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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)
ArticleCitations
WPA scientific publications in the triennium 2020‐2023739
Detecting and managing non‐suicidal self‐damaging behaviors474
R. Spitzer and the depathologization of homosexuality: some considerations on the 50th anniversary416
A question of continuity: a self‐determination theory perspective on “third‐wave” behavioral theories and practices382
Evidence‐informed is not enough: digital therapeutics also need to be evidence‐based362
Patterns and correlates of patient‐reported helpfulness of treatment for common mental and substance use disorders in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys308
What is good acute psychiatric care (and how would you know)?212
From inter‐brain connectivity to inter‐personal psychiatry205
Reappraising the variability of effects of antipsychotic medication in schizophrenia: a meta‐analysis200
Increased risk for COVID‐19 breakthrough infection in fully vaccinated patients with substance use disorders in the United States between December 2020 and August 2021191
Trauma, coloniality and survivance among Indigenous peoples in the US180
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‐analysis176
Cognitive behavioral therapy, process‐based approaches, and evolution in the context of physical health172
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The “Meet the WPA Council” Panel at the 21st World Congress of Psychiatry162
Prenatal exposure to antidepressants or antipsychotics and the risk of seizure in children161
Implementation of the WPA Action Plan 2020‐2023155
Estimating the reproducibility of psychotherapy effects in mood and anxiety disorders: the possible utility of multicenter trials154
Sex differences need to be considered when treating women with psychotropic drugs153
Scientific validation of the ICD‐11 CDDR150
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 1987149
Functional neurological disorder: defying dualism124
Breaking down barriers to conversations about sexual and reproductive health121
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Prevention, treatment and care of substance use disorders in times of COVID‐19118
Alternatives to coercion in mental health care: WPA Position Statement and Call to Action106
Achieving equality, inclusiveness, and cultural sensitivity in mental health (EDIT)105
Mental health literacy for supporting children: the need for a new field of research and intervention105
Burnout: a case for its formal inclusion in classification systems96
The aggregation of marginal gains: a pragmatic philosophy of clinical care in psychiatry93
How common is secondary psychosis? Estimates from a systematic review and meta‐analysis93
Designing and scaling up integrated youth mental health care92
Malpractice claims in psychiatry: approaches to reducing risk87
One world, one profession: psychiatry87
Key considerations for clinical trials in psychopharmacology85
Education, policy and clinical care in mental health: an update on the activities of WPA Collaborating Centres85
Metacognition in psychosis: a renewed path to understanding of core disturbances and recovery‐oriented treatment78
After the acute crisis – engaging people with psychosis in rehabilitation‐oriented care78
How the ICD‐11 and the CDDR address the public health dimensions of substance use71
The hypothesis of biologically based subtypes of schizophrenia: a 10‐year update63
Augmenting trauma‐focused cognitive behavior therapy for post‐traumatic stress disorder with memory specificity training: a randomized controlled trial63
What makes Internet‐based interventions work?63
The Hikikomori Diagnostic Evaluation (HiDE): a proposal for a structured assessment of pathological social withdrawal61
A lived experience perspective on the new World Mental Health Report59
“Third‐wave” cognitive and behavioral therapies and the emergence of a process‐based approach to intervention in psychiatry58
Outcomes in people with eating disorders: a transdiagnostic and disorder‐specific systematic review, meta‐analysis and multivariable meta‐regression analysis57
Ongoing phase 2/3 trials of psychotropic drugs: is help finally on the way?56
The growing field of digital psychiatry: current evidence and the future of apps, social media, chatbots, and virtual reality56
Meeting the challenges of the new frontier of youth mental health care55
Treatment of substance use disorders in prison settings: statement by the UNODC‐WHO Informal Scientific Network, UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs55
WPA scientific meetings 2020‐202352
Can a practical process‐oriented strategy prevent suicidal ideation and behavior?50
Management of generalized anxiety disorder and panic disorder in general health care settings: new WHO recommendations49
Deconstructing the social determinants of mental health49
Reflections on the current status of psychiatric epidemiology and public mental health48
Intimate partner violence and mental health: lessons from the COVID‐19 pandemic45
Shaping the future of autism care: the need for a precision medicine approach45
The lived experience of mental disorders in adolescents: a bottom‐up review co‐designed, co‐conducted and co‐written by experts by experience and academics44
The definition of treatment resistance in anxiety disorders: a Delphi method‐based consensus guideline42
