Kathryn M. Abel

13.9k total citations · 5 hit papers
172 papers, 8.0k citations indexed

About

Kathryn M. Abel is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Kathryn M. Abel has authored 172 papers receiving a total of 8.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 81 papers in Clinical Psychology, 69 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 28 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Kathryn M. Abel's work include Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum (65 papers), Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (36 papers) and Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare (23 papers). Kathryn M. Abel is often cited by papers focused on Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum (65 papers), Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (36 papers) and Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare (23 papers). Kathryn M. Abel collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Sweden. Kathryn M. Abel's co-authors include Roger T. Webb, Matthias Pierce, Holly Hope, Evangelos Kontopantelis, Sally McManus, Matthew Hotopf, Ann John, Stephani L. Hatch, Tamsin Ford and Simon Wessely and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and American Journal of Psychiatry.

In The Last Decade

Kathryn M. Abel

165 papers receiving 7.8k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

Mental health before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal probability sample survey of the UK population

2020 1.9k citations Matthias Pierce, Holly Hope et al. profile →
Sex differences in schizophrenia

2010 549 citations Kathryn M. Abel, Richard Drake et al. profile →
Higher Risk of Offspring Schizophrenia Following Antenatal Maternal Exposure to Severe Adverse Life Events

2008 406 citations Kathryn M. Abel, Roger T. Webb et al. profile →
Mental health responses to the COVID-19 pandemic: a latent class trajectory analysis using longitudinal UK data

2021 262 citations Matthias Pierce, Sally McManus et al. profile →
Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on primary care-recorded mental illness and self-harm episodes in the UK: a population-based cohort study

