World Psychiatry

Papers
(The median citation count of World Psychiatry 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
WPA scientific publications in the triennium 2020‐2023622
Detecting and managing non‐suicidal self‐damaging behaviors358
R. Spitzer and the depathologization of homosexuality: some considerations on the 50th anniversary306
Reappraising the variability of effects of antipsychotic medication in schizophrenia: a meta‐analysis301
Trauma, coloniality and survivance among Indigenous peoples in the US300
What is good acute psychiatric care (and how would you know)?286
Evidence‐informed is not enough: digital therapeutics also need to be evidence‐based266
A question of continuity: a self‐determination theory perspective on “third‐wave” behavioral theories and practices262
Increased risk for COVID‐19 breakthrough infection in fully vaccinated patients with substance use disorders in the United States between December 2020 and August 2021223
From inter‐brain connectivity to inter‐personal psychiatry200
Therapist‐supported Internet‐based cognitive behaviour therapy yields similar effects as face‐to‐face therapy for psychiatric and somatic disorders: an updated systematic review and meta‐analysis159
Rationale for and usefulness of the inclusion of gaming disorder in the ICD‐11151
Patterns and correlates of patient‐reported helpfulness of treatment for common mental and substance use disorders in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys150
Prevention in psychiatry: a role for epigenetics?149
Estimating the reproducibility of psychotherapy effects in mood and anxiety disorders: the possible utility of multicenter trials144
Cognitive behavioral therapy, process‐based approaches, and evolution in the context of physical health141
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Achieving equality, inclusiveness, and cultural sensitivity in mental health (EDIT)134
The “Meet the WPA Council” Panel at the 21st World Congress of Psychiatry132
Potential for prediction of psychosis and bipolar disorder in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: a longitudinal register study of all people born in Finland in 1987130
Prenatal exposure to antidepressants or antipsychotics and the risk of seizure in children130
Implementation of the WPA Action Plan 2020‐2023125
Scientific validation of the ICD‐11 CDDR121
Mental health literacy for supporting children: the need for a new field of research and intervention115
Alternatives to coercion in mental health care: WPA Position Statement and Call to Action113
The aggregation of marginal gains: a pragmatic philosophy of clinical care in psychiatry107
Prevention, treatment and care of substance use disorders in times of COVID‐19104
How common is secondary psychosis? Estimates from a systematic review and meta‐analysis100
Burnout: a case for its formal inclusion in classification systems97
Sex differences need to be considered when treating women with psychotropic drugs91
Functional neurological disorder: defying dualism89
Designing and scaling up integrated youth mental health care87
A lived experience perspective on the new World Mental Health Report84
Augmenting trauma‐focused cognitive behavior therapy for post‐traumatic stress disorder with memory specificity training: a randomized controlled trial82
One world, one profession: psychiatry79
The Hikikomori Diagnostic Evaluation (HiDE): a proposal for a structured assessment of pathological social withdrawal79
“Third‐wave” cognitive and behavioral therapies and the emergence of a process‐based approach to intervention in psychiatry78
Outcomes in people with eating disorders: a transdiagnostic and disorder‐specific systematic review, meta‐analysis and multivariable meta‐regression analysis76
Key considerations for clinical trials in psychopharmacology71
Malpractice claims in psychiatry: approaches to reducing risk71
Education, policy and clinical care in mental health: an update on the activities of WPA Collaborating Centres70
The hypothesis of biologically based subtypes of schizophrenia: a 10‐year update70
Metacognition in psychosis: a renewed path to understanding of core disturbances and recovery‐oriented treatment62
Prevention in the mental health field should be implemented synergically at different levels57
After the acute crisis – engaging people with psychosis in rehabilitation‐oriented care54
How the ICD‐11 and the CDDR address the public health dimensions of substance use52
The growing field of digital psychiatry: current evidence and the future of apps, social media, chatbots, and virtual reality52
