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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Online and offline sexual harassment associations of anxiety and depression in an adolescent sample	34
The road to diagnosis and treatment in girls and boys with ADHD – gender differences in the diagnostic process	28
The severity of inflammation in major neuropsychiatric disorders: comparison of neutrophil–lymphocyte and platelet–lymphocyte ratios between schizophrenia, bipolar mania, bipolar depression, major dep	27
Evaluation of peripheral inflammatory markers, serum B12, folate, ferritin levels and clinical correlations in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder	19
Factors related to depression, distress, and self-reported changes in anxiety, depression, and suicidal thoughts during the COVID-19 state of emergency in Latvia	19
Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid (n-3 PUFA) supplementation for prevention and treatment of perinatal depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized-controlled trials	19
Depression and loneliness may have a direct connection without mediating factors	16
Mental health of patients with mental illness during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown: a questionnaire-based survey weighted for attrition	16
Antipsychotic use among persons with schizophrenia in Sweden and Finland, trends and differences	15
Facilitators and barriers of mental health help-seeking behaviours among adolescents in Oman: a cross-sectional study	12
Joy of living through exercise - a qualitative study of clinically referred adolescents’ experiences of moderate to vigorous exercise as treatment for depression	12
Effect of long acting injectable antipsychotics on course and hospitalizations in bipolar disorder – a naturalistic mirror image study	12
The association between pragmatic language impairment, social cognition and emotion regulation skills in adolescents with ADHD	12
Effects of lithium use on the white matter of patients with bipolar disorder – a systematic review	11
Level of alexithymia as a measure of personality dysfunction in avoidant personality disorder	11
A new measure of excessive parental worries about children’s health: Development of the Health Anxiety by Proxy Scale (HAPYS)	11
Validation of the Swedish version of the Reynolds Adolescent Depression Scale second edition (RADS-2) in a normative sample	11
Psychometric evaluation of the Swedish self-rated 36-item version of WHODAS 2.0 for use in psychiatric populations – using classical test theory	11
History of suicide attempts in patients with bipolar disorder type I: socio-demographic and clinical factors, quality of life and functioning	11
The efficacy of schema therapy for personality disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis	10
COVID-19 pandemic-related aspects and predictors of emotional and behavioural symptoms in youth with pre-existing mental health conditions: results from Georgia, Lithuania, Romania, Serbia, and Turkey	10
Who predict ADHD with better diagnostic accuracy?: Parents or teachers?	10
Factors behind a remarkable increase in adolescent psychiatric inpatient treatment between 1980 and 2010 – a nationwide register study	9
Validity of diagnoses, treatment dates, and rating scales in the Swedish national quality register for electroconvulsive therapy	8
Serum claudin-5, claudin-11, occludin, vinculin, paxillin, and beta-catenin levels in preschool children with autism spectrum disorder	8

Subjective experience of aberrant salience in young people at Ultra-High Risk (UHR) for psychosis: a cross-sectional study	8
Attitude towards and experience with clozapine of patients and their caregivers after three months of starting of clozapine	8
Immediate reactions to the covid-19 pandemic in adults with obsessive-compulsive disorder: a self-report survey	7
The Norwegian network for personality disorders – development, contributions and challenges through 30 years	7
Self esteem and clinical features in a clinical sample of children with ADHD and social anxiety disorder	7
Urinary organic acids spectra in children with altered gut microbiota composition and autistic spectrum disorder	7
Psychometric properties of the Child and Adolescent Trauma Screen (CATS) in a sample of Swedish children	7
Prevalence of virtual reality (VR) games found through mental health categories on STEAM: a first look at VR on commercial platforms as tools for therapy	7
Longitudinal persistence of negative symptoms in young individuals with first episode schizophrenia: a 24-month multi-modal program follow-up	7
Treatment of difficult-to-treat depression – clinical guideline for selected interventions	7
Driving risks of young drivers with symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: association with the dopamine transporter gene VNTR polymorphism	7
Vulnerability of personality disorder during the Covid-19 crises – a multicenter survey of treatment experiences among patients referred to treatment	7
