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Citations
8142
World Ranking
3197
National Ranking
1540

Overview

Katalin Szanto is affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh in the United States and specializes primarily in the field of Psychology, with a particular focus on Clinical Psychology. Their research spans various subfields including Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, and Health.

The main topics covered in Szanto's work reflect a broad interest in mental health and psychological conditions, notably:

  • Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Personality Traits and Psychology
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes

Szanto has contributed to multiple publication venues, often collaborating with peers to publish findings related to aging, suicide, and psychiatric conditions. Frequent venues for Szanto's publications include:

  • American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
  • Biological Psychiatry
  • Journal of Affective Disorders
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science

The scientist's recent papers illustrate ongoing research into suicide, depression, and cognitive aspects of psychiatric disorders, including:

  • "Suicide in the Time of COVID-19: Review and Recommendations," 2020, Archives of Suicide Research
  • "Personality of late- and early-onset elderly suicide attempters," 2020, International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
  • "Predictors of serious suicidal behavior in late-life depression," 2020, European Neuropsychopharmacology
  • "Ventromedial prefrontal value signals and functional connectivity during decision-making in suicidal behavior and impulsivity," 2020, Neuropsychopharmacology
  • "Late-Onset Suicide: A Dementia Prodrome?" 2020, American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Szanto frequently collaborates with several researchers, evidencing ongoing partnerships in their field. Key co-authors include:

  • Hanga Galfalvy
  • Anna Szücs
  • Alexandre Y. Dombrovski
  • Morgan Buerke
  • Swathi Gujral

Best Publications

  • Maintenance treatment of major depression in old age.

    Charles F. Reynolds;Mary Amanda Dew;Bruce G. Pollock;Benoit H. Mulsant

  • A Systematic Review of Elderly Suicide Prevention Programs

    Sylvie Lapierre;Annette Erlangsen;Margda Waern;Diego De Leo

  • A systematic review of social factors and suicidal behavior in older adulthood

    Madeleine Mellqvist Fässberg;Kimberly A van Orden;Paul Duberstein;Annette Erlangsen

  • A suicide prevention program in a region with a very high suicide rate.

    Katalin Szanto;Sandor Kalmar;Herbert Hendin;Zoltan Rihmer

  • Identification of Suicidal Ideation and Prevention of Suicidal Behaviour in the Elderly

    Katalin Szanto;Ariel Gildengers;Benoit H. Mulsant;Greg Brown

  • Reward Signals, Attempted Suicide, and Impulsivity in Late-Life Depression

    Alexandre Y. Dombrovski;Katalin Szanto;Luke Clark;Charles F. Reynolds

  • Occurrence and course of suicidality during short-term treatment of late-life depression.

    Katalin Szanto;Benoit H. Mulsant;Patricia Houck;Mary Amanda Dew

  • Suicidal ideation in elderly bereaved: the role of complicated grief.

    Katalin Szanto;Holly Prigerson;Patricia Houck;Lin Ehrenpreis

  • Social emotion recognition, social functioning, and attempted suicide in late-life depression.

    Katalin Szanto;Alexandre Y. Dombrovski;Barbara J. Sahakian;Benoit H. Mulsant

  • Lethal Forethought: Delayed Reward Discounting Differentiates High- and Low-Lethality Suicide Attempts in Old Age

    Alexandre Y. Dombrovski;Katalin Szanto;Greg J. Siegle;Meredith L. Wallace

  • REWARD/PUNISHMENT REVERSAL LEARNING IN OLDER SUICIDE ATTEMPTERS

    Alexandre Y. Dombrovski;Luke Clark;Greg J. Siegle;Meryl A. Butters

  • The temptation of suicide: striatal gray matter, discounting of delayed rewards, and suicide attempts in late-life depression

    Alexandre Y. Dombrovski;G. J. Siegle;K. Szanto;L. Clark

  • Factors contributing to therapists' distress after the suicide of a patient.

    Herbert Hendin;Ann Pollinger Haas;John T. Maltsberger;Katalin Szanto

  • Impairment in risk-sensitive decision-making in older suicide attempters with depression

    Luke Clark;Alexander Y Dombrovski;Greg J Siegle;Meryl A Butters

  • Indirect self-destructive behavior and overt suicidality in patients with complicated grief.

    Katalin Szanto;M. Katherine Shear;Patricia R. Houck;Charles F. Reynolds

  • Life events as precipitants of suicide attempts among first-time suicide attempters, repeaters, and non-attempters

    Maurizio Pompili;Maurizio Pompili;Marco Innamorati;Katalin Szanto;Cristina Di Vittorio

  • Maintenance treatment of depression in old age: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled evaluation of the efficacy and safety of donepezil combined with antidepressant pharmacotherapy.

    Charles F. Reynolds;Meryl A. Butters;Oscar Lopez;Bruce G. Pollock;Bruce G. Pollock

  • Clinical assessment versus research methods in the assessment of suicidal behavior.

    K. M. Malone;Katalin Szanto;E. M. Corbitt;J. John Mann

  • Cognitive performance in suicidal depressed elderly: preliminary report.

    Alexandre Y. Dombrovski;Meryl A. Butters;Charles F. Reynolds;Patricia R. Houck

  • The role of intense affective states in signaling a suicide crisis.

    Herbert Hendin;John T Maltsberger;Katalin Szanto

Frequent Co-Authors

Luke Clark
Luke Clark University of British Columbia
Hanga Galfalvy
Hanga Galfalvy Columbia University
Greg J. Siegle
Greg J. Siegle University of Pittsburgh
Michael N. Hallquist
Michael N. Hallquist Pennsylvania State University
Mary Amanda Dew
Mary Amanda Dew University of Pittsburgh
John G. Keilp
John G. Keilp Columbia University
Jacqueline A. Stack
Jacqueline A. Stack West Virginia University
Wändi Bruine de Bruin
Wändi Bruine de Bruin University of Southern California
Ellen Frank
Ellen Frank University of Pittsburgh
Barbara J. Sahakian
Barbara J. Sahakian University of Cambridge

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