Heather O’Mahen

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
69 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Heather O’Mahen is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Heather O’Mahen has authored 69 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Clinical Psychology, 42 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 22 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Heather O’Mahen's work include Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum (42 papers), Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (38 papers) and Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (16 papers). Heather O’Mahen is often cited by papers focused on Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum (42 papers), Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (38 papers) and Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (16 papers). Heather O’Mahen collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Heather O’Mahen's co-authors include Heather A. Flynn, David Richards, Gina Fedock, Fiona C Warren, Erin J. Henshaw, Joanne Woodford, Julia McGinley, Anke Karl, Edward Watkins and Rod S Taylor and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Heather O’Mahen

67 papers receiving 2.2k 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.

Cost and Outcome of Behavioural Activation versus Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Depression (COBRA): a randomised, controlled, non-inferiority trial

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Heather O’Mahen United Kingdom	25	1.4k	1.2k	734	363	335	69	2.2k
Larissa G. Duncan United States	29	2.6k 1.9×	784 0.7×	806 1.1×	392 1.1×	152 0.5×	53	3.4k
Birgit Wagner Germany	29	2.8k 2.0×	1.0k 0.9×	673 0.9×	322 0.9×	700 2.1×	108	3.6k
Rebecca P. Cameron United States	16	1.6k 1.1×	1.3k 1.1×	292 0.4×	101 0.3×	154 0.5×	33	2.1k
Vanessa E. Cobham Australia	29	2.2k 1.6×	742 0.6×	443 0.6×	525 1.4×	125 0.4×	92	2.8k
Sarah Dauber United States	23	1.3k 0.9×	653 0.6×	496 0.7×	90 0.2×	141 0.4×	55	2.2k
Jordana K. Bayer Australia	26	1.8k 1.3×	900 0.8×	494 0.7×	382 1.1×	97 0.3×	70	2.7k
Angus MacBeth United Kingdom	27	3.0k 2.2×	594 0.5×	1.0k 1.4×	774 2.1×	221 0.7×	107	3.9k
Emma Motrico Spain	23	637 0.5×	479 0.4×	362 0.5×	200 0.6×	147 0.4×	79	1.6k
Nichole Fairbrother Canada	24	1.1k 0.8×	1.2k 1.0×	439 0.6×	193 0.5×	46 0.1×	56	2.2k
Olli Kiviruusu Finland	28	1.5k 1.1×	389 0.3×	545 0.7×	394 1.1×	96 0.3×	107	2.5k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Heather O’Mahen

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Pozuelo, Julia R, Eugene Kinyanda, Alastair van Heerden, et al.. (2024). A Narrative-Gamified Mental Health App (Kuamsha) for Adolescents in Uganda: Mixed Methods Feasibility and Acceptability Study. JMIR Serious Games. 12. e59381–e59381. 1 indexed citations

Pozuelo, Julia R, Alan Stein, Michelle G. Craske, et al.. (2023). User-Centered Design of a Gamified Mental Health App for Adolescents in Sub-Saharan Africa: Multicycle Usability Testing Study. JMIR Formative Research. 7. e51423–e51423. 10 indexed citations

Wright, Kim, et al.. (2022). Adapted Behavioural Activation for Bipolar Depression: A Randomised Multiple Baseline Case Series. Brain Sciences. 12(10). 1407–1407. 2 indexed citations

O’Mahen, Heather, Adele M. Hayes, Mohammod Mostazir, et al.. (2021). A comparison of the effects of sudden gains and depression spikes on short- and long-term depressive symptoms in a randomized controlled trial of behavioral activation and cognitive behavioural therapy.. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 89(12). 957–969. 4 indexed citations

Cadman, Tim, Alex S. F. Kwong, Paul Moran, et al.. (2021). Joint associations of parental personality traits and socio‐economic position with trajectories of offspring depression: Findings from up to 6925 families in a UK birth cohort. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(3). e12028–e12028. 3 indexed citations

Ford, Tamsin, et al.. (2021). Prioritising Targets for School-Based ADHD Interventions: A Delphi Survey. School Mental Health. 13(2). 235–249. 3 indexed citations

Ingram, Jenny, Debbie Johnson, Heather O’Mahen, et al.. (2021). ‘Asking for help’: a qualitative interview study exploring the experiences of interpersonal counselling (IPC) compared to low-intensity cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) for women with depression during pregnancy. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 21(1). 765–765. 1 indexed citations

Ingram, Jenny, Debbie Johnson, Sarah Johnson, et al.. (2019). Protocol for a feasibility randomised trial of low-intensity interventions for antenatal depression: ADAGIO trial comparing interpersonal counselling with cognitive behavioural therapy. BMJ Open. 9(8). e032649–e032649. 2 indexed citations

Pettman, Danelle, Heather O’Mahen, Agneta Skoog Svanberg, et al.. (2019). Effectiveness and acceptability of cognitive–behavioural therapy based interventions for maternal peripartum depression: a systematic review, meta-analysis and thematic synthesis protocol. BMJ Open. 9(12). e032659–e032659. 4 indexed citations

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Lynch, Thomas R., Roelie Hempel, Ben Whalley, et al.. (2019). Refractory depression – mechanisms and efficacy of radically open dialectical behaviour therapy (RefraMED): findings of a randomised trial on benefits and harms. The British Journal of Psychiatry. 216(4). 204–212. 20 indexed citations

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Lynch, Thomas R., Roelie Hempel, Ben Whalley, et al.. (2018). Radically open dialectical behaviour therapy for refractory depression: the RefraMED RCT. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(7). 1–112. 16 indexed citations

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O’Mahen, Heather, Nicholas J. Moberly, & Kim Wright. (2018). Trajectories of Change in a Group Behavioral Activation Treatment for Severe, Recurrent Depression. Behavior Therapy. 50(3). 504–514. 2 indexed citations

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Finning, Katie, David Richards, Lucy Moore, et al.. (2017). Cost and outcome of behavioural activation versus cognitive behavioural therapy for depression (COBRA): a qualitative process evaluation. BMJ Open. 7(4). e014161–e014161. 21 indexed citations

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O’Mahen, Heather, et al.. (2017). Shape of change in internet based behavioral activation treatment for depression. Behaviour Research and Therapy. 95. 107–116. 19 indexed citations

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Lynch, Thomas R., Ben Whalley, Roelie Hempel, et al.. (2015). Refractory depression: mechanisms and evaluation of radically open dialectical behaviour therapy (RO-DBT) [REFRAMED]: protocol for randomised trial. BMJ Open. 5(7). e008857–e008857. 21 indexed citations

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O’Mahen, Heather, et al.. (2014). Rumination decreases parental problem-solving effectiveness in dysphoric postnatal mothers. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry. 47. 18–24. 28 indexed citations

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Rhodes, Shelley, David Richards, David Ekers, et al.. (2014). Cost and outcome of behavioural activation versus cognitive behaviour therapy for depression (COBRA): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials. 15(1). 29–29. 25 indexed citations

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Farmer, Caroline, Paul Farrand, & Heather O’Mahen. (2012). ‘I am not a depressed person’: How identity conflict affects help-seeking rates for major depressive disorder. BMC Psychiatry. 12(1). 164–164. 19 indexed citations

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O’Mahen, Heather & Heather A. Flynn. (2008). Preferences and Perceived Barriers to Treatment for Depression during the Perinatal Period. Journal of Women s Health. 17(8). 1301–1309. 214 indexed citations

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O’Mahen, Heather, et al.. (2006). Looking ahead: Preparing psychologists for administrative roles in medical settings.. Professional Psychology Research and Practice. 37(3). 278–282. 4 indexed citations

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