Simon Hatcher

5.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
108 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Simon Hatcher is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Simon Hatcher has authored 108 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Clinical Psychology, 32 papers in Social Psychology and 25 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Simon Hatcher's work include Suicide and Self-Harm Studies (30 papers), Mental Health Treatment and Access (23 papers) and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (11 papers). Simon Hatcher is often cited by papers focused on Suicide and Self-Harm Studies (30 papers), Mental Health Treatment and Access (23 papers) and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (11 papers). Simon Hatcher collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand, Canada and United Kingdom. Simon Hatcher's co-authors include Bruce Arroll, Ngaire Kerse, Felicity Goodyear‐Smith, Jane Gunn, Sue Crengle, Karen Falloon, Tana Fishman, David Gill, Sally Merry and Allan House and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Clinical Infectious Diseases and Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Simon Hatcher

101 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Validation of PHQ-2 and PHQ-9 to Screen for Major Depression in the Primary Care Population

2010 909 citations Bruce Arroll, Felicity Goodyear‐Smith et al. The Annals of Family Medicine profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Simon Hatcher	1.4k	962	859	578	377	108	3.3k
Michael Acree	1.4k 1.1×	686 0.7×	852 1.0×	577 1.0×	351 0.9×	70	3.8k
Kerstin Gräfe	1.4k 1.0×	759 0.8×	844 1.0×	621 1.1×	434 1.2×	11	3.7k
Graham Meadows	1.8k 1.3×	1.3k 1.3×	1.2k 1.4×	545 0.9×	302 0.8×	138	3.5k
Rüya‐Daniela Kocalevent	1.2k 0.9×	708 0.7×	579 0.7×	383 0.7×	342 0.9×	33	2.6k
Juan Ángel Bellón	980 0.7×	920 1.0×	843 1.0×	422 0.7×	447 1.2×	91	3.0k
Graciela Rojas	1.4k 1.0×	759 0.8×	1.3k 1.5×	335 0.6×	616 1.6×	87	2.7k
Belinda H. Operskalski	1.8k 1.3×	582 0.6×	933 1.1×	1.0k 1.7×	483 1.3×	44	3.3k
Neerja Chowdhary	1.6k 1.2×	1.1k 1.1×	1.5k 1.7×	395 0.7×	652 1.7×	48	3.4k
Tadashi Takeshima	1.4k 1.0×	789 0.8×	805 0.9×	339 0.6×	327 0.9×	76	2.8k
John S. Wiebe	1.1k 0.8×	596 0.6×	599 0.7×	407 0.7×	239 0.6×	42	2.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simon Hatcher

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20 of 20 papers shown

Hatcher, Simon, et al.. (2025). Designing a trauma informed service to deliver trauma therapy with people experiencing homelessness: a qualitative study. BMC Health Services Research. 25(1). 1350–1350.

Schaffer, Ayal, et al.. (2025). Sex differences in the clinical characteristics of suicide among individuals with bipolar disorder: An observational study of coroner data in Toronto. Journal of Affective Disorders. 395(Pt B). 120595–120595.

Hatcher, Simon, et al.. (2024). A Comparison of Suicides in Public Safety Personnel With Suicides in the General Population in Ontario, 2014 to 2018. Crisis. 45(5). 355–363.

Bennett, Alexandria, Jeffrey W. Jutai, Peter Burke, et al.. (2023). Applying the Theoretical Domains Framework to identify police, fire, and paramedic preferences for accessing mental health care in a First Responder Operational Stress Injury Clinic: a qualitative study. Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada. 43(10/11). 431–449. 3 indexed citations

Bennett, Alexandria, et al.. (2022). Interventions to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in vulnerably housed populations and trauma-informed care: a scoping review. BMJ Open. 12(3). e051079–e051079. 9 indexed citations

Brenna, Connor T. A., Paul S. Links, Maxwell Tran, et al.. (2021). Innovations in suicide assessment and prevention during pandemics. Public Health Research & Practice. 31(3). 5 indexed citations

Owens, David, Alexandra Wright‐Hughes, Liz Graham, et al.. (2020). Problem-solving therapy rather than treatment as usual for adults after self-harm: a pragmatic, feasibility, randomised controlled trial (the MIDSHIPS trial). Pilot and Feasibility Studies. 6(1). 119–119. 6 indexed citations

Martin, Michael S., et al.. (2016). Diagnostic Error in Correctional Mental Health. Journal of Correctional Health Care. 22(2). 109–117. 9 indexed citations

Hatcher, Simon & Bruce Arroll. (2012). Newer antidepressants for the treatment of depression in adults. BMJ. 344(jan18 3). d8300–d8300. 7 indexed citations

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Hatcher, Simon, Cynthia Sharon, Varsha Parag, & Nicola Collins. (2011). Problem-solving therapy for people who present to hospital with self-harm: Zelen randomised controlled trial. The British Journal of Psychiatry. 199(4). 310–316. 48 indexed citations

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Collings, Sunny, Fiona Mathieson, Anthony Dowell, et al.. (2011). Acceptability of a guided self-help mental health intervention in general practice. Family Practice. 29(1). 43–49. 9 indexed citations

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Arroll, Bruce, Felicity Goodyear‐Smith, Sue Crengle, et al.. (2010). Validation of PHQ-2 and PHQ-9 to Screen for Major Depression in the Primary Care Population. The Annals of Family Medicine. 8(4). 348–353. 909 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kerse, Ngaire, Karen Hayman, Simon Moyes, et al.. (2010). Home-Based Activity Program for Older People With Depressive Symptoms: DeLLITE-A Randomized Controlled Trial. The Annals of Family Medicine. 8(3). 214–223. 89 indexed citations

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Arroll, Bruce, Felicity Goodyear‐Smith, Ngaire Kerse, et al.. (2009). The prevalence of depression among Maori patients in Auckland general practice.. PubMed. 1(1). 26–9. 8 indexed citations

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Hatcher, Simon, et al.. (2009). Beyond Randomized Controlled Trials in Attempted Suicide Research. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior. 39(4). 396–407. 14 indexed citations

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Barbui, Corrado, et al.. (2007). Depression in adults: drug and physical treatments.. PubMed. 2007. 40 indexed citations

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Price, Jonathan, et al.. (2007). Depression in adults: psychological treatments and care pathways.. PubMed. 2007. 14 indexed citations

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Hatcher, Simon. (1997). A survey of deliberate self harm services in New Zealand: shouldn't we be doing better?. PubMed. 110(1039). 74–5. 2 indexed citations

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Hatcher, Simon, et al.. (1990). The Effects of Chronic Lithium Treatment on Psychomotor Performance Related to Driving. The British Journal of Psychiatry. 157(2). 275–278. 24 indexed citations

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Hatcher, Simon, et al.. (1986). Personality and Drinking Behaviour in Medical Students. British Journal of Addiction. 81(4). 573–575. 2 indexed citations

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