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D-Index
73
Citations
17945
World Ranking
1981
National Ranking
111

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Psychiatry
  • Internal medicine
  • Major depressive disorder

W. van den Brink focuses on Psychiatry, Mental health, General Health Questionnaire, Neuroscience and Psychopathology. The concepts of his Psychiatry study are interwoven with issues in Epidemiology and Psychometrics, Clinical psychology. His Mental health research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Psychological intervention, Subclinical infection and Public health.

His Psychological intervention research integrates issues from Mental illness, Distress and Depression. The Neuroscience study combines topics in areas such as Cognitive disorder and Serotonin. W. van den Brink interconnects Arousal, Personality, Personality style, Developmental psychology and Behavioral neuroscience in the investigation of issues within Psychopathology.

His most cited work include:

  • Recognition, management, and course of anxiety and depression in general practice. (334 citations)
  • A three-pathway psychobiological model of craving for alcohol. (320 citations)
  • WHO Study on the reliability and validity of the alcohol and drug use disorder instruments: overview of methods and results (263 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

W. van den Brink mostly deals with Psychiatry, Addiction, Clinical psychology, Internal medicine and Neuroscience. His Psychiatry study frequently draws connections between adjacent fields such as Alcohol dependence. His biological study deals with issues like Substance use, which deal with fields such as Prevalence of mental disorders.

W. van den Brink works mostly in the field of Clinical psychology, limiting it down to concerns involving Schizophrenia and, occasionally, Psychosis. He has included themes like Placebo, Endocrinology and Heroin in his Internal medicine study. His Comorbidity research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Personality disorders and Personality.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Psychiatry (46.50%)
  • Addiction (17.70%)
  • Clinical psychology (14.40%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2013-2020)?

  • Psychiatry (46.50%)
  • Addiction (17.70%)
  • Internal medicine (9.88%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His scientific interests lie mostly in Psychiatry, Addiction, Internal medicine, Neuroscience and Substance abuse. His Psychiatry research includes elements of Disease and Audiology. The study incorporates disciplines such as Alcohol availability, Alcohol dependence, Natural history and Clinical psychology in addition to Disease.

The concepts of his Addiction study are interwoven with issues in Substance abuse disorder, Treatment Setting, Treatment intensity, Pharmacology and Comorbidity. His Neuroscience study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Anticipation and Induced coma. His work carried out in the field of Substance abuse brings together such families of science as Pharmacotherapy and Autism spectrum disorder.

Between 2013 and 2020, his most popular works were:

  • Neural substrates of impulsive decision making modulated by modafinil in alcohol-dependent patients. (35 citations)
  • Response inhibition in alcohol-dependent patients and patients with depression/anxiety: a functional magnetic resonance imaging study. (32 citations)
  • Longitudinal study of hippocampal volumes in heavy cannabis users (22 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Psychiatry
  • Internal medicine
  • Major depressive disorder

Psychiatry, Internal medicine, Clinical psychology, Cannabis and Anterior cingulate cortex are his primary areas of study. His studies in Psychiatry integrate themes in fields like Audiology and Rating scale. His Internal medicine research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Bipolar disorder, Young Mania Rating Scale, Placebo and Endocrinology.

His work deals with themes such as Anxiety, Disease, Comorbidity, Depression and Risk factor, which intersect with Clinical psychology. His research investigates the connection between Anterior cingulate cortex and topics such as Orbitofrontal cortex that intersect with issues in Putamen, Brain morphometry and Fusiform gyrus. He combines subjects such as DSM-5 and Substance abuse with his study of Addiction.

Best Publications

  • The World Federation of ADHD International Consensus Statement: 208 Evidence-based Conclusions about the Disorder

    Stephen V. Faraone;Tobias Banaschewski;David Coghill;Yi Zheng

  • A three-pathway psychobiological model of craving for alcohol.

    R Verheul;W van den Brink;P Geerlings

  • Recognition, management, and course of anxiety and depression in general practice.

    J. Ormel;M. W. J. Koeter;W. van den Brink;G van de Willige

  • Deep brain stimulation restores frontostriatal network activity in obsessive-compulsive disorder.

