Armin Schmidtke

10.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
105 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

Armin Schmidtke is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Armin Schmidtke has authored 105 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 82 papers in Clinical Psychology, 23 papers in Social Psychology and 18 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Armin Schmidtke's work include Suicide and Self-Harm Studies (70 papers), Mental Health Treatment and Access (21 papers) and Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse (11 papers). Armin Schmidtke is often cited by papers focused on Suicide and Self-Harm Studies (70 papers), Mental Health Treatment and Access (21 papers) and Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse (11 papers). Armin Schmidtke collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Netherlands and Sweden. Armin Schmidtke's co-authors include Heinz Häfner, Diego De Leo, Danuta Wasserman, Jouko Lönnqvist, Ulrich Hegerl, Unni Bille‐Brahe, A.J.F.M. Kerkhof, Christian Häring, David Althaus and B. Temesváry and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Social Science & Medicine and Critical Care Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Armin Schmidtke

104 papers receiving 4.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Attempted suicide in Europe: rates, trend.S and sociodemographic characteristics of suicide attempters during the period 1989–1992. Results of the WHO/EURO Multicentre Study on Parasuicide

1996 628 citations Armin Schmidtke, Diego DeLeo et al. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica profile →
IRAOS: an instrument for the assessment of onset and early course of schizophrenia

1992 465 citations Heinz Häfner, Armin Schmidtke et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Armin Schmidtke Germany	34	3.6k	1.3k	1.3k	763	679	105	4.7k
Markus Henriksson Finland	34	2.3k 0.7×	966 0.7×	749 0.6×	434 0.6×	270 0.4×	90	3.5k
Beth S. Brodsky United States	33	3.7k 1.0×	1.2k 0.9×	734 0.6×	388 0.5×	233 0.3×	62	4.7k
RC Kessler United States	13	3.8k 1.1×	723 0.6×	1.4k 1.1×	481 0.6×	205 0.3×	24	5.2k
Alexis M. May United States	27	5.4k 1.5×	1.4k 1.0×	1.7k 1.4×	644 0.8×	299 0.4×	54	6.1k
Courtney L. Bagge United States	31	4.4k 1.2×	858 0.7×	1.5k 1.2×	477 0.6×	284 0.4×	71	5.3k
Kees van Heeringen Belgium	42	6.6k 1.8×	1.7k 1.3×	2.3k 1.8×	809 1.1×	689 1.0×	94	8.5k
Roberto Tatarelli Italy	46	3.4k 0.9×	2.6k 2.0×	1.1k 0.9×	454 0.6×	211 0.3×	201	6.4k
Olav Nielssen Australia	39	3.3k 0.9×	2.4k 1.8×	1.2k 1.0×	1.1k 1.4×	215 0.3×	172	6.1k
Paul S. Links Canada	43	5.3k 1.5×	1.7k 1.3×	807 0.6×	292 0.4×	262 0.4×	191	6.4k
Kathryn R. Fox United States	32	6.0k 1.7×	1.8k 1.4×	2.1k 1.7×	612 0.8×	491 0.7×	98	7.3k

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Hegerl, Ulrich, Margaret Maxwell, Fiona Harris, et al.. (2019). Prevention of suicidal behaviour: Results of a controlled community-based intervention study in four European countries. PLoS ONE. 14(11). e0224602–e0224602. 35 indexed citations

Wolfersdorf, Manfred, Barbara Schneider, & Armin Schmidtke. (2015). Suizidalität: ein psychiatrischer Notfall, Suizidprävention: eine psychiatrische Verpflichtung. Der Nervenarzt. 86(9). 1120–1129. 10 indexed citations

Maloney, Julia, Bruno Pfuhlmann, Ella Arensman, et al.. (2014). How to Adjust Media Recommendations on Reporting Suicidal Behavior to New Media Developments. Archives of Suicide Research. 18(2). 156–169. 24 indexed citations

Mergl, Roland, David Althaus, Z. Ríhmer, et al.. (2011). Seasonality of suicide attempts: Association with gender. European Psychiatry. 26(S2). 1630–1630. 2 indexed citations