Global launch of the ICD‐11 Clinical Descriptions and Diagnostic Requirements (CDDR)42
Emotion regulation and mental health: current evidence and beyond41
Selective outcome reporting and the effectiveness of psychotherapies for depression38
COVID‐19 vaccination uptake in people with severe mental illness: a UK‐based cohort study37
ICD‐11‐related educational activities37
Keeping Dr. Google under control: how to prevent and manage cyberchondria36
Psychiatric diagnosis and treatment in the 21st century: paradigm shifts or power shifts?35
Genetics for mental health clinicians: a call for a globally accessible and equitable psychiatric genetics education33
Adolescent mental health and supportive relationships: 21st century challenges33
The need to bring community, policy makers and researchers to the table in prevention programs33
Non‐specific psychopathology: a once and future concept32
WPA Working Group on Public Mental Health: objectives and recommended actions31
Priorities and opportunities for lifestyle psychiatry: consensus from the LifePsych Society31
Sensitivity of the familial high‐risk approach for the prediction of future psychosis: a total population study29
Understanding side effects of psychotherapies: implications for clinical practice and research trials29
The future of CBT and evidence‐based psychotherapies is promising28
In support of supportive psychotherapy27
Another “and”: philosophy as glue26
Socioeconomic inequalities in mortality associated with mental disorders: a population‐based cohort study26
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Views of international experts on challenges to early intervention for bipolar disorder24
Evolutionary psychiatry: foundations, progress and challenges24
The future of psychopharmacology: challenges beyond efficacy and tolerability24
A critical assessment of NICE guidelines for treatment of depression24
Excess cardiometabolic risk in children and adolescents initiating antipsychotic treatment compared to young adults: results from a nationwide cohort study24
Dispelling “pleasing myths” about the integration of ecological momentary assessment and intervention into clinical research and practice22
Discovering informative biomarkers in psychiatry22
A clinically useful model of psychopathology must account for interpersonal dynamics22
The World Mental Health Report: transforming mental health for all21
Promoting healthy digital device usage: recommendations for youth and parents21
Clinical trials of novel psychotropic agents: some caveats21
The need for a consensual definition of mental health20
Violence and schizophrenia: the role of social determinants of health and the need for early intervention19
WPA educational initiatives: reaching different stakeholders in the mental health field19
The efficacy of complicated grief therapy for DSM‐5‐TR prolonged grief disorder19
Treatment‐resistant depression invites persistent reflection19
The promise of ICD‐11‐defined PTSD and complex PTSD to improve care for trauma‐exposed populations19
A Minimum Service Package (MSP) to improve response to mental health and psychosocial needs in emergency situations18
Cyberbullying: next‐generation research18
Systems‐based approaches to mental disorders are the only game in town18
How can measurement‐based care improve psychotherapy processes and mental health service delivery? A synthesis of expert perspectives18
The 2021‐2024 Work Plan of WPA Collaborating Centres17
Sustainable Technology for Adolescents and youth to Reduce Stress (STARS): a WHO transdiagnostic chatbot for distressed youth17
The curse and opportunity of heterogeneity in the pursuit of psychiatric biomarkers17
WPA Scientific Sections 2020‐2023: from strengthened backbone to motor of innovation17
Some priorities in targeting social determinants to achieve prevention of mental disorders16
Incremental integration of nosological innovations is improving psychiatric diagnosis and treatment16
The changing nature of work in the 21st century as a social determinant of mental health16
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The role of gamification in digital mental health16
The WPA Action Plan 2020‐2023: an updated report16
How should psychotherapy proceed when adjoined with psychedelics?16
Meaning in life is a fundamental protective factor in the context of psychopathology16
The International Consortium on Paranoia Research: an introduction15
Prevention, treatment and care of substance use disorders among adolescents. Statement by the UNODCWHO Informal Scientific Network, 202415
Pushing forward public mental health agenda and promotion of mental health15
Trans‐theoretical clinical models and the implementation of precision mental health care15
Borderline personality disorder: a comprehensive review of diagnosis and clinical presentation, etiology, treatment, and current controversies15
Personality in the spotlight: activities of the WPA Section on Personality Disorders15
The importance of listening to patient preferences when making mental health care decisions15
Distinct cognitive trajectories in the early course of psychosis are associated with clinical and functional outcomes longitudinally14
Advancing psychotherapy in psychiatry: the contribution of the WPA Section on Psychotherapy14
Hormone‐sensitive depression in women: a key to precision psychiatry14
Breaking the glass ceiling: women's scientific participation in the 24th World Congress of Psychiatry14
