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Vladeta Ajdacic-Gross

Vladeta Ajdacic-Gross

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
46
Citations
9159
World Ranking
3625
National Ranking
25

Overview

Vladeta Ajdacic-Gross is affiliated with the University of Zurich in Switzerland, with a research focus spanning medicine and psychology. Their work encompasses several subfields, notably clinical psychology, psychiatry and mental health, pathology and forensic medicine, general health professions, and experimental and cognitive psychology.

The scientist's research topics cover diverse areas including multiple sclerosis research studies, anxiety, depression, psychometrics, treatment, cognitive processes, homelessness and social issues, tryptophan and brain disorders, stress responses and cortisol, as well as migration, health, and trauma. There is also work relating to bipolar disorder and treatment.

Recent publications by Vladeta Ajdacic-Gross include:

  • "Cannabis use during adolescence and the occurrence of depression, suicidality and anxiety disorder across adulthood: Findings from a longitudinal cohort study over 30 years" (2020) published in Journal of Affective Disorders
  • "Bipolar disorders in ICD-11: current status and strengths" (2020) published in International Journal of Bipolar Disorders
  • "Development and validation of the self-reported disability status scale (SRDSS) to estimate EDSS-categories" (2020) published in Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders
  • "Treatment provision for adults with ADHD during the COVID-19 pandemic: an exploratory study on patient and therapist experience with on-site sessions using face masks vs. telepsychiatric sessions" (2021) published in BMC Psychiatry
  • "Onset Symptom Clusters in Multiple Sclerosis: Characteristics, Comorbidities, and Risk Factors" (2021) published in Frontiers in Neurology

Frequent co-authors in Vladeta Ajdacic-Gross's work include Viktor von Wyl, Erich Seifritz, Christian P. Kamm, Chiara Zecca, and Mario Müller.

Publication venues where Vladeta Ajdacic-Gross's work has often appeared include Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders (4 publications), Journal of Affective Disorders (3 publications), Comprehensive Psychiatry (2 publications), International Journal of Bipolar Disorders, and BMC Psychiatry.

Vladeta Ajdacic-Gross has also contributed to book publications, notably with Hogrefe AG eBooks, including the work titled Lehrbuch der Sportpsychiatrie und -psychotherapie published in 2022.

Best Publications

  • Epidemiology of aphasia attributable to first ischemic stroke: incidence, severity, fluency, etiology, and thrombolysis

    Stefan T. Engelter;Michal Gostynski;Susanna Papa;Maya Frei

  • Methods of suicide: international suicide patterns derived from the WHO mortality database

    Vladeta Ajdacic-Gross;Mitchell G Weiss;Mariann Ring;Urs Hepp

  • Mental Health Literacy, Attitudes to Help Seeking, and Perceived Need as Predictors of Mental Health Service Use: A Longitudinal Study

    Herdis Bonabi;Mario Müller;Vladeta Ajdacic-Gross;Jochen Eisele

  • What about psychiatrists' attitude to mentally ill people?

    Christoph Lauber;Marion Anthony;Vladeta Ajdacic-Gross;Wulf Rössler

  • Specificity of bipolar spectrum conditions in the comorbidity of mood and substance use disorders: results from the Zurich cohort study.

    Kathleen R. Merikangas;Richard Herrell;Joel Swendsen;Wulf Rössler

  • The mental health of female sex workers

    Wulf Rossler;U. Koch;C. Lauber;A-K Hass

  • Prevalence of mental disorders in the Zurich Cohort Study: a twenty year prospective study.

    Jules Angst;Alex Gamma;Martin Neuenschwander;Vladeta Ajdacic-Gross

  • The generalized anxiety spectrum: prevalence, onset, course and outcome

    Jules Angst;Alex Gamma;David S. Baldwin;Vladeta Ajdacic-Gross

  • Seasonality in suicide--a review and search of new concepts for explaining the heterogeneous phenomena.

    Vladeta Ajdacic-Gross;Matthias Bopp;Mariann Ring;Felix Gutzwiller

  • Mental health literacy in an educational elite – an online survey among university students

    Christoph Lauber;Vladeta Ajdacic-Gross;Nadja Fritschi;Niklaus Stulz

  • The role played by depression associated with somatic symptomatology in accounting for the gender difference in the prevalence of depression.

    B. Silverstein;T. Edwards;A. Gamma;Vladeta Ajdacic-Gross

  • Atypical depressive syndromes in varying definitions

    Jules Angst;Alex Gamma;Franco Benazzi;Brett Silverstein

  • Are seasonalities in suicide dependent on suicide methods? A reappraisal.

    Vladeta Ajdacic-Gross;Jiangping Wang;Matthias Bopp;Dominique Eich

  • Seasonal Associations between Weather Conditions and Suicide—Evidence against a Classic Hypothesis

    Vladeta Ajdacic-Gross;Christoph Lauber;Roberto Sansossio;Matthias Bopp

  • A prospective population-based cohort study of the prevalence, incidence and impact of obsessive-compulsive symptomatology

    Naomi A Fineberg;Michael P Hengartner;Carmel E Bergbaum;Tim M Gale

  • Sub-clinical psychosis symptoms in young adults are risk factors for subsequent common mental disorders

    Wulf Rössler;Wulf Rössler;Michael Pascal Hengartner;Vladeta Ajdacic-Gross;Helene Haker

  • Childhood adversity in association with personality disorder dimensions: New findings in an old debate

    Michael Pascal Hengartner;V. Ajdacic-Gross;S. Rodgers;M. Müller

  • Prevalence of exposure to potentially traumatic events and PTSD. The Zurich Cohort Study

    Urs Hepp;Alex Gamma;Gabriella Milos;Dominique Eich

  • Changing Times: A Longitudinal Analysis of International Firearm Suicide Data

    Vladeta Ajdacic-Gross;Martin Killias;Urs Hepp;Erika Gadola

  • Low validity of Google Trends for behavioral forecasting of national suicide rates

    Ulrich S. Tran;Rita Andel;Thomas Niederkrotenthaler;Benedikt Till

  • Shame, perceived knowledge and satisfaction associated with mental health as predictors of attitude patterns towards help-seeking.

    N. Rüsch;M. Müller;V. Ajdacic-Gross;S. Rodgers

Frequent Co-Authors

Jules Angst
Jules Angst University of Zurich
Michael Pascal Hengartner
Michael Pascal Hengartner Zurich University of Applied Sciences
Matthias Bopp
Matthias Bopp University of Zurich
Erich Seifritz
Erich Seifritz University of Zurich
Kathleen R. Merikangas
Kathleen R. Merikangas National Institutes of Health
Markus A. Landolt
Markus A. Landolt University of Zurich
Mitchell G. Weiss
Mitchell G. Weiss Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
Ulrich Schnyder
Ulrich Schnyder University of Zurich
Martin Grosse Holtforth
Martin Grosse Holtforth University of Bern
Naomi A. Fineberg
Naomi A. Fineberg University of Hertfordshire

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