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Papers

(The median citation count of Comprehensive 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Preventing problematic internet use during the COVID-19 pandemic: Consensus guidance	482
Stress and anxiety among university students in France during Covid-19 mandatory confinement	411
The psychological impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the general population of Saudi Arabia	336
How to manage obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) under COVID-19: A clinician's guide from the International College of Obsessive Compulsive Spectrum Disorders (ICOCS) and the Obsessive-Compulsive and	116
Is cyberchondria a new transdiagnostic digital compulsive syndrome? A systematic review of the evidence	114
Generalized anxiety and depressive symptoms in various age groups during the COVID-19 lockdown in Poland. Specific predictors and differences in symptoms severity	92
Cognitive behavioural therapy with exposure and response prevention in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials	80
The relationship between emotion regulation and well-being in patients with mental disorders: A meta-analysis	77
Overlapping patterns of recreational and medical cannabis use in a large community sample of cannabis users	76
Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) therapy in patients with treatment resistant depression: A systematic review and meta-analysis	66
Psychological distress surveillance and related impact analysis of hospital staff during the COVID-19 epidemic in Chongqing, China	58
Valid measurement of DSM-5 persistent complex bereavement disorder and DSM-5-TR and ICD-11 prolonged grief disorder: The Traumatic Grief Inventory-Self Report Plus (TGI-SR+)	57
Problematic use of the internet during the COVID-19 pandemic: Good practices and mental health recommendations	53
Phenotyping mental health: Age, community size, and depression differently modulate COVID-19-related fear and generalized anxiety	47
Prevalence and associated factors of depression, anxiety, and stress among Hubei pediatric nurses during COVID-19 pandemic	47
Tracing 20 years of research on problematic use of the internet and social media: Theoretical models, assessment tools, and an agenda for future work	42
Advances in problematic usage of the internet research – A narrative review by experts from the European network for problematic usage of the internet	40
Social media recruitment for mental health research: A systematic review	39
Changes in lifestyle resulting from confinement due to COVID-19 and depressive symptomatology: A cross-sectional a population-based study	36
Post-stroke depression and functional impairments – A 3-year prospective study	36
Importance of SARs-Cov-2 anosmia: From phenomenology to neurobiology	34
The association of trait impulsivity and suicidal ideation and its fluctuation in the context of the Interpersonal Theory of Suicide	30
Increased IL-8 concentrations in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with unipolar depression	28
Media use before, during and after COVID-19 lockdown according to parents in a clinically referred sample in child and adolescent psychiatry: Results of an online survey in Switzerland	26
The psychological impact of the coronavirus disease pandemic on hospital workers in Daegu, South Korea	26

Characterizing the building blocks of Problematic Use of the Internet (PUI): The role of obsessional impulses and impulsivity traits among Italian young adults	24
The mental state and risk factors of Chinese medical staff and medical students in early stages of the COVID-19 epidemic	24
Prevalence and associated risk factors of insomnia among pregnant women in China	23
Prior depression predicts greater stress during Covid-19 mandatory lockdown among college students in France	21
Mental health assessment of Spanish healthcare workers during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. A cross-sectional study	21
Functional connectivity of supplementary motor area during finger-tapping in major depression	21
Risk for Substance Use Disorders in young adulthood: Associations with developmental experiences of homelessness, foster care, and adverse childhood experiences	21
Family functioning as a moderator in the relation between perceived stress and psychotic-like experiences among adolescents during COVID-19	18
Motor abnormalities are associated with poor social and functional outcomes in schizophrenia	17
Crocin alleviates schizophrenia-like symptoms in rats by upregulating silent information regulator-1 and brain derived neurotrophic factor	17
Violent and non-violent offending in patients with schizophrenia: Exploring influences and differences via machine learning	17
