Bernice A. Pescosolido

21.8k total citations · 8 hit papers
138 papers, 12.7k citations indexed

About

Bernice A. Pescosolido is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Social Psychology and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Bernice A. Pescosolido has authored 138 papers receiving a total of 12.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in General Health Professions, 56 papers in Social Psychology and 42 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Bernice A. Pescosolido's work include Mental Health Treatment and Access (53 papers), Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (22 papers) and Health disparities and outcomes (19 papers). Bernice A. Pescosolido is often cited by papers focused on Mental Health Treatment and Access (53 papers), Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (22 papers) and Health disparities and outcomes (19 papers). Bernice A. Pescosolido collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. Bernice A. Pescosolido's co-authors include Jack Martin, Brea L. Perry, Bruce G. Link, Jo C. Phelan, A Stueve, Michaeline Bresnahan, Sigrún Ólafsdóttir, J. Scott Long, Tait R. Medina and Colleen L. Barry and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Bernice A. Pescosolido

132 papers receiving 11.7k citations

Hit Papers

Public conceptions of mental illness: labels, causes, dan... 1992 2026 2003 2014 1999 2010 1992 2015 2014 400 800 1.2k
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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.

  1. Public conceptions of mental illness: labels, causes, dangerousness, and social distance.
    1999 1.4k citations Bruce G. Link, Jo C. Phelan et al. American Journal of Public Health profile →
  2. “A Disease Like Any Other”? A Decade of Change in Public Reactions to Schizophrenia, Depression, and Alcohol Dependence
    2010 818 citations Bernice A. Pescosolido, Jack Martin et al. American Journal of Psychiatry profile →
  3. Beyond Rational Choice: The Social Dynamics of How People Seek Help
    1992 623 citations Bernice A. Pescosolido profile →
  4. The Stigma Complex
    2015 539 citations Bernice A. Pescosolido, Jack Martin profile →
  5. Stigma, Discrimination, Treatment Effectiveness, and Policy: Public Views About Drug Addiction and Mental Illness
    2014 377 citations Colleen L. Barry, Emma E. McGinty et al. Psychiatric Services profile →
  6. Egocentric Network Analysis
    2018 349 citations Brea L. Perry, Bernice A. Pescosolido et al. profile →
  7. Pandemic precarity: COVID-19 is exposing and exacerbating inequalities in the American heartland
    2021 227 citations Brea L. Perry, Bernice A. Pescosolido et al. profile →
  8. Trends in Public Stigma of Mental Illness in the US, 1996-2018
    2021 181 citations Bernice A. Pescosolido, Brea L. Perry et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Bernice A. Pescosolido United States 53 5.9k 5.7k 3.9k 2.9k 2.0k 138 12.7k
Jane Pirkis Australia 60 9.6k 1.6× 4.9k 0.9× 3.7k 0.9× 2.0k 0.7× 2.3k 1.1× 456 14.5k
Dinesh Bhugra United Kingdom 59 6.7k 1.1× 4.2k 0.7× 3.4k 0.9× 3.2k 1.1× 1.5k 0.7× 539 13.1k
Jo C. Phelan United States 36 6.6k 1.1× 7.9k 1.4× 6.9k 1.8× 4.7k 1.6× 3.7k 1.9× 58 18.5k
Alan J. Flisher South Africa 57 6.1k 1.0× 3.6k 0.6× 5.5k 1.4× 1.9k 0.7× 1.5k 0.8× 247 14.1k
Harold W. Neighbors United States 54 5.0k 0.9× 3.5k 0.6× 3.6k 0.9× 5.3k 1.8× 3.4k 1.7× 123 12.1k
Sara Evans‐Lacko United Kingdom 54 5.8k 1.0× 6.4k 1.1× 4.1k 1.1× 1.4k 0.5× 1.4k 0.7× 195 11.1k
Amy C. Watson United States 41 6.3k 1.1× 5.7k 1.0× 2.6k 0.7× 2.4k 0.8× 1.0k 0.5× 111 10.2k
Jo C. Phelan United States 30 3.3k 0.6× 3.4k 0.6× 4.2k 1.1× 3.0k 1.0× 2.7k 1.4× 46 11.2k
Crick Lund South Africa 65 7.0k 1.2× 7.0k 1.2× 6.4k 1.7× 1.3k 0.5× 2.4k 1.2× 340 16.0k
Daniel K. Mroczek United States 41 7.0k 1.2× 5.7k 1.0× 3.9k 1.0× 2.8k 1.0× 3.4k 1.7× 155 16.9k

