Karina Allen

4.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
99 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Karina Allen is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, Karina Allen has authored 99 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 81 papers in Clinical Psychology, 41 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 32 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in Karina Allen's work include Eating Disorders and Behaviors (73 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (36 papers) and Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders (28 papers). Karina Allen is often cited by papers focused on Eating Disorders and Behaviors (73 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (36 papers) and Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders (28 papers). Karina Allen collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and United States. Karina Allen's co-authors include Susan M. Byrne, Wendy H. Oddy, Anthea Fursland, Ross D. Crosby, Ulrike Schmidt, Neil J. McLean, Elizabeth A. Davis, Hunna J. Watson, Monique Robinson and Gina Trapp and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PEDIATRICS and Journal of Abnormal Psychology.

In The Last Decade

Karina Allen

98 papers receiving 3.0k citations

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The current clinical approach to feeding and eating disorders aimed to increase personalization of management

2025 13 citations Ulrike Schmidt, Angélica Medeiros Claudino et al. World Psychiatry profile →

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Deborah L. Reas Norway

Anna Keski‐Rahkonen Finland

Ángela S. Guarda United States

Andreas Karwautz Austria

Anu Raevuori Finland

Giovanni Abbate‐Daga Italy

Øyvind Rø Norway

Secondo Fassino Italy

Lauren B. Shomaker United States

Yael Latzer Israel

Deborah L. Reas Norway

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421 ×0.9

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476 ×1.7

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Schmidt, Ulrike, Angélica Medeiros Claudino, Fernando Fernández‐Aranda, et al.. (2025). The current clinical approach to feeding and eating disorders aimed to increase personalization of management. World Psychiatry. 24(1). 4–31. 13 indexed citations breakdown →

Monssen, Dina, Molly R. Davies, Helen Sharpe, et al.. (2025). Shortening duration of untreated illness in young people with first episode eating disorders: protocol of a randomised controlled feasibility trial of a smartphone friendly multi-modal decision-making tool (FREED-M) to improve help-seeking. Pilot and Feasibility Studies. 11(1). 14–14. 1 indexed citations

Allen, Karina, Amelia Austin, Michaela Flynn, et al.. (2025). Predictors of Treatment Outcome in an Early Intervention Eating Disorder Sample. International Journal of Eating Disorders. 59(3). 574–580.

Palmer, Emily, et al.. (2025). Implementation Fidelity in Early Intervention for Eating Disorders—A Multisite Pilot Study. Behavioral Sciences. 15(11). 1521–1521. 1 indexed citations

Richards, Katie, et al.. (2024). Clinician perspectives of the implementation of an early intervention service for eating disorders in England: a mixed method study. Journal of Eating Disorders. 12(1). 45–45. 2 indexed citations

Davies, Molly R., Dina Monssen, Helen Sharpe, et al.. (2023). Management of fraudulent participants in online research: Practical recommendations from a randomized controlled feasibility trial. International Journal of Eating Disorders. 57(6). 1311–1321. 22 indexed citations

Allen, Karina, Victoria Mountford, Michaela Flynn, et al.. (2022). A framework for conceptualising early intervention for eating disorders. European Eating Disorders Review. 31(2). 320–334. 40 indexed citations

Trapp, Gina, Hayley Christian, Karina Allen, et al.. (2022). Individual, Social, and Environmental Correlates of Energy Drink Use Among Adolescents. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. 54(3). 255–262. 4 indexed citations

Wade, Tracey, Karina Allen, Ross D. Crosby, et al.. (2020). Outpatient therapy for adult anorexia nervosa: Early weight gain trajectories and outcome. European Eating Disorders Review. 29(3). 472–481. 17 indexed citations

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Potterton, Rachel, Katie Richards, Karina Allen, & Ulrike Schmidt. (2020). Eating Disorders During Emerging Adulthood: A Systematic Scoping Review. Frontiers in Psychology. 10. 3062–3062. 63 indexed citations

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Allen, Karina, C O'Hara, Savani Bartholdy, et al.. (2020). Therapist written goodbye letters: evidence for therapeutic benefits in the treatment of anorexia nervosa. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy. 48(4). 419–431. 2 indexed citations

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Oddy, Wendy H., Karina Allen, Gina Trapp, et al.. (2018). Dietary patterns, body mass index and inflammation: Pathways to depression and mental health problems in adolescents. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 69. 428–439. 125 indexed citations

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Hart, Prue H., Robyn Lucas, John P. Walsh, et al.. (2014). Vitamin D in Fetal Development: Findings From a Birth Cohort Study. PEDIATRICS. 135(1). e167–e173. 84 indexed citations

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Harrington, John W. & Karina Allen. (2014). The Clinician's Guide to Autism. Pediatrics in Review. 35(2). 62–78. 35 indexed citations

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Tearne, Jessica, Karina Allen, Carly E. Herbison, et al.. (2014). The association between prenatal environment and children’s mental health trajectories from 2 to 14 years. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 24(9). 1015–1024. 44 indexed citations

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Allen, Karina, Susan M. Byrne, & Neil J. McLean. (2011). The dual-pathway and cognitive-behavioural models of binge eating: prospective evaluation and comparison. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 21(1). 51–62. 56 indexed citations

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Byrne, Susan M., Karina Allen, Amy M. Lampard, Emma Dove, & Anthea Fursland. (2009). The factor structure of the eating disorder examination in clinical and community samples. International Journal of Eating Disorders. 43(3). 260–265. 73 indexed citations

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Allen, Karina, Susan M. Byrne, David Forbes, & Wendy H. Oddy. (2009). Risk Factors for Full- and Partial-Syndrome Early Adolescent Eating Disorders: A Population-Based Pregnancy Cohort Study. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 48(8). 800–809. 59 indexed citations

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Allen, Karina, et al.. (2008). The onset and course of binge eating in 8- to 13-year-old healthy weight, overweight and obese children. Eating Behaviors. 9(4). 438–446. 76 indexed citations

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Allen, Karina, Susan M. Byrne, Neil J. McLean, & Elizabeth A. Davis. (2008). Overconcern with weight and shape is not the same as body dissatisfaction: Evidence from a prospective study of pre-adolescent boys and girls. Body Image. 5(3). 261–270. 75 indexed citations

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