OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Salud Mental is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Mental illness attitudes in medical education: Assessing the stigma in medical students	37
An assessment of mental health of Mexican and Colombian medical students during the COVID-19 pandemic	11
Psychometric properties of the Diurnal Insomnia Symptoms Response Scale (DISRS) in a Mexican population sample APPENDIX	10
Patients’ Mental Health and Length of Stay in Emergency Departments in Mexico	8
Comparing the Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) and the World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule (WHODAS) 2.0 in children and adolescents	8
Intersection of public health, nutrition, and mental health: Challenges to progress	6
Association between screen time exposure, anxiety, and sleep quality in adolescents	6
Family coping strategies and sleep hygiene in the light of COVID-19 pandemic	6
Tendency and seasonality of suicide in Chihuahua, México. A retrospective analysis from 2008 to 2018	5
Transition from first illegal drug use to first injection among people who inject drugs in Northern Mexico: A retrospective survival analysis	4
Violence as a main symptom of schizophrenia and expressed emotion in relatives of users from Instituto Jalisciense de Salud Mental	4
Depression, suicide ideation, and irrational beliefs: Explanatory models in psychology students	3
Adaptation, validity, and reliability of the Resilience Scale SV-RES in hospital health professionals in Mexico	2
Pilot Feasibility Study of an Individualized Cognitive Rehabilitation Program in Mexican Adults with Mild Dementia	2
Chilean neurorights legislation and its relevance for mental health: Criticisms and outlook	2
Suicidal Behavior in Graduate Students in the Context of the Covid-19 Pandemic: Scoping Review	2
Chronotype in bipolar disorder: Differences in sleep quality, social jet lag, physical activity, and diet	2
Clinical practice stressors and anxiety in nursing students during COVID-19	2
Executive functions in children and adolescents with hearing loss: A systematic review of case-control, case series, and cross-sectional studies	2
Validation and Adaptation of the Spanish Version of Cancer Survivors’ Unmet Needs survey (CaSUN-MX) for Use in the Mexican Adult Oncology Population	2
Epidemiological Studies on COVID-19 and Mental Health in Mexico: Better Methodology for Better results: a Literature Review	2
Psychometric Properties of Tools for Assessing Spirituality: A Scoping Review	2
Attachment styles predict personality traits according to a pilot study of patients with anxiety and mood disorders	2
The Crucial Intersection: Understanding Obesity, Mental Health, and Weight Stigma in Mental Health Care	2
Protection and Risk Factors for Attempted Suicide in Mexican Students Majoring in Psychology	2

Predictive Factors for Suicidal Behaviors among University Students in the North-Central Region of Mexico	2
Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) in the treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): A literature review	2
Stress, Depression, and Anxiety Symptoms in Older Adults: Temporal Trend and Relationship with COVID-19	2
Well-being and mental health of healthcare workers before, during, and after COVID-19	1
Prevalence of burnout syndrome in university students: A systematic review	1
Relevance of the voice in the process of gender affirmation in transsexual women: A cross-sectional study	1
Effects of disordered eating behaviors and sedentary lifestyle prevention program in male and female Mexican adolescents	1
Self-medication with cannabidiol (CBD) and associated treatments in the self-care of anxiety in women from Mexico City: A qualitative study	1
Effect of physical and sexual violence during childhood and/or adolescence on the development of menstrual related mood disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis	1
Diagnostic dimensionality and transdiagnostic clinical manifestations	1
Mental health as the moral dimension of health. Bioethics and dialogue in psychiatry and the behavioral sciences	1
Evaluation of a Brief Mindfulness-based Intervention to Prevent Problematic Substance Use among First-year Medical Students	1
Psychological stress in mothers of neonates admitted to an intensive care unit	1
What diseases affect elderly Mexican population? Clinical and socialdemographic characteristics of patients of the psychogeriatric clinic of the National Institute of Psychiatry	1
Disordered eating behaviors and experiences of violence among Mexican youth with different sexual orientations: A population-based study	1
Measuring confidence in physician: Adaptation and validation of TPS in HIV individuals from Mexico	1
Design, reliability, and validity of the acceptability of internet-based psychological interventions questionnaire in Mexican university students	1
Stress in university research professors: A systematic review	1
Depressive symptoms, maternal feeding styles, and preschool child’s body weight	1
Quality of life in pregnant women: Association with demographic, socioeconomic, obstetric, and health conditions factors	1
Quality of attachment, trauma, psychopathology, and frequency of non-suicidal self-injury in Mexican adolescents suffering from psychosocial vulnerability: Description of a risk profile	1
Resilience as a Protective Factor against Alcohol Use and Anxiety in Adolescents during the Pandemic	1
Towards the design of holistic mental health programs in the student population	1
Postpartum depression in adolescent mothers before and during COVID-19 and the role of self-esteem, maternal self-efficacy, and social support	1
Comparison of two psychotherapies in cortisol response and their efficacy in reducing symptoms of anxiety and depression in women victims of intimate partner violence	1
General Transdiagnostic Specifier: The case of limited prosocial emotions	1
A population study on perinatal psychological distress in Mexican fathers	1
Prodromes and biological markers in schizophrenia: Importance for the dopamine, glutamate, and neurodevelopmental hypothesis	1
Mental health and psychiatry: Distinctions, links, and ethical/bioethical perspectives	1
Self-reported executive function, and not performance-based measures, strongly associates with symptoms of premenstrual syndrome/premenstrual dysphoric disorder	1
Factors Associated with Interpersonal Violence and Depression Symptoms in Adolescent Students from Jalisco during the COVID-19 Pandemic	1
Validation of the Big Five Questionnaire (BFQ-C), short version, in Colombian adolescents	1
The role of parental education on verbal abuse and its impact on the mental health of young adults	1
Reflections on the use of artificial intelligence in psychiatric diagnosis	1
Multidisciplinary obesity treatment: Ten considerations from a mental health perspective	1
Cultural adaptation and psychometric properties of the scale of attitudes towards conventional cigarettes among Mexican university students	1
Factors associated with the presence of depression, anxiety, and substance use in health students from 10 Latin American countries during the COVID-19 pandemic	1
Mental distress and demographic, behavioral, obstetric characteristics, and health condition in pregnant women	1