OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Nordic Journal of Psychiatry is 3. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Testing a cognitive behavioural therapy program for anxiety in autistic adolescents: a feasibility study	25
Associations between school difficulties and family type and the role of socioeconomic, behavior and health-related difficulties in early adolescents: a population-based study	24
Mentalizing mediates the relationship between psychopathy and premeditated criminal offending in schizophrenia: a 6-year follow-up study	20
Prescriptions of psychotropic and somatic medications among patients with severe mental disorders and healthy controls in a naturalistic study	17
A benchmark study of a combined individual and group anorexia nervosa therapy program	16
What methods are used in research of firsthand experiences with online self-harming and suicidal behavior? A scoping review	13
Emotion dysregulation and social communication problems but not ToM properties may predict obsessive-compulsive disorder symptom severity	12
The role of neuropeptide Y, orexin-A, and ghrelin in differentiating unipolar and bipolar depression: a preliminary study	11
A critical examination of Danish norms for the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ)	10
A comparison between young males and females with anorexia nervosa in a clinical setting	10
Correlations of plasma oxytocin with clinical and hormonal parameters in panic disorder	10
Medication and rehabilitation of persons applying for disability pension due to depression: a register-based retrospective study from Finland	9
Perinatal mental health: how nordic data sources have contributed to existing evidence and future avenues to explore	9
It takes one to know one: prevalence and self-disclosure of mental illness among physicians and psychologists working in psychiatric services in Denmark	9
Suicidal behaviour in over-indebted individuals: a cross-sectional study in Sweden	9
An evaluation of parents’ perceptions of the quality of care of an intervention provided for children with mild to moderate health problems	9
Video consultation and treatment in the community smoking cessation therapy success rates in patients with mental illness: a randomized controlled trial	9
Finnish Psychotherapy Quality Register: rationale, development, and baseline results	8
Adverse childhood experiences in children with neurodevelopmental disorders and their parents	8
Sociodemographic variables, clinical characteristics, and treatments in children with trichotillomania in terms of age and gender: a multicenter study	8
Psychopathy subdomains in violent offenders with and without a psychotic disorder	8
Cognitive training for children with ADHD: composite cognitive score outcome in a randomized controlled trial	8
Polypharmacy in antipsychotic pharmacological treatment among patients with dual diagnosis in Denmark	8
Facial emotion recognition in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder	8
Brief internet-delivered skills training based on DBT for adults with borderline personality disorder – a feasibility study	7

The Thoughtful program: a randomized controlled study of a mentalization-based mental health education intervention in a psychiatric outpatient population	7
School performance and genetic propensities for educational attainment and depression in the etiology of self-harm: a Danish population-based study	7
Inflammatory markers, somatic complaints, use of medication and health care in 11-year-old children at familial high risk of schizophrenia or bipolar disorder compared with population-based controls.	7
States of Mind with Respect to Attachment: a comparative study between women who killed their children and mothers diagnosed with post-partum depression	7
Utility of the Work and Social Adjustment Scale (WSAS) in predicting long-term sick-leave in Danish patients with emotional disorders	7
Gender-stratified national mental health norms of BSI-53, BSI-18, SCL-10, ADHD-9, and ADHD-6 for Denmark	6
Brief report: psychiatric emergency service in the Capital Region of Denmark	6
Cognitive disengagement syndrome symptoms in obsessive-compulsive disorder with and without attention deficit hyperactivity disorder	6
CYP3A422* and CYP3A53* impact efficacy and safety of diazepam in patients with alcohol withdrawal syndrome	6
Exploring associations between the Modular Assessment of Risk for Imminent Suicide (MARIS) questionnaire and recent suicidal ideation and behavior among patients admitted at an acute psychiatric inpat	6
Temperament, but not childhood trauma, distinguishes borderline personality disorder from bipolar disorder and ADHD	6
Patients with borderline personality disorder and the effects of compulsory admissions on self-harm behaviour: a questionnaire study	6
The effects of mandatory home quarantine on mental health in a community sample during the COVID-19 pandemic	6
Which factors affect job satisfaction of doctors in psychiatry?	6
Long-term psychopathology rates of children and adolescents and associated factors in the worst-sticken area of 2023 Kahramanmaras earthquake	6
Alcohol use, daily smoking, clozapine use and psychiatric symptom profile in persons with schizophrenia spectrum disorder	6
Characteristics of people who died by suicide in a hospital district providing open dialogue-based psychiatric services: a nationwide cluster analysis	6
Comparisons between obsessive-compulsive disorder and trichotillomania in terms of autistic traits and repetitive behaviors in adolescents	6
Exploring levels of TSH and FT4 in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), fibromyalgia (FM) and healthy controls did not reveal any associations between fatigue score and level of thyroid hormo	6
Psychometric validity of the Montgomery and Åsberg Depression Rating Scale for Youths (MADRS-Y)	6
Frequent psychiatric admissions and the risk of suicide: a prospective total cohort study 2005–2023	5
Validation of the Italian version of the clinician affective reactivity index (CL-ARI)	5
Pilot study to explore poor visual searching capabilities in children with ADHD: a tablet-based computerized test battery study	5
Theory of mind in schizophrenia: a comparison of subgroups with low and high IQ	5