Selective outcome reporting and the effectiveness of psychotherapies for depression50
Ongoing phase 2/3 trials of psychotropic drugs: is help finally on the way?50
Intimate partner violence and mental health: lessons from the COVID‐19 pandemic49
Primary challenges and practical solutions in preventive psychiatry48
Treatment of substance use disorders in prison settings: statement by the UNODC‐WHO Informal Scientific Network, UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs47
Clinical implications of co‐occurring prolonged grief disorder in patients with treatment‐resistant major depressive disorder46
Global launch of the ICD‐11 Clinical Descriptions and Diagnostic Requirements (CDDR)45
Emotion regulation and mental health: current evidence and beyond44
Meeting the challenges of the new frontier of youth mental health care43
Internalizing psychopathology and all‐cause mortality: a comparison of transdiagnostic vs. diagnosis‐based risk prediction43
WPA scientific meetings 2020‐202343
Management of generalized anxiety disorder and panic disorder in general health care settings: new WHO recommendations42
Can a practical process‐oriented strategy prevent suicidal ideation and behavior?42
COVID‐19 vaccination uptake in people with severe mental illness: a UK‐based cohort study41
Deconstructing the social determinants of mental health41
The definition of treatment resistance in anxiety disorders: a Delphi method‐based consensus guideline41
ICD‐11‐related educational activities40
The lived experience of mental disorders in adolescents: a bottom‐up review co‐designed, co‐conducted and co‐written by experts by experience and academics40
Non‐specific psychopathology: a once and future concept39
Clinical relevance of general and specific dimensions in bifactor models of psychotic disorders36
The future of CBT and evidence‐based psychotherapies is promising35
Adolescent mental health and supportive relationships: 21st century challenges34
Full speed ahead on indicated prevention of psychosis33
Psychiatric diagnosis and treatment in the 21st century: paradigm shifts or power shifts?33
WPA Working Group on Public Mental Health: objectives and recommended actions31
Efficacy and acceptability of pharmacological, psychosocial, and brain stimulation interventions in children and adolescents with mental disorders: an umbrella review31
The need to bring community, policy makers and researchers to the table in prevention programs30
Genetics for mental health clinicians: a call for a globally accessible and equitable psychiatric genetics education30
Socioeconomic inequalities in mortality associated with mental disorders: a population‐based cohort study30
Sensitivity of the familial high‐risk approach for the prediction of future psychosis: a total population study28
In support of supportive psychotherapy28
The Horyzons project: a randomized controlled trial of a novel online social therapy to maintain treatment effects from specialist first‐episode psychosis services27
Keeping Dr. Google under control: how to prevent and manage cyberchondria27
Clinical trials of novel psychotropic agents: some caveats26
Another “and”: philosophy as glue26
Update from the WPA Secretary for Education25
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A clinically useful model of psychopathology must account for interpersonal dynamics24
Characterizing transdiagnostic premorbid biotypes can help progress in selective prevention in psychiatry24
A critical assessment of NICE guidelines for treatment of depression23
Discovering informative biomarkers in psychiatry22
Promoting healthy digital device usage: recommendations for youth and parents22
Dispelling “pleasing myths” about the integration of ecological momentary assessment and intervention into clinical research and practice22
Racism and mental health22
The World Mental Health Report: transforming mental health for all21
Excess cardiometabolic risk in children and adolescents initiating antipsychotic treatment compared to young adults: results from a nationwide cohort study21
Evolutionary psychiatry: foundations, progress and challenges21
The future of psychopharmacology: challenges beyond efficacy and tolerability21
Cyberbullying: next‐generation research20
WPA Secretariat's work during the COVID‐19 pandemic20
Rediscovering the mental health of populations20
A Minimum Service Package (MSP) to improve response to mental health and psychosocial needs in emergency situations19
The need for a consensual definition of mental health19
Treatment‐resistant depression invites persistent reflection19
