Harold Merskey

20.2k citations
252 papers · 15.1k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 49

Impact in

Papers in

    • Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments 47
    • Schizophrenia research and treatment 22
    • Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research 21
    • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research 16
    • Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation 53

Harold Merskey

239 papers receiving 14.0k citations

Hit Papers

Classification of chronic pain 1994 · 2.0k citations
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Harold Merskey
Comparison fields: 5 of 181
  • Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 2.0k
  • Psychiatry and Mental health 5.0k
  • Pharmacology 4.8k
  • Physiology 4.6k
  • Neurology 1.3k
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
#Work
1 20032
2 200225
3 200184
4
Psychosocial Factors in Pain: Critical Perspectives
200018
5 20009
6 1999123
7 199910
8 199821
9 199862
10 19953
11 199273
12 199136
13 199131
14 19909
15 199015
16 19831
17 198333
18 19819
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Disorders of conscious awareness: hysterical phenomena.
19785
20 19789

About Harold Merskey

Harold Merskey is a scholar working on Psychiatry and Mental health, Pharmacology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Philosophy and Complementary and Manual Therapy, having authored 252 papers that have together received 15.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (53 papers), Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments (47 papers), Pain Management and Placebo Effect (45 papers), Mental Health and Psychiatry (32 papers), Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (23 papers), Schizophrenia research and treatment (22 papers), Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research (21 papers) and Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (16 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine (2.0k citations), Psychiatry and Mental health (5.0k citations), Pharmacology (4.8k citations), Physiology (4.6k citations) and Neurology (1.3k citations). Harold Merskey has collaborated with scholars based in Canada, United Kingdom and United States. Frequent co-authors include V C Hachinski, Vladimir Hachinski, Guido Magni, Michael Fisman, Thomas Mirsen, John Wade, Chak Sing Lau, John M. Woodforde, Allan J. Fox and David B. Boyd. Their work appears in journals such as Pain, The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, The British Journal of Psychiatry, Journal of Psychosomatic Research and Pain Research and Management.

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