New resources for understanding patients’ values in the context of shared clinical decision‐making14
WPA Section on Perinatal Psychiatry and Infant Mental Health: a report on recent activities14
Protective and compensatory childhood experiences and their impact on adult mental health14
New research on validity and clinical utility of ICD‐11 vs. ICD‐10 and DSM‐5 diagnostic categories14
The World Psychiatry Exchange Program: expanding the world of early career psychiatrists14
Ethical challenges in mental health care: moving beyond aspirations13
A comprehensive vision for women's mental health13
A clinically useful conceptualization of emotion regulation grounded in functional contextualism and evolutionary theory13
The WPA Working Group on Intellectual Developmental Disorders: the need for a second paradigm shift13
Crisis within a crisis – the fragility of acute psychiatric care delivery13
All levels of the translational spectrum must be targeted to advance psychopharmacology and improve patient outcomes13
Recent advances in the conceptualization and evidence supporting the HiTOP approach13
The dynamic paradigm of illness in psychopathology13
Clozapine: past, present and future12
What's in a name? Mental disorders, mental health conditions and psychosocial disability12
Implementation of the WPA Action Plan 2020‐2023: an update12
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
Associations between physical diseases and subsequent mental disorders: a longitudinal study in a population‐based cohort12
Socioeconomic and sociocultural factors affecting access to psychotherapies: the way forward11
Challenges in implementing interventions to address the social determinants of mental health11
Measurement‐based care: opportunities to improve global mental health care11
Philosophy of psychiatry as study of paradigm changes11
The WPA Expert International Advisory Panel for Early Intervention in Psychosis in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries: an update on recent relevant activities11
Continuity of care and therapeutic relationships as critical elements in acute psychiatric care11
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
The alliance construct in psychotherapies: from evolution to revolution in theory and research11
Patterns and innovations in the unfolding of Latin American psychiatry and mental health11
Treatment‐resistant depression: definition, prevalence, detection, management, and investigational interventions11
Living through interminable adversity: the mental health of the Afghan people11
WPA communications under reorganization11
No service is an island: towards an ecosystem approach to mental health service evaluation11
Absolute and relative outcomes of psychotherapies for eight mental disorders: a systematic review and meta‐analysis11
The WHO Flexible Interview for ICD‐11 (FLII‐11)10
Childhood gender non‐conformity, sexual orientation and mental health problems among 18 to 89 year‐old Danes10
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The need to focus on perfectionism in suicide assessment, treatment and prevention10
Politics and development as drivers of women's reproductive mental health10
Mental health services on the roof of the world10
Report by the WPA Working Group on Developing Partnerships with Service Users and Family Carers (2020‐2023)10
The clinical characterization of the adult patient with bipolar disorder aimed at personalization of management10
Aligning the “single law” proposal to the CRPD standard of “will and preferences”10
Vulnerability to addictive behaviors: the Associational Memory‐Appetitive Systems Relations Model10
First evidence of a general disease (“d”) factor, a common factor underlying physical and mental illness10
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
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
We share more attributes than we think: the crucial input of epidemiology9
Clinical response to SSRIs relative to cognitive behavioral therapy in depression: a symptom‐specific approach9
The challenges of youth mental health: showing the hero out of the panopticon9
Update on WPA Scientific Meetings9
Thinking too much: rumination and psychopathology9
Loneliness and abuse as risk factors for suicide in older adults: new developments and the contribution of the WPA Section on Old Age Psychiatry8
Violence in schizophrenia: triangulating the evidence on perpetration risk8
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
Acute psychiatric care: approaches to increasing the range of services and improving access and quality of care8
Learning health systems for community‐based mental health8
Update on implementation of WPA Action Plan 2020‐20238
The alliance in mental health care: conceptualization, evidence and clinical applications8
Psychiatric diagnosis and treatment in the 21st century: paradigm shifts versus incremental integration8
DSM‐5‐TR: overview of what’s new and what’s changed8
Euthanasia for unbearable suffering caused by a psychiatric disorder: improving the regulatory framework8
Community care for people with mental illness: challenges emerging in the 2020s and consequent recommendations8
Bridging between youth psychiatry and child and adolescent psychiatry8
Substance use disorders: a comprehensive update of classification, epidemiology, neurobiology, clinical aspects, treatment and prevention8
Changing approaches to interventions for autistic adults8