WPA educational initiatives: reaching different stakeholders in the mental health field19
The promise of ICD‐11‐defined PTSD and complex PTSD to improve care for trauma‐exposed populations19
Violence and schizophrenia: the role of social determinants of health and the need for early intervention19
The efficacy of complicated grief therapy for DSM‐5‐TR prolonged grief disorder18
WPA Scientific Sections 2020‐2023: from strengthened backbone to motor of innovation18
Sustainable Technology for Adolescents and youth to Reduce Stress (STARS): a WHO transdiagnostic chatbot for distressed youth18
Systems‐based approaches to mental disorders are the only game in town18
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The curse and opportunity of heterogeneity in the pursuit of psychiatric biomarkers17
Meaning in life is a fundamental protective factor in the context of psychopathology16
The changing nature of work in the 21st century as a social determinant of mental health16
The 2021‐2024 Work Plan of WPA Collaborating Centres16
How should psychotherapy proceed when adjoined with psychedelics?16
The WPA Action Plan 2020‐2023: an updated report15
Incremental integration of nosological innovations is improving psychiatric diagnosis and treatment15
The importance of listening to patient preferences when making mental health care decisions15
Some priorities in targeting social determinants to achieve prevention of mental disorders15
The role of gamification in digital mental health15
Pushing forward public mental health agenda and promotion of mental health15
Personality in the spotlight: activities of the WPA Section on Personality Disorders14
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WPA Section on Perinatal Psychiatry and Infant Mental Health: a report on recent activities14
The World Psychiatry Exchange Program: expanding the world of early career psychiatrists14
The promise of machine learning in predicting treatment outcomes in psychiatry14
Trans‐theoretical clinical models and the implementation of precision mental health care14
Prevention, treatment and care of substance use disorders among adolescents. Statement by the UNODCWHO Informal Scientific Network, 202414
Borderline personality disorder: a comprehensive review of diagnosis and clinical presentation, etiology, treatment, and current controversies14
Protective and compensatory childhood experiences and their impact on adult mental health13
New research on validity and clinical utility of ICD‐11 vs. ICD‐10 and DSM‐5 diagnostic categories13
Crisis within a crisis – the fragility of acute psychiatric care delivery13
Advancing psychotherapy in psychiatry: the contribution of the WPA Section on Psychotherapy13
New resources for understanding patients’ values in the context of shared clinical decision‐making13
All levels of the translational spectrum must be targeted to advance psychopharmacology and improve patient outcomes13
Ethical challenges in mental health care: moving beyond aspirations13
A clinically useful conceptualization of emotion regulation grounded in functional contextualism and evolutionary theory12
Continuity of care and therapeutic relationships as critical elements in acute psychiatric care12
Attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder as a risk factor for cardiovascular diseases: a nationwide population‐based cohort study12
Clinical translation of expert‐endorsed cognitive rehabilitation interventions for substance use disorders12
The dynamic paradigm of illness in psychopathology12
Preventive psychiatry: a blueprint for improving the mental health of young people12
Treatment‐resistant depression: definition, prevalence, detection, management, and investigational interventions12
The WPA Working Group on Intellectual Developmental Disorders: the need for a second paradigm shift12
What's in a name? Mental disorders, mental health conditions and psychosocial disability12
Implementation of the WPA Action Plan 2020‐2023: an update12
Associations between physical diseases and subsequent mental disorders: a longitudinal study in a population‐based cohort12
The alliance construct in psychotherapies: from evolution to revolution in theory and research11
The WPA Expert International Advisory Panel for Early Intervention in Psychosis in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries: an update on recent relevant activities11
No service is an island: towards an ecosystem approach to mental health service evaluation11
Challenges in implementing interventions to address the social determinants of mental health11
Absolute and relative outcomes of psychotherapies for eight mental disorders: a systematic review and meta‐analysis11
