Melvin Sabshin

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
50 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Melvin Sabshin is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Philosophy and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Melvin Sabshin has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Clinical Psychology, 11 papers in Philosophy and 5 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Melvin Sabshin's work include Mental Health and Psychiatry (11 papers), Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications (7 papers) and Mental Health Treatment and Access (3 papers). Melvin Sabshin is often cited by papers focused on Mental Health and Psychiatry (11 papers), Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications (7 papers) and Mental Health Treatment and Access (3 papers). Melvin Sabshin collaborates with scholars based in United States. Melvin Sabshin's co-authors include Danuta Ehrlich, Leonard Schatzman, Anselm Strauss, Rue Bucher, Eliot Freidson, Daniel Offer, Derek L. Phillips, H. Keith H. Brodie, Carolyn B. Mueller and David K. Marcus and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and American Journal of Psychiatry.

In The Last Decade

Melvin Sabshin

44 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

Depression: Clinical, Exp... 1968 2026 1987 2006 1968 200 400 600
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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.

  1. Depression: Clinical, Experimental and Theoretical Aspects.
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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Melvin Sabshin United States 15 880 446 361 332 307 50 2.0k
Karl A. Menninger United States 19 922 1.0× 323 0.7× 152 0.4× 358 1.1× 123 0.4× 63 2.0k
WILLIAM OFFENKRANTZ United States 9 1.2k 1.4× 810 1.8× 256 0.7× 269 0.8× 154 0.5× 17 2.2k
Stephen I. Abramowitz United States 23 957 1.1× 529 1.2× 164 0.5× 298 0.9× 150 0.5× 100 1.8k
Paul Chodoff United States 23 1.5k 1.7× 587 1.3× 302 0.8× 366 1.1× 293 1.0× 86 2.6k
Raymond Cochrane United Kingdom 26 1.1k 1.3× 725 1.6× 577 1.6× 581 1.8× 178 0.6× 59 2.4k
Alan A. Stone United States 24 930 1.1× 294 0.7× 542 1.5× 306 0.9× 80 0.3× 98 2.2k
W. Grant Dahlstrom United States 19 1.1k 1.2× 544 1.2× 320 0.9× 273 0.8× 406 1.3× 44 2.5k
Thomas I. Miller United States 9 1.0k 1.2× 401 0.9× 146 0.4× 164 0.5× 183 0.6× 15 1.7k
George W. Albee United States 28 1.2k 1.4× 707 1.6× 835 2.3× 281 0.8× 88 0.3× 146 2.7k
Robert Kastenbaum United States 22 911 1.0× 809 1.8× 230 0.6× 345 1.0× 258 0.8× 104 2.2k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Melvin Sabshin

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Weissman, Sidney, et al.. (1999). Psychiatry in the new millennium. 3 indexed citations
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Frances, Allen, Thomas A. Widiger, & Melvin Sabshin. (1991). Psychiatric diagnosis and normality.. 2 indexed citations
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Sabshin, Melvin. (1991). Comorbidity: A Central Concern of Psychiatry in the 1990s. Psychiatric Services. 42(4). 345–345. 12 indexed citations
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Sabshin, Melvin. (1990). Turning points in twentieth-century American psychiatry. American Journal of Psychiatry. 147(10). 1267–1274. 45 indexed citations
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Sabshin, Melvin. (1990). Report of the Medical Director. American Journal of Psychiatry. 147(10). 1411–1417. 10 indexed citations
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Sabshin, Melvin. (1985). Psychoanalysis and Psychiatry: Models for Potential Future Relations. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association. 33(2). 473–491. 5 indexed citations
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Offer, Daniel & Melvin Sabshin. (1984). Normality and the life cycle : a critical integration. Basic Books. 26 indexed citations
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Sabshin, Melvin. (1981). Report of the Medical Director. American Journal of Psychiatry. 138(10). 1418–1421. 1 indexed citations
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Sabshin, Melvin. (1980). Report of the Medical Director. American Journal of Psychiatry. 137(10). 1308–1312. 7 indexed citations
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Sabshin, Melvin. (1979). Report of the Medical Director. American Journal of Psychiatry. 136(10). 1373–1379. 1 indexed citations
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Sabshin, Melvin. (1977). Some Comments About the Internship. Academic Psychiatry. 1(1). 29–32. 2 indexed citations
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Brodie, H. Keith H. & Melvin Sabshin. (1973). An Overview of Trends in Psychiatric Research: 1963-1972. American Journal of Psychiatry. 130(12). 1309–1318. 25 indexed citations
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Sabshin, Melvin. (1969). The Anti-Community Mental Health "Movement". American Journal of Psychiatry. 125(8). 1005–1012. 10 indexed citations
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Offer, Daniel & Melvin Sabshin. (1967). Research Alliance vs. Therapeutic Alliance: A Comparison. American Journal of Psychiatry. 123(12). 1519–1526. 12 indexed citations
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Sabshin, Melvin. (1966). The Boundaries of Community Psychiatry. Social Service Review. 40(3). 246–254. 4 indexed citations
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Offer, Daniel, Melvin Sabshin, & David K. Marcus. (1965). CLINICAL EVALUATION OF NORMAL ADOLESCENTS. American Journal of Psychiatry. 121(9). 864–872. 27 indexed citations
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Gedo, John E., et al.. (1964). “Studies on Hysteria” A Methodological Evaluation. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association. 12(4). 734–751. 10 indexed citations
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Sabshin, Melvin, et al.. (1957). THE EFFECTS OF WARD TENSION ON THE QUALITY AND QUANTITY OF TRANQUILIZER UTILIZATION. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 67(10). 746–757. 14 indexed citations
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Sabshin, Melvin. (1956). Pharmacotherapeutic Evaluation and the Psychiatric Setting. Archives of Neurology And Psychiatry. 75(4). 362–362. 38 indexed citations
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Sabshin, Melvin, et al.. (1954). ON THE GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST, AND THE EFFECT ON THE FORMED ELEMENTS OF THE BLOOD OF GLUCOSE AND EPINEPHRINE IN SCHIZOPHRENIA. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 119(1). 31–42. 2 indexed citations

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