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Deborah Mitchison 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 Deborah Mitchison sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 154 publications — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Deborah Mitchison 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 Deborah Mitchison sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 46 D-Index — 45th percentile

45% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Deborah Mitchison is a researcher affiliated with the University of Technology Sydney in Australia. Their academic work primarily focuses on the fields of Psychology and Medicine, with specific contributions to Clinical Psychology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Pharmacy, Psychiatry and Mental Health, and Sociology and Political Science.

The main topics of their research encompass:

  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
  • Obesity and Health Practices
  • Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies
  • Impact of Technology on Adolescents
  • Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues

Deborah Mitchison has published research extensively in several academic venues, including:

  • Journal of Eating Disorders
  • International Journal of Eating Disorders
  • Body Image
  • Nutrients
  • Eating and Weight Disorders - Studies on Anorexia Bulimia and Obesity

Frequent co-authors contributing to the breadth of Mitchison's research include Phillipa Hay, Kay Bussey, Stephen Touyz, Nora Trompeter, and Scott Griffiths.

Among Mitchison's recent published papers are:

  • "The hidden burden of eating disorders: an extension of estimates from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019" (2021) in The Lancet Psychiatry
  • "Psychiatric and medical comorbidities of eating disorders: findings from a rapid review of the literature" (2022) in Journal of Eating Disorders
  • "Risk factors for eating disorders: findings from a rapid review" (2023) in Journal of Eating Disorders
  • "Further development of the 12-item EDE-QS: identifying a cut-off for screening purposes" (2020) in BMC Psychiatry
  • "Eating disorder outcomes: findings from a rapid review of over a decade of research" (2023) in Journal of Eating Disorders

Best Publications

  • The enigma of male eating disorders: a critical review and synthesis

    Stuart B. Murray;Jason M. Nagata;Scott Griffiths;Jerel P. Calzo

  • The hidden burden of eating disorders: an extension of estimates from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Damian F Santomauro;Damian F Santomauro;Damian F Santomauro;Sarah Melen;Deborah Mitchison;Theo Vos

  • Psychiatric and medical comorbidities of eating disorders: findings from a rapid review of the literature

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  • The changing demographic profile of eating disorder behaviors in the community

    Deborah Mitchison;Phillipa Hay;Phillipa Hay;Shameran Slewa-Younan;Jonathan Mond;Jonathan Mond;Jonathan Mond

  • Risk factors for eating disorders: findings from a rapid review

    Unknown

  • Quality of life impairment associated with body dissatisfaction in a general population sample of women

    Jonathan Mond;Deborah Mitchison;Janet D Latner;Phillipa Hay;Phillipa Hay

  • Burden and Health-Related Quality of Life of Eating Disorders, Including Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID), in the Australian Population

    Phillipa Hay;Deborah Mitchison;Deborah Mitchison;Abraham Ernesto Lopez Collado;David Alejandro González-Chica

  • Epidemiology of eating disorders, eating disordered behaviour, and body image disturbance in males: a narrative review

    Deborah Mitchison;Deborah Mitchison;Jonathan Mond

  • Sex differences in the relationships between body dissatisfaction, quality of life and psychological distress

    Scott Griffiths;Scott Griffiths;Phillipa Hay;Deborah Mitchison;Deborah Mitchison;Jonathan M. Mond;Jonathan M. Mond

  • DSM-5 full syndrome, other specified, and unspecified eating disorders in Australian adolescents: prevalence and clinical significance

    Deborah Mitchison;Jonathan Mond;Kay Bussey;Scott Griffiths

  • The epidemiology of eating disorders: genetic, environmental, and societal factors.

    Deborah Mitchison;Phillipa J Hay

  • Me, my selfie, and I: The relationship between editing and posting selfies and body dissatisfaction in men and women

    Alexandra Rhodes Lonergan;Kay Bussey;Jonathan Mond;Olivia Brown

  • Disentangling body image: The relative associations of overvaluation, dissatisfaction, and preoccupation with psychological distress and eating disorder behaviors in male and female adolescents.

    Deborah Mitchison;Phillipa J Hay;Scott Griffiths;Stuart Benjamin Murray

  • Prevalence of obesity and comorbid eating disorder behaviors in South Australia from 1995 to 2015

    F Q da Luz;F Q da Luz;A Sainsbury;H Mannan;S Touyz

  • Time Trends in Population Prevalence of Eating Disorder Behaviors and Their Relationship to Quality of Life

    Deborah Mitchison;Phillipa Hay;Phillipa Hay;Shameran Slewa-Younan;Jonathan Mond;Jonathan Mond

  • Eating disorder outcomes: findings from a rapid review of over a decade of research

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  • The relative importance of dissatisfaction, overvaluation and preoccupation with weight and shape for predicting onset of disordered eating behaviors and depressive symptoms over 15 Years

    Helen Sharpe;Scott Griffiths;Tse Hwei Choo;Marla E. Eisenberg

  • Socioeconomic Correlates of Eating Disorder Symptoms in an Australian Population-Based Sample.

    Brittany Mulders-Jones;Deborah Mitchison;Deborah Mitchison;Federico Girosi;Phillipa Hay

  • Epidemiology of eating disorders: population, prevalence, disease burden and quality of life informing public policy in Australia—a rapid review

    Unknown

  • Sex differences in health-related quality of life impairment associated with eating disorder features: a general population study

    Deborah Mitchison;Jonathan Mond;Jonathan Mond;Shameran Slewa-Younan;Phillipa Hay;Phillipa Hay

  • The development and validation of the muscularity-oriented eating test: a novel measure of muscularity-oriented disordered eating

    Stuart B. Murray;Tiffany A. Brown;Aaron J. Blashill;Emilio J. Compte;Emilio J. Compte

  • Further development of the 12-item EDE-QS: identifying a cut-off for screening purposes.

    Katarina Prnjak;Deborah Mitchison;Deborah Mitchison;Scott Griffiths;Jonathan Mond;Jonathan Mond

  • A thematic content analysis of #cheatmeal images on social media: Characterizing an emerging dietary trend

    Eva Pila;Eva Pila;Jonathan M. Mond;Scott Griffiths;Deborah Mitchison

  • Predictors of muscularity-oriented disordered eating behaviors in U.S. young adults: A prospective cohort study

    Jason M. Nagata;Stuart B. Murray;Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo;Andrea K. Garber

  • Prognostic communication preferences of migrant patients and their relatives

    D. Mitchison;Phyllis Butow;Ming Sze;Lynley Aldridge

Frequent Co-Authors

Jonathan Mond
Jonathan Mond University of Tasmania
Phillipa Hay
Phillipa Hay Western Sydney University
Scott Griffiths
Scott Griffiths University of Melbourne
Stuart B. Murray
Stuart B. Murray University of California, Los Angeles
Kay Bussey
Kay Bussey Macquarie University
Stephen Touyz
Stephen Touyz University of Sydney
Aaron J. Blashill
Aaron J. Blashill San Diego State University
Bryan Rodgers
Bryan Rodgers Australian National University
Kathleen M. Pike
Kathleen M. Pike Columbia University
Ian D. Stephen
Ian D. Stephen Bournemouth University

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