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Hans-Ulrich Wittchen

Hans-Ulrich Wittchen

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Psychology
Germany
2023

D-Index & Metrics D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines.

Discipline name D-index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines. Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking
Best Scientists D-index 171 Citations 142,647 1,154 World Ranking 584 National Ranking 18
Psychology D-index 165 Citations 131,433 918 World Ranking 21 National Ranking 1
Medicine D-index 170 Citations 141,389 1,000 World Ranking 287 National Ranking 8

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Awards & Achievements

2023 - Research.com Psychology in Germany Leader Award

2023 - Research.com Medicine in Germany Leader Award

2022 - Research.com Best Scientist Award

2022 - Research.com Psychology in Germany Leader Award

2022 - Research.com Medicine in Germany Leader Award

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Psychiatry
  • Internal medicine
  • Anxiety

Hans-Ulrich Wittchen mostly deals with Psychiatry, Comorbidity, Anxiety disorder, Anxiety and Clinical psychology. The concepts of his Psychiatry study are interwoven with issues in Young adult and Epidemiology. His research in Comorbidity intersects with topics in Health care, Quality of life, Mental health, Prevalence of mental disorders and Age of onset.

Hans-Ulrich Wittchen has researched Anxiety disorder in several fields, including Odds ratio, Psychopathology, Panic disorder, Major depressive disorder and Risk factor. His Anxiety research incorporates elements of Suicide prevention, Distress and Mood. His research investigates the link between Clinical psychology and topics such as Substance abuse that cross with problems in Medical prescription.

His most cited work include:

  • Lifetime and 12-Month Prevalence of DSM-III-R Psychiatric Disorders in the United States: Results From the National Comorbidity Survey (10832 citations)
  • The Composite International Diagnostic Interview: An Epidemiologic Instrument Suitable for Use in Conjunction With Different Diagnostic Systems and in Different Cultures (2224 citations)
  • The size and burden of mental disorders and other disorders of the brain in Europe 2010 (2169 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Hans-Ulrich Wittchen focuses on Psychiatry, Clinical psychology, Anxiety, Comorbidity and Depression. His Psychiatry study incorporates themes from Young adult and Epidemiology. His studies in Epidemiology integrate themes in fields like Cross-sectional study and Incidence.

The Clinical psychology study combines topics in areas such as Longitudinal study, Prevalence of mental disorders, National Comorbidity Survey and CIDI. His work deals with themes such as Odds ratio and Pregnancy, which intersect with Anxiety. His Panic disorder research includes themes of Cognitive behavioral therapy, Panic and Internal medicine.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Psychiatry (56.43%)
  • Clinical psychology (32.33%)
  • Anxiety (29.49%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2014-2021)?

  • Psychiatry (56.43%)
  • Clinical psychology (32.33%)
  • Anxiety (29.49%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His main research concerns Psychiatry, Clinical psychology, Anxiety, Panic disorder and Depression. As part of the same scientific family, Hans-Ulrich Wittchen usually focuses on Psychiatry, concentrating on Epidemiology and intersecting with Incidence. Hans-Ulrich Wittchen combines subjects such as Social support, Cognition, Association and CIDI with his study of Clinical psychology.

Hans-Ulrich Wittchen interconnects Psychological intervention, Pregnancy and Longitudinal study in the investigation of issues within Anxiety. The study incorporates disciplines such as Cognitive behavioral therapy, Panic and Internal medicine in addition to Panic disorder. His studies deal with areas such as Young adult and Child and adolescent psychiatry as well as Psychopathology.

Between 2014 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • The economic costs of mental disorders (178 citations)
  • Risk factors and course patterns of anxiety and depressive disorders during pregnancy and after delivery: a prospective-longitudinal study. (148 citations)
  • Dimensional psychiatry: reward dysfunction and depressive mood across psychiatric disorders (121 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Internal medicine
  • Psychiatry
  • Anxiety

Psychiatry, Anxiety, Clinical psychology, Depression and Internal medicine are his primary areas of study. His Psychiatry research includes elements of Young adult, Longitudinal study and Odds ratio. His work carried out in the field of Anxiety brings together such families of science as Pregnancy and Distress.

His research in Clinical psychology focuses on subjects like Agoraphobia, which are connected to Flexibility. He focuses mostly in the field of Depression, narrowing it down to topics relating to Psychological intervention and, in certain cases, Medical diagnosis. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Alcohol dependence and CIDI.

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Best Publications

Lifetime and 12-Month Prevalence of DSM-III-R Psychiatric Disorders in the United States: Results From the National Comorbidity Survey

Ronald C. Kessler;Katherine A. McGonagle;Shanyang Zhao;Christopher B. Nelson.
Archives of General Psychiatry (1994)

18622 Citations

The size and burden of mental disorders and other disorders of the brain in Europe 2010

H.U. Wittchen;F. Jacobi;J. Rehm;J. Rehm;Anders Gustavsson.
European Neuropsychopharmacology (2011)

4230 Citations

SKID. Strukturiertes Klinisches Interview für DSM-IV. Achse I und II. Handanweisung

H.-U. Wittchen;M. Zaudig;T. Fydrich.
(1997)

4004 Citations

Cross-national epidemiology of major depression and bipolar disorder

M. M. Weissman;R. C. Bland;G. J. Canino;C. Faravelli.
JAMA (1996)

3269 Citations

The Composite International Diagnostic Interview: An Epidemiologic Instrument Suitable for Use in Conjunction With Different Diagnostic Systems and in Different Cultures

Lee N. Robins;John Wing;Hans Ulrich Wittchen;John E. Helzer.
Archives of General Psychiatry (1988)

3168 Citations

Reliability and validity studies of the WHO-Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI): A critical review

Hans-Ulrich Wittchen.
Journal of Psychiatric Research (1994)

2689 Citations

Perzentile für den Body-mass-Index für das Kindes- und Jugendalter unter Heranziehung verschiedener deutscher Stichproben

Katrin Kromeyer-Hauschild;M. Wabitsch;D. Kunze;F. Geller.
Monatsschrift Kinderheilkunde (2001)

2273 Citations

Size and burden of mental disorders in Europe—a critical review and appraisal of 27 studies

Hans-Ulrich Wittchen;Frank Jacobi.
European Neuropsychopharmacology (2005)

2181 Citations

The World Health Organization Composite International Diagnostic Interview short-form (CIDI-SF)

Ronald C. Kessler;Gavin Andrews;Daniel Mroczek;Bedirhan Ustun.
International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research (1998)

2170 Citations

The Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-III-R (SCID). II. Multisite test-retest reliability.

Janet B. W. Williams;Miriam Gibbon;Michael B. First;Robert L. Spitzer.
Archives of General Psychiatry (1992)

2041 Citations

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