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2026

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D-Index
67
Citations
25582
World Ranking
885
National Ranking
11

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in France Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in France Leader Award

Overview

Bruno Etain is affiliated with Université Paris Cité in France and specializes in medical research, particularly in psychiatry and mental health. Their work spans multiple subfields including Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Genetics, and Speech and Hearing. Their research frequently addresses the intersection of genetics, neurodevelopmental disorders, and clinical applications within psychiatry.

The main topics covered in Etain's research include:

  • Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
  • Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
  • Schizophrenia research and treatment
  • Electroconvulsive Therapy Studies
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Sleep and related disorders
  • Circadian rhythm and melatonin

Bruno Etain has contributed extensively to scientific literature, with frequent publications in notable venues such as:

  • Journal of Affective Disorders (20 publications)
  • International Journal of Bipolar Disorders (14 publications)
  • Bipolar Disorders (11 publications)
  • European Psychiatry (10 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (9 publications)

Their recent papers demonstrate a focus on mental health during pandemic contexts, mood disorders, and circadian rhythm disruption, including:

  • Les professionnels de santé face à la pandémie de la maladie à coronavirus (COVID-19): quels risques pour leur santé mentale?, 2020, L Encéphale
  • Sleep disturbances and first onset of major mental disorders in adolescence and early adulthood: A systematic review and meta-analysis, 2021, Sleep Medicine Reviews
  • Sex-Dependent Shared and Nonshared Genetic Architecture Across Mood and Psychotic Disorders, 2021, Biological Psychiatry
  • Neurobiological and behavioral mechanisms of circadian rhythm disruption in bipolar disorder: A critical multi-disciplinary literature review and agenda for future research from the ISBD task force on chronobiology, 2021, Bipolar Disorders
  • Association of polygenic score for major depression with response to lithium in patients with bipolar disorder, 2020, Molecular Psychiatry

Etain frequently collaborates with other researchers, notably with Frank Bellivier, Marion Leboyer, Mircea Polosan, Philippe Courtet, and Émmanuel Haffen. Their partnership is often reflected in publications addressing mood disorders and psychiatric genetics.

Best Publications

  • Genetic relationship between five psychiatric disorders estimated from genome-wide SNPs

    S. Hong Lee;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Benjamin M. Neale;Benjamin M. Neale;Stephen V. Faraone

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 30 loci associated with bipolar disorder

    Eli A. Stahl;Eli A. Stahl;Gerome Breen;Andreas J. Forstner;Andrew McQuillin

  • Large-scale genome-wide association analysis of bipolar disorder identifies a new susceptibility locus near ODZ4

    Pamela Sklar;Pamela Sklar;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Laura J. Scott;Ole A. Andreassen

  • Genome-wide association study of more than 40,000 bipolar disorder cases provides new insights into the underlying biology

    Niamh Mullins;Andreas J. Forstner;Andreas J. Forstner;Andreas J. Forstner;Kevin S. O'Connell;Kevin S. O'Connell;Brandon Coombes

  • Genomic Relationships, Novel Loci, and Pleiotropic Mechanisms across Eight Psychiatric Disorders

    Phil H. Lee;Verneri Anttila;Hyejung Won;Yen-Chen A. Feng

  • Genomic Dissection of Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia, Including 28 Subphenotypes

    Douglas M. Ruderfer;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Andrew McQuillin;James Boocock

  • Psychiatric genome-wide association study analyses implicate neuronal, immune and histone pathways

    Colm O'Dushlaine;Lizzy Rossin;Phil H. Lee;Laramie Duncan;Laramie Duncan

  • Assessment of Response to Lithium Maintenance Treatment in Bipolar Disorder: A Consortium on Lithium Genetics (ConLiGen) Report

    Mirko Manchia;Mazda Adli;Nirmala Akula;Raffaella Ardau

  • Genetic variants associated with response to lithium treatment in bipolar disorder: a genome-wide association study

    Liping Hou;Urs Heilbronner;Urs Heilbronner;Franziska Degenhardt;Mazda Adli

  • Les professionnels de santé face à la pandémie de la maladie à coronavirus (COVID-19) : quels risques pour leur santé mentale ?

    W. El-Hage;C. Hingray;C. Lemogne;A. Yrondi

  • Collaborative meta-analysis finds no evidence of a strong interaction between stress and 5-HTTLPR genotype contributing to the development of depression

    R. C. Culverhouse;N. L. Saccone;A. C. Horton;Y. Ma

  • The role of childhood trauma in bipolar disorders

    Monica Aas;Monica Aas;Chantal Henry;Ole A. Andreassen;Ole A. Andreassen;Frank Bellivier

  • Beyond genetics: childhood affective trauma in bipolar disorder.

    Bruno Etain;Chantal Henry;Frank Bellivier;Frank Bellivier;Flavie Mathieu

  • Genome-wide Association Study Identifies Genetic Variation in Neurocan as a Susceptibility Factor for Bipolar Disorder

    Sven Cichon;Thomas W. Mühleisen;Franziska A. Degenhardt;Manuel Mattheisen

  • Duration of untreated bipolar disorder: missed opportunities on the long road to optimal treatment.

    Noëmie Drancourt;Bruno Etain;Mohamed Lajnef;Chantal Henry

  • Anxiety disorders in 318 bipolar patients: prevalence and impact on illness severity and response to mood stabilizer.

    Chantal Henry;Donatienne Van den Bulke;Frank Bellivier;Bruno Etain

  • Seasonality and bipolar disorder: a systematic review, from admission rates to seasonality of symptoms.

    Pierre Alexis Geoffroy;Frank Bellivier;Jan Scott;Bruno Etain

  • Insomnia and hypersomnia in major depressive episode: Prevalence, sociodemographic characteristics and psychiatric comorbidity in a population-based study

    Pierre A. Geoffroy;Nicolas Hoertel;Bruno Etain;Frank Bellivier

  • Childhood Trauma Is Associated With Severe Clinical Characteristics of Bipolar Disorders

    Bruno Etain;Monica Aas;Ole A. Andreassen;Steinar Lorentzen

  • Joint Analysis of Psychiatric Disorders Increases Accuracy of Risk Prediction for Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder, and Major Depressive Disorder

    Robert Maier;Gerhard Moser;Guo-Bo Chen;Stephan Ripke

  • Genome wide meta-analysis identifies genomic relationships, novel loci, and pleiotropic mechanisms across eight psychiatric disorders

    Lee Ph;Anttila;Won H

  • Collaborative meta-analysis finds no evidence of a strong interaction between stress and 5-HTTLPR genotype contributing to the development of depression

    Robert C. Culverhouse;Nancy L. Saccone;Amy C. Horton;Yinjiao Ma

Frequent Co-Authors

Marion Leboyer
Marion Leboyer Paris-Est Créteil University
Jan Scott
Jan Scott Newcastle University
Sven Cichon
Sven Cichon University of Basel
Martin Alda
Martin Alda Dalhousie University
Thomas G. Schulze
Thomas G. Schulze Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Bernhard T. Baune
Bernhard T. Baune University of Münster
Andreas Reif
Andreas Reif Goethe University Frankfurt
Peter R. Schofield
Peter R. Schofield Neuroscience Research Australia
Stefan Herms
Stefan Herms University of Basel
Janice M. Fullerton
Janice M. Fullerton University of New South Wales

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