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Papers

(The TQCC of Indian Journal of Psychiatry 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Clinical practice guidelines for assessment and management of mild neurocognitive disorder	91
A randomized sham-controlled trial to study the effect of transcranial direct current stimulation on craving, abstinence, and time to relapse in severe alcohol use disorder	72
Prof K C Dube Poster Award	46
Sexual dysfunction, marital relationship, and subjective quality of life among women with schizophrenia: Analytical case-control study	40
Sociodemographic and clinical profile of patients receiving disability certificates for psychiatric disorders	38
Shifting sands: Mental disorder defense from section 84 IPC to Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita	33
Psychometric attributes of the Dimensional Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale adapted in Bengali: A validation study in the Bengali-speaking population	32
Focus group discussion with the medical interns regarding psychiatry posting	32
Abstract- Poster	27
Free Papers Compiled	24
Free Papers Compiled	20
Prof M. Murugappan Poster Award	19
“I might catch this infection again and this time I will not survive” – A qualitative study on lived-in experiences and coping strategies of COVID-19-positive individuals in India	19
Presidential address	19
Familial Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease with early onset myoclonus: A case for fulminant progression	19
Use of the 21-item Depression Anxiety Stress Scale to assess depression in adolescents	18
Message from Vice President cum President elect (2024)	18
Economic determinants of mental health – Filling the research gap in COVID-19 era	18
MESSAGE FROM VICE PRESIDENT CUM PRESIDENT ELECT	17
WORKSHOP	17
Mental health insurance scenario in India	16
Message from Vice President, Indian Psychiatric Society	15
Abstract- Poster	15
Symposium	14
Free Papers Compiled	14

Free Papers Compiled	14
Prof K C Dube Poster Award	14
Free Papers Compiled	14
Free Papers Compiled	13
Symposium	13
Free Papers Compiled	13
BPSS Award	12
Free Papers Compiled	12
Free Papers Compiled	12
Symposium	11
Free Papers Compiled	11
Free Papers Compiled	11
Mental health aspects of adoption and the role of mental health professionals: A Narrative review	10
Prevalence and correlates of personality disorders in males with alcohol dependence syndrome undergoing inpatient treatment in a tertiary care hospital in South India	10
Six-month course and outcome of treatment-seeking individuals with alcohol dependence syndrome	10
ANCIPS WORKSHOPS	10
Subjective cognitive deficits and its correlates among patients with bipolar disorder: Findings from the bipolar disorder course and outcome study from India (BiD-CoIN study)	9
Creative pursuits for mental health and well-being	9
Intensive care unit stress and burnout among health-care workers	9
Reconsidering the discontinuation of M.Phil. programs in clinical psychology and psychiatric social work: An imperative for India’s mental health future	9
Beyond the screen: Examining the associations between cyberbullying, social media addiction, and mental health outcomes among medical students: A cross-sectional study	9
Symposium	9
Relapse in bipolar disorder in hospitalized patients with COVID-19	9
Prevalence and clinical correlates of restless legs syndrome in psychiatric patients: A cross-sectional study from North India	9
Insight in patients with bipolar disorder: Findings from the bipolar disorder course and outcome study from India (BiD-CoIN study)	9
Abstract- Poster	8
Free Papers Compiled	8
Workshop Compiled	8
Learning points about regression analysis in a study of predictors of insight in obsessive compulsive disorder	8
Mental health insurance and attempted suicide	8
Dropout rates and reasons for dropout among patients receiving clozapine	8
A 6-year-old child with wind phobia	8
Message from Hon General Secretary	8
A cross-sectional study exploring the positive aspects of caregiving in opioid dependence and its relation with quality of life, social support, and caregivers’ burden	8
State of medical and psychiatry research in India: How to plug the loopholes and move ahead	8
MURUGAPPAN POSTER AWARD	8
PROF M MURUGAPPAN AWARD	8
The Psychiatrist as an Expert Witness	8
Free Papers Compiled	7
Abstract- Poster	7
Free Papers Compiled	7
A primer on reliability testing of a rating scale	7
Free Papers Compiled	7
Symposium	7
Free Papers Compiled	7
