Aileen O’Brien

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
43 papers, 872 citations indexed

About

Aileen O’Brien is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Psychiatry and Mental health and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Aileen O’Brien has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 872 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Clinical Psychology, 13 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health and 12 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Aileen O’Brien's work include Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints (13 papers), Psychiatric care and mental health services (12 papers) and Schizophrenia research and treatment (6 papers). Aileen O’Brien is often cited by papers focused on Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints (13 papers), Psychiatric care and mental health services (12 papers) and Schizophrenia research and treatment (6 papers). Aileen O’Brien collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Netherlands and Mexico. Aileen O’Brien's co-authors include Swaran P. Singh, Lin Perry, Amy Luck, Fiona Reid, Clare Price, J. Hubert Lacey, John F. Morgan, Hubert Lacey, Sarah White and Oswaldo Valencia and has published in prestigious journals such as The British Journal of Psychiatry, BMJ and Medical Education.

In The Last Decade

Aileen O’Brien

41 papers receiving 830 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Virtual reality relaxation for people with mental health conditions: a systematic review

2023 51 citations Simon Riches, Jordan Little et al. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Aileen O’Brien United Kingdom	13	538	243	188	186	182	43	872
Annabel Sandra Mueller‐Stierlin Germany	13	309 0.6×	156 0.6×	401 2.1×	119 0.6×	155 0.9×	55	828
A. Kate Fairweather‐Schmidt Australia	21	947 1.8×	170 0.7×	193 1.0×	287 1.5×	143 0.8×	48	1.3k
Parvaneh Mohammadkhani Iran	15	548 1.0×	80 0.3×	87 0.5×	134 0.7×	82 0.5×	91	788
Rosalind Ramsay United Kingdom	15	664 1.2×	205 0.8×	116 0.6×	182 1.0×	102 0.6×	41	881
Rita Benn United States	13	392 0.7×	221 0.9×	211 1.1×	133 0.7×	157 0.9×	26	945
Ingela Skärsäter Sweden	21	613 1.1×	197 0.8×	424 2.3×	237 1.3×	144 0.8×	74	1.1k
Michelle Sleed United Kingdom	17	663 1.2×	115 0.5×	104 0.6×	281 1.5×	249 1.4×	38	1.2k
Sérgio A. Carvalho Portugal	19	679 1.3×	137 0.6×	102 0.5×	258 1.4×	45 0.2×	58	917
Suzy Saw Australia	10	635 1.2×	475 2.0×	322 1.7×	367 2.0×	142 0.8×	12	1.3k
Margaret Rea United States	17	921 1.7×	448 1.8×	424 2.3×	356 1.9×	299 1.6×	34	1.4k

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Riches, Simon, Jordan Little, Aileen O’Brien, et al.. (2023). Virtual reality relaxation for people with mental health conditions: a systematic review. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 58(7). 989–1007. 51 indexed citations breakdown →

O’Brien, Aileen. (2023). When is a diagnosis not a diagnosis?. Emergency Medicine Journal. 41(1). 2–3.

Sin, Jacqueline, Claire Henderson, Victoria Cornelius, et al.. (2022). Effect of digital psychoeducation and peer support on the mental health of family carers supporting individuals with psychosis in England (COPe-support): a randomised clinical trial. The Lancet Digital Health. 4(5). e320–e329. 11 indexed citations

O’Brien, Aileen. (2022). No decision about me without me? Shared decision-making in mental healthcare. BJPsych Open. 8(4). e122–e122. 4 indexed citations

Bell, Darren, et al.. (2021). The use of virtual reality in a psychiatric intensive care unit: a pilot study. Journal of Psychiatric Intensive Care. 17(2). 123–128. 10 indexed citations

O’Brien, Aileen & Ania Korszun. (2020). Follow the money: how is medical school teaching funded?. BJPsych Bulletin. 45(2). 73–76. 2 indexed citations

Keene, Alex Ruck, et al.. (2020). Isolation of patients in psychiatric hospitals in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: An ethical, legal, and practical challenge. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry. 71. 101572–101572. 20 indexed citations

O’Brien, Aileen, et al.. (2019). Improving student mental wellbeing. BMJ. 366. l2421–l2421. 2 indexed citations

Gartner, John, Alex Langford, & Aileen O’Brien. (2018). It is ethical to diagnose a public figure one has not personally examined. The British Journal of Psychiatry. 213(5). 633–637. 3 indexed citations

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O’Brien, Aileen, Faisil Sethi, Mark Smith, & Annie Bartlett. (2017). Public mental health crisis management and Section 136 of the Mental Health Act. Journal of Medical Ethics. 44(5). 349–353. 9 indexed citations

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Burgess, Jennifer, Sarah White, & Aileen O’Brien. (2017). Retrospective cohort follow-up study of individuals detained under Section 136. BJPsych Open. 3(6). 281–284. 3 indexed citations

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O’Brien, Aileen, et al.. (2015). Should psychiatrists ‘Google’ their patients?. BJPsych Bulletin. 39(6). 278–283. 9 indexed citations

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O’Brien, Aileen, et al.. (2014). A retrospective cohort study describing six months of admissions under Section 136 of the Mental Health Act; the problem of alcohol misuse. Medicine Science and the Law. 55(3). 216–222. 12 indexed citations

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O’Brien, Aileen, et al.. (2012). A novel student‐selected component in medical admissions. Medical Education. 46(5). 510–511. 3 indexed citations

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O’Brien, Aileen, et al.. (2011). A comparison of multiple mini-interviews and structured interviews in a UK setting. Medical Teacher. 33(5). 397–402. 40 indexed citations

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O’Brien, Aileen, et al.. (2009). Crossing the line – Learning psychiatry at the movies. International Review of Psychiatry. 21(3). 267–268. 31 indexed citations

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O’Brien, Aileen, et al.. (2009). The development and validation of the SOLES, a new scale measuring engagement with mental health services in people with psychosis. Journal of Mental Health. 18(6). 510–522. 26 indexed citations

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O’Brien, Aileen, Clare Price, Tom Burns, & Rachel Perkins. (2003). Improving the Vocational Status of Patients with Long-Term Mental Illness: A Randomised Controlled Trial of Staff Training. Community Mental Health Journal. 39(4). 333–347. 18 indexed citations

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Luck, Amy, Fiona Reid, Aileen O’Brien, et al.. (2002). The SCOFF questionnaire and clinical interview for eating disorders in general practice: comparative study. BMJ. 325(7367). 755–756. 181 indexed citations

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Perry, Lin, John F. Morgan, Fiona Reid, et al.. (2002). Screening for symptoms of eating disorders: Reliability of the SCOFF screening tool with written compared to oral delivery. International Journal of Eating Disorders. 32(4). 466–472. 75 indexed citations

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