    Martijn Figee;Judy Luigjes;Ruud Smolders;Carlos-Eduardo Valencia-Alfonso

  • Pathological gambling: a comprehensive review of biobehavioral findings.

    Anna E Goudriaan;Anna E Goudriaan;Jaap Oosterlaan;Edwin de Beurs;Wim Van den Brink

  • Why gamblers fail to win: A review of cognitive and neuroimaging findings in pathological gambling

    Ruth J. van Holst;Wim van den Brink;Dick J. Veltman;Anna E. Goudriaan

  • Cortisol Moderates the Relationship between Testosterone and Aggression in Delinquent Male Adolescents

    Arne Popma;Robert Vermeiren;Robert Vermeiren;Charlotte A.M.L. Geluk;Thomas Rinne

  • Recognition, management and outcome of psychological disorders in primary care : a naturalistic follow-up study

    Johan Ormel;W. Van den Brink;M. W. Koeter;R. Giel

  • WHO Study on the reliability and validity of the alcohol and drug use disorder instruments: overview of methods and results

    B Üstün;W Compton;D Mager;T Babor

  • Hyperresponsiveness of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis to combined dexamethasone/corticotropin-releasing hormone challenge in female borderline personality disorder subjects with a history of sustained childhood abuse.

    Thomas Rinne;E.Ronald de Kloet;Luuk Wouters;Jaap G Goekoop

  • Response perseveration and ventral prefrontal sensitivity to reward and punishment in male problem gamblers and smokers

    Michiel B de Ruiter;Michiel B de Ruiter;Michiel B de Ruiter;Dick J Veltman;Dick J Veltman;Anna E Goudriaan;Jaap Oosterlaan

  • Behavioral and neuroimaging evidence for overreliance on habit learning in alcohol-dependent patients

    Z. Sjoerds;Z. Sjoerds;S. de Wit;W. van den Brink;T.W. Robbins

  • Depression, anxiety, and social disability show synchrony of change in primary care patients.

    J Ormel;M Von Korff;W Van den Brink;W Katon

  • Substance use disorders and the orbitofrontal cortex: systematic review of behavioural decision-making and neuroimaging studies.

    G. Dom;B.G.C.C. Sabbe;W. Hulstijn;W. van den Brink

  • Outcome of depression and anxiety in primary care. A three-wave 3 1/2-year study of psychopathology and disability

    Johan Ormel;Tineke Oldehinkel;Els Brilman;Wim van den Brink

  • Memory disturbances in Ecstasy users are correlated with an altered brain serotonin neurotransmission

    L. Reneman;J. Booij;B. Schmand;W. van den Brink

  • Cortical serotonin transporter density and verbal memory in individuals who stopped using 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA or "ecstasy"): preliminary findings.

    L Reneman;J Lavalaye;B Schmand;F A de Wolff

  • Long-term effects of frequent cannabis use on working memory and attention: an fMRI study

    Gerry Jager;Rene S. Kahn;Wim Van Den Brink;Jan M. Van Ree

  • The role of self-reported impulsivity and reward sensitivity versus neurocognitive measures of disinhibition and decision-making in the prediction of relapse in pathological gamblers.

    A. E. Goudriaan;J. Oosterlaan;E. De Beurs;W. Van Den Brink

  • Deep brain stimulation in addiction: a review of potential brain targets

    J. Luigjes;W. Van den Brink;M.G.P. Feenstra;P. Van den Munckhof

  • Effects of frequent cannabis use on hippocampal activity during an associative memory task.

    Gerry Jager;Hendrika H. Van Hell;Maartje M.L. De Win;Rene S. Kahn

Frequent Co-Authors

Maarten W. J. Koeter
Maarten W. J. Koeter University of Amsterdam
Johan Ormel
Johan Ormel University Medical Center Groningen
Damiaan Denys
Damiaan Denys University of Amsterdam
Reinout W. Wiers
Reinout W. Wiers University of Amsterdam
Roel Verheul
Roel Verheul University of Amsterdam
Jaap Oosterlaan
Jaap Oosterlaan University of Amsterdam
Robert A. Schoevers
Robert A. Schoevers University Medical Center Groningen
Gerry Jager
Gerry Jager Wageningen University & Research

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