Merete Nordentoft

Researcher Next ID · RN-021299

Researcher · Medicine

University of Copenhagen

Copenhagen, Denmark

Not currently recruitingFunding unknown

Works count: 1,397
Citation count: 89,703
H-index: 134
i10-index: 683

Research interests

Medicine

Psychology

Arts and Humanities

Schizophrenia research and treatment

Suicide and Self-Harm Studies

Mental Health and Psychiatry

Bipolar Disorder and Treatment

Mental Health Treatment and Access

Publications

Genome-wide analyses of ADHD identify 27 risk loci, refine the genetic architecture and implicate several cognitive domains
Nature Genetics · 2023 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-022-01285-8
Suicide numbers during the first 9-15 months of the COVID-19 pandemic compared with pre-existing trends: An interrupted time series analysis in 33 countries
EClinicalMedicine · 2022 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2022.101573
Rare coding variants in ten genes confer substantial risk for schizophrenia
Nature · 2022 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-04556-w
Suicide trends in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic: an interrupted time-series analysis of preliminary data from 21 countries
The Lancet Psychiatry · 2021 · https://doi.org/10.1016/s2215-0366(21)00091-2
How mental health care should change as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic
The Lancet Psychiatry · 2020 · https://doi.org/10.1016/s2215-0366(20)30307-2
Large-Scale Exome Sequencing Study Implicates Both Developmental and Functional Changes in the Neurobiology of Autism
Cell · 2020 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2019.12.036
A comprehensive analysis of mortality-related health metrics associated with mental disorders: a nationwide, register-based cohort study
The Lancet · 2019 · 10.1016/s0140-6736(19)32316-5
Exploring Comorbidity Within Mental Disorders Among a Danish National Population
JAMA Psychiatry · 2019 · https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2018.3658
GWAS of Suicide Attempt in Psychiatric Disorders and Association With Major Depression Polygenic Risk Scores
American Journal of Psychiatry · 2019 · https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2019.18080957
A genome-wide association study of shared risk across psychiatric disorders implicates gene regulation during fetal neurodevelopment
Nature Neuroscience · 2019 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41593-018-0320-0
Identification of common genetic risk variants for autism spectrum disorder
Nature Genetics · 2019 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-019-0344-8
Comparison of Early Intervention Services vs Treatment as Usual for Early-Phase Psychosis
JAMA Psychiatry · 2018 · 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2018.0623
Discovery of the first genome-wide significant risk loci for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder
Nature Genetics · 2018 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-018-0269-7
Common schizophrenia alleles are enriched in mutation-intolerant genes and in regions under strong background selection
Nature Genetics · 2018 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-018-0059-2
Shared molecular neuropathology across major psychiatric disorders parallels polygenic overlap
Science · 2018 · 10.1126/science.aad6469
Excess mortality in persons with severe mental disorders: a multilevel intervention framework and priorities for clinical practice, policy and research agendas
World Psychiatry · 2017 · 10.1002/wps.20384
Years of potential life lost and life expectancy in schizophrenia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
The Lancet Psychiatry · 2017 · 10.1016/s2215-0366(17)30078-0
Heritability of Schizophrenia and Schizophrenia Spectrum Based on the Nationwide Danish Twin Register
Biological Psychiatry · 2017 · 10.1016/j.biopsych.2017.08.017
Morbidity and mortality in homeless individuals, prisoners, sex workers, and individuals with substance use disorders in high-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis
The Lancet · 2017 · 10.1016/s0140-6736(17)31869-x
EPA guidance on the early detection of clinical high risk states of psychoses
European Psychiatry · 2015 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpsy.2015.01.010
EPA guidance on the early intervention in clinical high risk states of psychoses
European Psychiatry · 2015 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpsy.2015.01.013
Effect of Anti-inflammatory Treatment on Depression, Depressive Symptoms, and Adverse Effects
JAMA Psychiatry · 2014 · https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2014.1611
Excess Mortality, Causes of Death and Life Expectancy in 270,770 Patients with Recent Onset of Mental Disorders in Denmark, Finland and Sweden
PLoS ONE · 2013 · 10.1371/journal.pone.0055176
Excess Early Mortality in Schizophrenia
Annual Review of Clinical Psychology · 2013 · 10.1146/annurev-clinpsy-032813-153657
Autoimmune Diseases and Severe Infections as Risk Factors for Schizophrenia: A 30-Year Population-Based Register Study
American Journal of Psychiatry · 2011 · 10.1176/appi.ajp.2011.11030516
Absolute Risk of Suicide After First Hospital Contact in Mental Disorder
Archives of General Psychiatry · 2011 · 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2011.113
Outcomes of Nordic mental health systems: life expectancy of patients with mental disorders
The British Journal of Psychiatry · 2011 · 10.1192/bjp.bp.110.085100
Common variants conferring risk of schizophrenia
Nature · 2009 · 10.1038/nature08186
Intervention in Individuals at Ultra-High Risk for Psychosis
The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry · 2009 · https://doi.org/10.4088/jcp.08r04472
Suicide risk in schizophrenia: learning from the past to change the future
Annals of General Psychiatry · 2007 · https://doi.org/10.1186/1744-859x-6-10
Suicide Risk in Relation to Psychiatric Hospitalization
Archives of General Psychiatry · 2005 · 10.1001/archpsyc.62.4.427
A randomised multicentre trial of integrated versus standard treatment for patients with a first episode of psychotic illness
BMJ · 2005 · 10.1136/bmj.38565.415000.e01

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