2026 Amy C. Watson: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	50	5330	4946	2914	2641	116	18698

Overview

Amy C. Watson is affiliated with the University of Illinois at Chicago in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on psychology, with a significant concentration in clinical psychology. Additional subfields of their work include social psychology, sociology and political science, general health professions, and psychiatry and mental health.

The work of Amy C. Watson covers a range of topics related to mental health and forensic psychology. Their main areas of study include:

Psychopathy, forensic psychiatry, sexual offending
Psychiatric care and mental health services
Healthcare decision-making and restraints
Mental health treatment and access
Child abuse and trauma
Homelessness and social issues
Child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development

Amy C. Watson frequently publishes in several academic venues. The most common among these are:

Psychiatric Services
Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing
Community Mental Health Journal
Frontiers in Psychology
Psychiatric Research and Clinical Practice

The scientist has collaborated regularly with a number of co-authors, including:

Michael T. Compton
Leah G. Pope
Jennifer Wood
Adria Zern
En Fu

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Amy C. Watson include:

Police Reform From the Perspective of Mental Health Services and Professionals: Our Role in Social Change, 2021, Psychiatric Services
The Impact of Crisis Intervention Team Response, Dispatch Coding, and Location on the Outcomes of Police Encounters with Individuals with Mental Illnesses in Chicago, 2021, Policing A Journal of Policy and Practice

Other significant works associated with Watson's co-authors contribute to the thematic landscape of mental health and policing, such as:

What can we expect of police in the face of deficient mental health systems? Qualitative insights from Chicago police officers, 2020, Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing
Youths' and Young Adults' Experiences of Police Involvement During Initiation of Involuntary Psychiatric Holds and Transport, 2021, Psychiatric Services
Utilizing Crisis Intervention Teams in Prison to Improve Officer Knowledge, Stigmatizing Attitudes, and Perception of Response Options, 2020, Criminal Justice and Behavior

Best Publications

The Paradox of Self-Stigma and Mental Illness

Patrick W. Corrigan;Amy C. Watson

2298
Citations
Understanding the impact of stigma on people with mental illness.

Patrick W Corrigan;Amy C Watson

2108
Citations
An attribution model of public discrimination towards persons with mental illness

Patrick Corrigan;Fred E Markowitz;Amy Watson;David Rowan

1855
Citations
The Self–Stigma of Mental Illness: Implications for Self–Esteem and Self–Efficacy

Patrick W. Corrigan;Amy C. Watson;Leah Barr

1705
Citations
Structural Levels of Mental Illness Stigma and Discrimination

Patrick W. Corrigan;Fred E. Markowitz;Amy C. Watson

1049
Citations
Self-Stigma in People With Mental Illness

Amy C. Watson;Patrick Corrigan;Jonathon E. Larson;Molly Sells

847
Citations
Blame, shame, and contamination: the impact of mental illness and drug dependence stigma on family members

Patrick W. Corrigan;Amy C. Watson;Frederick E. Miller

458
Citations
Newspaper stories as measures of structural stigma.

Patrick W. Corrigan;Amy C. Watson;Gabriela Gracia;Natalie Slopen

442
Citations
Mental illness stigma and care seeking.

Amy E. Cooper;Patrick W. Corrigan;Amy C. Watson

427
Citations
The Stigma of Psychiatric Disorders and the Gender, Ethnicity, and Education of the Perceiver

Patrick W. Corrigan;Amy C. Watson

393
Citations
A comprehensive review of extant research on Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) programs.

Michael T Compton;Masuma Bahora;Amy C Watson;Janet R Oliva

348
Citations
Changing Middle Schoolers' Attitudes About Mental Illness Through Education

Amy C. Watson;Emeline Otey;Anne L. Westbrook;April L. Gardner

295
Citations
Findings from the National Comorbidity Survey on the frequency of violent behavior in individuals with psychiatric disorders.

Patrick W. Corrigan;Amy C. Watson

270
Citations
At Issue Stop the Stigma: Call Mental Illness a Brain Disease

Patrick W. Corrigan;Amy C. Watson

255
Citations
Structural Stigma in State Legislation

Patrick W. Corrigan;Amy C. Watson;Mark L. Heyrman;Amy Warpinski

254
Citations
Improving police response to persons with mental illness: a multi-level conceptualization of CIT.

Amy C. Watson;Melissa Schaefer Morabito;Jeffrey Draine;Victor Ottati

240
Citations
Stigmatizing attitudes about mental illness and allocation of resources to mental health services.

Patrick W. Corrigan;Amy C. Watson;Amy C. Warpinski;Gabriela Gracia

226
Citations
Self-stigma of mental illness scale - short form: Reliability and validity

Patrick W. Corrigan;Patrick J. Michaels;Eduardo Vega;Michael Gause

224
Citations
Crisis Intervention Teams and People With Mental Illness: Exploring the Factors That Influence the Use of Force

Melissa S. Morabito;Amy N. Kerr;Amy C. Watson;Jeffrey Draine

219
Citations
Will filmed presentations of education and contact diminish mental illness stigma

Patrick W. Corrigan;Jonathon Larson;Molly Sells;Nathaniel Niessen

218
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Patrick W. Corrigan Illinois Institute of Technology

Victor Ottati Loyola University Chicago

Roger Bakeman Georgia State University

Shaun M. Eack University of Pittsburgh

Christina E. Newhill University of Pittsburgh

Galen V. Bodenhausen Northwestern University

External Links

Personal website of Amy C. Watson

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