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Rasmus Wentzer Licht

Rasmus Wentzer Licht

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
47
Citations
10620
World Ranking
3363
National Ranking
24

Overview

Rasmus Wentzer Licht is affiliated with Aalborg University in Denmark and has conducted extensive research primarily in the fields of Medicine and Psychology. Their work is concentrated within subfields such as Psychiatry and Mental Health, Clinical Psychology, Speech and Hearing, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, and Social Psychology.

The scientist's research topics include Bipolar Disorder and Treatment, Schizophrenia research and treatment, Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare, Psychedelics and Drug Studies, Electroconvulsive Therapy Studies, Circadian rhythm and melatonin, and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Rasmus Wentzer Licht include:

  • Single-Dose Psilocybin for a Treatment-Resistant Episode of Major Depression, 2022, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Single-dose psilocybin for a treatment-resistant episode of major depression: Impact on patient-reported depression severity, anxiety, function, and quality of life, 2023, Journal of Affective Disorders
  • DSM-5 and ICD-11 criteria for bipolar disorder: Implications for the prevalence of bipolar disorder and validity of the diagnosis - A narrative review from the ECNP bipolar disorders network, 2021, European Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Variations in seasonal solar insolation are associated with a history of suicide attempts in bipolar I disorder, 2021, International Journal of Bipolar Disorders
  • Translating big data to better treatment in bipolar disorder - a manifesto for coordinated action, 2020, European Neuropsychopharmacology

Frequent coauthors of Licht include René Ernst Nielsen, Lars Vedel Kessing, Guy M. Goodwin, Ana González-Pinto, and Andrea Fagiolini.

Licht's research has appeared predominantly in the following publication venues:

  • European Neuropsychopharmacology
  • International Journal of Bipolar Disorders
  • Bipolar Disorders
  • Journal of Affective Disorders
  • European Psychiatry

Best Publications

  • Single-Dose Psilocybin for a Treatment-Resistant Episode of Major Depression.

    Unknown

  • The International Society for bipolar Disorders (ISBD) task force report on antidepressant use in bipolar disorders

    Isabella Pacchiarotti;David J. Bond;Ross J. Baldessarini;Willem A. Nolen

  • The World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP) guidelines for the biological treatment of bipolar disorders: update 2012 on the long-term treatment of bipolar disorder.

    Heinz Grunze;Eduard Vieta;Guy M Goodwin;Charles Bowden

  • The World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP) Guidelines for the Biological Treatment of Bipolar Disorders: Update 2010 on the treatment of acute bipolar depression.

    Heinz Grunze;Eduard Vieta;Guy M. Goodwin;Charles Bowden

  • Olanzapine versus lithium in the maintenance treatment of bipolar disorder: a 12-month, randomized, double-blind, controlled clinical trial.

    Mauricio Tohen;Waldemar Greil;Joseph R. Calabrese;Gary S. Sachs

  • The World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP) Guidelines for the Biological Treatment of Bipolar Disorders: Update 2009 on the Treatment of Acute Mania

    Heinz Grunze;Eduard Vieta;Guy M Goodwin;Charles Bowden

  • World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP) Guidelines for Biological Treatment of Bipolar Disorders, Part I: Treatment of Bipolar Depression

    Heinz Grunze;Siegfried Kasper;Guy Goodwin;Charles Bowden

  • The World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP) Guidelines for the Biological Treatment of Bipolar Disorders, Part II: Treatment of Mania.

    Heinz Grunze;Siegfried Kasper;Guy Goodwin;Charles Bowden

  • The World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP) Guidelines for the Biological Treatment of Bipolar Disorders: Update 2010 on the Treatment of Acute Bipolar Depression

    Heinz Grunze;Eduard Vieta;Guy M. Goodwin;Charles Bowden

  • The World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP) Guidelines for the Biological Treatment of Bipolar Disorders, Part III: Maintenance Treatment

    Heinz Grunze;Siegfried Kasper;Guy Goodwin;Charles Bowden

  • Lithium: still a major option in the management of bipolar disorder.

    Rasmus W Licht

  • Clinical use of lithium salts: guide for users and prescribers

    Leonardo Tondo;Leonardo Tondo;Martin Alda;Michael Bauer;Veerle Bergink;Veerle Bergink

  • Advantages and disadvantages of combination treatment with antipsychotics ECNP Consensus Meeting, March 2008, Nice.

    Guy Goodwin;Wolfgang Fleischhacker;Celso Arango;Pierre Baumann

  • The World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP) Guidelines for the Biological Treatment of Bipolar Disorders: Acute and long-term treatment of mixed states in bipolar disorder

    Heinz Grunze;Eduard Vieta;Guy M. Goodwin;Charles Bowden

  • Use of Lithium and Anticonvulsants and the Rate of Chronic Kidney Disease: A Nationwide Population-Based Study

    Lars Vedel Kessing;Thomas Alexander Gerds;Bo Feldt-Rasmussen;Per Kragh Andersen

  • Single-dose psilocybin for a treatment-resistant episode of major depression: Impact on patient-reported depression severity, anxiety, function, and quality of life.

    Unknown

  • Validation of the Bech-Rafaelsen Melancholia Scale and the Hamilton Depression Scale in patients with major depression; is the total score a valid measure of illness severity?

    R. W. Licht;S. Qvitzau;P. Allerup;P. Bech

  • Evidence for a role of phospholipase C-gamma1 in the pathogenesis of bipolar disorder.

    G Turecki;P Grof;P Cavazzoni;A Duffy

  • Family History of Psychiatric Illness as a Risk Factor for Schizoaffective Disorder: A Danish Register-Based Cohort Study

    Thomas Munk Laursen;Rodrigo Labouriau;Rasmus Wentzer Licht;Aksel Bertelsen

  • Are antidepressants safe in the treatment of bipolar depression? A critical evaluation of their potential risk to induce switch into mania or cycle acceleration.

    R. W. Licht;H. Gijsman;W. A. Nolen;J. Angst

  • Treatment strategies in patients with major depression not responding to first-line sertraline treatment. A randomised study of extended duration of treatment, dose increase or mianserin augmentation.

    Rasmus W. Licht;Susanne Qvitzau

  • Serum concentrations and side effects in psychiatric patients during risperidone therapy.

    Ole V. Olesen;Rasmus W. Licht;Erik Thomsen;Troels Bruun

Frequent Co-Authors

Eduard Vieta
Eduard Vieta University of Barcelona
Guy M. Goodwin
Guy M. Goodwin University of Oxford
Lars Vedel Kessing
Lars Vedel Kessing University of Copenhagen
Siegfried Kasper
Siegfried Kasper Medical University of Vienna
Martin Alda
Martin Alda Dalhousie University
Andreas Reif
Andreas Reif Goethe University Frankfurt
Ana González-Pinto
Ana González-Pinto University of the Basque Country
Mirko Manchia
Mirko Manchia University of Cagliari
Andrea Fagiolini
Andrea Fagiolini University of Siena
Paul Grof
Paul Grof University of Toronto

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