OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Psychology and Psychotherapy-Theory Research and Practice is 5. 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
Review of the current empirical literature on using videoconferencing to deliver individual psychotherapies to adults with mental health problems	77
The mediating role of fear of COVID‐19 in the relationship between intolerance of uncertainty and depression	51
Compassionate Mind Training: An 8‐week group for the general public	33
Psychological interventions for people with Parkinson’s disease in the early 2020s: Where do we stand?	32
Self‐compassion and emotional regulation as predictors of social anxiety	28
Embodiment in online psychotherapy: A qualitative study	25
Fear of COVID‐19, stress and depression: A meta‐analytic test of the mediating role of anxiety	23
Systematic review and meta‐analysis of therapeutic alliance, engagement, and outcome in psychological therapies for psychosis	23
Factor structure, internal reliability, and construct validity of the Brief Resilience Scale (BRS): A study on persons with serious mental illness living in the community	21
The interpersonal processes of non‐suicidal self‐injury: A systematic review and meta‐synthesis	21
A treatment protocol to guide the delivery of dialogical engagement with auditory hallucinations: Experience from the Talking With Voices pilot trial	21
Compassion‐focused therapies for self‐esteem: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	19
Understanding the illness representations of young people with anxiety and depression: A qualitative study	18
How psychosis interrupts the lives of women and men differently: a qualitative comparison	16
Early Maladaptive Schemas and Schema Modes in clinical disorders: A systematic review	16
A second independent audit of electroconvulsive therapy in England, 2019: Usage, demographics, consent, and adherence to guidelines and legislation	16
Reductions in experiential avoidance explain changes in anxiety, depression and well‐being after a mindfulness and self‐compassion (MSC) training	16
How does attachment imagery for paranoia work? Cognitive fusion and beliefs about self and others mediate the impact on paranoia and anxiety	15
The psychological journey of weight gain in psychosis	14
Young people’s experience of online therapy for first‐episode psychosis: A qualitative study	13
Young adults’ dynamic relationships with their families in early psychosis: Identifying relational strengths and supporting relational agency	13
Changing to remote psychological therapy during COVID‐19: Psychological therapists' experience of the working alliance, therapeutic boundaries and work involvement	13
Family involvement in psychotherapy for depression in children and adolescents: Systematic review and meta‐analysis	13
Empathy, compassion, and theory of mind in obsessive‐compulsive disorder	12
Barriers to delivering trauma‐focused interventions for people with psychosis and post‐traumatic stress disorder: A qualitative study of health care professionals’ views	12

Internet‐based psychological therapies: A qualitative study of National Health Service commissioners and managers views	12
How social rejection expectations and depressive symptoms bi‐directionally predict each other – A cross‐lagged panel analysis	12
Exploring factors associated with personal recovery in bipolar disorder	11
How young people experienced COVID‐19 disease containment measures in the Western Cape, South Africa: A qualitative study including the perspectives of young people, their parents, teachers and school	10
Service user and eating disorder therapist views on anorexia nervosa recovery criteria	10
Mistrust and negative self‐esteem: Two paths from attachment styles to paranoia	10
Depth of experiencing and therapeutic alliance: What predicts outcome for whom in emotion‐focused therapy for trauma?	9
Yoga complements cognitive behaviour therapy as an adjunct treatment for anxiety and depression: Qualitative findings from a mixed‐methods study	9
Early shaming experiences and psychological distress: The role of experiential avoidance and self‐compassion	9
The effectiveness of psychological interventions for anxiety in the perinatal period: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	9
A systematic review of the rates of depression in autistic children and adolescents without intellectual disability	8
Impulsiveness and suicide in male offenders: Examining the buffer roles of regulatory emotional self‐efficacy and flourishing	8
The service user experience of SlowMo therapy: A co‐produced thematic analysis of service users’ subjective experience	8
Loneliness and social anxiety in young adults: The moderating and mediating roles of emotion dysregulation, depression and social isolation risk	8
A novel smartphone‐based intervention targeting sleep difficulties in individuals experiencing psychosis: A feasibility and acceptability evaluation	8
Skills‐homework completion and phone coaching as predictors of therapeutic change and outcomes in completers of a DBT intensive outpatient programme	8
Managing unusual sensory experiences: A feasibility trial in an At Risk Mental States for psychosis group	8
How does attachment style affect psychosis? A systematic review of causal mechanisms and guide to future inquiry	8
‘Like jumping off a ledge into the water’: A qualitative study of trauma‐focussed imaginal exposure for hearing voices	7
A systematic review of the relationship between momentary emotional states and nonsuicidal self‐injurious thoughts and behaviours	7
The relative benefits of nonattachment to self and self‐compassion for psychological distress and psychological well‐being for those with and without symptoms of depression	7
The journey of adolescent paranoia: A qualitative study with patients attending child and adolescent mental health services	7
Dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) for high‐risk transgender and gender diverse (TGD) youth: A qualitative study of youth and mental health providers' perspectives on interventi	7
An evaluation of compassion‐focused therapy within adult mental health inpatient settings	7
Self‐compassion and complete perinatal mental health in women at high risk for postpartum depression: The mediating role of emotion regulation difficulties	7
Patient experiences of therapy for borderline personality disorder: Commonalities and differences between dialectical behaviour therapy and mentalization‐based therapy and relation to outcomes	7
Thinking about the next generation: The case for a mentalization‐informed approach to perinatal and intergenerational mental health	7
Acceptance and commitment therapy for psychosis: Current status, lingering questions and future directions	7
Exploring experiences of moral injury and distress among health care workers during the Covid‐19 pandemic	6
‘It’s like having a core belief that’s able to speak back to you’: Therapist accounts of dialoguing with auditory hallucinations	6
Using routine outcome measures as clinical process tools: Maximising the therapeutic yield in the IAPT programme when working remotely	6
The experience of cognitive behavioural therapy in depressed adolescents who are fatigued	6
The metacognitive model of rumination and depression in postpartum women	6
Findings from a randomized controlled trial of Metacognitive Reflection and Insight Therapy for people with schizophrenia: Effects on metacognition and symptoms	6
Do emotion regulation strategies mediate the attachment–paranoia association? An experimental study of repeated attachment imagery priming and stress buffering	5
Self‐ but not other‐mentalizing moderates the association between BPD symptoms and somatic complaints in community‐dwelling adolescents	5
A cognitive behavioural intervention for low self‐esteem in young people who have experienced stigma, prejudice, or discrimination: An uncontrolled acceptability and feasibility study	5
Effects of rhythmic eye movements during a virtual reality exposure paradigm for spider‐phobic patients	5
“If there is a tension about something, I can solve it”: A qualitative investigation of change processes in a trial of brief problem‐solving interventions for common adolescent mental health problems	5
Emotion dysregulation and eating disorder outcome: Prediction, change and contribution of self‐image	5
Self‐compassion and social anxiety: The mediating effect of emotion regulation strategies and the influence of depressed mood	5
Understanding treatment non‐responders: A qualitative study of depressed adolescents' experiences of ‘unsuccessful’ psychotherapy	5
Mindfulness for psychosis: Current evidence, unanswered questions and future directions	5
Establishing an optimal working relationship with patients with an antisocial personality disorder. Aspects and processes in the therapeutic alliance	5
Negative childhood events and the development of the anorexic voice: A grounded theory	5
SlowMo therapy, a new digital blended therapy for fear of harm from others: An account of therapy personalisation within a targeted intervention	5
Engagement, clinical outcomes and therapeutic process in online mindfulness for psychosis groups delivered in routine care	5