Harold Merskey

20.2k citations
269 papers · 16.4k · 5 hit papers · h-index 51

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Papers in

    • Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments 48
    • Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research 23
    • Schizophrenia research and treatment 21
    • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research 16
    • Pain Management and Placebo Effect 53

Harold Merskey

252 papers receiving 14.8k citations

Harold Merskey's Hit Papers

Classification of Chronic Pain: Descriptions of Chronic Pain Syndromes and Definitions of Pain Terms 1994 · 2.7k citations
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Harold Merskey
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  • Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 1.8k
  • Psychiatry and Mental health 4.6k
  • Pharmacology 4.1k
  • Physiology 4.2k
  • Complementary and Manual Therapy 307
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Classification of Chronic Pain: Descriptions of Chronic Pain Syndromes and Definitions of Pain Terms
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19942694
2
Classification of chronic pain
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19942218
3
The Clinical Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease
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19871277
4
Leuko-Araiosis
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1987615
5
Amitriptyline versus placebo in postherpetic neuralgia
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1982460
6 1994423
7 1985378
8 1996336
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Description of chronic pain syndromes and definitions of pain terms
1994335
10 1993313
11 1987291
12 1990290
13 1987244
14 1987211
15 1972188
16 1991174
17
Progress in Fibromyalgia and Myofascial Pain
1993161
18 1979159
19 1997146
20 1986141

About Harold Merskey

Harold Merskey is a scholar working on Psychiatry and Mental health, Cognitive Neuroscience, Pharmacology, Physiology and Clinical Psychology, having authored 269 papers that have together received 16.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (61 papers), Pain Management and Placebo Effect (53 papers), Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments (48 papers), Mental Health and Psychiatry (32 papers), Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (27 papers), Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research (23 papers), Schizophrenia research and treatment (21 papers) and Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (16 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine (1.8k citations), Psychiatry and Mental health (4.6k citations), Pharmacology (4.1k citations), Physiology (4.2k citations) and Complementary and Manual Therapy (307 citations). Harold Merskey has collaborated with scholars based in Canada, United Kingdom and United States. Frequent co-authors include V C Hachinski, Vladimir Hachinski, Guido Magni, Michael Fisman, Thomas Mirsen, John Wade, Chak Sing Lau, John M. Woodforde, Allan J. Fox and David B. Boyd. Their work appears in journals such as Pain, The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, The British Journal of Psychiatry, Journal of Psychosomatic Research and Pain Research and Management.

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