Paul Hüsing

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 632 citations indexed

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Paul Hüsing is a scholar working on Psychiatry and Mental health, Philosophy and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul Hüsing has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 632 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health, 13 papers in Philosophy and 8 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Paul Hüsing's work include Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments (16 papers), Mental Health and Psychiatry (13 papers) and Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research (10 papers). Paul Hüsing is often cited by papers focused on Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments (16 papers), Mental Health and Psychiatry (13 papers) and Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research (10 papers). Paul Hüsing collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Netherlands. Paul Hüsing's co-authors include Bernd Löwe, Anne Toussaint, Martin Härter, Katja Wingenfeld, Antje Gumz, Elisabeth Schramm, Sebastian Kohlmann, Meike Shedden‐Mora, Angelika Weigel and Katharina Piontek and has published in prestigious journals such as Psychological Medicine, Journal of Affective Disorders and Psychosomatic Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Paul Hüsing

17 papers receiving 618 citations

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Sensitivity to change and minimal clinically important difference of the 7-item Generalized Anxiety Disorder Questionnaire (GAD-7)

2020 345 citations Anne Toussaint, Paul Hüsing et al. Journal of Affective Disorders profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Paul Hüsing Germany	11	263	228	127	106	86	22	632
Daniel J. Devoe Canada	18	394 1.5×	395 1.7×	131 1.0×	123 1.2×	81 0.9×	38	923
Laura Sirri Italy	19	453 1.7×	257 1.1×	109 0.9×	140 1.3×	125 1.5×	30	882
M. García-García Spain	8	396 1.5×	164 0.7×	101 0.8×	53 0.5×	126 1.5×	10	665
Sai Zhao United Kingdom	15	356 1.4×	281 1.2×	50 0.4×	81 0.8×	94 1.1×	28	654
Jentien M. Vermeulen Netherlands	16	422 1.6×	240 1.1×	53 0.4×	96 0.9×	95 1.1×	58	804
Monika Mussell Germany	8	383 1.5×	252 1.1×	136 1.1×	124 1.2×	157 1.8×	8	951
Krystyna Górna Poland	14	333 1.3×	165 0.7×	66 0.5×	77 0.7×	88 1.0×	41	769
Joan M. Anzia United States	8	418 1.6×	208 0.9×	35 0.3×	111 1.0×	112 1.3×	16	701
Abbey R. Roach United States	10	127 0.5×	170 0.7×	95 0.7×	34 0.3×	40 0.5×	15	542
Jordan Bertsch Spain	14	552 2.1×	278 1.2×	100 0.8×	81 0.8×	173 2.0×	24	763

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Hüsing, Paul, et al.. (2025). Persistent somatic symptom severity in patients with borderline personality disorder: Trauma-related symptoms as mechanism for improvement during inpatient dialectical behavior therapy. Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 194. 112151–112151.

Hüsing, Paul, et al.. (2025). A personalized online intervention to enhance back pain-related self-efficacy: A two-arm randomized controlled trial (IDRIS). Internet Interventions. 42. 100892–100892.

Hüsing, Paul, et al.. (2024). Psychological risk factors of somatic symptom disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis of cross-sectional and longitudinal studies. Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 181. 111608–111608. 21 indexed citations

Hüsing, Paul, et al.. (2024). Response to Commentary: The framework for systematic reviews on psychological risk factors for persistent somatic symptoms and related syndromes and disorders (PSY-PSS). Frontiers in Psychiatry. 15. 1359434–1359434. 1 indexed citations

Hüsing, Paul, et al.. (2023). The framework for systematic reviews on psychological risk factors for persistent somatic symptoms and related syndromes and disorders (PSY-PSS). Frontiers in Psychiatry. 14. 1142484–1142484. 12 indexed citations

Hüsing, Paul, et al.. (2023). Patients' acceptance of explanatory models for persistent somatic symptoms: A qualitative analysis within the HERMES study. Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 170. 111347–111347. 2 indexed citations