Cognitive behavioural group therapy for adolescents with ADHD: a study of satisfaction and feasibility	7
Psychometric validation of two versions of the adolescent Depression Self-Rating Scale (DSRS-A and DSRS-A Screener)	7
Incidence rates and employment trends in schizophrenia spectrum disorders, bipolar affective disorders and recurrent depression in the years 2000–2013: a Danish nationwide register-based study	6
The nutritional behavior of children with autism spectrum disorder, parental feeding styles, and anthropometric measurements	6
Is unipolar mania a distinct entity: findings from the bipolar disorder course and outcome study from India (BiD-CoIN study)	6
A scoping review of studies into crisis resolution teams in community mental health services	6
Hospitalisation time is associated with weight gain in forensic mental health patients with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder	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
Weighted blanket and sleep medication use among adults with psychiatric diagnosis – a population-based register study	6
Stigma towards people with mental illness in the Nordic countries – a scoping review	5
Clinical validation of the Symptom Self-rating Scale for Schizophrenia (4S) among inpatients	5
Comparative study of effectiveness of augmentation with ECT in clozapine resistant schizophrenia (CRS) and non-clozapine resistant schizophrenia (Non-CRS)	5
Predictive value of oxidative stress biomarkers in drug-free patients with bipolar disorder	5
The use of classic psychedelics among adults: a Danish online survey study	5
A longitudinal study of restless legs symptoms among patients with depression	5
Delayed healthcare access among victims of sexual abuse, understood through internal and external gatekeeping mechanisms	5
Quality of clinical management of cardiometabolic risk factors in patients with severe mental illness in a specialist mental health care setting	5
Psychometric properties of the caregiver-teacher report form in a sample of Norwegian preschool children	5
Validation of the lithuanian version of the self-evaluation of negative symptoms scale (SNS)	5
Antipsychotic prescribing practices for outpatients with schizophrenia and reasons for non-clozapine treatment - Data from a Danish quality assessment audit	5
Association study of Catechol-O-Methyltransferase (COMT) rs4680 Val158Met gene polymorphism and suicide attempt in Mexican adolescents with major depressive disorder	5
Application of machine learning in diagnostic value of mRNAs for bipolar disorder	5
Evaluation of the SCL-9S, a short version of the symptom checklist-90-R, on psychiatric patients in Sweden by using Rasch analysis	5
Music to improve sleep quality in adults with depression-related insomnia (MUSTAFI): randomized controlled trial	4
Changes in referral patterns to outpatient child and adolescent psychiatric services from 2005–2018	4
Emerging cycloid psychosis episodes during COVID-19 pandemic: a case series	4
Caregiver’s reports of their children’s psychological symptoms after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and caregiver’s perceived stress in Turkey	4
Emotional and cognitive conflict resolution and disruptive mood dysregulation disorder in adolescent offspring of parents diagnosed with major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, and matched health	4
Childhood trauma in adults with ADHD is associated with comorbid anxiety disorders and functional impairment	4
Neutrophil to lymphocyte and monocyte to high-density lipoprotein ratios are promising inflammatory indicators of bipolar disorder	4
Increased plasma level of kynurenic acid in drug-free patients with first-episode schizophrenia compared to patients with chronic schizophrenia and healthy controls: preliminary data	4
Patients’ perspectives on three-monthly administration of antipsychotic treatment with paliperidone palmitate – a qualitative interview study	4
Vulnerability of personality disorder during COVID-19 crises: a multicenter survey of mental and social distress among patients referred to treatment	4
Body mass index (BMI) and obesity in Nigerians with schizophrenia	4
Polypharmacy in children and adolescents initiating antipsychotic drug in 2008–2016: a nationwide register study	4
Needs for occupational assistance among young adults with ADHD to deal with executive impairments and promote occupational participation – a qualitative study	4
The prevalence of peer bullying and psychiatric symptoms among high school students in southeast Turkey	4
National norms of mental health for Denmark	4

A comparative study evaluating insight in different phase of illness among patients with bipolar disorder by using multiple scales	4
States of Mind with Respect to Attachment: a comparative study between women who killed their children and mothers diagnosed with post-partum depression	4
