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D-Index
114
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49357
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4722
National Ranking
2558

Jürgen Unützer publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jürgen Unützer sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 385 publications — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Jürgen Unützer D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jürgen Unützer sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 114 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Jürgen Unützer is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of psychology, medicine, and health professions, with a focus on mental health treatment and access as well as related disciplines.

The main fields of study for Unützer include:

  • Psychology
  • Medicine
  • Health Professions

Within these fields, their subfields of study cover:

  • General Health Professions
  • Social Psychology
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Psychiatry and Mental Health

The scientist's research topics are broadly concentrated on:

  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Mental Health and Patient Involvement
  • Digital Mental Health Interventions
  • Primary Care and Health Outcomes
  • Schizophrenia Research and Treatment

Unützer has published papers in several academic venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Psychiatric Services
  • World Psychiatry
  • General Hospital Psychiatry
  • Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
  • Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry

Notable recent publications include:

  • Psychiatry in the age of COVID-19, 2020, World Psychiatry
  • Mental Health Consequences for Healthcare Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Scoping Review to Draw Lessons for LMICs, 2021, Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • Mental health problems and service gaps experienced by pregnant adolescents and young women in Sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review, 2022, EClinicalMedicine
  • Comparison of Teleintegrated Care and Telereferral Care for Treating Complex Psychiatric Disorders in Primary Care, 2021, JAMA Psychiatry
  • Making cities mental health friendly for adolescents and young adults, 2024, Nature

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Unützer are:

  • John C. Fortney
  • Manasi Kumar
  • Andrew D. Carlo
  • Joan Russo
  • Amy M. Bauer

Best Publications

  • The Lancet Commission on global mental health and sustainable development.

    Vikram Patel;Shekhar Saxena;Crick Lund;Crick Lund;Graham Thornicroft

  • Collaborative Care Management of Late-Life Depression in the Primary Care Setting: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Jürgen Unützer;Wayne Katon;Christopher M. Callahan;John W. Williams

  • The State of US Health, 1990-2016: Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Among US States

    Ali H. Mokdad;Katherine Ballestros;Michelle Echko;Scott Glenn

  • Monitoring depression treatment outcomes with the Patient Health Questionnaire-9

    Bernd Löwe;Jürgen Unützer;Christopher M Callahan;Anthony J Perkins

  • Impact of disseminating quality improvement programs for depression in managed primary care: A randomized controlled trial.

    Kenneth B. Wells;Cathy D. Sherbourne;Michael Schoenbaum;Naihua Duan

  • Global, regional, and national burden of suicide mortality 1990 to 2016: systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Heather M. Orpana;Heather M. Orpana;Laurie B. Marczak;Megha Arora;Nooshin Abbasi

  • Depressive Symptoms and the Cost of Health Services in HMO Patients Aged 65 Years and Older: A 4-Year Prospective Study

    Jürgen Unützer;Donald L. Patrick;Greg Simon;David Grembowski

  • Stepped Collaborative Care for Primary Care Patients With Persistent Symptoms of Depression: A Randomized Trial

    Wayne Katon;Michael Von Korff;Elizabeth Lin;Greg Simon

  • Effect of Improving Depression Care on Pain and Functional Outcomes Among Older Adults With Arthritis: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Elizabeth H. B. Lin;Wayne Katon;Michael Von Korff;Lingqi Tang

  • Prevalence and risk factors for homelessness and utilization of mental health services among 10,340 patients with serious mental illness in a large public mental health system

    David P. Folsom;William Hawthorne;Laurie Lindamer;Todd Gilmer

  • Increased Medical Costs of a Population-Based Sample of Depressed Elderly Patients

    Wayne J. Katon;Elizabeth Lin;Joan Russo;Jürgen Unützer

  • Digital technology for treating and preventing mental disorders in low-income and middle-income countries: a narrative review of the literature

    John A Naslund;John A Naslund;Kelly A Aschbrenner;Ricardo Araya;Lisa A Marsch

  • Costs of Health Care Use by Women HMO Members With a History of Childhood Abuse and Neglect

    Edward A. Walker;Jurgen Unutzer;Carolyn Rutter;Ann Gelfand

  • Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance consensus statement on the unmet needs in diagnosis and treatment of mood disorders in late life.

    Dennis S. Charney;Charles F. Reynolds;Lydia Lewis;Barry D. Lebowitz

  • National Institutes of Health State-of-the-Science Conference Statement: Symptom management in cancer: pain, depression, and fatigue, July 15-17, 2002.

    Patrick Dl;Ferketich Sl;Frame Ps;Harris Jj

  • Task-Sharing Approaches to Improve Mental Health Care in Rural and Other Low-Resource Settings: A Systematic Review.

    Theresa J. Hoeft;John C. Fortney;Vikram Patel;Jürgen Unützer

  • Association between mental health disorders, problem drug use, and regular prescription opioid use.

    Mark D. Sullivan;Mark J. Edlund;Lily Zhang;Jürgen Unützer

  • Common comorbidity scales were similar in their ability to predict health care costs and mortality.

    Anthony J. Perkins;Kurt Kroenke;Jürgen Unützer;Wayne Katon

  • Long term outcomes from the IMPACT randomised trial for depressed elderly patients in primary care

    Enid M Hunkeler;Wayne J Katon;Lingqi Tang;John W Williams

  • Collaborative care for depression : A cumulative meta-analysis and review of longer-term outcomes. Commentary

    Wayne Katon;Jürgen Unützer;Simon Gilbody;Peter Bower

Frequent Co-Authors

Wayne Katon
Wayne Katon University of Washington
Kenneth B. Wells
Kenneth B. Wells University of California, Los Angeles
Elizabeth H. B. Lin
Elizabeth H. B. Lin Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute
Jeanne Miranda
Jeanne Miranda University of California, Los Angeles
Gregory E. Simon
Gregory E. Simon Kaiser Permanente
Evette J. Ludman
Evette J. Ludman Kaiser Permanente
Edward A. Walker
Edward A. Walker University of Washington
Leif I. Solberg
Leif I. Solberg HealthPartners
Joan Russo
Joan Russo University of Washington
Martha L. Bruce
Martha L. Bruce Dartmouth College

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