Suicidality in patients with obsessive-compulsive and related disorders (OCRDs): A meta-analysis	17
Rules, role models or overall climate at home? Relative associations of different family aspects with adolescents' problematic social media use	16
Group and sex differences in social cognition in bipolar disorder, schizophrenia/schizoaffective disorder and healthy people	16
Differences in the use of emotion regulation strategies between anorexia and bulimia nervosa: A systematic review and meta-analysis	16
Short defeat and entrapment scale: A psychometric investigation in three German samples	15
Nonadherence after hospital discharge in patients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder: A six-month naturalistic follow-up study	15
Persistence rate of DSM-5 somatic symptom disorder: 4-year follow-up in patients from a psychosomatic outpatient clinic	14
A network analysis on self-harming and problematic smartphone use – The role of self-control, internalizing and externalizing problems in a sample of self-harming adolescents	14
Associations between interpersonal dependency and severity of prolonged grief disorder symptoms in bereaved surviving family members	14
Deficits in executive functions but not in decision making under risk in individuals with problematic social-network use	14
Social media as an incubator of personality and behavioral psychopathology: Symptom and disorder authenticity or psychosomatic social contagion?	13
Psychosocial and peripartum determinants of postpartum depression: Findings from a prospective population-based cohort. The ABCD study	13
Therapeutic drug monitoring of sertraline in children and adolescents: A naturalistic study with insights into the clinical response and treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder	13
Mediating effect of resilience during pregnancy on the association between maternal trait anger and postnatal depression	13
Cross-cultural generalizability of the ICD-11 PGD symptom network: Identification of central symptoms and culturally specific items across German-speaking and Chinese bereaved	13
Public awareness and anxiety during COVID-19 epidemic in China: A cross-sectional study	13
Cross-disorder comparison of sensory over-responsivity in chronic tic disorders and obsessive-compulsive disorder	13
Item-level analysis of mental health symptom trajectories during the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK: Associations with age, sex and pre-existing psychiatric conditions	13
A correlational study of socioeconomic factors and the prevalence of hikikomori in Japan from 2010 to 2019	12
Translation and Validation of the Gaming Disorder Test and Gaming Disorder Scale for Adolescents into Chinese for Taiwanese Young Adults	12
Nonsuicidal self-injury behaviour in a city of China and its association with family environment, media use and psychopathology	12
Screening for adult ADHD using brief rating tools: What can we conclude from a positive screen? Some caveats	12
Non-suicidal self-injury and attachment trauma in adolescent inpatients with psychiatric disorders	12
Psychological distress among healthcare workers accessing occupational health services during the COVID-19 pandemic in Zimbabwe	12
Alleviation of cognitive deficits and high copper levels by an NMDA receptor antagonist in a rat depression model	12
Effects of age on depressive symptomatology and response to antidepressant treatment in patients with major depressive disorder aged 18 to 65 years	12
Suicidality in family caregivers of people with long-term illnesses and disabilities: A scoping review	12
Gaming disorder: A summary of its characteristics and aetiology	11
Emotional dysregulation and callous unemotional traits as possible predictors of short-term response to methylphenidate monotherapy in drug-naïve youth with ADHD	11
Subclinical hypothyroidism and symptoms of depression: Evidence from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES)	11
Transitional objects of grief	11
Mindfulness-based intervention for clinical and subthreshold perinatal depression and anxiety: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trial	11
Treatment-resistant OCD: Pharmacotherapies in adults	11
Novel approaches for treating Internet Gaming Disorder: A review of technology-based interventions	10
Validation of the Italian version of the Camouflaging Autistic Traits Questionnaire (CAT-Q) in a University population	10
Attentional biases in depression: Relation to disorder severity, rumination, and anhedonia	10
Predominant polarity in bipolar disorder: Findings from the bipolar disorder course and outcome study from India (BiD-CoIN study)	10
Meta-analysis of cognitive behaviour therapy and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors for the treatment of hypochondriasis: Implications for trial design	10