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All Works

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Samtani, Sagar, et al.. (2025). Artificial intelligence (AI)-Enabled behavioral health application for college students: Pilot study protocol. PLoS ONE. 20(10). e0335847–e0335847.
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Lee, Byungkyu & Bernice A. Pescosolido. (2024). Misery Needs Company: Contextualizing the Geographic and Temporal Link between Unemployment and Suicide. American Sociological Review. 89(6). 1104–1140.
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Pescosolido, Bernice A., et al.. (2024). Improving Workplace Well-being in Modern Organizations: A Review of Large Language Model-based Mental Health Chatbots. ACM Transactions on Management Information Systems. 16(1). 1–26. 14 indexed citations
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Green, Harold D. & Bernice A. Pescosolido. (2023). Social pathways to care: how community-based network ties shape the health care response of individuals with mental health problems. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 59(3). 431–442. 6 indexed citations
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Perry, Brea L., Bernice A. Pescosolido, & Stephen P. Borgatti. (2018). Egocentric Network Analysis: Foundations, Methods, and Models. 95 indexed citations
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McGinty, Emma E., Howard H. Goldman, Bernice A. Pescosolido, & Colleen L. Barry. (2018). Communicating about Mental Illness and Violence: Balancing Stigma and Increased Support for Services. Journal of Health Politics Policy and Law. 43(2). 185–228. 43 indexed citations
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Pescosolido, Bernice A.. (2013). Handbook of the sociology of health, illness, and healing : a blueprint for the 21st century. Digital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B)). 81 indexed citations
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Pescosolido, Bernice A., Tait R. Medina, Jack Martin, & J. Scott Long. (2013). The “Backbone” of Stigma: Identifying the Global Core of Public Prejudice Associated With Mental Illness. American Journal of Public Health. 103(5). 853–860. 219 indexed citations
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Pilgrim, David, Anne Rogers, & Bernice A. Pescosolido. (2011). The SAGE Handbook of Mental Health and Illness. 24 indexed citations
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McCabe, Janice, Liz Grauerholz, & Bernice A. Pescosolido. (2011). Titles and Central Characters Gender in Twentieth-Century Children's Books : Patterns of Disparity in.
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Pescosolido, Bernice A., Jack Martin, J. Scott Long, et al.. (2010). “A Disease Like Any Other”? A Decade of Change in Public Reactions to Schizophrenia, Depression, and Alcohol Dependence. American Journal of Psychiatry. 167(11). 1321–1330. 818 indexed citations breakdown →
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Pescosolido, Bernice A.. (2010). MONK: STIGMA-REDUCING OR STIGMA PRODUCING?. TRAILS: Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology.
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Pescosolido, Bernice A., et al.. (2007). Stigmatizing Attitudes and Beliefs About Treatment and Psychiatric Medications for Children With Mental Illness. Psychiatric Services. 58(5). 613–618. 30 indexed citations
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Martin, Jack, Bernice A. Pescosolido, Sigrún Ólafsdóttir, & Jane D. McLeod. (2007). The Construction of Fear: Americans' Preferences for Social Distance from Children and Adolescents with Mental Health Problems. Journal of Health and Social Behavior. 48(1). 50–67. 198 indexed citations
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Pescosolido, Bernice A., et al.. (2003). The public's opinions of physicians: do perceived choice and exercised choice matter?. PubMed. 9(9). 631–8. 17 indexed citations
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Pescosolido, Bernice A. & Eric R. Wright. (2003). The view from two worlds: The convergence of social network reports between mental health clients and their ties. Social Science & Medicine. 58(9). 1795–1806. 38 indexed citations
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McGrew, John H., Bernice A. Pescosolido, & Eric R. Wright. (2003). Case Managers' Perspectives on Critical Ingredients of Assertive Community Treatment and on Its Implementation. Psychiatric Services. 54(3). 370–376. 38 indexed citations
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Heller, Kenneth, et al.. (2000). Responses to nervous breakdowns in America over a 40-year period: Mental health policy implications.. American Psychologist. 55(7). 740–749. 71 indexed citations
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Martin, Jack, Bernice A. Pescosolido, & Steven A. Tuch. (2000). Of Fear and Loathing: The Role of 'Disturbing Behavior,' Labels, and Causal Attributions in Shaping Public Attitudes toward People with Mental Illness. Journal of Health and Social Behavior. 41(2). 208–208. 418 indexed citations
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Pescosolido, Bernice A. & Ronald Aminzade. (1999). The social worlds of higher education : handbook for teaching in a new century. 76 indexed citations

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