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Overview

Dorien H. Nieman is affiliated with the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Their research focuses primarily on psychology and medicine, with extensive contributions to psychiatry and mental health, experimental and cognitive psychology, clinical psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and applied psychology.

Their recent publications include notable papers such as Prevention of Psychosis (2020) published in JAMA Psychiatry, The Lancet Psychiatry Commission on youth mental health (2024) featured in The Lancet Psychiatry, and Universal and selective interventions to promote good mental health in young people: Systematic review and meta-analysis (2020) in European Neuropsychopharmacology. Additional works include The relationship between cognitive functioning and psychopathology in patients with psychiatric disorders: a transdiagnostic network analysis (2021) published by Psychological Medicine, and Online Indicated Preventive Mental Health Interventions for Youth: A Scoping Review (2021) in Frontiers in Psychiatry.

The key topics Nieman's research covers are:

  • Schizophrenia research and treatment
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Digital Mental Health Interventions
  • Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Nieman include:

  • Patrick D. McGorry
  • Barnaby Nelson
  • Ian B. Hickie
  • Alison R. Yung
  • Lieuwe de Haan

The scientist often publishes in venues including:

  • Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • Early Intervention in Psychiatry
  • Schizophrenia Bulletin
  • JAMA Psychiatry
  • European Neuropsychopharmacology

Their work is distributed across several subfields of study:

  • Psychiatry and Mental health
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Applied Psychology

Dorien H. Nieman's scholarly contributions address multiple aspects of mental health, encompassing both clinical implications and experimental approaches, especially related to youth mental health, schizophrenia, and intervention strategies through digital platforms.

Best Publications

  • The Validity of the 16-Item Version of the Prodromal Questionnaire (PQ-16) to Screen for Ultra High Risk of Developing Psychosis in the General Help-Seeking Population

    Helga K. Ising;Wim Veling;Rachel L. Loewy;Marleen W. Rietveld

  • Heterogeneity of Psychosis Risk Within Individuals at Clinical High Risk: A Meta-analytical Stratification

    Paolo Fusar-Poli;Paolo Fusar-Poli;Marco Cappucciati;Marco Cappucciati;Stefan Borgwardt;Scott W. Woods

  • Prevention of Psychosis: Advances in Detection, Prognosis, and Intervention

    Paolo Fusar-Poli;Gonzalo Salazar de Pablo;Gonzalo Salazar de Pablo;Christoph U. Correll;Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg

  • What is good mental health? A scoping review.

    Paolo Fusar-Poli;Gonzalo Salazar de Pablo;Andrea De Micheli;Dorien H. Nieman

  • Effect of ω-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in Young People at Ultrahigh Risk for Psychotic Disorders: The NEURAPRO Randomized Clinical Trial.

    Patrick D. McGorry;Barnaby Nelson;Connie Markulev;Hok Pan Yuen

  • Baseline differences in clinical symptomatology between ultra high risk subjects with and without a transition to psychosis.

    Eva Velthorst;Dorien H. Nieman;Hiske E. Becker;Reinaud van de Fliert

  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Subjects at Ultrahigh Risk for Developing Psychosis: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

    Mark van der Gaag;Dorien H. Nieman;Judith Rietdijk;Sara Dragt

  • Ultra high-risk state for psychosis and non-transition: a systematic review.

    Andor E. Simon;Eva Velthorst;Dorien H. Nieman;Don Linszen

  • Adapted cognitive–behavioural therapy required for targeting negative symptoms in schizophrenia: meta-analysis and meta-regression

    E. Velthorst;M. Koeter;M. van der Gaag;D. H. Nieman

  • White-matter markers for psychosis in a prospective ultra-high-risk cohort.

    O. J. N. Bloemen;M. B. de Koning;N. Schmitz;D. H. Nieman

  • Disability in people clinically at high risk of psychosis

    Eva Velthorst;Dorien H. Nieman;Don Linszen;Hiske Becker

  • Cannabis use and age at onset of symptoms in subjects at clinical high risk for psychosis

    S. Dragt;D. H. Nieman;F. Schultze-Lutter;F. van der Meer

  • Reduced Parietal P300 Amplitude is Associated with an Increased Risk for a First Psychotic Episode

    Mirjam J. van Tricht;Dorien H. Nieman;Johannes H.T.M. Koelman;Johan N. van der Meer

  • Early intervention in patients at ultra high risk of psychosis: benefits and risks.

    M. B. de Koning;O. J. N. Bloemen;T. A. M. J. van Amelsvoort;H. E. Becker

  • Cognitive–behavioural therapy augments the effects of deep brain stimulation in obsessive–compulsive disorder

    M. Mantione;D. H. Nieman;M. Figee;D. Denys

  • Neurocognitive functioning before and after the first psychotic episode: does psychosis result in cognitive deterioration?

    H. E. Becker;D. H. Nieman;S. Wiltink;P. M. Dingemans

  • Environmental factors and social adjustment as predictors of a first psychosis in subjects at ultra high risk

    Sara Dragt;Dorien H. Nieman;Doede Veltman;Hiske E. Becker

  • Psychosis Prediction: Stratification of Risk Estimation With Information-Processing and Premorbid Functioning Variables

    Dorien H Nieman;Stephan Ruhrmann;Sara Dragt;Francesca Soen

  • Universal and selective interventions to promote good mental health in young people: Systematic review and meta-analysis

    Gonzalo Salazar de Pablo;Andrea De Micheli;Dorien H Nieman;Christoph U Correll

  • Detection of people at risk of developing a first psychosis: comparison of two recruitment strategies

    J. Rietdijk;R. Klaassen;H. Ising;S. Dragt

  • Verbal fluency as a possible predictor for psychosis

    H.E. Becker;D.H. Nieman;P.M. Dingemans;J.R. van de Fliert

Frequent Co-Authors

Alison R. Yung
Alison R. Yung Deakin University
Barnaby Nelson
Barnaby Nelson University of Melbourne
Merete Nordentoft
Merete Nordentoft University of Copenhagen
Mark van der Gaag
Mark van der Gaag Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Ian B. Hickie
Ian B. Hickie University of Sydney
Eva Velthorst
Eva Velthorst Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Lo J. Bour
Lo J. Bour University of Amsterdam
Johannes H.T.M. Koelman
Johannes H.T.M. Koelman University of Amsterdam
Damiaan Denys
Damiaan Denys University of Amsterdam
Georg Juckel
Georg Juckel Ruhr University Bochum

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