ArticleThe American journal of psychiatry2022
Lack of Representation in Psychiatric Research: A Data-Driven Example From Scientific Articles Published in 2019 and 2020 in the
Article in The American journal of psychiatry, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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22 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 30 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Sociodemographic reporting and sample composition over 3 decades of psychopathology research: A systematic review and quantitative synthesis.Journal of psychopathology and clinical science · 2024Pooled it
- BDNF gene Val66Met polymorphisms as a predictor for clinical presentation in schizophrenia - recent findings.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Pooled it
- Consent for Research Involving Spanish- and English-Speaking Latinx Adults With Schizophrenia.Schizophrenia bulletin · 2024Trial
- Prevalence and correlates of substance use among biracial and monoracial adolescents.The American journal of orthopsychiatry · 2026Article
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- Eating Disorders and Subthreshold Symptoms in Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period: an Overview of Recent Research and Future Directions for Researchers and Clinicians.Current psychiatry reports · 2026Review
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- A longitudinal path model examining the transactional nature of parenting and child externalizing behaviors in a large, sociodemographically diverse sample.Development and psychopathology · 2025Article
- Symptom Severity and Treatment Needs Among Racial Groups Seeking Treatment at a Mood Outcomes Program.Focus (American Psychiatric Publishing) · 2025Review
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- Art therapy to reduce burnout and mental distress in healthcare professionals in acute hospitals: a randomised controlled trial.BMJ public health · 2025Article
- Synthetic patient and interview transcript creator: an essential tool for LLMs in mental health.Frontiers in digital health · 2025Article
- Participant diversity in ACER: 2010-2022.Alcohol, clinical & experimental research · 2024Article
- Challenges in multi-task learning for fMRI-based diagnosis: Benefits for psychiatric conditions and CNVs would likely require thousands of patients.Imaging neuroscience (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2024Article
- An Ethics and Social-Justice Approach to Collecting and Using Demographic Data for Psychological Researchers.Perspectives on psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe authors examined representation and accuracy of descriptions of sociodemographic identities in psychiatric research through quantifying data contained in recently published articles from a high-impact psychiatry journal.
methodsSociodemographic data were aggregated from articles (i.e., studies that provide information on individual samples) published in the
resultsWhile 90% of studies provided the age of participants and 84% provided information about the sex/gender of participants, only 43% presented information about the racial or ethnicity identities of participants. One study reported the sexual identity of participants. Lack of representation relative to 2019 U.S. Census data was found for multiple racial groups, Latino/Hispanic individuals, and women (genetic studies only). Only 25% of studies acknowledged lack of representation as a limitation, and two studies focused on health disparities or inequities.
conclusionsThese findings highlight a need to increase representation in psychiatric research and improve accuracy of language when describing the sociodemographic characteristics of participants.
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