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Denmark
2026

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
61
Citations
12883
World Ranking
1366
National Ranking
10

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Denmark Leader Award

Overview

Per Fink is affiliated with Aarhus University Hospital in Denmark and has a significant research output primarily in the field of Medicine, with 113 publications. Their work spans several subfields, especially Psychiatry and Mental Health, where they have contributed to 65 studies, followed by research in General Health Professions, Clinical Psychology, Neurology, and Complementary and Alternative Medicine.

The scientist's research focuses on topics such as Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research, Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments, and Health, Psychology, and Well-being. Other important areas addressed include the Long-Term Effects of COVID-19, Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies, Myofascial Pain Diagnosis and Treatment, and COVID-19 and Mental Health.

Notable papers authored or co-authored by Per Fink include:

  • Functional somatic disorders: discussion paper for a new common classification for research and clinical use, 2020, BMC Medicine
  • Irritable bowel, chronic widespread pain, chronic fatigue and related syndromes are prevalent and highly overlapping in the general population: DanFunD, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Detection of illness worry in the general population: A specific item on illness rumination improves the Whiteley Index, 2020, Journal of Psychosomatic Research
  • The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on mental and physical health in Denmark - a longitudinal population-based study before and during the first wave, 2021, BMC Public Health
  • Anomalies in the review process and interpretation of the evidence in the NICE guideline for chronic fatigue syndrome and myalgic encephalomyelitis, 2023, Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Per Fink include Thomas Meinertz Dantoft, Torben Jørgensen, Marie Weinreich Petersen, Eva Ørnbøl, and Lisbeth Frostholm. These collaborations highlight a network of researchers focused on related medical and psychological conditions.

Per Fink's publications frequently appear in journals such as the Journal of Psychosomatic Research, the Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, BMJ Open, PLoS ONE, and the PsycTESTS Dataset, indicating a consistent contribution to both clinical and public health literature.

Best Publications

  • Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy – a systematic review of randomized controlled trials

    L O Fjorback;M Arendt;E Ornbøl;P Fink

  • The Relation between Work-related Psychosocial Factors and the Development of Depression

    Bo Netterstrøm;Nicole Conrad;Per Bech;Per Fink

  • Screening for somatization and hypochondriasis in primary care and neurological in-patients: a seven-item scale for hypochondriasis and somatization.

    Per Fink;Henrik Ewald;Jørgen Jensen;Lisbeth Sørensen

  • One single diagnosis, bodily distress syndrome, succeeded to capture 10 diagnostic categories of functional somatic syndromes and somatoform disorders

    Per Fink;Andreas Schröder

  • Somatization in primary care. Prevalence, health care utilization, and general practitioner recognition.

    Per Fink;Lisbeth Sørensen;Marianne Engberg;Martin Holm

  • Mental disorders in primary care: prevalence and co-morbidity among disorders. results from the functional illness in primary care (FIP) study.

    Tomas Toft;Per Fink;Eva Oernboel;Kaj Christensen

  • Symptoms and syndromes of bodily distress: An exploratory study of 978 internal medical, neurological, and primary care patients

    Per Fink;Tomas Toft;Morten Steen Hansen;Eva Ørnbøl

  • A New, Empirically Established Hypochondriasis Diagnosis

    Per Fink;Eva Ørnbøl;Tomas Toft;Kaj Christensen Sparle

  • The use of hospitalizations by persistent somatizing patients

    Per Fink

  • Is there a better term than "medically unexplained symptoms"?

    Francis Creed;Elspeth Guthrie;Per Fink;Peter Henningsen

  • "INTERMED": a method to assess health service needs. I. Development and reliability.

    F.J. Huyse;J.S. Lyons;F.C. Stiefel;J.P.J. Slaets

  • Classification of somatization and functional somatic symptoms in primary care

    Per Fink;Marianne Rosendal;Frede Olesen

  • Functional somatic disorders: discussion paper for a new common classification for research and clinical use

    Christopher Burton;Per Fink;Peter Henningsen;Bernd Löwe

  • Mental disorders among internal medical inpatients: prevalence, detection, and treatment status.

    Morten Steen Hansen;Per Fink;Morten Frydenberg;Marie Louise Oxhøj

  • The patients' illness perceptions and the use of primary health care.

    Lisbeth Frostholm;Per Fink;Kaj S Christensen;Tomas Toft

  • Surgery and medical treatment in persistent somatizing patients.

    Per Fink

  • The outcome of health anxiety in primary care. A two-year follow-up study on health care costs and self-rated health.

    Per Fink;Eva Ørnbøl;Kaj Sparle Christensen

  • The prevalence of somatoform disorders among internal medical inpatients

    Per Fink;Morten Steen Hansen;Marie-Louise Oxhoj

  • Assessment and treatment of functional disorders in general practice: the extended reattribution and management model--an advanced educational program for nonpsychiatric doctors.

    Per Fink;Marianne Rosendal;Tomas Toft

  • A brief case-finding questionnaire for common mental disorders: the CMDQ

    Kaj Sparle Christensen;Per Fink;Tomas Toft;Lisbeth Frostholm

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter de Jonge
Peter de Jonge University of Groningen
Peter Henningsen
Peter Henningsen Technical University of Munich
Antonio Lobo
Antonio Lobo University of Zaragoza
Christopher R Burton
Christopher R Burton University of Sheffield
John S. Lyons
John S. Lyons University of Kentucky
Rasmus Wentzer Licht
Rasmus Wentzer Licht Aalborg University
John Weinman
John Weinman King's College London
Erik Simonsen
Erik Simonsen University of Copenhagen
Winfried Rief
Winfried Rief Philipp University of Marburg
Richard Morriss
Richard Morriss University of Nottingham

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