Anna Higgitt

3.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
39 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Anna Higgitt is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Psychiatry and Mental health and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Anna Higgitt has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Clinical Psychology, 13 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health and 8 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Anna Higgitt's work include Schizophrenia research and treatment (10 papers), Sleep and related disorders (4 papers) and Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications (4 papers). Anna Higgitt is often cited by papers focused on Schizophrenia research and treatment (10 papers), Sleep and related disorders (4 papers) and Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications (4 papers). Anna Higgitt collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Belgium and Mexico. Anna Higgitt's co-authors include Peter Fonagy, Howard Steele, Miriam Steele, George S. Moran, Mary Target, Malcolm Lader, Anthony D. Roth, M Lader, Jane Wardle and Peter Hayward and has published in prestigious journals such as The British Journal of Psychiatry, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Behaviour Research and Therapy.

In The Last Decade

Anna Higgitt

39 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

The capacity for understa... 1991 2026 2002 2014 1991 250 500 750
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. The capacity for understanding mental states: The reflective self in parent and child and its significance for security of attachment
    1991 969 citations Peter Fonagy, Miriam Steele et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Anna Higgitt 1.9k 937 339 325 278 39 2.6k
Miles Gilliom 2.4k 1.3× 758 0.8× 203 0.6× 239 0.7× 320 1.2× 10 2.8k
Alex E. Schwartzman 1.7k 0.9× 918 1.0× 228 0.7× 396 1.2× 321 1.2× 79 2.8k
Richard Arend 1.8k 1.0× 669 0.7× 436 1.3× 319 1.0× 247 0.9× 24 2.5k
Jeffrey R. Measelle 2.1k 1.1× 801 0.9× 204 0.6× 428 1.3× 377 1.4× 40 2.9k
Susan Dickstein 1.7k 0.9× 731 0.8× 321 0.9× 436 1.3× 460 1.7× 66 2.4k
Anne Mari Sund 2.2k 1.1× 741 0.8× 550 1.6× 221 0.7× 384 1.4× 80 3.0k
Ilja L. Bongers 1.5k 0.8× 473 0.5× 307 0.9× 284 0.9× 234 0.8× 42 2.1k
Jeffrey M. Armstrong 1.7k 0.9× 654 0.7× 173 0.5× 405 1.2× 311 1.1× 31 2.9k
Keith B. Burt 1.8k 1.0× 663 0.7× 181 0.5× 315 1.0× 239 0.9× 38 2.5k
Richard Rende 1.5k 0.8× 419 0.4× 348 1.0× 782 2.4× 334 1.2× 61 2.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Anna Higgitt

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Fields of papers citing papers by Anna Higgitt

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Anna Higgitt

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Anna Higgitt. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Anna Higgitt based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Anna Higgitt. Anna Higgitt is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Fonagy, Peter, et al.. (2004). Structural and symptomatic change in psychoanalysis and psychodynamic psychotherapy of young adults: A quantitative study of process and outcome. UCL Discovery (University College London). 2 indexed citations
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Fitzpatrick, Natalie, Sunil Shah, Peter Tyrer, et al.. (2004). The determinants and effect of shared care on patient outcomes and psychiatric admissions. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 39(2). 154–163. 7 indexed citations
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Higgitt, Anna & Peter Fonagy. (2002). Clinical effectiveness. The British Journal of Psychiatry. 181(2). 170–174. 5 indexed citations
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Higgitt, Anna & Peter Fonagy. (2002). Clinical effectiveness. The British Journal of Psychiatry. 181(2). 170–174. 2 indexed citations
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Walsh, Elizabeth, Kate Harvey, Ian R. White, et al.. (2001). Suicidal behaviour in psychosis: Prevalence and predictors from a randomised controlled trial of case management. The British Journal of Psychiatry. 178(3). 255–260. 41 indexed citations
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Hayward, Peter, Jane Wardle, Anna Higgitt, & Jeffrey A. Gray. (1996). Changes in “withdrawal symptoms” following discontinuation of low-dose diazepam. Psychopharmacology. 125(4). 392–397. 7 indexed citations
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Fonagy, Peter, et al.. (1994). The theory and practice of resilience. UCL Discovery (University College London). 186 indexed citations
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Fonagy, Peter, et al.. (1994). THE MILLER,EMANUEL MEMORIAL LECTURE 1992 THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF RESILIENCE. Journal of Neurosurgery Spine. 36(4). 678–685. 2 indexed citations
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Wardle, Jane, Peter Hayward, Anna Higgitt, et al.. (1994). Effects of concurrent diazepam treatment on the outcome of exposure therapy in agoraphobia. Behaviour Research and Therapy. 32(2). 203–215. 39 indexed citations
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Fonagy, Peter, Miriam Steele, Howard Steele, Anna Higgitt, & Mary Target. (1994). The Emanuel Miller Memorial Lecture 1992 The Theory and Practice of Resilience. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 35(2). 231–257. 389 indexed citations
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Higgitt, Anna & Peter Fonagy. (1992). Psychotherapy in Borderline and Narcissistic Personality Disorder. The British Journal of Psychiatry. 161(1). 23–43. 72 indexed citations
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Fonagy, Peter & Anna Higgitt. (1990). A developmental perspective on borderline personality disorder. UCL Discovery (University College London). 8 indexed citations
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Higgitt, Anna, Peter Fonagy, Brian Toone, & P. Shine. (1990). The prolonged benzodiazepine withdrawal syndrome: anxiety or hysteria?. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. 82(2). 165–168. 27 indexed citations
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Fonagy, Peter, et al.. (1990). Adaptive probit estimation and body size: The evaluation of a new psychophysical technique. British Journal of Psychology. 81(2). 159–171. 11 indexed citations
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Higgitt, Anna & Peter Fonagy. (1989). Flumazenil - The first Benzodiazepine antagonist. UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations
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Fonagy, Peter & Anna Higgitt. (1989). Evaluating the performance of departments of psychotherapy. Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy. 4(2). 121–153. 18 indexed citations
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Higgitt, Anna, Peter Fonagy, & M. Lader. (1988). The natural history of tolerance to the benzodiazepines. PubMed. 13. 1–55. 26 indexed citations
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Higgitt, Anna, Susan Golombok, Peter Fonagy, & Malcolm Lader. (1987). Group Treatment of Benzodiazepine Dependence. British Journal of Addiction. 82(5). 517–532. 33 indexed citations
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Higgitt, Anna, M Lader, & Peter Fonagy. (1985). Clinical management of benzodiazepine dependence. BMJ. 291(6503). 1202.1–1202. 1 indexed citations
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Higgitt, Anna, M Lader, & Peter Fonagy. (1985). Clinical management of benzodiazepine dependence.. BMJ. 291(6497). 688–690. 84 indexed citations

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