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Most cited papers in Personality Disorders and Psychopathology

Personality Disorders and Psychopathology

What are the most cited papers in Personality Disorders and Psychopathology?

The most cited paper in Personality Disorders and Psychopathology is "The PHQ-9" (Kurt Kroenke, Robert L. Spitzer, Janet B. W. Williams, 2001), with 45,744 citations. Next come "Lifetime Prevalence and Age-of-Onset Distributions of DSM-IV Disorders in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication" (20,746) and "Lifetime and 12-Month Prevalence of DSM-III-R Psychiatric Disorders in the United States" (12,546).

Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 1,319 citations is listed.

Most cited papers, sortable by citations and release date
#Paper
1 The PHQ-9 Kurt Kroenke, Robert L. Spitzer, Janet B. W. Williams · Journal of General Internal Medicine Open access Sep 2001 45,744
2 Lifetime Prevalence and Age-of-Onset Distributions of DSM-IV Disorders in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication Ronald C. Kessler, Patricia A. Berglund, Olga Demler et al. · Archives of General Psychiatry Jun 2005 20,746
3 Lifetime and 12-Month Prevalence of DSM-III-R Psychiatric Disorders in the United States Ronald C. Kessler · Archives of General Psychiatry 1994 12,546
4 Prevalence, Severity, and Comorbidity of 12-Month DSM-IV Disorders in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication Ronald C. Kessler, Wai Tat Chiu, Olga Demler et al. · Archives of General Psychiatry Open access Jun 2005 12,219
5 Short screening scales to monitor population prevalences and trends in non-specific psychological distress Ronald C. Kessler, Gavin Andrews, Lisa J. Colpe et al. · Psychological Medicine Aug 2002 10,488
6 Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School-Age Children-Present and Lifetime Version (K-SADS-PL): Initial Reliability and Validity Data Joan Kaufman, Boris B. Birmaher, David A. Brent et al. · Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Open access Jul 1997 10,350
7 The Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview (M.I.N.I.): the development and validation of a structured diagnostic psychiatric interview for DSM-IV and ICD-10. David V. Sheehan, Yves Lecrubier, Sheehan Kh et al. · PubMed 1998 10,266
8 Factor structure of the barratt impulsiveness scale Jim H. Patton, Matthew S. Stanford, Ernest S. Barratt · Journal of Clinical Psychology Nov 1995 7,887
9 Behavioral inhibition, behavioral activation, and affective responses to impending reward and punishment: The BIS/BAS Scales. Charles S. Carver, Teri L. White · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology Aug 1994 7,173
10 Research Diagnostic Criteria Robert L. Spitzer · Archives of General Psychiatry Jun 1978 6,996
11 Psychometric Properties of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire Robert Goodman · Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Nov 2001 6,913
12 An Introduction to the Five‐Factor Model and Its Applications Robert R. McCrae, Oliver P. John · Journal of Personality Jun 1992 6,884
13 Lifetime Prevalence of Mental Disorders in U.S. Adolescents: Results from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication–Adolescent Supplement (NCS-A) Kathleen Ries Merikangas, Jianping He, Marcy Burstein et al. · Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Open access Oct 2010 6,392
14 Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder Gene L. Cary · American Journal of Psychotherapy 1994 6,357
15 Attachment styles among young adults: A test of a four-category model. Kim Bartholomew, Leonard M. Horowitz · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 1991 5,670
16 A Psychobiological Model of Temperament and Character Claude Robert Cloninger · Archives of General Psychiatry Dec 1993 5,517
17 The Dark Triad of personality: Narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy Delroy L. Paulhus, Kevin M. Williams · Journal of Research in Personality Dec 2002 5,296
18 The Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-III-R (SCID) Robert L. Spitzer · Archives of General Psychiatry Aug 1992 4,407
19 Measuring personality in one minute or less: A 10-item short version of the Big Five Inventory in English and German Beatrice Rammstedt, Oliver P. John · Journal of Research in Personality 5 Apr 2006 4,330
20 Prevalence and Development of Psychiatric Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence E. Jane Costello, Sarah Mustillo, Alaattin Erkanli et al. · Archives of General Psychiatry Aug 2003 4,086
21 A Systematic Method for Clinical Description and Classification of Personality Variants Claude Robert Cloninger · Archives of General Psychiatry Jun 1987 3,708
22 Age of onset of mental disorders: a review of recent literature Ronald C. Kessler, G. Paul Amminger, Sergio Aguilar‐Gaxiola et al. · Current Opinion in Psychiatry Open access 4 Jun 2007 3,576
