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David Healy 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 David Healy sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 295 publications — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David Healy 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 David Healy sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

David Healy is affiliated with McMaster University in Canada and conducts research primarily in the field of Medicine. Their work spans several subfields, including Human-Computer Interaction, General Health Professions, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Rehabilitation, and Pharmacology.

Their main topics of research cover Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts, Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery, Treatment of Major Depression, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Physical Activity and Health, Behavioral Health and Interventions, and Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare.

David Healy has published multiple papers, including:

  • Older Adults' Experiences and Perceptions of Immersive Virtual Reality: Systematic Review and Thematic Synthesis (2022, JMIR Serious Games)
  • Older Adults' Experiences and Perceptions of Immersive Virtual Reality: A Protocol for a Systematic Review and Thematic Synthesis (2021, International Journal of Qualitative Methods)
  • Exploring the content of the STAND-VR intervention: A qualitative interview study (2023, PLOS Digital Health)
  • Diagnosis, Verdict, Conclusion, and Causality (2023, Ethical Human Psychology and Psychiatry)

The frequent co-authors collaborating with David Healy include:

  • Aisling Flynn
  • Jenny McSharry
  • Owen Conlan
  • Jane Walsh
  • Edward Shorter

David Healy's research has been published in various venues, with some publication venues recurrent in their work. These include:

  • JMIR Serious Games
  • International Journal of Qualitative Methods
  • Ethical Human Psychology and Psychiatry
  • HRB Open Research
  • Indian Journal of Medical Ethics

Best Publications

  • The antidepressant era

    David Healy

  • The Creation of Psychopharmacology

    David Healy

  • Let Them Eat Prozac

    David Healy

  • The meaning of patient satisfaction : An explanation of high reported levels

    Brian Williams;Joanne Coyle;David Healy

  • Association Between Suicide Attempts and Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors: Systematic Review of Randomised Controlled Trials

    D. Fergusson;S. Doucette;K.C. Glass;S. Shapiro

  • Social functioning in depression: a review

    Robert M.A. Hirschfeld;Stuart A. Montgomery;Martin B. Keller;Siegfried Kasper

  • Attitudes toward antipsychotic medication: The impact of clinical variables and relationships with health professionals

    Jennifer C. Day;Richard P. Bentall;Chris Roberts;Fiona Randall

  • Real-Time Self-Regulation of Emotion Networks in Patients with Depression

    David Edmund Johannes Linden;David Edmund Johannes Linden;David Edmund Johannes Linden;Isabelle Habes;Isabelle Habes;Stephen J. Johnston;Stefanie Linden

  • Restoring Study 329: efficacy and harms of paroxetine and imipramine in treatment of major depression in adolescence

    Joanna Le Noury;John M Nardo;David Healy;Jon Jureidini

  • Shock Therapy: A History of Electroconvulsive Treatment in Mental Illness

    Edward Shorter;David Healy

  • Neurofeedback: A promising tool for the self-regulation of emotion networks

    S. J. Johnston;S. G. Boehm;David Thomas Healy;R. Goebel

  • Let Them Eat Prozac: The Unhealthy Relationship Between the Pharmaceutical Industry and Depression

    David Healy

  • Interface between authorship, industry and science in the domain of therapeutics

    David Healy;Dinah Cattell

  • Cognitive processes in delusional disorders.

    Christopher Fear;Helen Sharp;David Healy

  • The latest mania: selling bipolar disorder.

    David Healy

  • Lines of Evidence on the Risks of Suicide with Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors

    David Healy

  • Issues for DSM-5: whither melancholia? The case for its classification as a distinct mood disorder.

    Gordon Parker;Max Fink;Edward Shorter;Michael Alan Taylor

  • Mania: A Short History of Bipolar Disorder

    David Healy

  • Probabilistic reasoning in obsessive-compulsive and delusional disorders.

    Christopher F. Fear;David Healy

  • Antidepressants and suicide: risk-benefit conundrums.

    David Healy;Chris Whitaker

  • The Impact of Clinical Variables and Relationships With Health Professionals

    Jennifer C. Day;Richard P. Bentall;Chris Roberts;Fiona Randall

Frequent Co-Authors

David Edmund Johannes Linden
David Edmund Johannes Linden Maastricht University
Richard P. Bentall
Richard P. Bentall University of Sheffield
Christopher J. Whitaker
Christopher J. Whitaker Bangor University
Anne Rogers
Anne Rogers University of Southampton
Brian Williams
Brian Williams Edinburgh Napier University
Rainer Goebel
Rainer Goebel Maastricht University
Paul C. Hébert
Paul C. Hébert University of Alberta
Brian E. Leonard
Brian E. Leonard University of Galway
Bettina Sorger
Bettina Sorger Maastricht University
Brian Hutton
Brian Hutton Ottawa Hospital

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