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2026

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88
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Social Sciences and Humanities

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88
Citations
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219
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37

Max Birchwood publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Max Birchwood sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 416 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Max Birchwood D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Max Birchwood sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 88 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

Max Birchwood is affiliated with the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Psychology, with a particular emphasis on Psychiatry and Mental Health.

Their work focuses on several key areas, including:

  • Schizophrenia research and treatment
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Mental Health and Psychiatry
  • Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Digital Mental Health Interventions

Birchwood has contributed extensively to the understanding of psychosis, schizophrenia, and related mental health disorders. Their publications appear in numerous journals, with frequent contributions to:

  • Asian Journal of Psychiatry
  • Early Intervention in Psychiatry
  • Schizophrenia Bulletin
  • The Lancet Psychiatry
  • BJPsych Open

Notable recent papers include:

  • "Effect of delaying treatment of first-episode psychosis on symptoms and social outcomes: a longitudinal analysis and modelling study," 2020, The Lancet Psychiatry
  • "Cognitive Predictors of Social and Occupational Functioning in Early Psychosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Data," 2021, Schizophrenia Bulletin
  • "Antipsychotic medication versus psychological intervention versus a combination of both in adolescents with first-episode psychosis (MAPS): a multicentre, three-arm, randomised controlled pilot and feasibility study," 2020, The Lancet Psychiatry
  • "The EMPOWER blended digital intervention for relapse prevention in schizophrenia: a feasibility cluster randomised controlled trial in Scotland and Australia," 2022, The Lancet Psychiatry
  • "Early Signs Monitoring to Prevent Relapse in Psychosis and Promote Well-Being, Engagement, and Recovery: Protocol for a Feasibility Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial Harnessing Mobile Phone Technology Blended With Peer Support," 2020, JMIR Research Protocols

Birchwood collaborates frequently with several researchers in the field, including:

  • Swaran P. Singh
  • David Fowler
  • Rachel Upthegrove
  • Jason Madan
  • Srividya N. Iyer

Their subfields of study highlight a breadth of expertise within psychology and psychiatry:

  • Psychiatry and Mental Health
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Philosophy
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

Best Publications

  • The Psychosis High-Risk State: A Comprehensive State-of-the-Art Review

    Paolo Fusar-Poli;Stefan Borgwardt;Andreas Bechdolf;Jean Addington

  • The Social Functioning Scale. The development and validation of a new scale of social adjustment for use in family intervention programmes with schizophrenic patients.

    Max Birchwood;Jo Smith;Ray Cochrane;Sheila Wetton

  • Early intervention in psychosis: The critical period hypothesis

    Max Birchwood;Pauline Todd;Chris Jackson

  • The omnipotence of voices. A cognitive approach to auditory hallucinations.

    Paul Chadwick;Max Birchwood

  • A Self-report Insight Scale for Psychosis: Reliability, Validity and Sensitivity to Change

    M. Birchwood;Jo Smith;V. Drury;J. Healy

  • Prediction of psychosis in adolescents and young adults at high risk: results from the prospective European prediction of psychosis study

    Stephan Ruhrmann;Frauke Schultze-Lutter;Raimo K. R. Salokangas;Markus Heinimaa

  • The power and omnipotence of voices: subordination and entrapment by voices and significant others.

    Max Birchwood;A. Meaden;P. Trower;P. Gilbert

  • Cognitive Therapy for Delusions, Voices and Paranoia

    Paul D. Chadwick;Max J. Birchwood;Peter Trower

  • Designing youth mental health services for the 21st century: examples from Australia, Ireland and the UK.

    Patrick D. McGorry;T. E. Bates;M. J. Birchwood

  • Depression, demoralization and control over psychotic illness: a comparison of depressed and non-depressed patients with a chronic psychosis

    Max Birchwood;R. Mason;F. MacMillan;J. Healy

  • Cognitive therapy and recovery from acute psychosis: a controlled trial. I. Impact on psychotic symptoms.

    Val Drury;Max Birchwood;Ray Cochrane;Fiona MacMillan

  • Predicting relapse in schizophrenia: the development and implementation of an early signs monitoring system using patients and families as observers, a preliminary investigation.

    Max Birchwood;Jo Smith;Fiona Macmillan;Bridget Hogg

  • The omnipotence of voices: testing the validity of a cognitive model.

    Max Birchwood;Paul Chadwick

  • The revised Beliefs About Voices Questionnaire (BAVQ-R).

    Paul Chadwick;Susan Lees;Max Birchwood

  • 'Theory of mind' skills during an acute episode of psychosis and following recovery.

    V. M. Drury;E. J. Robinson;M. Birchwood

  • Pathways to emotional dysfunction in first-episode psychosis

    Max Birchwood

  • Cognitive approach to depression and suicidal thinking in psychosis. 1. Ontogeny of post-psychotic depression.

    Max Birchwood;Zaffer Iqbal;Paul Chadwick;Peter Trower

  • Early detection and intervention evaluation for people at risk of psychosis: multisite randomised controlled trial

    Anthonty P. Morrison;Paul French;Suzanne L.K. Stewart;Max Birchwood

  • Cognitive therapy for command hallucinations: randomised controlled trial.

    Peter Trower;Max Birchwood;Alan Meaden;Sarah Byrne

  • Social anxiety and the shame of psychosis: a study in first episode psychosis.

    Max Birchwood;Peter Trower;Kat Brunet;Paul Gilbert

Frequent Co-Authors

David Fowler
David Fowler University of Sussex
Anthony P. Morrison
Anthony P. Morrison University of Manchester
Joachim Klosterkötter
Joachim Klosterkötter University of Cologne
Peter Trower
Peter Trower University of Birmingham
Shôn Lewis
Shôn Lewis University of Manchester
Peter Jones
Peter Jones University of Cambridge
Georg Juckel
Georg Juckel Ruhr University Bochum
Andrew Gumley
Andrew Gumley University of Glasgow
Stephan Ruhrmann
Stephan Ruhrmann University of Cologne
Nick Freemantle
Nick Freemantle University College London

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