Lipsicas, Cendrine Bursztein, Ilkka Mäkinen, Alan Apter, et al.. (2010). Attempted suicide among immigrants in European countries: an international perspective. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 47(2). 241–251. 75 indexed citations

Hegerl, Ulrich, Ella Arensman, Chantal Van Audenhove, et al.. (2009). Optimizing Suicide Prevention Programs and Their Implementation in Europe (OSPI Europe): an evidence-based multi-level approach. BMC Public Health. 9(1). 428–428. 101 indexed citations

Hegerl, Ulrich, Roland Mergl, Armin Schmidtke, et al.. (2009). Sustainable effects on suicidality were found for the Nuremberg alliance against depression. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience. 260(5). 401–406. 67 indexed citations

Schmidtke, Armin, R. G. Sell, & Christiane V. Löhr. (2008). Epidemiologie von Suizidalität im Alter. Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie. 41(1). 3–13. 33 indexed citations

Neuderth, Silke, B. Jabs, & Armin Schmidtke. (2008). Strategies for reducing test anxiety and optimizing exam preparation in German university students: a prevention-oriented pilot project of the University of Würzburg. Journal of Neural Transmission. 116(6). 785–790. 56 indexed citations

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Hegerl, Ulrich, David Althaus, Armin Schmidtke, & Guenter Niklewski. (2006). The alliance against depression: 2-year evaluation of a community-based intervention to reduce suicidality. Psychological Medicine. 36(9). 1225–1233. 193 indexed citations

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Schmidtke, Armin, et al.. (2005). IMATION OF AMOK AND AMOK-SUICIDE. Kriz Dergisi. 49–60. 1 indexed citations

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Leo, Diego De, Unni Bille‐Brahe, A.J.F.M. Kerkhof, & Armin Schmidtke. (2004). Suicidal behaviour : theories and research findings. Griffith Research Online (Griffith University, Queensland, Australia). 1. 67 indexed citations

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Michel, K., Pietro Ballinari, Unni Bille‐Brahe, et al.. (2000). Methods used for parasuicide: results of the WHO/EURO Multicentre Study on Parasuicide. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 35(4). 156–163. 76 indexed citations

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Leo, Diego De, Armin Schmidtke, & René F. W. Diekstra. (1998). Suicide prevention : a holistic approach. Kluwer Academic eBooks. 18 indexed citations

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Bille‐Brahe, Unni, A.J.F.M. Kerkhof, Diego De Leo, et al.. (1997). A repetition–prediction study of European parasuicide populations: a summary of the first report from Part II of the WHO/EURO Multicentre Study on Parasuicide in co‐operation with the EC Concerted Action on Attempted Suicide. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. 95(2). 81–86. 64 indexed citations

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Schmidtke, Armin, Diego DeLeo, Ad Kerkhof, et al.. (1996). Attempted suicide in Europe: rates, trend.S and sociodemographic characteristics of suicide attempters during the period 1989–1992. Results of the WHO/EURO Multicentre Study on Parasuicide. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. 93(5). 327–338. 628 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bille‐Brahe, Unni, A.J.F.M. Kerkhof, Diego De Leo, et al.. (1996). A Repetition-Prediction Study on European Parasuicide Populations. Crisis. 17(1). 22–31. 34 indexed citations

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Platt, Stephen, Unni Bille‐Brahe, A.J.F.M. Kerkhof, et al.. (1992). Parasiticide in Europe: the WHO/EURO multicentre study on parasuicide. I. Introduction and preliminary analysis for 1989. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. 85(2). 97–104. 357 indexed citations

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Lesch, Klaus‐Peter, et al.. (1990). 5-HT1A receptor function in depression: effect of chronic amitriptyline treatment. Journal of Neural Transmission. 80(2). 157–161. 63 indexed citations

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Schmidtke, Armin & Heinz Häfner. (1988). The Werther effect after television films: new evidence for an old hypothesis. Psychological Medicine. 18(3). 665–676. 217 indexed citations

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