First evidence of a general disease (“d”) factor, a common factor underlying physical and mental illness11
Socioeconomic and sociocultural factors affecting access to psychotherapies: the way forward11
Real‐world effectiveness of antidepressants, antipsychotics and their combinations in the maintenance treatment of psychotic depression. Evidence from within‐subject analyses of two nationwide cohorts11
Self‐interpretation and meaning‐making processes: re‐humanizing research on early psychosis11
WPA communications under reorganization11
Aligning the “single law” proposal to the CRPD standard of “will and preferences”11
Living through interminable adversity: the mental health of the Afghan people11
Psychiatric comorbidity in immune‐mediated inflammatory diseases11
Philosophy of psychiatry as study of paradigm changes11
Childhood gender non‐conformity, sexual orientation and mental health problems among 18 to 89 year‐old Danes11
The need to focus on perfectionism in suicide assessment, treatment and prevention10
The epidemic of fentanyl misuse and overdoses: challenges and strategies10
Mental health services on the roof of the world10
The WHO Flexible Interview for ICD‐11 (FLII‐11)10
Report by the WPA Working Group on Developing Partnerships with Service Users and Family Carers (2020‐2023)10
Vulnerability to addictive behaviors: the Associational Memory‐Appetitive Systems Relations Model10
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The clinical characterization of the adult patient with bipolar disorder aimed at personalization of management10
We share more attributes than we think: the crucial input of epidemiology9
Update on WPA Scientific Meetings9
DSM‐5‐TR: overview of what’s new and what’s changed9
The challenges of youth mental health: showing the hero out of the panopticon9
Clinical response to SSRIs relative to cognitive behavioral therapy in depression: a symptom‐specific approach9
Validity and utility of Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP): II. Externalizing superspectrum9
Thinking too much: rumination and psychopathology9
Promoting schizophrenia research in Europe: the contribution of the European Group for Research in Schizophrenia9
Internet‐based field trials of the ICD‐11 chapter on mental disorders9
Acute psychiatric care: approaches to increasing the range of services and improving access and quality of care9
Anorexia nervosa and the long‐term risk of mortality in women9
Learning from the global response to COVID‐19 to accelerate innovation in mental health trials9
Patients with schizophrenia are under‐vaccinated for COVID‐19: a report from Israel9
Psychiatric diagnosis and treatment in the 21st century: paradigm shifts versus incremental integration8
Learning health systems for community‐based mental health8
Euthanasia for unbearable suffering caused by a psychiatric disorder: improving the regulatory framework8
Loneliness and abuse as risk factors for suicide in older adults: new developments and the contribution of the WPA Section on Old Age Psychiatry8
Mortality in persons with recent primary or secondary care contacts for mental disorders in Finland8
Community care for people with mental illness: challenges emerging in the 2020s and consequent recommendations8
Substance use disorders: a comprehensive update of classification, epidemiology, neurobiology, clinical aspects, treatment and prevention8
Changing approaches to interventions for autistic adults8
Update on implementation of WPA Action Plan 2020‐20238
From “online brains” to “online lives”: understanding the individualized impacts of Internet use across psychological, cognitive and social dimensions8
Risk and protective factors for mental disorders beyond genetics: an evidence‐based atlas8
Public health psychiatry: an idea whose time has come8
Violence in schizophrenia: triangulating the evidence on perpetration risk8
The alliance in mental health care: conceptualization, evidence and clinical applications8
Bridging between youth psychiatry and child and adolescent psychiatry8
Cardiac vagal tone: a neurophysiological mechanism that evolved in mammals to dampen threat reactions and promote sociality7
The coming revolution in intervention science: from standardized protocols to personalized processes7
Does treatment‐resistant depression need psychotherapy?7
Social connection as a critical factor for mental and physical health: evidence, trends, challenges, and future implications7
Antidepressants in primary care: limited value at the first visit7
