Peter Birleson

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
35 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Peter Birleson is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, General Health Professions and Speech and Hearing. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Birleson has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Clinical Psychology, 17 papers in General Health Professions and 5 papers in Speech and Hearing. Recurrent topics in Peter Birleson's work include Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (18 papers), Child and Adolescent Health (15 papers) and Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare (5 papers). Peter Birleson is often cited by papers focused on Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (18 papers), Child and Adolescent Health (15 papers) and Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare (5 papers). Peter Birleson collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and Denmark. Peter Birleson's co-authors include Sula Wolff, Irene L. Hudson, Ernest Luk, Alasdair Vance, John Mathai, Petra K. Staiger, Li Ping Wong, Louise Newman, Peter Brann and Bruce J. Tonge and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology and Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry.

In The Last Decade

Peter Birleson

33 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

THE VALIDITY OF DEPRESSIVE DISORDER IN CHILDHOOD AND THE ... 1981 2026 1996 2011 1981 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. THE VALIDITY OF DEPRESSIVE DISORDER IN CHILDHOOD AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SELF‐RATING SCALE: A RESEARCH REPORT
    1981 707 citations Peter Birleson Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Peter Birleson Australia 11 961 207 202 199 182 35 1.3k
Gail A. Edelsohn United States 16 1.1k 1.2× 170 0.8× 166 0.8× 341 1.7× 223 1.2× 31 1.5k
Alan E. Kazdin United States 9 1.1k 1.2× 298 1.4× 146 0.7× 230 1.2× 202 1.1× 10 1.4k
Tonya D. Armstrong United States 9 791 0.8× 144 0.7× 242 1.2× 160 0.8× 181 1.0× 12 1.3k
E. Jane Costello United States 4 874 0.9× 175 0.8× 183 0.9× 269 1.4× 261 1.4× 5 1.1k
Henrikje Klasen United Kingdom 11 740 0.8× 155 0.7× 157 0.8× 291 1.5× 210 1.2× 14 1.1k
Angus H. Thompson Canada 22 851 0.9× 322 1.6× 333 1.6× 122 0.6× 280 1.5× 42 1.6k
Abbie K. Frost United States 14 1.4k 1.4× 281 1.4× 323 1.6× 264 1.3× 154 0.8× 20 1.8k
Nancy A. Smider United States 15 922 1.0× 422 2.0× 153 0.8× 288 1.4× 111 0.6× 18 1.5k
L Whaites Australia 5 654 0.7× 147 0.7× 188 0.9× 180 0.9× 209 1.1× 6 1.0k
Kenneth G. Jung United States 11 771 0.8× 107 0.5× 146 0.7× 125 0.6× 212 1.2× 14 1.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Peter Birleson

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peter Birleson

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Birleson, Peter. (2009). Should youth mental health become a specialty in its own right? No. BMJ. 339(aug26 1). b3371–b3371. 13 indexed citations
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Birleson, Peter & Alasdair Vance. (2008). Developing the ‘Youth Model’ in Mental Health Services. Australasian Psychiatry. 16(1). 22–26. 21 indexed citations
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Birleson, Peter & Peter Brann. (2006). Reviewing the learning organisation model in a child and adolescent mental health service. Australian Health Review. 30(2). 181–194. 8 indexed citations
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Vance, Alasdair, et al.. (2002). Early Onset Dysthymic Disorder in Children and Adolescents: Clinical Implications and Future Directions. Child and Adolescent Mental Health. 7(2). 79–84. 5 indexed citations
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Luk, Ernest, et al.. (2001). Children with persistent conduct problems who dropout of treatment. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 10(1). 28–36. 61 indexed citations
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Birleson, Peter, Peter Brann, & Amanda Smith. (2001). Using program theory to develop keyperformance indicators for child andadolescent mental health services. Australian Health Review. 24(1). 10–21. 6 indexed citations
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Sheehan, Rosemary, et al.. (2001). Working Together for Children at Risk. Children Australia. 26(3). 33–37. 3 indexed citations
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Birleson, Peter, et al.. (2000). The Mental Health of Young People in Australia: Child and Adolescent Component of the National Survey — A Commentary. Australasian Psychiatry. 8(4). 358–362. 10 indexed citations
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Birleson, Peter. (2000). Child and Family Assessment: Clinical Guidelines for Practitioners. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. 34(2). 351–352. 4 indexed citations
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Birleson, Peter. (1999). Turning Child and Adolescent Mental-Health Services into Learning Organizations. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 4(2). 265–274. 18 indexed citations
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Birleson, Peter. (1998). Building a learning organisation in a child and adolescent mental health service. Australian Health Review. 21(3). 223–240. 17 indexed citations
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Luk, Ernest, et al.. (1998). Assessment in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: Does Training and Years of Experience Count?. Australasian Psychiatry. 6(3). 128–129. 1 indexed citations
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Birleson, Peter & Ernest Luk. (1997). Continuing the Debate on a Separate Adolescent Psychiatry. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. 31(4). 447–451. 5 indexed citations
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Bond, Lyndal, Lyn Littlefield, Peter Birleson, et al.. (1996). Child Behaviour Checklist classification of behaviour disorder. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 32(5). 405–411. 31 indexed citations
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Birleson, Peter. (1996). Dancing with Health Bureaucrats: Redeveloping Victoria's Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 1(2). 295–304. 1 indexed citations
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Birleson, Peter. (1988). Family therapy in the 1980s. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 24(6). 334–336. 1 indexed citations
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Birleson, Peter, et al.. (1987). CLINICAL EVALUATION OF A SELF‐RATING SCALE FOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER IN CHILDHOOD (DEPRESSION SELF‐RATING SCALE). Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 28(1). 43–60. 258 indexed citations
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Birleson, Peter. (1986). Depression in childhood. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 22(1). 7–10. 4 indexed citations
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Birleson, Peter & John Sills. (1981). The use of a double-blind drug trial in family therapy to demedicalize a problem. Journal of Family Therapy. 3(1). 31–38. 1 indexed citations
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Birleson, Peter. (1980). DEPRESSION IN CHILDHOOD. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology. 22(4). 518–521. 6 indexed citations

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