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Per Bech

Active 1973–2020

98
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25,655
Citations
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Citations

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Countries

World map of the countries and regions citing this authorUnited States: 1,433 citing papers, 16.5% of this breakdownUnited Kingdom: 781 citing papers, 9% of this breakdownDenmark: 674 citing papers, 7.7% of this breakdownGermany: 652 citing papers, 7.5% of this breakdownItaly: 413 citing papers, 4.7% of this breakdownCanada: 383 citing papers, 4.4% of this breakdownAustralia: 354 citing papers, 4.1% of this breakdownNetherlands: 350 citing papers, 4% of this breakdownSweden: 291 citing papers, 3.3% of this breakdownChina: 267 citing papers, 3.1% of this breakdownSpain: 266 citing papers, 3.1% of this breakdownFrance: 225 citing papers, 2.6% of this breakdown
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Fields

  • Medicine52%
  • Psychology18.9%
  • Neuroscience8.6%
  • Health Professions8.1%
  • Social Sciences3.5%
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.2%
  • Other6.7%

Topics

  • Treatment of Major Depression4.1%
  • Schizophrenia research and treatment3.6%
  • Bipolar Disorder and Treatment2.6%
  • Workplace Health and Well-being1.8%
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access1.8%
  • Mental Health Research Topics1.8%
  • Other84.3%

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  1. The WHO-5 Well-Being Index: A Systematic Review of the Literature

    Authors: Christian Winther Topp, Søren Dinesen Østergaard, Susan Søndergaard, Per Bech - Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics 2015 cited by 4,673

  2. The UKU side effect rating scale: A new comprehensive rating scale for psychotropic drugs and a cross‐sectional study of side effects in neuroleptic‐treated patients

    Authors: Ole Christian Lingjærde, U. G. Ahlfors, Per Bech, S. J. Dencker, K. Elgen - Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica 1987 cited by 1,693

  3. Measuring well‐being rather than the absence of distress symptoms: a comparison of the SF‐36 Mental Health subscale and the WHO‐Five well‐being scale

    Authors: Per Bech, Lis Raabæk Olsen, Mette Kjøller, Niels Kristian Rasmussen - International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research 2003 cited by 1,014

  4. The heterogeneity of the depressive syndrome: when numbers get serious

    Authors: Søren Dinesen Østergaard, S. O. W. Jensen, Per Bech - Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica 2011 cited by 292

  5. The sensitivity and specificity of the Major Depression Inventory, using the Present State Examination as the index of diagnostic validity

    Authors: Per Bech, Niels Anton Rasmussen, L. Olsen, Vibeke Noerholm, W. Abildgaard - Journal of Affective Disorders 2001 cited by 986

  6. The GRID-HAMD: standardization of the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale

    Authors: Janet B. W. Williams, Kenneth A. Kobak, Per Bech, Nina Engelhardt, Kenneth Evans, Joshua D. Lipsitz, Jason T. Olin, Jay D. Pearson, Amir H Kalali - International Clinical Psychopharmacology 2008 cited by 304

  7. The internal and external validity of the Major Depression Inventory in measuring severity of depressive states

    Authors: L. R. Olsen, D. V. JENSEN, Vibeke Noerholm, Klaus Martiny, Per Bech - Psychological Medicine 2003 cited by 533

  8. PANSS‐6: a brief rating scale for the measurement of severity in schizophrenia

    Authors: Søren Dinesen Østergaard, Ole Lemming, Ole Mors, Christoph U. Correll, Per Bech - Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica 2015 cited by 142

  9. Prevalence of depressive disorder among patients with fibromyalgia: Systematic review and meta-analysis

    Authors: Jakob Løge-Hagen, Alexander Sæle, Carsten Bogh Juhl, Per Bech, Elsebeth Stenager, Angelina Isabella Mellentin - Journal of Affective Disorders 2018 cited by 127

  10. Translating Health Status Questionnaires and Evaluating Their Quality

    Authors: Monika Bullinger, Jordi Alonso, Giovanni Apolone, Alain Leplège, Marianne Sullivan, Sharon Wood-Dauphinée, Barbara Gandek, Anita K. Wagner, Neil K. Aaronson, Per Bech, Shunichi Fukuhara, Stein Kaasa, John E. Ware - Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 1998 cited by 921