Sertraline versus venlafaxine combined with psychotherapy in trauma-affected refugees – a follow-up study on a pragmatic randomised trial	5
The Finnish Adoptive Family Study of Schizophrenia: differences in somatic diseases and conditions between adoptees with high or low genetic risk for schizophrenia spectrum disorders	5
Prevalence and relevance of neurocognitive challenges in patients admitted to a secondary mental health outpatient clinic	5
From outpatient secondary mental health services to primary care: patients’ perspectives on depression treatment and relapse prevention - a qualitative study	5
Long-term effectiveness of SBIRT by outreach visits on subsequent alcohol treatment utilization among inpatients from general hospital: a 36-months follow-up	5
Functioning, psychiatric symptoms and quality of life of individuals with severe mental disorders after psychiatric rehabilitation	5
Patients’ perception of the quality of psychiatric inpatient care in the Faroe Islands	5
Music to improve sleep quality in adults with depression-related insomnia (MUSTAFI): randomized controlled trial	5
Long-term stability in obsessive thoughts and compulsive behavior in the general population: a longitudinal study in Sweden	4
Psychiatric disorders, rumination, and metacognitions in patients with type D personality and coronary heart disease	4
Changes in inflammatory markers following electroconvulsive therapy in severe psychiatric disorders: focus on monocyte-to-lymphocyte ratio and systemic inflammation response index	4
Increasing person-centeredness in psychosis inpatient care: care consumption before and after a person-centered care intervention	4
National norms of mental health for Denmark	4
‘Personality and bipolar disorder: personality profiles of patients with remitted bipolar disorder and matched controls in a Danish sample’	4
Driving risks of young drivers with symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: association with the dopamine transporter gene VNTR polymorphism	4
Comparisons of clinical subtypes, symptom severity, global functioning, emotional and behavior problems, and CPT test profiles in children and adolescents with ADHD with and without co-occurring inter	4
Integrating static and modifiable risk factors in violence risk assessment for forensic psychiatric patients: a feasibility study of FoVOx	4
The use of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) en bloc in Denmark: a nationwide register-based study	4
Unraveiling the correlation among neurodevelopmental and inflammatory biomarkers in patients with chronic schizophrenia	4
Problematic gaming, problem gambling: co-occurrence and association with depression and generalised anxiety disorder among working-age adults in Latvia	4
A Norwegian adaptation of the quality in psychiatric care – inpatient staff (QPC-IPS): psychometric evaluation and staff assessment of quality of care	4
Mentalization-oriented psychodynamic group therapy for patients with personality disorders: a naturalistic prospective cohort study	4
Medical consultation to identify somatic disorders and abnormal paraclinical findings in hospitalized psychiatric patients is feasible and worthwhile	4
Effectiveness of a multidisciplinary outreach intervention for individuals with severe mental illness in supported accommodation	4
Nordic region suicide trends 2000–2018; sex and age groups	4
One-year prevalence and psychiatric comorbidity of borderline personality disorder in a medical certificate population: a registry study of psychiatric outpatients in community mental health care in t	3

Changes in patterns of alcohol consumption in young psychiatric outpatients: two comparable samples assessed with 10 years apart	3
Symptom severity and well-being of patients with mental illness during the COVID-19 pandemic: a two-wave survey	3
Investigating the effects of age, IQ, dosing, and anthropometric measures on the treatment persistence in long-term methylphenidate use	3
Psychometric properties and normative data of the Latvian and Russian language versions of the strengths and difficulties questionnaire (SDQ) in the Latvian general adolescent population	3
Quetiapine and other antipsychotic medications during pregnancy: a 15-year follow-up of a university hospital birth register	3
The use of classic psychedelics among adults: a Danish online survey study	3
Evaluation of Steps Towards Recovery – attitudes towards and experiences of a recovery-oriented nursing programme as an approach to evidence-based nursing practice in psychiatric in-patient care	3
Severe or chronic disease in childhood predicts suicidality and links to anxiety in young adulthood	3
Cognitive analytic therapy for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder: a randomized controlled trial	3
Facilitators and barriers of mental health help-seeking behaviours among adolescents in Oman: a cross-sectional study	3
Diagnostic accuracy of the alcohol use disorders identification test (AUDIT) in Swedish young adult outpatients in general psychiatry	3
Prevalence of misophonia in patients with bipolar disorder: its relationship with autism spectrum symptoms and emotion regulation skills in comparison to a control group	3
The experience of individuals filmed for pornography production: a history of continuous polyvictimization and ongoing mental health challenges	3
Do we know the mind of others? Suspicion of malingering in emergency psychiatry	3
Behaviour ratings of executive functions in adolescents with ADHD: correlation with core symptoms and functional impairment measured by multiple informants	3
Bridging the gap between sectors in transition from mental health hospitals to communities - determining and mediating the need for assistance in daily living for patients with mental illness	3
Use of the Return-to-Work-Readiness Questionnaire with patients undergoing psychiatric assessment of work ability – a pilot study	3
Open Dialogue: innovation without evidence?	3
Investigation of the feasibility and efficacy of a fully immersive virtual reality-based memory training paradigm on memory performance in healthy controls and patients with mood or schizophrenia spec	3
A mixed method study on suicidal behavior among people with bipolar disorder in Rwanda	3
Polypharmacy in children and adolescents initiating antipsychotic drug in 2008–2016: a nationwide register study	3