Debra Rickwood

14.1k total citations · 4 hit papers
213 papers, 9.0k citations indexed

About

Debra Rickwood is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Debra Rickwood has authored 213 papers receiving a total of 9.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 123 papers in Clinical Psychology, 87 papers in Social Psychology and 69 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Debra Rickwood's work include Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (72 papers), Mental Health Treatment and Access (54 papers) and Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare (28 papers). Debra Rickwood is often cited by papers focused on Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (72 papers), Mental Health Treatment and Access (54 papers) and Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare (28 papers). Debra Rickwood collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and New Zealand. Debra Rickwood's co-authors include Coralie J Wilson, Frank P. Deane, Joseph Ciarrochi, Valerie Braithwaite, Kerry Thomas, David Bakker, Nikolaos Kazantzis, Nikki S. Rickard, Kelly Mazzer and Nic Telford and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Social Science & Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Debra Rickwood

198 papers receiving 8.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Young people’s help-seeking for mental health problems

2005 1.1k citations Debra Rickwood et al. profile →
When and how do young people seek professional help for mental health problems?

2007 845 citations Debra Rickwood et al. profile →
Mental Health Smartphone Apps: Review and Evidence-Based Recommendations for Future Developments

2016 573 citations Debra Rickwood et al. JMIR Mental Health profile →
Measuring Help-Seeking Intentions: Properties of the General Help-Seeking Questionnaire

2005 513 citations Debra Rickwood et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Debra Rickwood Australia	41	4.8k	3.5k	2.2k	2.0k	2.0k	213	9.0k
Frank P. Deane Australia	54	7.2k 1.5×	5.4k 1.5×	3.0k 1.4×	1.6k 0.8×	1.5k 0.8×	404	12.8k
Sally Merry New Zealand	47	3.7k 0.8×	1.4k 0.4×	1.3k 0.6×	2.1k 1.1×	1.3k 0.6×	141	7.0k
Simon Rice Australia	47	3.4k 0.7×	2.6k 0.7×	1.3k 0.6×	1.4k 0.7×	1.3k 0.7×	332	9.2k
Alison L. Calear Australia	47	5.6k 1.2×	3.2k 0.9×	1.4k 0.6×	2.0k 1.0×	1.3k 0.7×	226	8.3k
Joan S. Tucker United States	59	3.4k 0.7×	2.2k 0.6×	4.1k 1.8×	1.5k 0.8×	2.3k 1.2×	320	11.8k
Corina Benjet Mexico	42	7.6k 1.6×	2.7k 0.8×	1.8k 0.8×	811 0.4×	1.1k 0.6×	163	10.9k
Judy A. Andrews United States	43	4.7k 1.0×	1.6k 0.5×	1.3k 0.6×	1.2k 0.6×	908 0.5×	118	9.2k
Margarida Gaspar de Matos Portugal	46	3.2k 0.7×	3.0k 0.9×	1.9k 0.8×	944 0.5×	1.4k 0.7×	458	9.0k
Sara Evans‐Lacko United Kingdom	54	5.8k 1.2×	6.4k 1.8×	4.1k 1.8×	772 0.4×	1.4k 0.7×	195	11.1k
Nadine J. Kaslow United States	61	8.2k 1.7×	4.4k 1.3×	2.2k 1.0×	810 0.4×	2.1k 1.1×	355	12.9k

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Rickwood, Debra, et al.. (2025). Suicidality in Primary Care, Youth Mental Health Services: Prevalence, Risk Factors and Implications for Practice. Early Intervention in Psychiatry. 19(2). e70020–e70020.

Gao, Caroline X., Jana M Menssink, Kate Filia, et al.. (2025). Estimating the longitudinal association between pain characteristics and clinical outcomes in young people with mental ill-health. Psychological Medicine. 55. e207–e207.

Mazzer, Kelly, Skye Barbic, Amanda Fitzgerald, et al.. (2025). Consensus derived client outcomes and clinician actions for youth online chat mental health services: a Delphi study. Frontiers in Digital Health. 7. 1671364–1671364.

Tagliaferri, Scott D., Laura K. M. Han, Connie Markulev, et al.. (2025). Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis: Predictors of Relapsing, Recurrent, and Chronic Depression in Young People. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 65(2). 206–230.

Andriessen, Karl, et al.. (2024). Supporting Adolescents Bereaved by Suicide or Other Traumatic Death: The Views of Counselors. OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying. 93(1). 689–712. 1 indexed citations

Mazzer, Kelly, et al.. (2024). Technology in Suicide Prevention: Fears and Functionality for Crisis Supporters. Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies. 2024(1). 1 indexed citations

Gao, Caroline X., Nic Telford, Kate Filia, et al.. (2024). Capturing the clinical complexity in young people presenting to primary mental health services: a data-driven approach. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences. 33. e39–e39. 3 indexed citations

George, Amanda M., et al.. (2024). An exploration of motives that influence problematic smartphone use in young adults. Behaviour and Information Technology. 44(9). 1886–1900. 2 indexed citations

Gao, Caroline X., Kate Filia, Gillinder Bedi, et al.. (2023). Understanding the complexity, patterns, and correlates of alcohol and other substance use among young people seeking help for mental ill-health. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 58(10). 1457–1467. 6 indexed citations

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Gaudreau, Hélène, et al.. (2023). Self-Management Strategies in Youth With Difficulties Related to Anxiety or Depression: What Helps Them Feel Better. Journal of Adolescent Research. 40(1). 66–98. 2 indexed citations

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Watsford, Clare, et al.. (2023). Preparing Master of Clinical Psychology students for the workforce: a qualitative investigation of the benefits of a youth dialectic behavioural therapy placement. Clinical Psychologist. 27(3). 352–362.

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Cotton, Sue, Caroline X. Gao, Ellie Brown, et al.. (2022). Prevalence and Correlates of Tobacco Use in Young People Presenting to Australian Primary Mental Health Services. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. 25(4). 682–691. 2 indexed citations

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Hetrick, Sarah, Caroline X. Gao, Kate Filia, et al.. (2021). Validation of a brief tool to assess and monitor suicidal ideation: The Youth Suicide Ideation Screen (YSIS-3). Journal of Affective Disorders. 295. 235–242. 9 indexed citations

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Rickwood, Debra, et al.. (2018). Young People’s Satisfaction With the Online Mental Health Service eheadspace: Development and Implementation of a Service Satisfaction Measure. JMIR Mental Health. 6(4). e12169–e12169. 23 indexed citations

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Rickwood, Debra & Kerry Thomas. (2017). Recovery and Mental Health Care in Australia – A Time of Change. 1(1). 10–19. 1 indexed citations

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Rickwood, Debra, et al.. (2015). Adult Step-up Step-down: A sub-acute short-term residential mental health service. International Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation. 19(1). 13–21. 9 indexed citations

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Rickwood, Debra. (2011). Promoting youth mental health: priorities for policy from an Australian perspective. Early Intervention in Psychiatry. 5(s1). 40–45. 16 indexed citations

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Blaszczynski, Alex, et al.. (2010). The psychology of gambling: [Prepared by members of the APS Gambling Working Group in collaboration with Jill Giese, APS Executive Officer.]. 32(6). 11. 1 indexed citations

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Fleming, Michele J. & Debra Rickwood. (2004). Teens in Cyberspace: Do They Encounter Friend or Foe?. Youth studies Australia. 23(3). 46–52. 13 indexed citations

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Rickwood, Debra & Valerie Braithwaite. (1994). Social-psychological factors affecting help-seeking for emotional problems. Social Science & Medicine. 39(4). 563–572. 448 indexed citations

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