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Articles

INVITED EDITORIAL
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Gone too soon: Studying mortality in eating disorders

Nadia Micali, Moritz Herle, 
  •  119-121
  •  19 January 2023
ORIGINAL ARTICLE

A Case–Control Study of Antipsychotic Use and Pneumonia-Related Mortality in the UK

Caroline S. Copeland, Phoebe Wallman, David Morgan, Eleanor Owen, David Taylor, 
  •  18 January 2023
ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Childhood trauma and depressive symptoms in bipolar disorder: a network analysis

Anna L. Wrobel, Sue M. Cotton, Anuradhi Jayasinghe, Claudia Diaz-Byrd, Anastasia K. Yocum, Alyna Turner, Olivia M. Dean, Samantha E. Russell, Elizabeth R. Duval, Tobin J. Ehrlich, David F. Marshall, Michael Berk, Melvin G. McInnis, 
  •  16 January 2023
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
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War exposure, posttraumatic stress disorder, and complex posttraumatic stress disorder among parents living in Ukraine during the Russian war

Thanos Karatzias, Mark Shevlin, Menachem Ben-Ezra, Eoin McElroy, Enya Redican, Maria Louison Vang, Marylene Cloitre, Grace W. K. Ho, Boris Lorberg, Dmytro Martsenkovskyi, Philip Hyland, 
  •  10 January 2023
SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

Estradiol and raloxifene as adjunctive treatment for women with schizophrenia: A meta-analysis of randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials

Zijia Li, Yucheng Wang, Zhe Wang, Lingtao Kong, Linzi Liu, Liu Li, Yanqing Tang, 
  •  30 December 2022
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The following is a list of the most cited articles based on citations published in the last three years, according to CrossRef.

The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale

A. S. Zigmond, R. P. Snaith, 
  •  361-370
  •  June 1983

Peripheral cytokine and chemokine alterations in depression: a meta-analysis of 82 studies

C. A. Köhler, T. H. Freitas, M. Maes, N. Q. de Andrade, C. S. Liu, B. S. Fernandes, B. Stubbs, M. Solmi, N. Veronese, N. Herrmann, C. L. Raison, B. J. Miller, K. L. Lanctôt, A. F. Carvalho, 
  •  373-387
  •  25 January 2017
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Rate of progression of mild cognitive impairment to dementia – meta-analysis of 41 robust inception cohort studies

A. J. Mitchell, M. Shiri-Feshki, 
  •  252-265
  •  3 March 2009

Anxiety and depression in the Republic of Ireland during the COVID-19 pandemic

P. Hyland, M. Shevlin, O. McBride, J. Murphy, T. Karatzias, R. P. Bentall, A. Martinez, F. Vallières, 
  •  249-256
  •  27 July 2020

The International Trauma Questionnaire: development of a self-report measure of ICD-11 PTSD and complex PTSD

M. Cloitre, M. Shevlin, C. R. Brewin, J. I. Bisson, N. P. Roberts, A. Maercker, T. Karatzias, P. Hyland, 
  •  536-546
  •  3 September 2018
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Open access

Mental health in people with minority sexual orientations: A meta-analysis of population-based studies

Charlotte Wittgens, Mirjam M. Fischer, Pichit Buspavanich, Sabrina Theobald, Katinka Schweizer, Sebastian Trautmann, 
Open access

Adverse events in meditation practices and meditation-based therapies: a systematic review

M. Farias, E. Maraldi, K. C. Wallenkampf, G. Lucchetti, 
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Trends in suicide death risk in transgender people: results from the Amsterdam Cohort of Gender Dysphoria study (1972–2017)

C. M. Wiepjes, M. den Heijer, M. A. Bremmer, N. M. Nota, C. J. M. de Blok, B. J. G. Coumou, T. D. Steensma, 

Anxiety and depression in the Republic of Ireland during the COVID-19 pandemic

P. Hyland, M. Shevlin, O. McBride, J. Murphy, T. Karatzias, R. P. Bentall, A. Martinez, F. Vallières, 
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Effects of psilocybin therapy on personality structure

D. Erritzoe, L. Roseman, M. M. Nour, K. MacLean, M. Kaelen, D. J. Nutt, R. L. Carhart-Harris, 
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Social media and its relationship with mood, self-esteem and paranoia in psychosis

N. Berry, R. Emsley, F. Lobban, S. Bucci, 
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Employment among people with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder: A population-based study using nationwide registers

Minna Holm, Heidi Taipale, Antti Tanskanen, Jari Tiihonen, Ellenor Mitterdorfer-Rutz, 

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy – a systematic review of randomized controlled trials

L. O. Fjorback, M. Arendt, E. Ørnbøl, P. Fink, H. Walach, 
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Sleep deprivation as treatment for depression: Systematic review and meta-analysis

Michael Ioannou, Constanze Wartenberg, Josephine T. V. Greenbrook, Tomas Larson, Kajsa Magnusson, Linnea Schmitz, Petteri Sjögren, Ida Stadig, Zoltán Szabó, Steinn Steingrimsson, 
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Male to female ratios in autism spectrum disorders by age, intellectual disability and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

Maj-Britt Posserud, Berit Skretting Solberg, Anders Engeland, Jan Haavik, Kari Klungsøyr, 

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