David Lawrence

15.1k total citations · 6 hit papers
270 papers, 11.0k citations indexed

About

David Lawrence is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, General Health Professions and Health. According to data from OpenAlex, David Lawrence has authored 270 papers receiving a total of 11.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 105 papers in Clinical Psychology, 69 papers in General Health Professions and 45 papers in Health. Recurrent topics in David Lawrence's work include Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (53 papers), Child Abuse and Trauma (29 papers) and Mental Health Treatment and Access (21 papers). David Lawrence is often cited by papers focused on Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (53 papers), Child Abuse and Trauma (29 papers) and Mental Health Treatment and Access (21 papers). David Lawrence collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. David Lawrence's co-authors include Steve Kisely, Stephen R. Zubrick, Francis Mitrou, Kirsten Hancock, Jennifer Hafekost, Sven Silburn, Assen Jablensky, John Ainley, Eve Blair and Sarah E. Johnson and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Lancet and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

David Lawrence

252 papers receiving 10.5k citations

Hit Papers

The gap in life expectancy from preventable physical illn... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2013 2015 2010 2023 2022 200 400 600
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 gap in life expectancy from preventable physical illness in psychiatric patients in Western Australia: retrospective analysis of population based registers
    2013 626 citations David Lawrence, Kirsten Hancock et al. profile →
  2. The Mental Health of Children and Adolescents: Report on the second Australian Child and Adolescent Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing
    2015 491 citations David Lawrence, Jennifer Hafekost et al. profile →
  3. Review: Inequalities in healthcare provision for people with severe mental illness
    2010 477 citations David Lawrence, Steve Kisely profile →
  4. The prevalence of child maltreatment in Australia: findings from a national survey
    2023 98 citations Ben Mathews, Rosana Pacella et al. The Medical Journal of Australia profile →
  5. Adolescents' longitudinal trajectories of mental health and loneliness: The impact of COVID‐19 school closures
    2022 90 citations Stephen Houghton, Simon C. Hunter et al. profile →
  6. The prevalence and nature of multi‐type child maltreatment in Australia
    2023 55 citations Daryl Higgins, Ben Mathews et al. The Medical Journal of Australia profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David Lawrence Australia 56 3.8k 2.4k 2.0k 1.7k 1.5k 270 11.0k
Barry Milne New Zealand 38 4.7k 1.2× 2.1k 0.9× 1.2k 0.6× 1.6k 0.9× 1.6k 1.0× 133 10.8k
Kristian Tambs Norway 59 5.0k 1.3× 1.8k 0.7× 1.4k 0.7× 2.1k 1.2× 2.8k 1.8× 250 13.7k
Ian Colman Canada 50 4.4k 1.1× 1.6k 0.7× 1.3k 0.6× 1.4k 0.8× 1.7k 1.1× 225 9.2k
Stephen R. Zubrick Australia 63 5.2k 1.4× 2.3k 0.9× 1.2k 0.6× 1.4k 0.8× 2.9k 1.9× 305 13.4k
Sijmen A. Reijneveld Netherlands 58 4.5k 1.2× 4.1k 1.7× 1.1k 0.5× 1.3k 0.7× 2.3k 1.5× 623 13.8k
Arnstein Mykletun Norway 70 3.5k 0.9× 4.9k 2.0× 2.5k 1.2× 2.4k 1.4× 1.9k 1.3× 223 15.9k
Mick Power United Kingdom 56 4.3k 1.1× 2.0k 0.8× 1.8k 0.9× 2.4k 1.4× 1.3k 0.8× 220 12.6k
Michael Seid United States 45 3.9k 1.0× 2.5k 1.0× 2.0k 1.0× 953 0.6× 2.3k 1.6× 158 16.6k
Sarah Stewart‐Brown United Kingdom 61 5.5k 1.5× 3.6k 1.5× 962 0.5× 3.4k 2.0× 2.3k 1.5× 192 14.7k
Andrea Danese United Kingdom 58 9.8k 2.6× 2.9k 1.2× 2.1k 1.0× 2.3k 1.3× 1.7k 1.2× 169 18.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Lawrence

