OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of International Review of Psychiatry is 5. 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 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01.)

Article	Citations
Considering distinct positive emotions in psychedelic science	207
Humanitarian interventions and psychosocial training programs	100
Developing non-opioid therapeutics to alleviate pain among persons with opioid use disorder: a review of the human evidence	98
Impact of intergenerational conflict on young people and interventions to mitigate its effects: a scoping review	67
Mental health services in Egypt, the Middle East, and North Africa	50
Mental health services in Pakistan	48
Unravelling the landscape of Cannabis craving pharmacological treatments: a PRISMA-guided review of evidence	32
Polygenic risk scores for predicting outcomes and treatment response in psychiatry: hope or hype?	28
New determinants of mental health: the role of noise pollution. A narrative review	26
The Impact of Climate Change on Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing: A Narrative Review of Current Evidence, and its Implications	25
What influences judgments of physical attractiveness? A comprehensive perspective with implications for mental health	24
Suicide mortality in Paraíba (Brazil) between 2010 and 2021 and the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic: an ecological study	23
The psychiatrist as a ragpicker. Introduction to Walter Benjamin for psychiatrists (II): the dialectics between the fragment and the whole	23
Diversity and similarity of near-death experiences across cultures and history: implications for the survival hypothesis	22
Age and sex differences in the annual and seasonal variation of Australia’s suicide rate, 2000–2020	22
Hidden histories of science and medicine: spirit mediumship and the ‘psychology without a soul’	21
Promoting psychobiography: models and perspectives from multiple countries	19
Innovations and criticisms of the organization of mental health care in Italy	19
COVID-19 anti-Asian racism, perceived burdensomeness, thwarted belongingness, and suicidal ideation among Asian American Emerging Adults	19
Art in medicine: in the classroom, exam room, and Reading room	17
Artificial intelligence in the era of planetary health: insights on its application for the climate change-mental health nexus in the Philippines	16
Is there still a place for psychological autopsy in suicide research? A literature review of methodological limitations and recommendations for future development	16
Artificial intelligence and forensic mental health in Africa: a narrative review	14
The role of global vulnerability for mental and substance use disorders	14
Mental health of transgender people in prison: a systematic review and meta-analysis	13

Jung’s archetypes in Elon Musk’s life: a psychobiographical perspective	13
Identity, culture, and feminism: Golda Meir – Israel’s prime minister (1969–1974)	13
Efficacy of treatment approaches for stalking offenders: a systematic review	13
Profiles of online racism exposure and mental health among Asian, Black, and Latinx emerging adults in the United States	12
Personal psychedelic experience of psychedelic therapists during training: should it be required, optional, or prohibited?	12
Impact of motor dysfunction on neuropsychiatric symptom profile in patients with autopsy-confirmed Alzheimer’s disease	12
Impact of new country, discrimination, and acculturation-related factors on depression and anxiety among ex-Soviet Jewish migrants: data from a population-based cross-national comparison study	11
Beyond psychedelics: set and setting in general psychiatric practice	11
Tobacco growing and tobacco use	11
Bariatric surgery and its influence on alcohol consumption: Differences before and after surgery - A systematic review and meta-analysis	10
Real concerns, artificial intelligence: Reality testing for psychiatrists	10
Psychedelic group-based integration: ethical assessment and initial recommendations	10
PTSD trajectories across different mental disorders in the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy: a naturalistic, longitudinal, multicenter study	10
Is the pair bond a human universal? An analytical essay	10
What do the cases of the reincarnation type tell us about the mind beyond the brain?	10
Childhood gender-typed behaviour, sexual orientation, childhood abuse and post-traumatic stress disorder: a prospective birth-cohort study	10
Love across the life span in cultural and transcultural perspectives	10
‘Self-harm is wrong’: the experience of self-harming behaviours that inflict external injuries to the body in UK-based Bangladeshi, Indian and Pakistani women: an Interpretative Phenomenological Analy	9
Capacity to consent to treatment in severe eating disorders	9
‘… the most complex and lyrical song of experience’: Walter Benjamin and a dialectical image of madness. Introduction to Walter Benjamin for psychiatry (III)	9
Non-coercive techniques for the management of crises in mental health settings in Germany—a narrative review	9
Geopsychiatry-“putting mental health into foreign policy”	9
Climate change in Bangladesh: meeting the mental health needs in times of crisis	9
LGBT + medical students and disclosure of their sexual orientation: more than in and out of the closet	8
What differentiates suicidal ideation from depressive symptoms amongst Korean young adults aged 20–39 years?	8
International perspective on integrated care models in child and adult mental health	8
Barriers to help-seeking among intimate partner violence survivors with opioid use disorder	8
Association between continued cannabis use during pregnancy and symptoms of anxiety and depression	8
Psychedelic medicine in psychiatry residency training: a survey of psychiatric residency program directors	7
Respect for human rights as a component of organisational well-being: factor structure analysis in three countries of Latin America	7
Victim involvement in forensic psychiatric treatment: opportunities and challenges from a restorative justice perspective	7
The sociocultural influences in Lawrence Kohlberg’s life: a psychobiography	7
Trauma and resettlement: lessons learned from a mental health screening and treatment programme for Syrian refugees in the UK	7
Psychiatrists on forensic psychiatry after the law 81/2014 in Italy: findings from a national pilot survey	7
Spiritual confusion in the era of artificial intelligence: a psychology of religion perspective	7
Cross-cultural experiences and self-development: a psychobiographical study of Bruce Lee	6
Evaluating an intergenerational art and storytelling program with older adults and medical students	6
Continuum of care for disasters and catastrophes	6
Understanding food addiction in Post-Bariatric patients	6
Mental health of ethnic minorities: the role of racism	6
Love’s place in the spectrum of affect, one of 24 secondary emotions: implications for psychiatry	6
Comparing the Addiction Severity Index (ASI) and Measurements in the Addictions for Triage and Evaluation (MATE)	6
The relationship between spirituality and suicide in young adults: the mediating role of early maladaptive schemas in Turkey	6
Climate change and psychosocial resilience in drylands: the need for more evidence	6
New approaches for mental health of social minorities	6
The role of the photographic arts in psychiatry	5
Eating across borders: a scoping review of eating disorders and body image dissatisfaction in migrant populations	5
A cohort study of initial self-harm events: method-specific case fatality of index events, predictors of fatal and nonfatal repetition, and frequency of method-switching	5
Risky business: an examination of drinking games in college settings and their impact: a systematic review	5
The arts and humanities are fundamental to health professions education	5

Exploring correlates of involuntary treatment in substance use disorders: a global systematic review and meta-analysis	5
The Greek photographer Nelly’s : the interplay of personal and socio-cultural theme of ‘rebirth’	5
Personal and work-related burnout is associated with increased episodes of suicidal ideation or behavior among working adults in Chile	5
Experiential learning spaces and student wellbeing: a mixed-methods study of students at three research intensive UK universities	5
Posttraumatic stress phenomena in critical illness and intensive care survivors	5
Use of mental health services and psychotropic drugs and suicide rates in Sweden before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic	5
Perceived helpfulness of medication and psychotherapy among adults with suicidal ideation	5