OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Mental Health is 7. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
School based interventions for depression and anxiety in UK	74
Healthcare professionals’ and patients’ attitudes toward the causes and management of aggression in Estonian psychiatric clinics: a quantitative cross-sectional comparative study	57
What over the counter (OTC) products have been evaluated for anxiety in adults aged 18–60? A scoping review	53
Nutrition and Psychiatric Disorders	41
Intimate and sexual feelings in psychotherapy: educational topic or still taboo?	36
Mental health promotion and protection relating to key life events and transitions in adulthood: a rapid systematic review of systematic reviews	34
Understanding the countermovement to online presentations of psychiatric disorder that are perceived as "faked"	34
Food and Mental Health: A Guide for Health Professionals	32
Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) for professional staff burnout: a systematic review and narrative synthesis of controlled trials	30
Unveiling sex difference in factors associated with suicide attempt among Chinese adolescents with depression: a machine learning-based study	27
Examination of internalized stigma, quality of life, and happiness in patients with schizophrenia	26
Mental health beliefs and help-seeking in an African descended sample with experiences of psychosis	26
Editorial: Right care, right person? Changing police responses to mental health crises	25
Cognitive-behavioral therapy for post-traumatic growth (PTG) in people with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD): a systematic review and meta-analysis	25
An analysis of differential improvement by diagnosis in group transdiagnostic cognitive behaviour therapy for anxiety disorders	25
Creating “an oasis of hope, inclusion and connection”: students and stakeholders’ experiences of a pilot Recovery College	24
Thank you to Reviewers	23
An Ounce of Prevention	22
New fathers, mental health and digital communication	21
Trust, entrusting and the role of trustworthiness for adult survivors of child sexual abuse	19
The COVID-19 burnout scale: development and initial validation	19
REMOVED: The ‘rhetorical concession’: a linguistic analysis of debates and arguments in mental health	17
Moral injury and psychological wellbeing in UK healthcare staff	17
Is AI-supported therapy the answer to the growth of mental health problems or snake oil?	17
Starting well, staying well: randomised controlled trial of “Whitu – seven ways in seven days,” a well-being app for university students	16

Responses to the mental health care needs of survivors of intimate partner violence in Portugal: Perspectives of survivors and mental health professionals	16
Reducing LGBTQ+ adolescent mental health inequalities: a realist review of school-based interventions	15
Coping profiles of family caregivers of people with schizophrenia: differentiations between parent and sibling caregivers	15
Family and informal carers’ views and experiences of antipsychotic reduction and discontinuation within a medication reduction research trial	15
Leaving the stigma to the patients? Frequency of crisis experiences among mental health professionals in Berlin and Brandenburg and how they cope with it	14
A study investigating the implementation of NICE recommended psychological interventions for people with psychosis following a psychiatric inpatient admission	13
Are the spatiotemporal gait parameters at different walking speeds capable of predicting variations in cognitive status by the mini-mental state examination?	13
Indigenous Knowledge and Mental Health: A Global Perspective	13
Early intervention in psychosis for first episode psychotic mania: the experience of people diagnosed with bipolar disorder	12
The ethical imperative of trauma-sensitive care for electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)	12
Portrayal of mental illness and suicide in Facebook posts by Australian news organisations	12
Can experience sampling self-monitoring tools promote the activation of clients in mental healthcare? A qualitative study	12
Use of coercion in mental healthcare services in Nigeria: Service providers’ perspective	12
Time to change course in stigma research?	12
Barriers and enablers to the moderation of self-harm content for a young person’s online forum	12
Death anxiety and satisfaction with life among the adults in the social isolation process of Covid-19 pandemic: the mediating role of perceived stress	12
Madness and Literature: What Fiction Can Do For The Understanding of Mental Illness	12
How to write the “involving people with lived experience” section of an article	11
“I don’t think they’re as culturally sensitive”: a mixed-method study exploring e-mental health use among culturally diverse populations	11
What is evidence? bridging the gap between trials and treatment implementation	11
Suicide first aid guidelines for Indonesia: a Delphi consensus study	11
Designing mental health promotion campaigns: segmenting U.S. Veteran audiences to address public stigma	11
Prevalence of university non-continuation and mental health conditions, and effect of mental health conditions on non-continuation: a systematic review and meta-analysis	11
The effectiveness of digital health technologies for reducing substance use among young people: a systematic review & meta-analysis	11
A systematic review of fear, stigma, and mental health outcomes of pandemics	11
Evaluating interventions that have improved access to community mental health care for Black men: A systematic review	11
Psychiatry Algorithms for Primary Care	10
Effects of positive psychological interventions on positive and negative emotions in depressed individuals: a systematic review and meta-analysis	10
Social networks of people with serious mental illness who smoke: potential role in a smoking cessation intervention	10
Change in mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal study of residents of Indian metropolitan cities	9
Associations between attachment, therapeutic alliance, and engagement in black people with psychosis living in the UK	9
Engagement strategies in an assertive outreach context: a mixed-methods systematic review	8
Stigmatisation of mental illness in Africa: a systematic review of qualitative and mixed studies	8
Staff experience of team case formulation to address challenging behaviour on acute psychiatric wards: a mixed-methods study	8
Suicide from intimate partner and other relationship conflicts: demographic and clinical correlates’	8
Anxiety management strategies on TikTok: a discourse analysis of collective coping mechanisms	8
Views of services users and staff on a combined money advice and psychological therapy service within IAPT	8
Common mental health problems in medical students and junior doctors – an overview of systematic reviews	8
Depression in Brazilian farmers: prevalence and associated factors	8
Staff support for workplace trauma: a freedom of information act request survey for NHS trusts providing mental health care in England	8
Videocall delivered psychological interventions for treating depressive symptoms in primary care – a systematic review	8
Models of mental health problems: a quasi-systematic review of theoretical approaches	7
Relationships and mental health: Relational experience in distress and recovery	7
Evaluating recovery colleges: a co-created scoping review	7
Psychosocial interventions targeting suicidality within inpatient psychiatry: a scoping review	7
Effects of COVID-19-related worry and rumination on mental health and loneliness during the pandemic: longitudinal analyses of adults in the UK COVID-19 mental health & wellbeing study	7
Developing an internet-delivered intervention targeting residual cognitive symptoms after major depressive disorder: a person-based approach	7
Misinformation in the time of COVID: fighting the spread of fake news	7
Romantic relationship quality and functioning for individuals with clinical and sub-clinical social anxiety: a scoping review	7
Mental health in adolescence: the role of schools-based social emotional teaching	7

Positive influences of the COVID-19 pandemic on community dwelling adults in Trinidad and Tobago: a cross sectional study	7
Mad World: The Politics of Mental Health	7