Gambling and gaming during COVID-19: The role of mental health and social motives in gambling and gaming problems	10

Inpatient psychiatry unit devoted to COVID-19 patients	10
The serotonin transporter gene polymorphism (SLC6A4) and risk for psychiatric morbidity and comorbidity in the Baltimore ECA follow-up study	9
Evaluating the severity of depressive symptoms using upper body motion captured by RGB-depth sensors and machine learning in a clinical interview setting: A preliminary study	9
Autobiographical memory in schizophrenia: The role of metacognition	9
Optimizing first line treatments for adults with OCD	9
Mental disorders, comorbidities, and suicidality at 30 years of age in a Brazilian birth cohort	9
Length of stay among multi-ethnic psychiatric inpatients in the United Kingdom	9
Exploring Internet gaming disorder: an updated perspective of empirical evidence (from 2016 to 2021)	9
What are the long-term effects of child loss on parental health? Social integration as mediator	9
Object attachment and emotions in hoarding disorder	9
Association between schizophrenia and prostate cancer risk: Results from a pool of cohort studies and Mendelian randomization analysis	9
The impact of transcranial Direct Current stimulation on rumination: A systematic review of the sham-controlled studies in healthy and clinical samples	9
Associations between COVID-19 pandemic impact, dimensions of behavior and eating disorders: A longitudinal UK-based study	9
Multiple modifiable lifestyle factors and the risk of perinatal depression during pregnancy: Findings from the GUSTO cohort	9
The role of gender in a large international OCD sample: A Report from the International College of Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders (ICOCS) Network	9
Separation anxiety disorder among outpatients with major depressive disorder: Prevalence and clinical correlates	9
Behavioral problems in children with primary monosymptomatic nocturnal enuresis	8
Lifestyle behaviours and mental health and wellbeing of tertiary students during COVID-19 lockdown in Australia: A cross-sectional study	8
Psychological therapies for people with intellectual disabilities: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis	8
Childhood trauma increases vulnerability to attempt suicide in adulthood through avoidant attachment	8
The global assessment of OCD	8
A case-control study on physical activity preferences, motives, and barriers in patients with psychiatric conditions	8
Sex differences in circulating neuregulin1-β1 and β-secretase 1 expression in childhood-onset schizophrenia	8
Opening the curtains for better sleep in psychotic disorders - considerations for improving sleep treatment	8
Association between residual symptoms and social functioning in patients with depression	8
Characteristics of 262 adults with skin picking disorder	8
Childhood maltreatment and trauma is common and severe in body dysmorphic disorder	8
Sleep quality and its clinical associations in trichotillomania and skin picking disorder	8
Community coherence and acculturation strategies among refugee adolescents: How do they explain mental-health symptoms?	8
Early intervention in obsessive-compulsive disorder: From theory to practice	7
Does social defeat cause negative symptoms? A prospective study in a multi-national community sample	7
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (r-TMS) and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor-resistance in obsessive-compulsive disorder: A meta-analysis and clinical implications	7
Bimodal effects of sunlight on major depressive disorder	7
Obsessive-compulsive disorder, insulin signaling and diabetes – A novel form of physical health comorbidity: The sweet compulsive brain	7
Heterogeneity of smartphone impact on everyday life and its relationship with personality and psychopathology: A latent profile analysis	7
Characteristics and stability of hallucinations and delusions in patients with borderline personality disorder	6
Depressive symptoms, social support, and health-related quality of life: A community-based study in Shanghai, China	6
Elevated social anxiety symptoms across childhood and adolescence predict adult mental disorders and cannabis use	6
The personality profile of chronic alcohol dependent patients with comorbid gambling disorder symptoms	6
Accuracy of the Diagnostic Infant and Preschool Assessment (DIPA) in a Dutch sample	6
Psychometric evaluation of the Chinese version of social anxiety scale for social media users and cross-sectional investigation into this disorder among college students	6
Clinical presentation of body-focused repetitive behaviors in minority ethnic groups	6
Diffusion tensor imaging in borderline personality disorder showing prefrontal white matter alterations	6
