Stephen Pilling

15.6k total citations · 6 hit papers
186 papers, 9.2k citations indexed

About

Stephen Pilling is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen Pilling has authored 186 papers receiving a total of 9.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 103 papers in Clinical Psychology, 55 papers in Social Psychology and 50 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Stephen Pilling's work include Mental Health Treatment and Access (52 papers), Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (34 papers) and Psychiatric care and mental health services (29 papers). Stephen Pilling is often cited by papers focused on Mental Health Treatment and Access (52 papers), Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (34 papers) and Psychiatric care and mental health services (29 papers). Stephen Pilling collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Canada. Stephen Pilling's co-authors include Paul Bebbington, Sonia Johnson, Rob Saunders, David Richards, Philippa Garety, Jonathan I. Bisson, Evan Mayo‐Wilson, Stuart Turner, Anke Ehlers and Craig Morgan and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Stephen Pilling

172 papers receiving 8.8k 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.

Psilocybin with psychological support for treatment-resistant depression: six-month follow-up

2017 646 citations Stephen Pilling et al. profile →
Psychological treatments for chronic post-traumatic stress disorder

2007 627 citations Stephen Pilling et al. The British Journal of Psychiatry profile →
Psychological treatments in schizophrenia: I. Meta-analysis of family intervention and cognitive behaviour therapy

2002 622 citations Stephen Pilling et al. profile →
Psychological and pharmacological interventions for social anxiety disorder in adults: a systematic review and network meta-analysis

2014 429 citations Sofia Dias, Ifigeneia Mavranezouli et al. profile →
A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials of peer support for people with severe mental illness

2014 379 citations Stephen Pilling et al. profile →
Risk factors for relapse and recurrence of depression in adults and how they operate: A four-phase systematic review and meta-synthesis

2018 242 citations Joshua E. J. Buckman, Katherine Clarke et al. profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Stephen Pilling	5.6k	2.4k	1.9k	1.7k	1.4k	186	9.2k
Sarah Byford	6.4k 1.1×	2.5k 1.0×	1.6k 0.9×	1.7k 1.0×	1.6k 1.1×	260	10.5k
Mythily Subramaniam	4.1k 0.7×	2.8k 1.2×	2.6k 1.3×	2.1k 1.2×	1.2k 0.8×	514	10.2k
Maarten W.J. Koeter	3.6k 0.6×	2.8k 1.2×	1.5k 0.8×	1.1k 0.6×	1.3k 1.0×	193	8.7k
Margreet ten Have	4.4k 0.8×	2.1k 0.9×	2.5k 1.3×	1.7k 1.0×	1.8k 1.3×	183	9.0k
Siow Ann Chong	3.5k 0.6×	2.2k 0.9×	2.3k 1.2×	1.8k 1.0×	984 0.7×	353	8.2k
Jair de Jesus Mari	5.2k 0.9×	2.7k 1.1×	2.7k 1.4×	2.4k 1.4×	945 0.7×	395	10.7k
Roger Mulder	6.6k 1.2×	3.3k 1.4×	1.5k 0.8×	1.0k 0.6×	1.5k 1.1×	329	11.9k
Giovanni de Girolamo	5.9k 1.0×	4.5k 1.9×	2.6k 1.3×	2.1k 1.3×	1.3k 0.9×	278	12.8k
William E. Narrow	3.9k 0.7×	1.7k 0.7×	1.6k 0.8×	1.1k 0.6×	1.2k 0.9×	66	6.8k
Rob Bijl	3.8k 0.7×	3.3k 1.4×	2.9k 1.5×	1.4k 0.8×	2.2k 1.6×	58	9.8k

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Barnett, Phoebe, et al.. (2025). The bi-directional influence of social functioning and mental health symptoms during psychological treatment: A cross-lagged analysis in young adults. International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology. 25(3). 100608–100608.

