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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
Severe mental disorders and COVID-19: a one-year systematic review	25
Life course associations between smoking and depressive symptoms. A 30-year Finnish follow-up study	23
SYMPOSIUM 1: suicide prevention: Nordic Perspectives	20
Testing a cognitive behavioural therapy program for anxiety in autistic adolescents: a feasibility study	17
The role of neuropeptide Y, orexin-A, and ghrelin in differentiating unipolar and bipolar depression: a preliminary study	17
Mentalizing mediates the relationship between psychopathy and premeditated criminal offending in schizophrenia: a 6-year follow-up study	15
Associations between school difficulties and family type and the role of socioeconomic, behavior and health-related difficulties in early adolescents: a population-based study	15
A benchmark study of a combined individual and group anorexia nervosa therapy program	12
Demographic factors and delay of treatment for alcohol use disorders among 6584 Danish men receiving alcohol treatment	12
Emotion dysregulation and social communication problems but not ToM properties may predict obsessive-compulsive disorder symptom severity	12
What methods are used in research of firsthand experiences with online self-harming and suicidal behavior? A scoping review	11
Prescriptions of psychotropic and somatic medications among patients with severe mental disorders and healthy controls in a naturalistic study	10
Kraepelin and Bleuler were right: disorganised thinking and poverty of emotions, not delusions or hallucinations, are primary in psychoses	10
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
Cognitive training for children with ADHD: composite cognitive score outcome in a randomized controlled trial	9
Is the quality of the patient-therapist relationship a causal factor for therapy outcome?	9
Medication and rehabilitation of persons applying for disability pension due to depression: a register-based retrospective study from Finland	9
Correlations of plasma oxytocin with clinical and hormonal parameters in panic disorder	9
Perinatal mental health: how nordic data sources have contributed to existing evidence and future avenues to explore	9
Health-related quality of life prediction using the self-evaluation of negative symptoms scale (SNS) in patients with schizophrenia	9
Polypharmacy in antipsychotic pharmacological treatment among patients with dual diagnosis in Denmark	8
Suicidal behaviour in over-indebted individuals: a cross-sectional study in Sweden	8
An evaluation of parents’ perceptions of the quality of care of an intervention provided for children with mild to moderate health problems	8
Sociodemographic variables, clinical characteristics, and treatments in children with trichotillomania in terms of age and gender: a multicenter study	8

It takes one to know one: prevalence and self-disclosure of mental illness among physicians and psychologists working in psychiatric services in Denmark	8
Facial emotion recognition in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder	8
Video consultation and treatment in the community smoking cessation therapy success rates in patients with mental illness: a randomized controlled trial	7
Adverse childhood experiences in children with neurodevelopmental disorders and their parents	7
Finnish Psychotherapy Quality Register: rationale, development, and baseline results	7
Psychopathy subdomains in violent offenders with and without a psychotic disorder	6
Utility of the Work and Social Adjustment Scale (WSAS) in predicting long-term sick-leave in Danish patients with emotional disorders	6
Brief internet-delivered skills training based on DBT for adults with borderline personality disorder – a feasibility study	6
Comparisons between obsessive-compulsive disorder and trichotillomania in terms of autistic traits and repetitive behaviors in adolescents	6
CYP3A422* and CYP3A53* impact efficacy and safety of diazepam in patients with alcohol withdrawal syndrome	6
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.	6
School performance and genetic propensities for educational attainment and depression in the etiology of self-harm: a Danish population-based study	6
Which factors affect job satisfaction of doctors in psychiatry?	6
Cognitive disengagement syndrome symptoms in obsessive-compulsive disorder with and without attention deficit hyperactivity disorder	6
Long-term psychopathology rates of children and adolescents and associated factors in the worst-sticken area of 2023 Kahramanmaras earthquake	6
The Thoughtful program: a randomized controlled study of a mentalization-based mental health education intervention in a psychiatric outpatient population	6
States of Mind with Respect to Attachment: a comparative study between women who killed their children and mothers diagnosed with post-partum depression	6
Gender-stratified national mental health norms of BSI-53, BSI-18, SCL-10, ADHD-9, and ADHD-6 for Denmark	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
The effects of mandatory home quarantine on mental health in a community sample during the COVID-19 pandemic	6
Characteristics of people who died by suicide in a hospital district providing open dialogue-based psychiatric services: a nationwide cluster analysis	5
Patients with borderline personality disorder and the effects of compulsory admissions on self-harm behaviour: a questionnaire 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
The sociodemographic profile and characteristics of self-reported suicidal attempters in Latvia: a population-based study	5
A randomized clinical trial of the ASSIP vs. crisis counselling in preventing suicide attempt repetition: a two-year follow-up study	5
