OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Comprehensive Psychiatry is 10. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Towards understanding and addressing mental health challenges in Africa: An integrated perspective	199
Diligent for better or worse: Conscientiousness is associated with higher likelihood of suicidal behavior and more severe suicidal intent in later life	120
Pallidum volume as a predictor for the effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy and psycho-education in unmedicated patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder	82
Schizophrenia genetic risk and labour market outcomes in the Finnish general population: Are schizophrenia-related traits penalised or rewarded?	81
“When is it late”? Optimal threshold for duration of untreated illness (DUI) to predict SSRI-treatment resistance in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)	64
Assessing the effectiveness of high-definition transcranial direct current stimulation for treating obsessive-compulsive disorder: Results from a randomized, double-blind, controlled trial	49
Evaluation of the psychometric properties of the UBACC questionnaire in a multi-country psychiatric study in Africa	46
The longitudinal structure of negative symptoms in treatment resistant schizophrenia	45
Adaption and validation of the Rwandese version of the Mood Disorder Questionnaire for the screening of bipolar disorder	45
Prenatal anticipatory stress: Baby preparation and worry scale-revised in the Dutch context	45
Digital engagement profiles and binge eating symptoms in adolescents: A person-centred, longitudinal analysis	40
Effectiveness of electroconvulsive therapy for depression: comparing research studies with real-world clinical data from the Dutch ECT consortium	39
Advances in problematic usage of the internet research – A narrative review by experts from the European network for problematic usage of the internet	37
Brief intensive CBT for adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorder: A 5-day add-on program	36
Suicidal thoughts and behaviors in adults with hoarding disorder	35
How personality functioning shapes symptom development during and after treatment: A random intercept cross lagged panel analysis	33
Aberrant anterior insula underlies interoceptive deficits in alexithymia among schizophrenia patients	32
Validation of the aberrant salience inventory in a general and clinical Spanish population	31
Virtual reality-based theory of mind intervention in schizophrenia: Preliminary efficacy results	31
Pathways to suicidal ideation for young people engaged in mental health care	31
Exercise moderates longitudinal group psychopathology networks in individuals with eating disorders	28
Neuropsychological functions as trait markers in OCD: A 10-year follow-up study	28
The impact of events scale-revised (IES-R): Validation of the Ukrainian version	28
Daridorexant for adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and insomnia disorder: An exploratory study	27
Problematic use of the internet in individuals with psychiatric disorders – A scoping review and meta-analysis	27

Beyond criticism, hostility, and emotional overinvolvement: Development and psychometric validation of the Comprehensive Expressed Emotion Scale (CEES) in schizophrenia	25
Care coordinator delivered method of levels therapy to improve engagement and other outcomes in early psychosis (CAMEO): A feasibility cluster-randomised controlled trial	25
The relationship between cognitive phenotypes of compulsivity and impulsivity and clinical variables in obsessive-compulsive disorder: A systematic review and Meta-analysis	24
A prospective investigation of impacts of comorbid attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) on clinical features and long-term treatment response in adult patients with obsessive-compulsive dis	24
Personalized virtual reality exposure for panic disorder and agoraphobia: A preliminary neurophysiological study	24
Are circadian rhythms more favorable with lithium than with other mood stabilizers? An exploratory actigraphy study in euthymic bipolar disorder type 1	24
Diagnosing and treating catatonia in low- and middle-income countries – a scoping review	24
Associations between metabolic disorders and sleep disturbance in patients with schizophrenia	23
Evaluation of whether commonly used risk assessment tools are applicable to women in forensic psychiatric institutions	23
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (r-TMS) and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor-resistance in obsessive-compulsive disorder: A meta-analysis and clinical implications	23
Working memory performance in disordered gambling and gaming: A systematic review	23
The LEADING guideline: Reporting standards for expert panel, best-estimate diagnosis, and longitudinal expert all data (LEAD) methods	23
Permissive beliefs in the context of gaming, online shopping and alcohol drinking – Systematic development of a self-report measure	22
Comparative effects of pharmacological treatment for weight gain in patients treated with antipsychotics. A systematic review and network meta-analysis	21
Less inhibited and more depressed? The puzzling association between mood, inhibitory control and depressive symptoms	21
Cardiometabolic screening and monitoring in patients prescribed antipsychotic drugs in primary care: A population-based cohort study	21
Psychometric properties of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) across cross-cultural subgroups, genders, and sexual orientations: Findings from the International Sex Survey (ISS)	21
The effect of the menstrual cycle on obsessive-compulsive and related disorders: A scoping review	20
The course of borderline personality disorder from adolescence to early adulthood: A 5-year follow-up study	20
Identifying factors strongest associated with clinical, societal and personal recovery in people with psychosis with a long duration of illness	20
Prevalence and factors associated with depression and anxiety among young school-going adolescents in the Western Cape Province of South Africa	20
Unveiling the relationship between social anxiety, loneliness, motivations, and problematic smartphone use: A network approach	20
Risk of suicidality in mental and neurological disorders in low and middle-income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis	20
Corrigendum to “The global assessment of OCD” [comprehensive psychiatry, volume 118, October 2022, 152,342 1–17]	19
The relative risks of different forms of sports betting in a U.S. sample: A brief report	19
Translation and Validation of the Gaming Disorder Test and Gaming Disorder Scale for Adolescents into Chinese for Taiwanese Young Adults	19
Efficacy of a dialogic book-sharing intervention in a South African birth cohort: A randomized controlled trial	19
HUGS@Home - An initial evaluation of a psychological first aid programme for families and friends of first responders	18
