and future implications6
Does treatment‐resistant depression need psychotherapy?6
Sociocultural context and intersectionality are vital to women's reproductive mental health6
Metabolic side effects in persons with schizophrenia during mid‐ to long‐term treatment with antipsychotics: a network meta‐analysis of randomized controlled trials6
The social determinants of mental health and disorder: evidence, prevention and recommendations6
The relationship between physical and mental health: an update from the WPA Working Group on Managing Comorbidity of Mental and Physical Health6
Genomics and psychiatric nosology: avoiding hype, maintaining hope6
Impact of pre‐trauma recreational drug use on mental health outcomes among survivors of the Israeli Nova Festival terrorist attack6
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Mental health of children and parents after very preterm birth5
How clinicians can support women in making decisions about psychopharmacological treatments in pregnancy5
Medication use and sickness absence from work in bipolar disorder: a nationwide register‐based study5
Advancements, challenges and future horizons in personalized psychiatry5
Algorithm‐based modular psychotherapy vs. cognitive‐behavioral therapy for patients with depression, psychiatric comorbidities and early trauma: a proof‐of‐concept randomized controlled trial5
Modulating self‐referential processing through meditation and psychedelics: is scientific investigation of self‐transcendence clinically relevant?5
Addictive disorders through the lens of the WPA Section on Addiction Psychiatry5
No two traumas are alike, and neither are two presentations of PTSD5
Philosophy of psychiatry can gain greater vitality by engaging the implications of new science5
COVID‐19 and psychiatrists’ responsibilities: an update of the WPA position paper5
Improving care for mental health, neurological and substance use conditions by enhancing pre‐service education for doctors and nurses: a new WHO guide5
The lived experience of psychosis: a bottom‐up review co‐written by experts by experience and academics5
CopeNYP: a brief remote psychological intervention reduces health care workers’ depression and anxiety symptoms during COVID‐19 pandemic5
The coming revolution in intervention science: from standardized protocols to personalized processes5
Risk of relapse during tapering of antipsychotic medication after a first psychotic episode: association with D2 receptor affinity but not with tapering speed5
The PTSD Gestalt switch5
The public mental health revolution must privilege lived experience voices and create alliances with affected communities5
Continuous outcome measurement in modern data‐informed psychotherapies5
The role of psychiatry in primary care: WPA Section contributions4
The promise of social recovery therapy in non‐affective psychoses4
Candidate diagnostic biomarkers for neurodevelopmental disorders in children and adolescents: a systematic review4
The impact of reproductive events on women with severe mental illness: we need more research and professional awareness4
The WPA Action Plan 2023‐20264
Nurturing the next generation of clinician‐scientists in child and adolescent psychiatry: recommendations from a WPA Presidential Task Force4
Impact of displacement on mental health in war‐exposed Ukrainian adolescents: a longitudinal study4
Sleep and circadian rhythm disturbances: plausible pathways to major mental disorders?4
The efficacy, mechanisms and implementation of physical activity as an adjunctive treatment in mental disorders: a meta‐review of outcomes, neurobiology and key determinants4
Initial treatment choices to achieve sustained response in major depression: a systematic review and network meta‐analysis4
Person‐centred care planning as foundational to clinical practice4
Five conceptual competences in psychiatry4
Understanding depression beyond the “mind‐body” dichotomy4
The evolving nosology of personality disorder and its clinical utility4
Past, present and future of research on brain energy metabolism in bipolar disorder4
WPA Working Group on Medical Students: current initiatives and future priorities4
Oral and long‐acting antipsychotics for relapse prevention in schizophrenia‐spectrum disorders: a network meta‐analysis of 92 randomized trials including 22,645 participants4
Transforming mental health for all: a critical role for specialists4
Embodied distress in reproductive psychiatry4
Mental health care for older adults: recent advances and new directions in clinical practice and research4
A report from the WPA Working Group on Providing Mental Health Care for Migrants and Refugees4
WPA Working Group on Defining and Managing Autism Spectrum Disorder: spreading knowledge for the next generations of psychiatrists4
Process‐based and principle‐guided approaches in youth psychotherapy4
The lived experience of postpartum depression and psychosis in women: a bottom‐up review co‐written by experts by experience and academics4
Implementation of self‐binding directives: recommendations based on expert consensus and input by stakeholders in three European countries4
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