Clinical Practice Guidelines for Assessment and Management of Aggressive and Assaultive Behaviour	7
The impact of online health information source preference on intolerance to uncertainty and cyberchondria in a youthful generation	7
The psychological impact of COVID-19 duty among resident doctors working in a COVID-hospital: A short-term follow-up study	7
Free Papers Compiled	7
Free Papers Compiled	7

Abstract- Poster	7
Symposium	7
Impact of anxiety and depression on disease activity and quality of life in patients with lupus nephritis	7
Serum nitric oxide levels are depleted in depressed patients treated with electroconvulsive therapy	7
Management of Psychiatric Disorders in Patients with Respiratory Diseases	6
Clinical Research Center for Neuromodulation in Psychiatry	6
Reflections on learning and growth at the National Psychiatry Conference – A postgraduate trainee’s perspective	6
Comments on “Delirious mania or excited catatonia: Diagnostic and management issues in a postpartum woman”	6
BHAGWAT AWARD	6
A qualitative exploration of the lived experiences and views of users of mental health services after self-harm	6
Toward a national policy on Alcohol: A complex public health issue in need of urgent action	6
Is the temperamental trait of high persistence protective in siblings? – A comparative, exploratory study of healthy siblings, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder probands	6
Mindfulness in treatment-seeking adults with comorbid obsessive-compulsive and major depressive disorders: Mediating effects of obsessive beliefs and mental well-being	6
Textbook of psychiatry	6
BHAGAWATH AWARD	6
Localizing dorsolateral prefrontal cortex for noninvasive brain stimulation in adolescents: A comparison between BeamF3 and 10–20 EEG systems: A cross-sectional study	6
A comparison of the severity of substance use disorder in patients with natural opium use versus heroin use	6
Research on sleep disorders in patients with mental illness: A review of Indian studies	6
Spiritual wellbeing and psychiatric comorbidity among patients with advanced-stage solid tumor cancer	6
COVID-19 vaccine-associated immunization-related anxiety presenting as dissociative symptoms and pseudoseizure: A case report and potential role in public health	6
A multicentric exploratory study of behavioral and psychological symptom characteristics of dementia	6
Symptoms of depression and anxiety and stress among postgraduate trainees in Sri Lanka: Risk factors and implications for practice	6
Patterns of the assessment in intellectual disability for unique disability identity (UDID): A two-year study	6
Brief intervention to enhance cessation of smokeless tobacco use in newly diagnosed patients with head and neck cancers: A randomized controlled trial in patient-relative dyads	6
Status of inclusion of mental illness under health insurance coverage in India – An exploratory study	6
Caveats of mental healthcare act-2017: Recommendation for amendments	6
Escitalopram-induced hypnic jerks: An overlooked side effect	6
Reply to comments on “Delirious mania or excited catatonia: Diagnostic and management issues in a post-partum woman”	6
Prevalence of depression in visually impaired children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis	6
MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT	5
Free Papers Compiled	5
Free Papers Compiled	5
Pseudothrombocytopenia in a patient with bipolar type 2 disorder on lurasidone	5
Interface of Law and Psychiatric Problems in the Elderly	5
Broken needles: A hidden and underreported risk among intravenous drug users	5
Clinical Practice Guidelines for Assessment and Management of Patients with Borderline Personality Disorder	5
Symposium	5
Free Papers Compiled	5
Abstract- Poster	5
Symposium	5
Free Papers Compiled	5
Affordable residential rehabilitation facilities for persons with chronic mental illness: An emerging need	5
Abstract- Poster	5
Psychiatric intervention pre- and post-bariatric surgery	5
Prevalence and factors associated with high risk for obstructive sleep apnea in schizophrenia spectrum disorder patients on long-term clozapine	5
Symposium	5
Prof K C Dube Poster Award	5
Symposium	5
Symposium	5
Free Papers Compiled	5
Free Papers Compiled	5
Abstract- Poster	5
Decision-making styles, magical thinking, and intolerance of uncertainty in opioid use disorder	5
Perceived stress and its psychosocial and clinical correlates among patients with pulmonary tuberculosis: A cross-sectional study	5
Free Papers Compiled	5
Free Papers Compiled	4
Free Papers Compiled	4
