Richard Whittington

6.0k citations

107 papers · 4.2k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 36

Clinical Psychology top 0.5%
- Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints 40
- Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending 26
- Psychiatric care and mental health services 16
- Child Abuse and Trauma 14
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies 10
Radiological and Ultrasound Technology top 0.5%
Health top 2%
- Intimate Partner and Family Violence 12
General Health Professions top 1%
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout 12
Sociology and Political Science top 1%
- Workplace Violence and Bullying 32

Co-authors: Sue Winstanley Til Wykes Joy Duxbury Catrin Eames Lorraine Perry Philip Patterson Dirk Richter Len Bowers
Cited by: Clinical Psychology Radiological and Ultrasound Technology Health
Partner nations: United Kingdom Norway United States

In The Last Decade

Richard Whittington

100 papers receiving 3.9k citations

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2017 Examining the relationship between burnout and empathy in healthcare professionals: A systematic review

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1	Exploring Food-Related Coercion in Intellectual Disabilities: A Study on Challenges and Support in Norway Monica Røstad,Richard Whittington,Erik Søndenaa	2025	0
2	Abolition of coercion in mental health services – A European survey of feasibility Søren Birkeland,Tilman Steinert,Richard Whittington,Frederik Alkier Gildberg	2024	7
3	Zero Tolerance for Coercion? Historical, Cultural and Organisational Contexts for Effective Implementation of Coercion-Free Mental Health Services around the World Richard Whittington,Deborah Oyine Aluh,José Miguel Caldas‐de‐Almeida	2023	10
4	Investigation to identify individual socioeconomic and health determinants of suicidal ideation using responses to a cross-sectional, community-based public health survey Helen Mulholland,Jason C. McIntyre,Alina Haines‐Delmont,Richard Whittington,Terence Comerford,Rhiannon Corcoran	2021	16
5	Unidimensionality of the Strengths and Vulnerabilities Scales in the Short-Term Assessment of Risk and Treatability (START) Richard Whittington,Charlotte Pollak,Alice Keski-Valkama,Andrew Brown,Alina Haines‐Delmont,Jesper Bak,Jacob Hvidhjelm,Roger Almvik,Tom Palmstierna	2021	2
6	International variations in mental-health law regulating involuntary commitment of psychiatric patients as measured by the Mental Health Legislation Attitudes Scale Irina Georgieva,Richard Whittington,Christian Lauvrud,Tilman Steinert,Sofia Wikman,Peter Lepping,Joy Duxbury,Jón Snorri Snorrason,Adriana Mihai,Lene Lauge Berring,BN Raveesh,Roumen Vesselinov	2019	8
7	Contested understandings of recovery in mental health Rhiannah McCabe,Richard Whittington,Laura Cramond,Elizabeth Perkins	2018	34
8	Assessing Protective Factors for Violence Risk in U.K. General Mental Health Services Using the Structured Assessment of Protective Factors Alina Haines‐Delmont,Andrew Brown,Syed Fahad Javaid,Fayyaz Khan,Steve Noblett,Oladipupo Omodunbi,Khurram Sadiq,Wahid Zaman,Richard Whittington	2017	9
9	Examining the relationship between burnout and empathy in healthcare professionals: A systematic reviewbreakdown → H. Jean Wilkinson,Richard Whittington,Lorraine Perry,Catrin Eames	2017	317
10	Care home manager attitudes to balancing risk and autonomy for residents with dementia Elizabeth Evans,Elizabeth Perkins,Pam Clarke,Alina Haines‐Delmont,Ashley Baldwin,Richard Whittington	2016	32
11	A systematic review of risk assessment strategies for populations at high risk of engaging in violent behaviour: update 2002–8 Richard Whittington,JC Hockenhull,James McGuire,Maria Leitner,W Barr,Mary Gemma Cherry,Rachel Flentje,Beverley Quinn,Y Dündar,Rumona Dickson	2013	36
12	Resilience and professional quality of life in staff working with people with intellectual disabilities and offending behavior in community based and institutional settings Erik Søndenaa,Christian Lauvrud,Marita Sandvik,Kåre Nonstad,Richard Whittington	2013	5
13	Phase 2 study of preoperative radiation with concurrent capecitabine, oxaliplatin, and bevacizumab followed by surgery and postoperative 5‐fluorouracil, leucovorin, oxaliplatin (FOLFOX), and bevacizumab in patients with locally advanced rectal cancer: ECOG 3204 Jerome C. Landry,Yang Feng,Steven J. Cohen,Charles A. Staley,Richard Whittington,Elin R. Sigurdson,Halla Nimeiri,Udit Verma,Roshan S. Prabhu,Al B. Benson	2013	41
14	Physical restraint in a therapeutic setting; a necessary evil? Elizabeth Perkins,Helen Prosser,David Riley,Richard Whittington	2011	64
15	Aquatic Animal Health Subprogram: Current and future needs for aquatic animal health training and for systems for merit-based accreditation and competency assessments Matthew Landos,Navneet K. Dhand,J. B. Jones,Richard Whittington	2007	0
16	Verbal and non‐verbal behaviour immediately prior to aggression by mentally disordered people: enhancing the assessment of risk Richard Whittington,Philip Patterson	1996	27
17	Neoadjuvant combined modality program with selective organ preservation for invasive bladder cancer: results of Radiation Therapy Oncology Group phase II trial 8802. William Tester,Richard Caplan,John Heaney,Peter Venner,Richard Whittington,Roger W. Byhardt,Lawrence D. True,William U. Shipley	1996	201
18	An evaluation of staff training in psychological techniques for the management of patient aggression Richard Whittington,Til Wykes	1996	64
19	An observational study of associations between nurse behaviour and violence in psychiatric hospitals Richard Whittington,Til Wykes	1994	73
20	Violence in psychiatric hospitals: are certain staff prone to being assaulted? Richard Whittington,Til Wykes	1994	65

About Richard Whittington

Richard Whittington is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Health and Sociology and Political Science, having authored 107 papers that have together received 4.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints (40 papers), Workplace Violence and Bullying (32 papers), Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending (26 papers), Psychiatric care and mental health services (16 papers), Child Abuse and Trauma (14 papers), Intimate Partner and Family Violence (12 papers), Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout (12 papers) and Suicide and Self-Harm Studies (10 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Clinical Psychology (2.4k citations), Radiological and Ultrasound Technology (297 citations) and Health (390 citations). Richard Whittington has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, Norway and United States. Frequent co-authors include Sue Winstanley, Til Wykes, Joy Duxbury, Catrin Eames, Lorraine Perry, Philip Patterson, Dirk Richter, Len Bowers, Peter Lepping and Jan Bogg.

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