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The WHO's Global Clinical Practice Network and the ICD‐11 implementation7
Continuous outcome measurement in modern data‐informed psychotherapies7
Labour market marginalization in children of persons with major psychiatric disorders: a Swedish national cohort study7
The post‐traumatic growth approach to psychological trauma7
The relationship between physical and mental health: an update from the WPA Working Group on Managing Comorbidity of Mental and Physical Health7
Metabolic side effects in persons with schizophrenia during mid‐ to long‐term treatment with antipsychotics: a network meta‐analysis of randomized controlled trials7
Algorithm‐based modular psychotherapy vs. cognitive‐behavioral therapy for patients with depression, psychiatric comorbidities and early trauma: a proof‐of‐concept randomized controlled trial7
Philosophy of psychiatry can gain greater vitality by engaging the implications of new science7
Medication use and sickness absence from work in bipolar disorder: a nationwide register‐based study7
The WPA Scientific Sections: a global resource for education, research and care7
Impact of pre‐trauma recreational drug use on mental health outcomes among survivors of the Israeli Nova Festival terrorist attack7
Standards for randomized controlled trials of efficacy of psychological treatments7
The social determinants of mental health and disorder: evidence, prevention and recommendations7
The PTSD Gestalt switch7
Modulating self‐referential processing through meditation and psychedelics: is scientific investigation of self‐transcendence clinically relevant?6
Mental health of children and parents after very preterm birth6
How clinicians can support women in making decisions about psychopharmacological treatments in pregnancy6
Transforming mental health for all: a critical role for specialists6
Advancements, challenges and future horizons in personalized psychiatry6
The lived experience of psychosis: a bottom‐up review co‐written by experts by experience and academics6
Addictive disorders through the lens of the WPA Section on Addiction Psychiatry6
Implementation of self‐binding directives: recommendations based on expert consensus and input by stakeholders in three European countries6
COVID‐19 and psychiatrists’ responsibilities: an update of the WPA position paper6
The public mental health revolution must privilege lived experience voices and create alliances with affected communities6
CopeNYP: a brief remote psychological intervention reduces health care workers’ depression and anxiety symptoms during COVID‐19 pandemic6
No two traumas are alike, and neither are two presentations of PTSD6
The evolving nosology of personality disorder and its clinical utility5
Understanding depression beyond the “mind‐body” dichotomy5
Subjectivity, psychosis and the science of psychiatry5
Trends, advances and directions in cognitive‐behavioral therapy for adolescent anxiety5
Sleep and circadian rhythm disturbances: plausible pathways to major mental disorders?5
WPA Volunteering Programme: a pilot project in Mexico5
A report from the WPA Working Group on Providing Mental Health Care for Migrants and Refugees5
Past, present and future of research on brain energy metabolism in bipolar disorder5
Process‐based and principle‐guided approaches in youth psychotherapy5
The promise of social recovery therapy in non‐affective psychoses5
Challenges and chances for mental health care in the 21st century5
The WPA Section on Preventive Psychiatry: report on 2014‐2024 activities5
Oral and long‐acting antipsychotics for relapse prevention in schizophrenia‐spectrum disorders: a network meta‐analysis of 92 randomized trials including 22,645 participants5
Impact of displacement on mental health in war‐exposed Ukrainian adolescents: a longitudinal study5
Nurturing the next generation of clinician‐scientists in child and adolescent psychiatry: recommendations from a WPA Presidential Task Force5
The WPA Action Plan 2023‐20265
Searching for biomarkers in the fluidity of mental ill‐health5
Effectiveness and cost‐effectiveness of online recorded recovery narratives in improving quality of life for people with non‐psychotic mental health problems: a pragmatic randomized controlled trial5
Initial treatment choices to achieve sustained response in major depression: a systematic review and network meta‐analysis5
Person‐centred care planning as foundational to clinical practice5
The lived experience of postpartum depression and psychosis in women: a bottom‐up review co‐written by experts by experience and academics5
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