Weigel, Angelika, et al.. (2023). Helpful explanatory models for persistent somatic symptoms (HERMES): Results of a three-arm randomized-controlled pilot trial. Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 172. 111419–111419. 6 indexed citations

Löwe, Bernd, et al.. (2022). From the identification of biopsychosocial risk factors to an increase in pain-related self-efficacy (IDRIS) – The online-based conveyance of an explanatory model for chronic back pain: Study protocol of a cohort multiple randomized controlled trial. Internet Interventions. 30. 100582–100582. 2 indexed citations

Hüsing, Paul, Bernd Löwe, Tim olde Hartman, Lisbeth Frostholm, & Angelika Weigel. (2021). Helpful explanatory models for somatoform symptoms (HERMES): study protocol of a randomised mixed-methods pilot trial. BMJ Open. 11(3). e044244–e044244. 3 indexed citations

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Hüsing, Paul, et al.. (2021). Persistence rate of DSM-5 somatic symptom disorder: 4-year follow-up in patients from a psychosomatic outpatient clinic. Comprehensive Psychiatry. 110. 152265–152265. 15 indexed citations

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Hüsing, Paul, et al.. (2021). Application and validation of the bodily distress syndrome checklist in a psychosomatic outpatient sample. General Hospital Psychiatry. 69. 104–110. 3 indexed citations

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Toussaint, Anne, Paul Hüsing, Sebastian Kohlmann, Elmar Brähler, & Bernd Löwe. (2020). Excessiveness in Symptom-Related Thoughts, Feelings, and Behaviors: An Investigation of Somatic Symptom Disorders in the General Population. Psychosomatic Medicine. 83(2). 164–170. 17 indexed citations

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Toussaint, Anne, Paul Hüsing, Antje Gumz, et al.. (2020). Sensitivity to change and minimal clinically important difference of the 7-item Generalized Anxiety Disorder Questionnaire (GAD-7). Journal of Affective Disorders. 265. 395–401. 345 indexed citations breakdown →

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Löwe, Bernd, James L. Levenson, Miriam K. Depping, et al.. (2020). Ten years of DSM-5 Somatic Symptom Disorders: A scoping review on empirical evidence. Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 133. 110072–110072.

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Toussaint, Anne, Paul Hüsing, Sebastian Kohlmann, & Bernd Löwe. (2019). Detecting DSM-5 somatic symptom disorder: criterion validity of the Patient Health Questionnaire-15 (PHQ-15) and the Somatic Symptom Scale-8 (SSS-8) in combination with the Somatic Symptom Disorder – B Criteria Scale (SSD-12). Psychological Medicine. 50(2). 324–333. 90 indexed citations

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Melchior, Hanne, Paul Hüsing, Annett Lotzin, et al.. (2019). Substance Abuse-Related Self-Stigma in Women with Substance Use Disorder and Comorbid Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. European Addiction Research. 25(1). 20–29. 23 indexed citations

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Hüsing, Paul, Bernd Löwe, & Anne Toussaint. (2018). Comparing the diagnostic concepts of ICD-10 somatoform disorders and DSM-5 somatic symptom disorders in patients from a psychosomatic outpatient clinic. Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 113. 74–80. 37 indexed citations

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Hüsing, Paul, et al.. (2018). Validity and sensitivity to change of the Somatic Symptom Disorder–B Criteria Scale (SSD-12) in a clinical population. General Hospital Psychiatry. 55. 20–26. 20 indexed citations

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Hüsing, Paul, Bernd Löwe, Katharina Piontek, & Meike Shedden‐Mora. (2018). Somatoform disorder in primary care: The influence of co‐morbidity with anxiety and depression on health care utilization. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice. 24(4). 892–900. 20 indexed citations

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Weigel, Angelika, Paul Hüsing, Sebastian Kohlmann, et al.. (2017). A European research network to improve diagnosis, treatment and care for patients with persistent somatic symptoms: Work report of the EURONET-SOMA conference series. Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 97. 136–138. 15 indexed citations

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