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Freda McManus 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 Freda McManus sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 86 publications — 11th percentile

11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Freda McManus 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 Freda McManus sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 39 D-Index — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Freda McManus is affiliated with the Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on psychology and health professions, with specific attention to subfields such as clinical psychology, social psychology, developmental and educational psychology, and general health professions.

The main topics covered in McManus's work include psychotherapy techniques and applications, counseling practices and supervision, educational and psychological assessments, health, psychology, and well-being, psychology, coaching, and therapy, as well as psychiatric care and mental health services.

Among their recent academic contributions is the paper titled The why, what, when, who and how of assessing CBT competence to support lifelong learning, published in 2022 in The Cognitive Behaviour Therapist. This publication has been cited 12 times.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with McManus include:

  • Kate Muse
  • Helen Kennerley

The venues where McManus typically publishes research consist of:

  • The Cognitive Behaviour Therapist

Freda McManus has authored books published by Oxford University Press and University of Lodz Press. The titles of these books are:

  • Cognitive Behavioural Therapy: A Very Short Introduction (2022), with 3 citations
  • Terapia poznawczo-behawioralna (2023), with 3 citations

Best Publications

  • Cognitive therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder: development and evaluation.

    Anke Ehlers;David M. Clark;Ann Hackmann;Freda McManus

  • Cognitive therapy versus exposure and applied relaxation in social phobia: A randomized controlled trial.

    David M. Clark;Anke Ehlers;Ann Hackmann;Freda McManus

  • Cognitive therapy versus fluoxetine in generalized social phobia: a randomized placebo-controlled trial.

    David M. Clark;Anke Ehlers;Freda McManus;Ann Hackmann

  • A Randomized Controlled Trial of Cognitive Therapy, a Self-help Booklet, and Repeated Assessments as Early Interventions for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

    Anke Ehlers;David M. Clark;Ann Hackmann;Freda McManus

  • Recurrent images and early memories in social phobia

    Ann Hackmann;David M. Clark;Freda McManus

  • Information processing in social phobia

    David M. Clark;Freda McManus

  • Establishing evidence-based training in cognitive behavioral therapy: A review of current empirical findings and theoretical guidance.

    Sarah G. Rakovshik;Freda McManus

  • Cyberchondriasis: fact or fiction? A preliminary examination of the relationship between health anxiety and searching for health information on the Internet.

    Kate Muse;Freda McManus;Freda McManus;Christie Leung;Ben Meghreblian

  • Why social anxiety persists: An experimental investigation of the role of safety behaviours as a maintaining factor

    Freda McManus;Catarina Sacadura;David M. Clark

  • A functional analysis of binge-eating

    Freda McManus;GIenn Waller

  • A Randomized Clinical Trial of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy Versus Unrestricted Services for Health Anxiety (Hypochondriasis)

    Freda McManus;Christina Surawy;Kate Muse;Maria Vazquez-Montes

  • A systematic review of methods for assessing competence in cognitive-behavioural therapy.

    Kate Muse;Freda McManus

  • Acquiring and Refining CBT Skills and Competencies: Which Training Methods are Perceived to be Most Effective?

    James Bennett-Levy;Freda McManus;Bengt E. Westling;Melanie Fennell

  • SPECIFICITY OF COGNITIVE BIASES IN SOCIAL PHOBIA AND THEIR ROLE IN RECOVERY

    Freda McManus;David M. Clark;Ann Hackmann

  • Can Clark and Wells' (1995) Cognitive Model of Social Phobia be Applied to Young People?

    Kate J. Hodson;Freda V. McManus;David M. Clark;Helen Doll

  • Implementation of cognitive therapy for PTSD in routine clinical care: effectiveness and moderators of outcome in a consecutive sample.

    Anke Ehlers;Nick Grey;Jennifer Wild;Jennifer Wild;Richard Stott

  • Intrusive imagery in severe health anxiety: Prevalence, nature and links with memories and maintenance cycles.

    Kate Muse;Freda McManus;Freda McManus;Ann Hackmann;Ann Hackmann;Matthew Williams

  • What does a transdiagnostic approach have to offer the treatment of anxiety disorders

    Freda McManus;Rosamund Lucy Shafran;Zafra Cooper

  • Mindfulness‐based cognitive therapy for severe health anxiety (hypochondriasis): An interpretative phenomenological analysis of patients’ experiences

    Matthew J. Williams;Freda McManus;Kate Muse;J. Mark G. Williams

  • Intensive cognitive therapy for PTSD: a feasibility study.

    Anke Ehlers;David M. Clark;Ann Hackmann;Nick Grey

Frequent Co-Authors

David M. Clark
David M. Clark University of Oxford
Ann Hackmann
Ann Hackmann University of Oxford
Anke Ehlers
Anke Ehlers University of Oxford
Jennifer Wild
Jennifer Wild University of Oxford
Nick Grey
Nick Grey Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Roz Shafran
Roz Shafran University College London
J. Mark G. Williams
J. Mark G. Williams University of Oxford
James Bennett-Levy
James Bennett-Levy Southern Cross University
Colette R. Hirsch
Colette R. Hirsch King's College London
Glenn Waller
Glenn Waller University of Sheffield

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