Experience of using electroconvulsive therapy for bipolar disorder: A retrospective study from North India	4
Mental disorders and you. Second Ed.2021. A. Rukadikar and M. P. Rukadikar	4
Association between urban upbringing and functional brain connectivity in schizophrenia	4
Antisuicidal efficacy of ketamine infusion in suicidal patients of depressive disorder	4
From the desk of Hon. General Secretary, IPS	4
Free Papers Compiled	4
Aberrant salience in acute versus chronic schizophrenia: Do medication and positive symptoms make a difference?	4
Psychiatric and neuropsychiatric issues in persons with COVID-19 infection: A case-control online study from India–Neorealist study	4
Clinical Practice Guidelines for Assessment and Management of Psychiatric Morbidity in Medical Professionals	4
Amend the Mental Health Care Act 2017: A Survey of Indian psychiatrists (Part 2)	4
Dissociative disorder presenting as self-injurious behaviour: A unique presentation of factitial dermatitis	4
Retrograde ejaculation due to venlafaxine-a rare occurrence	4
Abstract- Poster	4
Impact of cancer diagnosis on use of smokeless tobacco: A descriptive study of patient-relative dyads	4
An audit of initial six years of 5885 telepsychiatric direct video consultations: Findings from “benefits of savings” analysis and the effect of COVID-19 pandemic	4
Integrating parental psychopathologies in autism spectrum disorder care: Toward a holistic family-centric approach	4
Abstract- Poster	4
Free Papers Compiled	4
Undetected comorbidities in older adults with serious mental illness, and opportunities for screening – A cross-sectional study from Kerala	4
Free Papers Compiled	4
Comments on: “Comparative evaluation of the efficacy of nicotine chewing gum and nicotine patches as nicotine replacement therapy using salivary cotinine levels as a biochemical validation measure”	4
Free Papers Compiled	4
Validation of social cognition and interaction training’s (SCIT) videos and photographs in Indian setting	4

A cross-sectional study of the mental health burden among COVID-19 survivors	4
Baseline prolactin monitoring in patients admitted to a specialized psychogeriatric unit	4
Symposium	4
Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy-based evaluation of metabolic abnormalities in the right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and caudate nucleus in treatment-naïve patients with obsessive-compulsive	4
Negative affectivity and eating behavior: Differential relationships between young and middle-aged adults	4
Free Papers Compiled	4
Access to psychiatric services after lockdown in Melbourne	4
Clinical practice guidelines on cognitive impairment in bipolar disorders – Assessment and management	4
Facial emotion recognition in adolescent depression: The role of childhood traumas, emotion regulation difficulties, alexithymia and empathy	4
Internet addiction in adolescents	4
Sexual and reproductive health (SRH) of women with mental illness (WMI) - An integrative mixed-method study	4
Symposium	3
Symposium	3
Effects of psychiatric symptoms, age, and gender on fear of missing out (FoMO) and problematic smartphone use: A path analysis with clinical-based adolescent sample	3
Symposium	3
Absence of the interthalamic adhesion (ITA) as a neuroanatomical association or risk factor for neuropsychiatric disorders: A systemic review and meta-analysis	3
Reaffirmation of the necessity for M. Phil. programs in clinical psychology and psychiatric social work in India	3
Is preoperative anxiety adequately treated in adult patients undergoing surgery under general/regional anesthesia? A questionnaire-based cross-sectional survey	3
Manipal model of telepsychiatry	3
Abstract- Poster	3
Rethinking and reclaiming psychiatry	3
Inflammatory markers and cognitive deficits in first-episode psychoses – A cross-sectional study	3
Symposium	3
Free Papers Compiled	3
Understanding pregabalin misuse and dependence: Insights from a North Indian addiction treatment center	3
Zolpidem dependence for self-medication in the management of tardive dyskinesia	3
Treatment-emergent sexual dysfunctions due to antidepressants: A primer on assessment and management strategies	3
Erratum: Perceived advantages and disadvantages of telepsychiatry – An online survey of psychiatrists in India	3
Clinical practice guidelines for long-stay psychiatric services: Focus on admission procedures, covert medications, and proxy consultations	3
Role of accredited social health activists in treatment of persons with severe mental illness in the community	3