Views about neuromodulation interventions for depression by stakeholder group, treatment modality, and depression severity	18
Identifying internalizing transdiagnostic profiles through motivational and cognitive control systems: Relations with symptoms, functionality, and quality of life	17
Social media as an incubator of personality and behavioral psychopathology: Symptom and disorder authenticity or psychosomatic social contagion?	17
Mindfulness-based intervention for clinical and subthreshold perinatal depression and anxiety: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trial	17
Beyond the surface: Understanding obsessive symptoms and body perceptions, from shape concerns to fear of blushing	17
The double-edged sword of distress tolerance: Exploring the role of distress overtolerance in nonsuicidal self-injury	17
Mental health outcomes in frontline healthcare workers in Brazil during the COVID-19 epidemic: Results of an online survey in four regions using respondent-driven sampling (RDS)	17
Premorbid temperament as predictor of onset of depression: 23-year follow-up	16
Identifying populations at ultra-high risk of suicide using a novel machine learning method	16
The clinical utility and relevance in clinical practice of DSM-5 specifiers for major depressive disorder: A Delphi expert consensus study	16
Childhood trauma increases vulnerability to attempt suicide in adulthood through avoidant attachment	16
Gender and trait rumination moderates the link between trait impulsivity and gambling problems severity in young adults	16
Internet severity and activities addiction questionnaire (ISAAQ): Psychometrics of item response theory and clustering of online activities	16
The relationship between childhood trauma and insomnia among college students with major depressive disorder: Mediation by the role of negative life events and dysfunctional attitudes	16
Gender bias in antidepressant direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical advertising	16
Neuroimaging insights on sleep disturbances and risk for major depressive disorder in youth: A systematic review	15
Correlates of risk-taking behaviour and suicidality among humanitarian aid workers	15
Clinical assessment and treatment of PANS/PANDAS	15
An extended model of gambling motives: The first results with the long and short versions of the gambling motives questionnaire-revised	15
Empirical support for recognizing pathological buying/shopping as a mental disorder	15
The influence of psychological traits and prior experience on treatment expectations	15
An investigation into symptoms of depression and anxiety and emotion regulation among older adolescents from low-income settings in South Africa	15

A remotely-applied, cognitive control-based video game intervention to reduce depressive symptoms in a sub-clinical population: A randomized controlled trial (RCT)	15
Predictors for early and long-term readmission in involuntarily admitted patients	14
Affective dysregulation and sex differences in somatic symptom disorder: A 6-month longitudinal and mediation analysis	14
Effect of stress on the relationship between relief-seeking and cue-induced alcohol craving and anxiety: A virtual reality cue exposure study	14
Subtypes of major depressive disorders and objectively measured physical activity and sedentary behaviors in the community	13
Adverse childhood experiences and cognition: A cross-sectional study in Xhosa people living with schizophrenia and matched medical controls	13
Sex-differential patterns of neuropsychological functioning in adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder	13
Identifying the most important research, policy and practice questions for substance use, problematic alcohol use and behavioural addictions in autism (SABA-A): A priority setting partnership	13
Mapping policies related to problematic usage of the internet in seven European countries: Netherlands, Spain, Hungary, Lithuania, Portugal, Estonia and Switzerland	12
Cognitive performance in young adults who endorse a cannabis use disorder	12
The power of youth: Long-term differential effects of developmental functioning trajectory on social functioning, quality of life and personal recovery across the schizophrenia spectrum	12
Epidemiology of DSM-5 psychiatric disorders in Kenyan Youth with Low and High Psychosis Risk	11
Efficient screening and outcome assessment for borderline personality disorder: A psychometric evaluation of the uBPDc	11
A comprehensive measure assessing different types of problematic use of the internet among Chinese adolescents: The Assessment of Criteria for Specific Internet-use Disorders (ACSID-11)	11
A scoping review on serotenergic psychedelics for obsessive compulsive and body image disorders	11
Is it acceptable and feasible to measure prolonged grief disorder symptoms in daily life using experience sampling methodology?	11
Long-term risk of psychiatric disorders in women with endometriosis: A retrospective cohort study	11
Therapists who foster social identification build stronger therapeutic working alliance and have better client outcomes	11
Infralow-frequency transcranial magnetic stimulation as a therapy for generalized anxiety disorder: A randomized clinical trial	11
The rationale for South Africa to prioritise mental health care as a critical aspect of overall health care	10
Psychological therapies for people with intellectual disabilities: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis	10
Psychiatric comorbidities of posttraumatic stress disorder among adolescent refugees in Uganda: A latent class analysis of patterns and covariates	10
Subjective and objective assessments of executive functions are independently predictive of aggressive tendencies in patients with substance use disorder	10
Assessing prolonged grief symptoms using experience sampling methodology: The development of the prolonged grief symptoms - short ecological assessment (PGS-SEA) scale	10
Anomalous self-experiences and neurocognitive functioning in adolescents at risk for psychosis: Still no significant associations found between these two vulnerability markers	10
Adverse childhood experiences and problematic use of the internet among a child and adolescent psychiatric clinical population.	10
A latent class analysis of mental disorders, substance use, and aggressive antisocial behavior among Swedish forensic psychiatric patients	10
A systematic review of evidence-based interventions for child and adolescent mental health problems in low- and middle-income countries	10
Trichotillomania, skin picking disorder, and pregnancy	10
What goes around comes around? Holding racist attitudes predicts increased psychological distress over time	10
An ecosystem approach to the evaluation and impact analysis of heterogeneous preventive and/or early interventions projects for veterans and first responders in seven countries	10
Association between autoimmune diseases of the nervous system and schizophrenia: A systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies	10
Attentional bias in people with moderate-to-severe cannabis use disorder	10