Vedat Şar

8.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
116 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Vedat Şar is a scholar working on Psychiatry and Mental health, Clinical Psychology and Philosophy. According to data from OpenAlex, Vedat Şar has authored 116 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 85 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health, 82 papers in Clinical Psychology and 34 papers in Philosophy. Recurrent topics in Vedat Şar's work include Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments (83 papers), Personality Disorders and Psychopathology (40 papers) and Mental Health and Psychiatry (33 papers). Vedat Şar is often cited by papers focused on Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments (83 papers), Personality Disorders and Psychopathology (40 papers) and Mental Health and Psychiatry (33 papers). Vedat Şar collaborates with scholars based in Türkiye, United States and New Zealand. Vedat Şar's co-authors include Erdinç Öztürk, Gamze Akyüz, Hamdi Tutkun, Orhan Doğan, L. İlhan Yargıç, Behiye Alyanak, Cüneyt Evren, Roberto Lewis‐Fernández, Etzel Cardeña and Süleyman Salih Zoroğlu and has published in prestigious journals such as American Journal of Psychiatry, Frontiers in Psychology and Journal of Psychosomatic Research.

In The Last Decade

Vedat Şar

108 papers receiving 4.5k citations

Hit Papers

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  1. Validity and Reliability of the Turkish Version of Childhood Trauma Questionnaire
    2012 296 citations Vedat Şar, Erdinç Öztürk et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Vedat Şar 3.4k 3.1k 1.0k 637 489 116 4.9k
Onno van der Hart 4.1k 1.2× 3.1k 1.0× 1.0k 1.0× 459 0.7× 595 1.2× 138 5.7k
Eve B. Carlson 4.6k 1.3× 2.8k 0.9× 877 0.9× 736 1.2× 550 1.1× 71 6.2k
Richard J. Loewenstein 2.6k 0.8× 2.6k 0.8× 843 0.8× 551 0.9× 697 1.4× 62 4.1k
Martin J. Dorahy 2.2k 0.7× 1.6k 0.5× 484 0.5× 382 0.6× 296 0.6× 130 3.2k
Daphne Simeon 3.5k 1.0× 2.3k 0.7× 777 0.8× 1.0k 1.6× 286 0.6× 78 5.3k
Harald J. Freyberger 2.7k 0.8× 1.8k 0.6× 427 0.4× 913 1.4× 232 0.5× 124 4.5k
Shirley Yen 6.8k 2.0× 3.0k 1.0× 1.4k 1.4× 985 1.5× 171 0.3× 158 8.1k
Alexander L. Chapman 5.2k 1.5× 1.8k 0.6× 465 0.5× 1.0k 1.6× 312 0.6× 118 5.8k
Johan Vanderlinden 2.6k 0.8× 1.7k 0.5× 410 0.4× 288 0.5× 185 0.4× 114 3.5k
Stephanie D. Stepp 3.9k 1.1× 932 0.3× 340 0.3× 757 1.2× 216 0.4× 161 4.7k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Vedat Şar

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Şar, Vedat, et al.. (2025). Screening for PTSD in first responders: Turkish adaptation and psychometric validation of the primary care PTSD screen for DSM-5.. Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice and Policy. 17(6). 1386–1393. 2 indexed citations
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Fung, Hong Wang, Grace W. K. Ho, Stanley Kam Ki Lam, et al.. (2025). The co-occurrence of depression and dissociation: The relevance of childhood trauma. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 183. 157–163. 1 indexed citations
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Yuan, Guangzhe Frank, Vedat Şar, Stanley Kam Ki Lam, et al.. (2025). Somatic symptom burden, PTSD, and dissociation: Cross-sectional findings from 995 international female mental health service users. Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 195. 112181–112181. 1 indexed citations
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Şar, Vedat, et al.. (2022). Decreased psychiatric symptomatology after the onset of COVID-19 in a longitudinal college mental health study. PubMed. 1(1). 17–17. 3 indexed citations
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Brand, Bethany L., Vedat Şar, Pam Stavropoulos, et al.. (2016). Separating Fact from Fiction: An Empirical Examination of Six Myths About Dissociative Identity Disorder. Harvard Review of Psychiatry. 24(4). 257–270. 76 indexed citations
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Şar, Vedat & Erdinç Öztürk. (2014). Stimulus Deprivation and Overstimulation as Dissociogenic Agents in Postmodern Oppressive Societies. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Şar, Vedat, et al.. (2014). Experiences of Possession and Paranormal Phenomena Among Women in the General Population: Are They Related to Traumatic Stress and Dissociation?. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Şar, Vedat, et al.. (2013). Experiences of Possession and Paranormal Phenomena Among Women in the General Population: Are They Related to Traumatic Stress and Dissociation?. Journal of Trauma & Dissociation. 15(3). 303–318. 30 indexed citations
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Stoesser, Nicole, Joanna Pocock, Catrin E. Moore, et al.. (2012). The Epidemiology of Pediatric Bone and Joint Infections in Cambodia, 2007-11. Journal of Tropical Pediatrics. 59(1). 36–42. 21 indexed citations
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Şar, Vedat, Warwick Middleton, & Martin J. Dorahy. (2012). The Scientific Status of Childhood Dissociative Identity Disorder: A Review of Published Research. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics. 81(3). 183–184. 2 indexed citations
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Şar, Vedat. (2011). Developmental Trauma, Complex PTSD and the Current Proposal of DSM-5. SSRN Electronic Journal. 7 indexed citations
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Şar, Vedat. (2010). DSM-5 taslak tanı ölçütlerine genel bir bakış:" Batı cephesinde yeni bir şey yok". Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. 13(4). 196–208. 1 indexed citations
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Şar, Vedat, et al.. (2009). Childhood emotional abuse and dissociation in patients with conversion symptoms. Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences. 63(5). 670–677. 40 indexed citations
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Şar, Vedat, et al.. (2009). The Prevalence of Conversion Symptoms in Women From a General Turkish Population. Psychosomatics. 50(1). 50–58. 30 indexed citations
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Şar, Vedat, et al.. (2008). Childhood emotional abuse, dissociation, and suicidality among patients with drug dependency in Turkey. Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences. 62(5). 540–547. 57 indexed citations
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Şar, Vedat & Erdinç Öztürk. (2007). Functional Dissociation of the Self: A Sociocognitive Approach to Trauma and Dissociation. Journal of Trauma & Dissociation. 8(4). 69–89. 24 indexed citations
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Brown, Richard J., Etzel Cardeña, Ellert R. S. Nijenhuis, Vedat Şar, & Onno van der Hart. (2007). Should Conversion Disorder Be Reclassified as a Dissociative Disorder in DSM–V?. Psychosomatics. 48(5). 369–378. 76 indexed citations
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Tunç, Elif, et al.. (2005). Reliability and validity of the Modified Dental Anxiety Scale (MDAS) in a Turkish population. Community Dentistry And Oral Epidemiology. 33(5). 357–362. 122 indexed citations
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Şar, Vedat, Turgut Kundakçi, Emre Kiziltan, et al.. (2003). The Axis-I Dissociative Disorder Comorbidity of Borderline Personality Disorder Among Psychiatric Outpatients. Journal of Trauma & Dissociation. 4(1). 119–136. 83 indexed citations
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Zoroğlu, Salih, Ümran Tüzün, Mücahit Öztürk, & Vedat Şar. (2002). Reliability and Validity of the Turkish Version of the Child Dissociative Checklist. Journal of Trauma & Dissociation. 3(1). 37–49. 11 indexed citations

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