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Christophe Lançon

Christophe Lançon

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Psychology

D-Index
58
Citations
11140
World Ranking
3905
National Ranking
26

Overview

Christophe Lançon is affiliated with Aix-Marseille University in France. Their research primarily focuses on psychiatry and mental health, with significant contributions in clinical psychology and general health professions. The scientist's work spans both medicine and psychology, with a strong emphasis on mental health disorders and their treatment.

Lançon has a substantial publication record in the field of schizophrenia research and treatment, with additional focus areas including bipolar disorder and treatment, mental health treatment and access, tryptophan and brain disorders, mental health and psychiatry, healthcare professionals' stress and burnout, and treatment of major depression.

Frequent publication venues for their research include:

  • L Encéphale
  • European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience
  • Journal of Affective Disorders
  • Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry
  • Schizophrenia Bulletin

Among the recent papers associated with this profile are:

  • "Association Between Mental Health Disorders and Mortality Among Patients With COVID-19 in 7 Countries," 2021, JAMA Psychiatry
  • "The Role of Inflammation in the Treatment of Schizophrenia," 2020, Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • "Disparities in Intensive Care Unit Admission and Mortality Among Patients With Schizophrenia and COVID-19: A National Cohort Study," 2020, Schizophrenia Bulletin
  • "Comorbid Major Depressive Disorder in Schizophrenia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis," 2020, Schizophrenia Bulletin
  • "Measuring the Patient Experience of Mental Health Care: A Systematic and Critical Review of Patient-Reported Experience Measures," 2020, Patient Preference and Adherence

Collaboration is a prevalent aspect of Lançon's research activities, with frequent co-authors including Guillaume Fond, Laurent Boyer, Pierre-Michel Llorca, Pascal Auquier, and Bruno Aouizerate. These collaborations encompass a broad range of research topics within psychiatry and mental health.

Best Publications

  • Ketamine administration in depressive disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Guillaume Fond;Anderson Loundou;Corentin Rabu;Alexandra Macgregor

  • Acute and long-term effects of cannabis use: a review.

    Laurent Karila;Perrine Roux;Benjamin Rolland;Amine Benyamina

  • The ELIXIR study: evaluation of sexual dysfunction in 4557 depressed patients in France

    Mireille Bonierbale;Christophe Lançon;Jean Tignol

  • Mortality in schizophrenia.

    Pascal Auquier;Christophe Lançon;Frédéric Rouillon;Malcolm Lader

  • Stability of the five-factor structure of the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS).

    C Lançon;P Auquier;G Nayt;G Reine

  • Association Between Mental Health Disorders and Mortality Among Patients With COVID-19 in 7 Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

    Guillaume Fond;Katlyn Nemani;Damien Etchecopar-Etchart;Anderson Loundou

  • Is hormonal therapy associated with better quality of life in transsexuals? A cross-sectional study.

    Audrey Gorin‐Lazard;Karine Baumstarck;Laurent Boyer;Aurélie Maquigneau

  • Depression and subjective quality of life in chronic phase schizophrenic patients.

    G. Reine;C. Lançon;S. Di Tucci;C. Sapin

  • Development and validation of a patient-based health-related quality of life questionnaire in schizophrenia: the S-QoL.

    P Auquier;M.C Simeoni;C Sapin;G Reine

  • Burnout in French physicians: A systematic review and meta-analysis

    Ziad Kansoun;Laurent Boyer;Marianne Hodgkinson;Virginie Villes

  • The Functional Remission of General Schizophrenia (FROGS) scale: Development and validation of a new questionnaire

    Pierre-Michel Llorca;Christophe Lançon;Sylvie Lancrenon;Franck-Jean Bayle

  • Risk factors for treatment resistance in unipolar depression: a systematic review.

    D. Bennabi;B. Aouizerate;W. El-Hage;O. Doumy

  • Investigation of impulsivity in a sample of treatment-seeking pathological gamblers: a multidimensional perspective.

    Joël Billieux;Guillaume Lagrange;Martial Van der Linden;Christophe Lançon

  • The development of the S-QoL 18: a shortened quality of life questionnaire for patients with schizophrenia.

    Laurent Boyer;Marie-Claude Simeoni;Anderson Loundou;Thierry D'Amato

  • [Compliance in schizophrenia: predictive factors, therapeutical considerations and research implications].

    D Misdrahi;P M Llorca;C Lançon;F J Bayle

  • Tardive dyskinesias and antipsychotics: a review.

    Pierre-Michel Llorca;Isabelle Chereau;Frank-Jean Bayle;Christophe Lancon

  • Hormonal Therapy Is Associated With Better Self-esteem, Mood, and Quality of Life in Transsexuals

    Audrey Gorin-Lazard;Karine Baumstarck;Laurent Boyer;Aurélie Maquigneau

  • The effects and risks associated to mephedrone and methylone in humans: A review of the preliminary evidences

    Laurent Karila;Laurent Karila;Joel Billieux;Amine Benyamina;Christophe Lançon

  • Quality of life among caregivers of individuals with affective disorders.

    Xavier Zendjidjian;Raphaelle Richieri;Marc Adida;Sandrine Limousin

  • The Role of Inflammation in the Treatment of Schizophrenia.

    Guillaume Fond;Christophe Lançon;Theo Korchia;Pascal Auquier

  • Factorial structure of the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS): a forced five-dimensional factor analysis

    C. Lancon;V. Aghababian;P. M. Llorca;P. Auquier

Frequent Co-Authors

Pierre-Michel Llorca
Pierre-Michel Llorca University of Clermont Auvergne
Marion Leboyer
Marion Leboyer Paris-Est Créteil University
Christine Passerieux
Christine Passerieux Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University
Jean-Michel Azorin
Jean-Michel Azorin Aix-Marseille University
Joël Billieux
Joël Billieux University of Lausanne
William P. Hetrick
William P. Hetrick Indiana University
Stéphane Raffard
Stéphane Raffard University of Montpellier

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