2021 188 citations Roger T. Webb, Carolyn Chew‐Graham et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Enhancing referrals to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: the EN-CAMHS mixed-methods study 2025 ·PubMed ·Kathryn M. Abel, Pauline Whelan, Lesley‐Anne Carter, (unknown), Charlotte Stockton-Powdrell, Kerry Gutridge, Lamiece Hassan, Rachel Elvins, Julian Edbrooke‐Childs	0
2	Emotional disorders among children and young people in England from 2004 to 2017: analysis of a probability sample survey series 2025 ·The British Journal of Psychiatry ·Vicky P. Taxiarchi, Joanna Anderson, Kathryn M. Abel, Tamsin Ford, Tamsin Newlove‐Delgado, Sally McManus, Yushi Bai, Matthias Pierce	1
3	Culturally sensitive mental health research: a scoping review 2025 ·BMC Psychiatry ·Paul Lyons, (unknown), (unknown), Kathryn M. Abel	1
4	The causal association between maternal depression, anxiety, and infection in pregnancy and neurodevelopmental disorders among 410 461 children: a population study using quasi-negative control cohorts and sibling analysis 2024 ·Psychological Medicine ·Holly Hope, Matthias Pierce, (unknown), Maja R Radojčić, (unknown), Vicky P. Taxiarchi, Kathryn M. Abel	4
5	Representativeness in health research studies: an audit of Greater Manchester Clinical Research Network studies between 2016 and 2021 2023 ·BMC Medicine ·Kathryn M. Abel, Maja R Radojčić, (unknown), (unknown), Pauline Whelan, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Peter Bower, Holly Hope	1
6	Maternal mental illness and child atopy: a UK population-based, primary care cohort study 2023 ·British Journal of General Practice ·Cemre Su Osam, Holly Hope, Darren M. Ashcroft, Kathryn M. Abel, Matthias Pierce	0
7	Excess years of life lost to COVID-19 and other causes of death by sex, neighbourhood deprivation, and region in England and Wales during 2020: A registry-based study 2022 ·PLoS Medicine ·Evangelos Kontopantelis, Mamas A. Mamas, Roger T. Webb, Ana Cristina Castro-Ávila, Martin K. Rutter, Chris P Gale, Darren M. Ashcroft, Matthias Pierce, Kathryn M. Abel, Gareth Price, Corinne Faivre‐Finn, Harriette G.C. Van Spall, Michelle M. Graham, Marcello Morciano, Glen P. Martin, Matt Sutton, Tim Doran	30
8	Association between parental mental illness and autoimmune diseases in the offspring – A nationwide register-based cohort study in Sweden 2022 ·Journal of Psychiatric Research ·(unknown), Matthias Pierce, Kathryn M. Abel, Marios Rossides, Susanne Wicks, Christina Dalman, Kyriaki Kosidou	14
9	Association of pregnancy complications/risk factors with the development of future long-term health conditions in women: overarching protocol for umbrella reviews 2022 ·BMJ Open ·Megha Singh, Francesca L. Crowe, Shakila Thangaratinam, Kathryn M. Abel, Mairead Black, Kelvin Okoth, Richard D Riley, Kelly‐Ann Eastwood, Holly Hope, (unknown), (unknown), Siang Ing Lee, Katherine W. Phillips, Zoë Vowles, Neil Cockburn, Ngawai Moss, Krishnarajah Nirantharakumar	2
10	Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of psychiatric mother and baby units: quasi-experimental study 2022 ·The British Journal of Psychiatry ·Louise M. Howard, Kylee Trevillion, Laura Potts, Margaret Heslin, Andrew Pickles, Sarah Byford, (unknown), Clare Dolman, Stacey Jennings, Sonia Johnson, Ian Jones, Rebecca McDonald, Susan Pawlby, Claire Powell, Gertrude Seneviratne, Rebekah Shallcross, Nicky Stanley, Angelika Wieck, Kathryn M. Abel	13
11	Protocol for a quasi-experimental study of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of mother and baby units compared with general psychiatric inpatient wards and crisis resolution team services (The ESMI study) in the provision of care for women in the postpartum period 2019 ·BMJ Open ·Kylee Trevillion, Rebekah Shallcross, Elizabeth Ryan, Margaret Heslin, Andrew Pickles, Sarah Byford, Ian Jones, Sonia Johnson, Susan Pawlby, Nicky Stanley, Diana Rose, Gertrude Seneviratne, Angelika Wieck, Stacey Jennings, Laura Potts, Kathryn M. Abel, Louise M. Howard	14
12	Culturally adapted Family Intervention (CaFI) for African-Caribbean people diagnosed with schizophrenia and their families: a mixed-methods feasibility study of development, implementation and acceptability 2018 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Dawn Edge, Amy Degnan, Sarah Cotterill, Katherine Berry, John Baker, Richard Drake, Kathryn M. Abel	19
13	An exploratory study of women prisoners’ attitudes towards their self-harm and the use of medical skin camouflage 2018 ·Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology ·Kerry Gutridge, (unknown), (unknown), Heather Mitchell, Jennifer Philbin, Tammi Walker, (unknown), Louise Robinson, Kathryn M. Abel	8
14	Natural variation in maternal sensitivity is reflected in maternal brain responses to infant stimuli. 2016 ·Behavioral Neuroscience ·Alya Elmadih, Ming Wai Wan, Darragh Downey, Rebecca Elliott, James E. Swain, Kathryn M. Abel	36
15	A pragmatic randomised controlled trial to compare antidepressants with a community-based psychosocial intervention for the treatment of women with postnatal depression: the RESPOND trial 2010 ·Health Technology Assessment ·Debbie Sharp, Carolyn Chew‐Graham, André Tylee, Glyn Lewis, Louise M. Howard, Ian Anderson, Kathryn M. Abel, Katrina Turner, (unknown), Debbie Tallon, (unknown), T. J. Peters	75
16	Psychiatric illness and its management in pregnancy and the puerperium 2002 ·Research Explorer (The University of Manchester) ·Kathryn M. Abel	7
17	Repeated testing of PPI and habituation of the startle reflex: a study in healthy human controls 1998 ·Journal of Psychopharmacology ·Kathryn M. Abel, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), M.A. Geyer	2
18	Saison de naissance, complications obstétricales et schizophrénie 1996 ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Kathryn M. Abel, (unknown), (unknown)	1
19	Enhancement of the Prolactin response to D-fenfluramine challenge in drug-naive schizophrenia 1996 ·The British Journal of Psychiatry ·Kathryn M. Abel, Veronica O’Keane, Robin Murray	3
20	Planning community mental health services for women : a multiprofessional handbook 1996 ·Research Explorer (The University of Manchester) ·Kathryn M. Abel	8

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