Genomics and psychiatric nosology: avoiding hype, maintaining hope7
Does treatment‐resistant depression need psychotherapy?7
Labour market marginalization in children of persons with major psychiatric disorders: a Swedish national cohort study7
Improving care for mental health, neurological and substance use conditions by enhancing pre‐service education for doctors and nurses: a new WHO guide7
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COVID‐19 and psychiatrists’ responsibilities: an update of the WPA position paper7
Social connection as a critical factor for mental and physical health: evidence, trends, challenges, and future implications7
Mortality in persons with recent primary or secondary care contacts for mental disorders in Finland7
Sociocultural context and intersectionality are vital to women's reproductive mental health7
Antidepressants in primary care: limited value at the first visit7
The relationship between physical and mental health: an update from the WPA Working Group on Managing Comorbidity of Mental and Physical Health7
The social determinants of mental health and disorder: evidence, prevention and recommendations7
Philosophy of psychiatry can gain greater vitality by engaging the implications of new science7
Algorithm‐based modular psychotherapy vs. cognitive‐behavioral therapy for patients with depression, psychiatric comorbidities and early trauma: a proof‐of‐concept randomized controlled trial7
The public mental health revolution must privilege lived experience voices and create alliances with affected communities7
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 WPA Scientific Sections: a global resource for education, research and care7
The post‐traumatic growth approach to psychological trauma7
Metabolic side effects in persons with schizophrenia during mid‐ to long‐term treatment with antipsychotics: a network meta‐analysis of randomized controlled trials7
The PTSD Gestalt switch7
Risk of relapse during tapering of antipsychotic medication after a first psychotic episode: association with D2 receptor affinity but not with tapering speed7
Mental health of children and parents after very preterm birth6
Transforming mental health for all: a critical role for specialists6
The coming revolution in intervention science: from standardized protocols to personalized processes6
Continuous outcome measurement in modern data‐informed psychotherapies6
How clinicians can support women in making decisions about psychopharmacological treatments in pregnancy6
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 trial6
The lived experience of psychosis: a bottom‐up review co‐written by experts by experience and academics6
Modulating self‐referential processing through meditation and psychedelics: is scientific investigation of self‐transcendence clinically relevant?6
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
Challenges and chances for mental health care in the 21st century6
Advancements, challenges and future horizons in personalized psychiatry6
Medication use and sickness absence from work in bipolar disorder: a nationwide register‐based study6
No two traumas are alike, and neither are two presentations of PTSD6
The WPA Section on Preventive Psychiatry: report on 2014‐2024 activities5
Initial treatment choices to achieve sustained response in major depression: a systematic review and network meta‐analysis5
Sleep and circadian rhythm disturbances: plausible pathways to major mental disorders?5
The promise of social recovery therapy in non‐affective psychoses5
A report from the WPA Working Group on Providing Mental Health Care for Migrants and Refugees5
Process‐based and principle‐guided approaches in youth psychotherapy5
The impact of reproductive events on women with severe mental illness: we need more research and professional awareness5
Subjectivity, psychosis and the science of psychiatry5
The WPA Global Study on Psychiatric Training5
The efficacy, mechanisms and implementation of physical activity as an adjunctive treatment in mental disorders: a meta‐review of outcomes, neurobiology and key determinants5
Embodied distress in reproductive psychiatry5
WPA Volunteering Programme: a pilot project in Mexico5
Five conceptual competences in psychiatry5
The lived experience of postpartum depression and psychosis in women: a bottom‐up review co‐written by experts by experience and academics5
Nurturing the next generation of clinician‐scientists in child and adolescent psychiatry: recommendations from a WPA Presidential Task Force5
Trends, advances and directions in cognitive‐behavioral therapy for adolescent anxiety5
Searching for biomarkers in the fluidity of mental ill‐health5
CopeNYP: a brief remote psychological intervention reduces health care workers’ depression and anxiety symptoms during COVID‐19 pandemic5
Oral and long‐acting antipsychotics for relapse prevention in schizophrenia‐spectrum disorders: a network meta‐analysis of 92 randomized trials including 22,645 participants5
The evolving nosology of personality disorder and its clinical utility5
WPA Working Group on Medical Students: current initiatives and future priorities5
WPA Working Group on Defining and Managing Autism Spectrum Disorder: spreading knowledge for the next generations of psychiatrists5
Past, present and future of research on brain energy metabolism in bipolar disorder5
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