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Papers

(The median citation count of Biopsychosocial Medicine is 2. 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
Cognitive–behavioral therapy for management of mental health and stress-related disorders: Recent advances in techniques and technologies	43
Personalized cognitive-behavioural therapy for obesity (CBT-OB): theory, strategies and procedures	35
Global prevalence of chronic fatigue syndrome among long COVID-19 patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis	31
Associations between the depressive symptoms, subjective cognitive function, and presenteeism of Japanese adult workers: a cross-sectional survey study	25
The psychosocial profile of family caregivers of children with chronic diseases: a cross-sectional study	24
Effects of interoceptive training on decision making, anxiety, and somatic symptoms	22
Prevalence of autism spectrum disorder and autistic traits in children with anorexia nervosa and avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder	21
The association of depression, loneliness and internet addiction levels in patients with acne vulgaris	12
Post-traumatic stress symptoms in hemodialysis patients with MERS-CoV exposure	11
A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study to assess efficacy of mirtazapine for the treatment of diarrhea predominant irritable bowel syndrome	11
The psychosocial barriers to medication adherence of patients with type 2 diabetes: a qualitative study	11
Factors influencing post-ICU psychological distress in family members of critically ill patients: a linear mixed-effects model	10
Shitsu-taikan-sho (alexisomia): a historical review and its clinical importance	9
Iron deficiency anemia, stunted growth, and developmental delay due to avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder by restricted eating in autism spectrum disorder	9
Cognitive behavioral treatment for irritable bowel syndrome: a recent literature review	8
Cardiovascular disease, self-care and emotional regulation processes in adult patients: balancing unmet needs and quality of life	8
Affective agnosia: a core affective processing deficit in the alexithymia spectrum	8
A systematic review of the effect of sleep interventions on presenteeism	8
Association between polypharmacy and the persistence of delirium: a retrospective cohort study	8
Personality traits mediate the association between perceived parental bonding and well-being in adult volunteers from the community	8
Associations between lifestyle behaviour changes and the optimal well-being of middle-aged Japanese individuals	7
Physical activity and disability in patients with noncardiac chest pain: a longitudinal cohort study	7
Biopsychosocial medicine research trends: connecting clinical medicine, psychology, and public health	6
Mental health and sleep habits/problems in children aged 3–4 years: a population study	6
Impact of sleep debt, social jetlag, and insomnia symptoms on presenteeism and psychological distress of workers in Japan: a cross-sectional study	6

Eye gaze differences in school scenes between preschool children and adolescents with high-functioning autism spectrum disorder and those with typical development	6
Potential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on japanese patients with eating disorders -a cross-sectional study	6
Possible role of the gut microbiota in the pathogenesis of anorexia nervosa	6
Pilot study of a basic individualized cognitive behavioral therapy program for chronic pain in Japan	5
The accuracy of delirium assessment by cardiologists treating heart failure inpatients: a single center retrospective survey	5
Background factors involved in the epidemiology of functional constipation in the Japanese population: a cross-sectional study	5
Very long chain fatty acids are an important marker of nutritional status in patients with anorexia nervosa: a case control study	4
The reliability and validity of the Japanese version of the Daily Record of Severity of Problems (J-DRSP) and Development of a Short-Form version (J-DRSP (SF)) to assess symptoms of premenstrual syndr	4
The association between dietary phytochemical index with depression and quality of life in iranian adolescent girls	4
Health-related benefits and adverse events associated with yoga classes among participants that are healthy, in poor health, or with chronic diseases	4
The prognosis and prevention measures for mental health in COVID-19 patients: through the experience of SARS	4
The effect of cognitive functional therapy for chronic nonspecific low back pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis	4
Development of a new Japanese version of the Clinical Impairment Assessment Questionnaire	4
Trajectories of objectively measured physical activity and mood states in older Japanese adults: longitudinal data from the Nakanojo Study	3
Educational supportive group therapy and the quality of life of hemodialysis patients	3
Roles of childhood maltreatment, personality traits, and life stress in the prediction of severe premenstrual symptoms	3
Development of colonic transit time and ultrasound imaging tools as objective indicators for assessing abnormal defecation associated with food intake: a narrative review based on previous scientific	3
Mind body medicine: a modern bio-psycho-social model forty-five years after Engel	3
Effect of handholding on heart rate variability in both patients with cancer and their family caregivers: a randomized crossover study	3
Relation between personality dimensions and symptomatology of depression in skin cancer patients	3
Descriptive review of internet-based cognitive behavior therapy on anxiety-related problems in children under the circumstances of COVID-19	3
Effect of relaxation therapy on benzodiazepine use in patients with medically unexplained symptoms	3
Compassion fatigue in a health care worker treating COVID-19 patients: a case report	3
Alexithymia 3.0: reimagining alexithymia from a medical perspective	3
Effects of short-term existential group therapy for breast Cancer patients	2
Cardiac autonomic and cortisol stress responses to real operations in surgeons: relationship with individual psychobiological characteristics and experience	2
Characterization of the stanford integrated psychosocial assessment for transplant for heart, liver, and kidney transplant candidates in Japan	2
Personal values in adolescence and their associations with metabolic biomarkers in adulthood: a Japanese population-based study	2
Psychogenic fever and postural tachycardia syndrome among school-aged children and adolescents with fever of unknown origin	2
Correlation of catecholamine content and clinical influencing factors in depression among psoriasis patients: a case-control study	2
Effect of central sensitization on dizziness-related symptoms of persistent postural-perceptual dizziness	2
Effects of practicing yoga on alexisomia: an open-label trial	2
‘Functional hyperthermia’: a historical overview	2
Reliability and validity of the Japanese translation of the Eating Disorders Quality of Life (ED-QOL) scale for Japanese healthy female university undergraduate students and patients with eating disor	2
A case of vestibular schwannoma mimicking burning mouth syndrome	2
Validation of the Japanese version of the patterns of activity measure-pain in individuals with chronic pain	2
Personality traits favourable for non-adherence to treatment in patients with chronic myeloid leukaemia: role of type A and D personality	2
Utility and optimal cut-off point of the Somatic Symptom Scale-8 for central sensitization syndrome among outpatients with somatic symptoms and related disorders	2
Clinical effects of wasabi extract containing 6-MSITC on myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: an open-label trial	2