  11. The Factor Structure of the SF-36 Health Survey in 10 Countries

    Authors: John E. Ware, Mark Kosinski, Barbara Gandek, Neil K. Aaronson, Giovanni Apolone, Per Bech, John Brazier, Monika Bullinger, Stein Kaasa, Alain Leplège, Luis Prieto, Marianne Sullivan - Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 1998 cited by 657

  12. QUANTITATIVE RATING OF DEPRESSIVE STATES

    Authors: Per Bech, L. F. Gram, Erling Dein, O. Jacobsen, J. Vitger, T. G. Bolwig - Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica 1975 cited by 490

  13. The Hamilton Depression Scale

    Authors: Per Bech, Peter Allerup, L. F. Gram, N Reisby, Sebastian Rosenberg, O. Jacobsen, Ádám Nagy - Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica 1981 cited by 426

  14. Psychometric evaluation of the Major Depression Inventory (MDI) as depression severity scale using the LEAD (Longitudinal Expert Assessment of All Data) as index of validity

    Authors: Per Bech, Nina Timmerby, Klaus Martiny, M. Lunde, Susan Soendergaard - BMC Psychiatry 2015 cited by 225

  15. A Systematic Review of the Clinimetric Properties of the 6-Item Version of the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAM-D6)

    Authors: Nina Timmerby, John Andersen, Susan Søndergaard, Søren Dinesen Østergaard, Per Bech - Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics 2017 cited by 138

  16. The WHO (Ten) Well-Being Index: Validation in Diabetes

    Authors: Per Bech, Claire Gudex, Staehr Johansen - Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics 2010 cited by 534

  17. The construct validity of the Perceived Stress Scale

    Authors: Marie Germund Nielsen, Eva Ørnbøl, Mogens Vestergaard, Per Bech, Finn Breinholt Larsen, Mathias Lasgaard, Kaj Sparle Christensen - Journal of Psychosomatic Research 2016 cited by 181

  18. Rating scales in depression: limitations and pitfalls

    Authors: Per Bech - Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience 2006 cited by 130

  19. Reliability and validity of the Japanese version of the World Health Organization‐Five Well‐Being Index in the context of detecting depression in diabetic patients

    Authors: Shuichi Awata, Per Bech, Sumiko Yoshida, Masashi Hirai, Susumu Suzuki, Motoyasu Yamashita, Arihisa Ohara, Yoshinori Hinokio, Hiroo Matsuoka, Yoshitomo Oka - Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences 2007 cited by 298

  20. Vitamin B6 Level Is Associated with Symptoms of Depression

    Authors: Anne‐Mette Hvas, Svend Juul, Per Bech, Ebba Nexø - Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics 2004 cited by 154

  21. Mental Pain and Suicide: A Systematic Review of the Literature

    Authors: Maria Cristina Verrocchio, Danilo Carrozzino, Daniela Marchetti, Kate Andreasson, Mario Fulcheri, Per Bech - Frontiers in Psychiatry 2016 cited by 297

  22. Fatigue in the Danish general population. Influence of sociodemographic factors and disease

    Authors: Torquil Watt, Mogens Groenvold, Jakob Bue Bjorner, Vibeke Noerholm, Niels-Anton Rasmussen, Per Bech - Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health 2000 cited by 244

  23. The St. Hans Rating Scale for extrapyramidal syndromes: reliability and validity

    Authors: Jes Gerlach, Søren Korsgaard, P. Clemmesen, A.‐M. Lund Lauersen, G. Magelund, Ulla Noring, Uffe Juul Povlsen, Per Bech, Dympna Casey - Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica 1993 cited by 164

  24. Screening for depressed mood in an adolescent psychiatric context by brief self-assessment scales – testing psychometric validity of WHO-5 and BDI-6 indices by latent trait analyses

    Authors: Eva Henje, Per Bech, Göran Högberg, Jan‐Olov Larsson, Eva Serlachius - Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2012 cited by 115