Saunders, Rob, Joshua E. J. Buckman, Dave Dagnan, et al.. (2025). Effectiveness of psychological therapies for depression or anxiety in adults with intellectual disabilities: retrospective, matched, observational cohort study of primary care electronic healthcare records in England. The British Journal of Psychiatry. 1–9. 2 indexed citations

Saunders, Rob, Stephen Butler, David Cottrell, et al.. (2024). Predicting criminal offence in adolescents who exhibit antisocial behaviour: a machine learning study using data from a large randomised controlled trial of multisystemic therapy. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 34(5). 1579–1588. 1 indexed citations

Steare, Thomas, Joshua E. J. Buckman, Joshua Stott, et al.. (2024). Bidirectional changes in depressive symptoms and social functioning in older adults attending psychological therapy services. Journal of Affective Disorders. 369. 954–962. 3 indexed citations

Saunders, Rob, Joshua E. J. Buckman, Peter Fonagy, et al.. (2024). Variation in symptoms of common mental disorders in the general population during the COVID-19 pandemic: longitudinal cohort study. BJPsych Open. 10(2). e45–e45. 1 indexed citations

Buckman, Joshua E. J., Ciarán O’Driscoll, Joshua Stott, et al.. (2024). Predicting post-treatment symptom severity for adults receiving psychological therapy in routine care for generalised anxiety disorder: a machine learning approach. Psychiatry Research. 336. 115910–115910. 1 indexed citations

O’Driscoll, Ciarán, Joshua E. J. Buckman, Rob Saunders, et al.. (2023). Symptom-specific effects of counselling for depression compared to cognitive–behavioural therapy. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 26(1). e300621–e300621. 6 indexed citations

Pilling, Stephen, et al.. (2023). The community mental health team fidelity scale: A measure of program fidelity of social networks interventions for severe mental illness. Frontiers in Psychology. 14. 1076791–1076791. 1 indexed citations

Saunders, Rob, Ying Liu, Ciarán O’Driscoll, et al.. (2023). Examining bi-directional change in sleep and depression symptoms in individuals receiving routine psychological treatment. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 163. 1–8. 6 indexed citations

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Cole, Charles L., Charlotte D. Barry, Rob Saunders, et al.. (2023). A service evaluation of phased- and stepped-care psychological support for health and social care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. BJPsych Open. 9(3). e95–e95. 2 indexed citations

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Saunders, Rob, Joshua E. J. Buckman, Georgina Charlesworth, et al.. (2022). Effectiveness of primary care psychological therapy services for the treatment of depression and anxiety in people living with dementia: Evidence from national healthcare records in England. EClinicalMedicine. 52. 101692–101692. 10 indexed citations

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Buckman, Joshua E. J., Rob Saunders, Ciarán O’Driscoll, et al.. (2021). Is social support pre‐treatment associated with prognosis for adults with depression in primary care?. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. 143(5). 392–405. 23 indexed citations

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Fonagy, Peter, Stephen Butler, David Cottrell, et al.. (2020). Multisystemic therapy compared with management as usual for adolescents at risk of offending: the START II RCT. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 8(23). 1–114. 3 indexed citations

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Cole, Charles L., Joshua Stott, Rob Saunders, et al.. (2020). Adapting IAPT services to support frontline NHS staff during the Covid-19 pandemic: the Homerton Covid Psychological Support (HCPS) pathway. The Cognitive Behaviour Therapist. 13. 38 indexed citations

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Mavranezouli, Ifigeneia, Odette Megnin‐Viggars, Caitlin Daly, et al.. (2019). Research Review: Psychological and psychosocial treatments for children and young people with post‐traumatic stress disorder: a network meta‐analysis. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 61(1). 18–29. 103 indexed citations

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Saunders, Richard, et al.. (2016). The RAID model of liaison psychiatry: Report on the evaluation of four pilot services in east London.. UCL Discovery (University College London). 6 indexed citations

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Barratt, Helen, Antonio Rojas‐García, Katherine Clarke, et al.. (2016). Epidemiology of Mental Health Attendances at Emergency Departments: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. PLoS ONE. 11(4). e0154449–e0154449. 80 indexed citations

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Wolpert, Miranda, Peter Fuggle, David Cottrell, et al.. (2006). Drawing on the Evidence: Advice for mental health professionals working with children and adolescents (2nd Edition). UCL Discovery (University College London). 4 indexed citations

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Wolpert, Miranda, Peter Fuggle, David Cottrell, et al.. (2002). Drawing on the Evidence: Advice for mental health professionals working with children and adolescents.. OpenGrey (Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique). 23 indexed citations

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Pilling, Stephen. (1983). The Mental Health (Amendment) Act 1982: Reform or Cosmetics?. UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations

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