Free Papers Compiled	3
Preamble	3
Are doctors feeling burnout? – Multicenter cross-sectional study on burnout syndrome and its determinants during the ongoing pandemic	3
Symposium	3
Free Papers Compiled	3
Oral versus long-acting injectable antipsychotic in first episode schizophrenia: A 12 weeks interventional study	3
Symposium	3
Assessing disaster mental health preparedness among primary health care physicians of Karnataka, India: Designing and conducting a knowledge, attitude, and practice survey	3
AUTS2 variant in a child diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder and intellectual disability disorder, a case report	3
The glow of synthesis - twelve beacons of light in social psychiatry	3
Free Papers Compiled	3
Unraveling childhood trauma: Comparative insights into reactive attachment disorder and oppositional defiant disorder in siblings	3
Free Papers Compiled	3
Abstract- Poster	3
Role of media – social, electronic, and print media – in mental health and wellbeing	3
Free Papers Compiled	3
BPSS Award	3
Art of breaking bad news	3
Abstract- Poster	3
A summer of acute and transient psychosis: A case series	3
Free Papers Compiled	3
Free Papers Compiled	3
Suicide and suicidal ideation in the times of the Covid-19 pandemic: A scientometric analysis	3
A comparison of demographic profiles, clinical profile, course, and outcome of Bipolar I Disorder and Bipolar II Disorder: Findings from the Bipolar Disorder Course and Outcome study from India (BiD-C	3
Common mental disorders among adolescents in an urban area of Delhi	3
Free Papers Compiled	3
Abstract- Poster	3
Prof K C Dube Poster Award	3
Five-year trends in help-seeking among young people from a tertiary mental health care institution in Chennai	3
Clinical practice guidelines on assessment of needs among persons with mental illness and persons with substance use disorders with long stay in psychiatric institutions	3
Abstract- Poster	3
Free Papers Compiled	3
Prevalence, correlates and explanatory models of cognitive deficits in patients with schizophrenia—A cross sectional study	3
Free Papers Compiled	3
Free Papers Compiled	3
Continuing professional development proposed guidelines of national medical commission, India – A critique	3
Free Papers Compiled	3
Abstract- Poster	3
Oxidative and nitrosative stress in bipolar affective disorder and its familial aggregation	3
ABSTRACTS FOR SYMPOSIA	3
Evidence-based integration of yoga in psychiatric practice	3
Free Papers Compiled	3
Symposium	3
MARFATIA AWARD	3
Development and validation of an open-source virtual reality environment for alcohol use disorder and determinants of cue-induced craving among Indian participants	2
Symposium	2
Workshop Compiled	2
Association of depression and anxiety with uncontrolled hypertension: A cross-sectional study in Southwest Nigeria	2
Building competence in systematic reviews and meta-analyses through structured mentorship: An IPS Karnataka chapter initiative	2
A systematic review and meta-analysis of serum and plasma cortisol levels in depressed patients versus control	2
Free Papers Compiled	2
Application of low-frequency recurrent transcranial magnetic stimulation in the management of aripiprazole-induced akathisias: A case report	2
Clinical practice guidelines on addressing cognitive impairment in vascular dementias	2
Unmasking of schizophrenia following COVID vaccination	2
Prevalence of sexual dysfunction in HTLV-1 patients without spastic paraparesis and the association with psychiatric symptoms	2
Translational significance of neurodevelopment underpinned ‘neurophysiological-cognitive’ biomarkers in schizophrenia	2
The therapeutic relationships, empathy, and satisfaction in teleconsultation for substance use disorders: Better or worse than in-person consultation?	2
Fluoxetine induced cirrhosis of liver: A case report from India	2
Effectiveness of health literacy and relaxing music on quality of sleep and risk for antenatal depression	2
Symposium	2
Nationally representative epidemiological study of social anxiety disorder from India	2
Resilience and its relationship with disability in persons with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia: A comparative study	2
“Little by little, I started feeling I am unable to handle my child alone” – Lived experiences of mothers with postpartum depression and anxiety	2
A follow-up study of anxiety and depressive symptoms in irritable bowel syndrome	2
Prevalence of restraint use in psychiatric inpatient care facilities in India: A systematic review	2