23 The Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI). A short diagnostic structured interview: reliability and validity according to the CIDI Yves Lecrubier, David V. Sheehan, E. Weiller et al. · European Psychiatry 1997 3,572
24 NIMH Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children Version IV (NIMH DISC-IV): Description, Differences From Previous Versions, and Reliability of Some Common Diagnoses David Shaffer, Prudence W. Fisher, Christopher Paul Lucas et al. · Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Open access 2000 3,546
25 Prevalence, Severity, and Unmet Need for Treatment of Mental Disorders in the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys The WHO World Mental Health Survey Consortium · JAMA Open access Jun 2004 3,526
26 The Efficacy of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: A Review of Meta-analyses Stefan G. Hofmann, Anu Asnaani, Imke J. J. Vonk et al. · Cognitive Therapy and Research Open access 30 Jul 2012 3,471
27 The structure of phenotypic personality traits. L. Goldberg · American Psychologist 1993 3,454
28 The Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP): A dimensional alternative to traditional nosologies. Roman Kotov et al. · Journal of Abnormal Psychology Open access 23 Mar 2017 3,357
29 Normal personality assessment in clinical practice: The NEO Personality Inventory. Paul T. Costa, Robert R. McCrae · Psychological Assessment Mar 1992 3,250
30 The international personality item pool and the future of public-domain personality measures Lewis R. Goldberg, John Anthony Johnson, Herbert W. Eber et al. · Journal of Research in Personality 26 Oct 2005 3,236
31 The Psychology of Criminal Conduct Stephen D. Hart, Don A. Andrews, James Bonta · Political Psychology Sep 1995 2,911
32 Psychiatric Aspects of Impulsivity Frederick Gerard Moeller, Ernest S. Barratt, Donald M. Dougherty et al. · American Journal of Psychiatry Nov 2001 2,772
33 Linking “big” personality traits to anxiety, depressive, and substance use disorders: A meta-analysis. Roman Kotov, Wakiza Gámez, Frank Martin Schmidt et al. · Psychological Bulletin 30 Aug 2010 2,717
34 Experiential avoidance and behavioral disorders: A functional dimensional approach to diagnosis and treatment. Steven C. Hayes, Kelly G. Wilson, Elizabeth V. Gifford et al. · Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 1996 2,578
35 Prevalence of and Risk Factors for Lifetime Suicide Attempts in the National Comorbidity Survey Ronald C. Kessler, Guilherme Luiz Guimaraes Borges, Ellen E. Walters · Archives of General Psychiatry Jul 1999 2,538
36 Childhood adversities and adult psychopathology in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys Ronald C. Kessler et al. · The British Journal of Psychiatry Open access 29 Oct 2010 2,532
37 The Mini-IPIP Scales: Tiny-yet-effective measures of the Big Five Factors of Personality. M. Brent Donnellan, Frederick Louis Oswald, Brendan M. Baird et al. · Psychological Assessment 2006 2,487
38 The twenty-item Toronto Alexithymia scale—II. Convergent, discriminant, and concurrent validity Robert Michael Bagby, Graeme J. Taylor, James D. A. Parker · Journal of Psychosomatic Research 1994 2,470
39 An item response theory analysis of self-report measures of adult attachment. Robert Chris Fraley, Niels G. Waller, Kelly A. Brennan · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 2000 2,371
40 Defining empirically supported therapies. Dianne L. Chambless, Steven D. Hollon · Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 1998 2,327
41 Assessment of Mindfulness by Self-Report Ruth A. Baer, Gregory T. Smith, Kristin B. Allen · Assessment Sep 2004 2,303
42 Neurogenetic Adaptive Mechanisms in Alcoholism Claude Robert Cloninger · Science 24 Apr 1987 2,287
43 A principal-components analysis of the Narcissistic Personality Inventory and further evidence of its construct validity. Robert Raskin, Howard Terry · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 1988 2,271
44 Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Chronically Parasuicidal Borderline Patients Marsha Marie Linehan · Archives of General Psychiatry Dec 1991 2,229
45 Unraveling the Paradoxes of Narcissism: A Dynamic Self-Regulatory Processing Model Carolyn C. Morf, Frederick T. Rhodewalt · Psychological Inquiry Oct 2001 2,219
46 Serious mental disorder in 23 000 prisoners: a systematic review of 62 surveys Seena Fazel, John Danesh · The Lancet Review Feb 2002 2,214
47 The SPQ: A Scale for the Assessment of Schizotypal Personality Based on DSM-III-R Criteria A. Raine · Schizophrenia Bulletin 1991 2,206
48 Empirical, Theoretical, and Practical Advantages of the HEXACO Model of Personality Structure Michael C. Ashton, Kibeom Lee · Personality and Social Psychology Review May 2007 2,200
49 The validity of the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI) according to the SCID-P and its reliability David V. Sheehan, Yves Lecrubier, Kathy Harnett Sheehan et al. · European Psychiatry 1997 2,181
50 Introducing the Short Dark Triad (SD3) Daniel N. Jones, Delroy L. Paulhus · Assessment 9 Dec 2013 2,174

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