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Chris Dickens publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Chris Dickens sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 170 publications — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Chris Dickens D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Chris Dickens sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 62 D-Index — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Overview

Chris Dickens is affiliated with the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom. Their research focuses primarily on the intersection of medicine and psychology, with particular emphasis on clinical psychology, general health professions, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, social psychology, and psychiatry and mental health.

The scientist has contributed significantly to several key topics within their fields of study, including:

  • Cardiac Health and Mental Health
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Empathy and Medical Education
  • Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
  • Mental Health and Psychiatry
  • Treatment of Major Depression
  • Psychiatric care and mental health services

Chris Dickens has published multiple recent papers, which include:

  • "Mental health in UK Biobank - development, implementation and results from an online questionnaire completed by 157 366 participants: a reanalysis" (2020) in BJPsych Open
  • "Barriers and facilitators to GP-patient communication about emotional concerns in UK primary care: a systematic review" (2020) in Family Practice
  • "Hybrid Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials of Interventions for Depressive Symptoms in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease" (2021) in Psychosomatic Medicine
  • "Effectiveness of collaborative care in reducing suicidal ideation: An individual participant data meta-analysis." (2021) in General Hospital Psychiatry
  • "Proactive integrated consultation-liaison psychiatry and time spent in hospital by older medical inpatients in England (The HOME Study): a multicentre, parallel-group, randomised controlled trial" (2024) in The Lancet Psychiatry

Their work appears frequently in several publication venues, including:

  • General Hospital Psychiatry (2 publications)
  • BJPsych Open (1 publication)
  • Family Practice (1 publication)
  • Psychosomatic Medicine (1 publication)
  • The Lancet Psychiatry (1 publication)

Frequent coauthors often collaborating with Chris Dickens include:

  • Rose McCabe
  • Frank Doyle
  • Robert M. Carney
  • Jan Sørensen
  • Martin Dempster

Best Publications

  • Collaborative care for depression and anxiety problems

    Janine Archer;Peter Bower;Simon Gilbody;Karina Lovell

  • Depression in rheumatoid arthritis: a systematic review of the literature with meta-analysis.

    Chris M. Dickens;Linda McGowan;David Clark-Carter;Francis Creed

  • Evidence-based guidelines for treating depressive disorders with antidepressants: A revision of the 2008 British Association for Psychopharmacology guidelines

    Anthony Cleare;Carmine Pariante;Allan Young;I M Anderson

  • Mental health in UK Biobank – development, implementation and results from an online questionnaire completed by 157 366 participants: a reanalysis

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  • The role of psychosocial factors in predicting the onset of chronic widespread pain: results from a prospective population-based study

    A. Gupta;A. J. Silman;D. Ray;R. Morriss

  • A systematic review of motivational interviewing in physical health care settings

    K. M. Knight;Linda McGowan;C. Dickens;C. Bundy

  • Effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction and mindfulness based cognitive therapy in vascular disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

    Rebecca A. Abbott;Rebecca Whear;Lauren R. Rodgers;Alison Bethel

  • Integrated primary care for patients with mental and physical multimorbidity: cluster randomised controlled trial of collaborative care for patients with depression comorbid with diabetes or cardiovascular disease

    Peter Coventry;Karina Lovell;Chris Dickens;Peter Bower

  • Mechanisms of action in mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) and mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) in people with physical and/or psychological conditions: A systematic review.

    Modi Alsubaie;Rebecca Abbott;Barnaby Dunn;Chris Dickens

  • The associations of anxiety, depression and personal illness representations with glycaemic control and health-related quality of life in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

    C. Paschalides;A.J. Wearden;R. Dunkerley;C. Bundy

  • A randomised controlled trial of cognitive behaviour therapy and motivational interviewing for people with Type 1 diabetes mellitus with persistent sub-optimal glycaemic control: a Diabetes and Psychological Therapies (ADaPT) study.

    K Ismail;E Maissi;S Thomas;T Chalder

  • Assessing the independent contribution to quality of life from anxiety and depression in patients with advanced cancer.

    Ellie M. Smith;S. A. Gomm;C. M. Dickens

  • Moderation of psychosocial risk factors through dysfunction of the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal stress axis in the onset of chronic widespread musculoskeletal pain : Findings of a population-based prospective cohort study

    J. McBeth;A. J. Silman;A. Gupta;Y. H. Chiu

  • Depression, illness perception and coping in rheumatoid arthritis.

    Helen Murphy;Chris Dickens;Francis Creed;R. Bernstein

  • Impact of depression on experimental pain perception: a systematic review of the literature with meta-analysis.

    Chris Dickens;Linda McGowan;Steve Dale

  • Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal stress axis function and the relationship with chronic widespread pain and its antecedents

    John McBeth;Yee H Chiu;Alan J Silman;David Ray

  • Mental health in UK Biobank: development, implementation and results from an online questionnaire completed by 157 366 participants

    Katrina A S Davis;Jonathan R I Coleman;Mark Adams;Naomi Allen

  • Characteristics of effective collaborative care for treatment of depression: a systematic review and meta-regression of 74 randomised controlled trials.

    Peter A. Coventry;Joanna L. Hudson;Evangelos Kontopantelis;Janine Archer

  • Psychosocial predictors of health-related quality of life and health service utilisation in people with chronic low back pain.

    Philip Keeley;Francis Creed;Barbara Tomenson;Chris Todd

  • Poor sleep and depression are independently associated with a reduced pain threshold. Results of a population based study.

    Y. H. Chiu;A. J. Silman;Gary John MacFarlane;D. Ray

  • Depression and anxiety predict health-related quality of life in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Amy Blakemore;Chris Dickens;Elspeth Guthrie;Peter Bower

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter A. Coventry
Peter A. Coventry University of York
Francis Creed
Francis Creed University of Manchester
Peter Bower
Peter Bower University of Manchester
Richard Morriss
Richard Morriss University of Nottingham
David W. Ray
David W. Ray University of Oxford
David Richards
David Richards University of Bristol
Alan J. Silman
Alan J. Silman University of Oxford
Gary J. Macfarlane
Gary J. Macfarlane University of Aberdeen
Linda Gask
Linda Gask University of Manchester
Simon Gilbody
Simon Gilbody University of York

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