Increased cerebral blood flow in the right anterior cingulate cortex and fronto-orbital cortex during go/no-go task in children with ADHD	4
Oestrogen therapy for postpartum depression: efficacy and adverse effects. A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled pilot study	4
Patients with borderline personality disorder and the effects of compulsory admissions on self-harm behaviour: a questionnaire study	3
Challenges of children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder during the COVID-19 pandemic	3
Psychopathy subdomains in violent offenders with and without a psychotic disorder	3
The role of neuropeptide Y, orexin-A, and ghrelin in differentiating unipolar and bipolar depression: a preliminary study	3
Cost-effectiveness analysis of a supported employment intervention for people with mood and anxiety disorders in Denmark – the IPS-MA intervention	3
The prevalence of self-harm and mental disorders among individuals with intellectual disabilities	3
Mental vulnerability before and depressive symptoms during pregnancy and postpartum: a prospective population-based cohort study from general practice	3
Hepatic steatosis in patients with schizophrenia: a clinical cross-sectional study	3
Treatment of post-psychotic depression in first-episode psychosis. A systematic review	3
The effects of mandatory home quarantine on mental health in a community sample during the COVID-19 pandemic	3
The subjective experience of non-suicidal self-injury among female Chinese university students	3
Childhood adversity, symptoms, and cortisol in first episode psychosis: a cross-sectional, secondary, observational analysis of a subsample of FEP patients	3
Factor analysis of the autism spectrum screening questionnaire in a population-based child sample	3
Additive effect of glutathione S-transferase T1 active genotype and infection withToxoplasma gondiifor increasing the risk of schizophrenia	3
Associations between oxidative stress and perceived stress in patients with bipolar disorder and healthy control individuals	3
Dosing methods in electroconvulsive therapy: should the Scandinavian time-titration method be resumed?	3
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	3
Finnish Psychotherapy Quality Register: rationale, development, and baseline results	3
The association between gender, sexual harassment, and self-compassion on depressive symptoms in adolescents	3
Antipsychotics as a method of suicide: population based follow-up study of suicide in Northern Finland	3
Association between obsession, compulsion, depression and insight in obsessive-compulsive disorder: a meta-analysis	3
Inter-rater reliability among psychiatrists when assessing depression according to the Montgomery–Åsberg Depression Rating Scale	3
Association between depressive symptoms and subsequent injuries in early adolescents: a population-based study	3
Psychometric validity of the Montgomery and Åsberg Depression Rating Scale for Youths (MADRS-Y)	3
Psychometric properties of the Swedish version of the Reynolds Adolescent Depression Scale second edition (RADS-2) in a clinical sample	3
Remarkable high frequency of insecure attachment in children with ADHD persists in a three-year follow-up	3
Comparative effectiveness of cognitive behavioral treatment, serotonin, and serotonin noradrenaline reuptake inhibitors for anxiety in children and adolescents: a network meta-analysis	3
Validity of the self-rated 36-item World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule (WHODAS) 2.0 as a measure of functioning in Swedish psychiatric outpatients	3
Antipsychotic drug use in Greenland and Denmark: longitudinal and cross-sectional data	3
Perinatal mental health: how nordic data sources have contributed to existing evidence and future avenues to explore	3
Undiagnosed disease in decedents with and without schizophrenia: an autopsy-based case-control study	3
Sociodemographic variables, clinical characteristics, and treatments in children with trichotillomania in terms of age and gender: a multicenter study	3
Health anxiety symptoms in Danish children during the first lockdown period of the COVID-19 pandemic: an Odense Child Cohort study	3
Relapse prevention for alcohol use disorders: combined acamprosate and cue exposure therapy as aftercare	3
Investigation of possible associations of the BDNF, SNAP-25 and SYN III genes with the neurocognitive measures: BDNF and SNAP-25 genes might be involved in attention domain	3
A systematic review and meta‐analysis of maintenance treatment for psychotic depression	3
Vocational rehabilitation augmented with cognitive behavioral therapy or cognitive remediation for individuals with schizophrenia: a 5-year follow-up study	3
A distinct neurocognitive profile: unipolar mania	3
The relationship between expressed emotion, personality traits and prognosis of alcohol and substance addiction: 6-month follow-up study	3
A blinded validation of the Swedish version of the Clinical Assessment Interview for Negative Symptoms (CAINS)	3