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lawrence, David, et al.. (2025). Methadone for Opioid Use Disorder in the Fentanyl Era: Navigating Challenges and Evolving Strategies- a Narrative Review. Current Addiction Reports. 12(1). 2 indexed citations
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Pollard, Christina, Rosa Alati, David Lawrence, et al.. (2025). The association between participation in mental health protective behaviours and mental well-being: cross sectional survey among Western Australian adults. SSM - Mental Health. 7. 100441–100441.
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Higgins, Daryl, Megan Willis, David Lawrence, et al.. (2024). The Prevalence and Patterns of Maltreatment, Childhood Adversity, and Mental Health Disorders in an Australian Out-Of-Home Care Sample. Child Maltreatment. 30(1). 42–54. 3 indexed citations
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Lawrence, David, Daryl Higgins, Divna Haslam, et al.. (2024). Child Maltreatment, Mental Health Disorders, and Health Risk Behaviors in People With Diverse Gender Identities. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 40(9-10). 2281–2306.
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Haslam, Divna, David Lawrence, Ben Mathews, et al.. (2023). The Australian Child Maltreatment Study (ACMS), a national survey of the prevalence of child maltreatment and its correlates: methodology. The Medical Journal of Australia. 218(S6). S5–S12. 26 indexed citations
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Pacella, Rosana, Ben Mathews, James G. Scott, et al.. (2023). Child maltreatment and health service use: findings of the Australian Child Maltreatment Study. The Medical Journal of Australia. 218(S6). S40–S46. 13 indexed citations
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Scott, James G., Eva Malacova, Ben Mathews, et al.. (2023). The association between child maltreatment and mental disorders in the Australian Child Maltreatment Study. The Medical Journal of Australia. 218(S6). S26–S33. 52 indexed citations
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Mathews, Ben, Rosana Pacella, James G. Scott, et al.. (2023). The prevalence of child maltreatment in Australia: findings from a national survey. The Medical Journal of Australia. 218(S6). S13–S18. 98 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sanatkar, Samineh, et al.. (2022). The Influence of Stigma Perceptions on Employees’ Claims Experiences for Psychological Injuries: Re-Examination of a Cross-Sectional Survey among Australian Police and Emergency Service Personnel. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19(19). 12438–12438. 1 indexed citations
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Lyons‐Wall, Philippa, et al.. (2021). Whole-fat dairy products do not adversely affect adiposity or cardiometabolic risk factors in children in the Milky Way Study: a double-blind randomized controlled pilot study. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 114(6). 2025–2042. 14 indexed citations
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Houghton, Stephen, et al.. (2020). Loneliness in adolescence: a Rasch analysis of the Perth A-loneness scale. Quality of Life Research. 30(2). 589–601. 3 indexed citations
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Johnson, Sarah E., Colleen O’Leary, Carol Bower, et al.. (2017). Maternal alcohol disorders and school achievement: a population cohort record linkage study in Western Australia. BMJ Open. 7(5). e014599–e014599. 10 indexed citations
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Johnson, Sarah E., David Lawrence, Jennifer Hafekost, et al.. (2016). Service use by Australian children for emotional and behavioural problems: Findings from the second Australian Child and Adolescent Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. 50(9). 887–898. 73 indexed citations
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Sawyer, Michael G., Christy Reece, Alyssa Sawyer, et al.. (2016). The Prevalence of Stimulant and Antidepressant Use by Australian Children and Adolescents with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Major Depressive Disorder: A National Survey. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology. 27(2). 177–184. 9 indexed citations
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Kisely, Steve, Carolyn Ehrlich, Elizabeth Kendall, & David Lawrence. (2014). Using Avoidable Admissions to Measure the Quality of Care for Physical and Oral Comorbid Disease in Psychiatric Disorders. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. 48. 83–83. 1 indexed citations
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Rikkers, Wavne, David Lawrence, Katherine Hafekost, Francis Mitrou, & Stephen R. Zubrick. (2013). Trends in sugar supply and consumption in Australia: is there an Australian Paradox?. BMC Public Health. 13(1). 668–668. 10 indexed citations
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Hancock, Kirsten, David Lawrence, Francis Mitrou, et al.. (2012). The association between playgroup participation, learning competence and social-emotional wellbeing for children aged 4-5 years in Australia. 1 indexed citations
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Silburn, Sven, Eve Blair, Judith A. Griffin, et al.. (2007). Developmental and environmental factors supporting the health and well-being of Aboriginal adolescents. International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health. 19(3). 345–354. 13 indexed citations
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Silburn, Sven, Stephen R. Zubrick, David Lawrence, et al.. (2006). The Intergenerational Effects of Forced Separation on the Social and Emotional Wellbeing of Aboriginal Children and Young People. UWA Profiles and Research Repository (University of Western Australia). 26 indexed citations
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Lawrence, David. (1988). Use of Public Funds in Bond Referendum Campaigns.. 19(3). 9–10. 1 indexed citations

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