Theory of mind in schizophrenia: a comparison of subgroups with low and high IQ	5
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	5
Alcohol use, daily smoking, clozapine use and psychiatric symptom profile in persons with schizophrenia spectrum disorder	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
Validation of the Italian version of the clinician affective reactivity index (CL-ARI)	5
Should impaired renal function be considered a contra-indication for starting lithium?	5
Brief report: psychiatric emergency service in the Capital Region of Denmark	5
Temperament, but not childhood trauma, distinguishes borderline personality disorder from bipolar disorder and ADHD	5
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	5
Psychometric validity of the Montgomery and Åsberg Depression Rating Scale for Youths (MADRS-Y)	5
Functioning, psychiatric symptoms and quality of life of individuals with severe mental disorders after psychiatric rehabilitation	5
Prevalence and relevance of neurocognitive challenges in patients admitted to a secondary mental health outpatient clinic	5
Nordic region suicide trends 2000–2018; sex and age groups	4
Association between obsession, compulsion, depression and insight in obsessive-compulsive disorder: a meta-analysis	4
‘Personality and bipolar disorder: personality profiles of patients with remitted bipolar disorder and matched controls in a Danish sample’	4
The finnish Individual Placement and Support (IPS) evaluation study protocol (2020–2023)	4
Psychiatric disorders, rumination, and metacognitions in patients with type D personality and coronary heart disease	4
Patients’ perception of the quality of psychiatric inpatient care in the Faroe Islands	4
Unraveiling the correlation among neurodevelopmental and inflammatory biomarkers in patients with chronic schizophrenia	4
National norms of mental health for Denmark	4
A Norwegian adaptation of the quality in psychiatric care – inpatient staff (QPC-IPS): psychometric evaluation and staff assessment of quality of care	4
The use of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) en bloc in Denmark: a nationwide register-based study	4
Music to improve sleep quality in adults with depression-related insomnia (MUSTAFI): randomized controlled trial	4
From outpatient secondary mental health services to primary care: patients’ perspectives on depression treatment and relapse prevention - a qualitative study	4

Driving risks of young drivers with symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: association with the dopamine transporter gene VNTR polymorphism	4
Pilot study to explore poor visual searching capabilities in children with ADHD: a tablet-based computerized test battery study	4
The impact of COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown on health science students well-being in Lithuania: is there a difference according to gender	4
Problematic gaming, problem gambling: co-occurrence and association with depression and generalised anxiety disorder among working-age adults in Latvia	4
Long-term stability in obsessive thoughts and compulsive behavior in the general population: a longitudinal study in Sweden	4
Effectiveness of a multidisciplinary outreach intervention for individuals with severe mental illness in supported accommodation	4
Changes in inflammatory markers following electroconvulsive therapy in severe psychiatric disorders: focus on monocyte-to-lymphocyte ratio and systemic inflammation response index	3
A mixed method study on suicidal behavior among people with bipolar disorder in Rwanda	3
Cognitive analytic therapy for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder: a randomized controlled trial	3
Severe or chronic disease in childhood predicts suicidality and links to anxiety in young adulthood	3
The use of classic psychedelics among adults: a Danish online survey study	3
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	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
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
Maternal alexithymic traits are related to lower maternal sensitivity and higher hostility in mother-infant interaction	3
Do we know the mind of others? Suspicion of malingering in emergency psychiatry	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
Behaviour ratings of executive functions in adolescents with ADHD: correlation with core symptoms and functional impairment measured by multiple informants	3
Polypharmacy in children and adolescents initiating antipsychotic drug in 2008–2016: a nationwide register study	3
The experience of individuals filmed for pornography production: a history of continuous polyvictimization and ongoing mental health challenges	3
Medical consultation to identify somatic disorders and abnormal paraclinical findings in hospitalized psychiatric patients is feasible and worthwhile	3
Testosterone levels in patients with psychosis versus healthy subjects	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
Mentalization-oriented psychodynamic group therapy for patients with personality disorders: a naturalistic prospective cohort study	3
Prevalence of anxiety and depression symptoms in adolescents with Type 1 diabetes (T1D) and their parents	3
Changes in patterns of alcohol consumption in young psychiatric outpatients: two comparable samples assessed with 10 years apart	3
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
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
Integrating static and modifiable risk factors in violence risk assessment for forensic psychiatric patients: a feasibility study of FoVOx	3
Increasing person-centeredness in psychosis inpatient care: care consumption before and after a person-centered care intervention	3