Restoration of psychosocial functioning in remitted major depressive disorder patients: A 1-year longitudinal study	6
Associations between anxiety disorders and diet quality in a Swiss cohort study	5
Non-invasive and invasive brain stimulation in alcohol use disorders: A critical review of selected human evidence and methodological considerations to guide future research	5
Resilience mediates the relationship between household dysfunction in childhood and postpartum depression in adolescent mothers in Peru	5
Impact on carer burden when stable patients with schizophrenia transitioned from 1-monthly to 3-monthly paliperidone palmitate	5
Insomnia and related factors in patients with pre-existing psychiatric disorders compared to the general population during the COVID-19 lockdown: Findings from the multicentric COMET study	5
Attentional networks in co-occurring generalized anxiety disorder and major depression disorder: Towards a staging approach to the executive control deficits	5
Polygenic risk scores differentiate schizophrenia patients with toxoplasma gondii compared to toxoplasma seronegative patients	5
Investigating racing thoughts in insomnia: A neglected piece of the mood-sleep puzzle?	5
Stronger psychological strains increase the odds of suicide death: A comparison between suicides and suicide attempters	5
An intervention package for supporting the mental well-being of community health workers in low, and middle-income countries during the COVID-19 pandemic	5
A systematic review of evidence-based interventions for child and adolescent mental health problems in low- and middle-income countries	5
Association of C-reactive protein and metabolic risk with cognitive effects of lurasidone in patients with schizophrenia	5
Shame and guilt in youth at ultra-high risk for psychosis	5
Gender differences in prevalence and clinical correlates of anxiety symptoms in first-episode and drug-naïve patients with major depressive disorder	5
Impact of language proficiency on mental health service use, treatment and outcomes: "Lost in Translation"	5
Serotoninergic brain dysfunction in neuroendocrine tumor patients: A scoping review	5
Maximizing decision-making style and hoarding disorder symptoms	5
Individuals at ultra-high risk of psychosis and first-degree relatives of patients with schizophreniaexperience impaired family functionality and social support deficit in comparison to healthy contro	5
Personality disorder increases risk of low quality of life among women with mental state disorders	5
Trait emotional intelligence and quality of life in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: Dysmorphic concerns and general distress as mediators	5
Risk and protective factor profiles predict addictive behavior among adolescents	5
Association between discontinuation of benzodiazepine receptor agonists and post-operative delirium among inpatients with liaison intervention: A retrospective cohort study	5
Views about neuromodulation interventions for depression by stakeholder group, treatment modality, and depression severity	5
A cross-sectional analysis of mental health disorders in a mental health services-seeking population of children, adolescents, and young adults in the context of ongoing violence and displacement in n	4
Identity, self-blame, and body regard in NSSI: A test of moderated-mediation	4
Continuum beliefs and the perception of similarities and differences to a person with depression	4
Internet severity and activities addiction questionnaire (ISAAQ): Psychometrics of item response theory and clustering of online activities	4
Comorbid trichotillomania and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in adults	4
Sex-comparative study of gambling disorder regarding alexithymia and symptoms of depression, anxiety and hostility	4
The influence of negative and affective symptoms on anhedonia self-report in schizophrenia	4
The domain-variant indirect association between electrophysiological response to reward and ADHD presentations is moderated by dopaminergic polymorphisms	4
Childhood adversity patterns differentially cluster with mental disorders and socioeconomic indicators in a large Swiss community sample	4
Managing the COVID-19 pandemic in people with mental disorders: An exploratory telephone interview study in a psychiatric outpatient department	4
Does substance use explain social differences in terms of depression? Findings from the Constances cohort	4
The experience of gratification and compensation in addictive behaviors: How can these experiences be measured systematically within and across disorders due to addictive behaviors?	4
The relationship between anxious-depressive symptoms and harmful cannabis use: Multiple mediation models via rumination, negative urgency, protective behavioral strategies and refusal self-efficacy	4