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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2004 - Prince Mahidol Award
  • 1980 - Rema Lapouse Award, American Public Health Association

Overview

Norman Sartorius is affiliated with the World Psychiatric Association in the United States. Their research spans several fields, primarily focusing on psychology and medicine, with an emphasis on clinical psychology, social psychology, psychiatry and mental health, general health professions, and experimental and cognitive psychology.

The scientist's work covers a broad range of mental health topics. Key areas of study include mental health treatment and access, schizophrenia research and treatment, mental health research topics, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, COVID-19 and mental health, chronic disease management strategies, and mental health and psychiatry.

Sartorius has contributed to numerous publications in respected academic venues. Frequent publication outlets include European Psychiatry, Asian Journal of Psychiatry, World Psychiatry, Asia-Pacific Psychiatry, and The Lancet Psychiatry.

Recent papers by Sartorius include:

  • The Lancet Commission on ending stigma and discrimination in mental health (2022, The Lancet)
  • Addressing the public mental health challenge of COVID-19 (2020, The Lancet Psychiatry)
  • Psychiatric diagnosis and treatment in the 21st century: paradigm shifts versus incremental integration (2022, World Psychiatry)
  • Public mental health: required actions to address implementation failure in the context of COVID-19 (2022, The Lancet Psychiatry)
  • Treatment for comorbid depressive disorder or subthreshold depression in diabetes mellitus: Systematic review and meta-analysis (2020, Brain and Behavior)

Co-authorship has been an important aspect of Sartorius' work. Frequent collaborators include Takahiro A. Kato, Naotaka Shinfuku, Seon-Cheol Park, Kang Sim, and Afzal Javed.

In addition to articles, Sartorius has published books. One known book published by Oxford University Press is Paradigms Lost, Paradigms Found (2022).

Throughout their career, Sartorius has been recognized with several awards, including the Prince Mahidol Award in 2004 and the Rema Lapouse Award from the American Public Health Association in 1980.

Best Publications

  • Measurement and Classification of Psychiatric Symptoms: An Instruction Manual for the PSE and Catego Program

    J. K. Wing;J. E. Cooper;N. Sartorius

  • The validity of two versions of the GHQ in the WHO study of mental illness in general health care

    David P. Goldberg;R. Gater;N. Sartorius;T. B. Ustun

  • 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

  • Schizophrenia: manifestations, incidence and course in different cultures. A World Health Organization ten-country study.

    A. Jablensky;N. Sartorius;G. Ernberg;M. Anker

  • SCAN. Schedules for Clinical Assessment in Neuropsychiatry.

    J. K. Wing;T. Babor;T. Brugha;J. Burke

  • Mental illness in general health care : an international study

    T. B. Üstün;N. Sartorius

  • Global pattern of experienced and anticipated discrimination against people with schizophrenia: a cross-sectional survey

    Graham Thornicroft;Elaine Brohan;Diana Rose;Norman Sartorius

  • Recovery from psychotic illness: a 15- and 25-year international follow-up study

    G. Harrison;K. Hopper;T. Craig;E. Laska

  • The International Personality Disorder Examination: The World Health Organization/Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration International Pilot Study of Personality Disorders

    Armand W. Loranger;Norman Sartorius;Antonio Andreoli;Peter Berger

  • Early manifestations and first-contact incidence of schizophrenia in different cultures. A preliminary report on the initial evaluation phase of the WHO Collaborative Study on determinants of outcome of severe mental disorders.

    N. Sartorius;A. Jablensky;A. Korten;G. Ernberg

  • Stigma: ignorance, prejudice or discrimination?

    Graham Thornicroft;Diana Rose;Aliya Kassam;Norman Sartorius

  • Toward a new definition of mental health.

    Silvana Galderisi;Andreas Heinz;Marianne Kastrup;Julian Beezhold

  • Cross-cultural feasibility, reliability and sources of variance of the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI)

    Hans-Ulrich Wittchen;Lee N. Robins;Linda B. Cottler;Norman Sartorius

  • Depression comorbid with anxiety: results from the WHO study on psychological disorders in primary health care

    N. Sartorius;T. B. Üstün;Y. Lecrubier;H.-U. Wittchen

  • Physical illness and schizophrenia: a review of the literature

    S Leucht;T Burkard;J Henderson;M Maj

  • Behavioral and Psychological Signs and Symptoms of Dementia: A Consensus Statement on Current Knowledge and Implications for Research and Treatment

    Sanford I. Finkel;Jorge Costa e Silva;Gene Cohen;Sheldon Miller

  • Self-stigma, empowerment and perceived discrimination among people with schizophrenia in 14 European countries: the GAMIAN-Europe study.

    Elaine Brohan;Rodney Elgie;Norman Sartorius;Graham Thornicroft

  • The International Pilot Study of Schizophrenia

    Norman Sartorius;Robert Shapiro;Assen Jablensky

  • Nomenclature and research case definitions for neurologic manifestations of human immunodeficiency virus-type 1 (HIV-1) infection

    Robert S. Janssen;David R. Cornblath;Leon G. Epstein;Richard P. Foa

  • Reducing the Stigma of Mental Illness: A Report from a Global Association

    Norman Sartorius;Hugh Schulze

Frequent Co-Authors

Yu-Tao Xiang
Yu-Tao Xiang University of Macau
Graham Thornicroft
Graham Thornicroft King's College London
Gabor S. Ungvari
Gabor S. Ungvari University of Notre Dame Australia
Helen F.K. Chiu
Helen F.K. Chiu Chinese University of Hong Kong
Shigenobu Kanba
Shigenobu Kanba Kyushu University
Antonio Lobo
Antonio Lobo University of Zaragoza
Alistair Burns
Alistair Burns University of Manchester
Wolfgang Gaebel
Wolfgang Gaebel Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Assen Jablensky
Assen Jablensky University of Western Australia
Marcel G. M. Olde Rikkert
Marcel G. M. Olde Rikkert Radboud University

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