OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Mental Health is 6. 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
What over the counter (OTC) products have been evaluated for anxiety in adults aged 18–60? A scoping review	59
School based interventions for depression and anxiety in UK	48
Healthcare professionals’ and patients’ attitudes toward the causes and management of aggression in Estonian psychiatric clinics: a quantitative cross-sectional comparative study	42
Nutrition and Psychiatric Disorders	39
Mental health beliefs and help-seeking in an African descended sample with experiences of psychosis	30
Intimate and sexual feelings in psychotherapy: educational topic or still taboo?	30
An analysis of differential improvement by diagnosis in group transdiagnostic cognitive behaviour therapy for anxiety disorders	29
Unveiling sex difference in factors associated with suicide attempt among Chinese adolescents with depression: a machine learning-based study	28
Food and Mental Health: A Guide for Health Professionals	27
Mental health promotion and protection relating to key life events and transitions in adulthood: a rapid systematic review of systematic reviews	27
Examination of internalized stigma, quality of life, and happiness in patients with schizophrenia	27
Editorial: Right care, right person? Changing police responses to mental health crises	25
New fathers, mental health and digital communication	20
Thank you to Reviewers	20
An Ounce of Prevention	20
Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) for professional staff burnout: a systematic review and narrative synthesis of controlled trials	20
Trust, entrusting and the role of trustworthiness for adult survivors of child sexual abuse	20
Creating “an oasis of hope, inclusion and connection”: students and stakeholders’ experiences of a pilot Recovery College	20
The economic burden of mental disorders among adults in Singapore: evidence from the 2016 Singapore Mental Health Study	18
The digital divide: factors impacting on uptake of remote therapy in a South London psychological therapy service for people with psychosis	18
The COVID-19 burnout scale: development and initial validation	16
Exploring the role of psychological need fulfilment on stress, job satisfaction and turnover intention in support staff working in inpatient mental health hospitals in the NHS: a self-determination th	16
Moral injury and psychological wellbeing in UK healthcare staff	15
Responses to the mental health care needs of survivors of intimate partner violence in Portugal: Perspectives of survivors and mental health professionals	15
Anxiety, depression and coping strategies among chronic medical patients with coronavirus disease-2019: a multicenter follow-up cohort study	14

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
Reducing LGBTQ+ adolescent mental health inequalities: a realist review of school-based interventions	14
Coping profiles of family caregivers of people with schizophrenia: differentiations between parent and sibling caregivers	14
Starting well, staying well: randomised controlled trial of “Whitu – seven ways in seven days,” a well-being app for university students	14
REMOVED: The ‘rhetorical concession’: a linguistic analysis of debates and arguments in mental health	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
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
Can experience sampling self-monitoring tools promote the activation of clients in mental healthcare? A qualitative study	12
Are the spatiotemporal gait parameters at different walking speeds capable of predicting variations in cognitive status by the mini-mental state examination?	12
A study investigating the implementation of NICE recommended psychological interventions for people with psychosis following a psychiatric inpatient admission	11
Madness and Literature: What Fiction Can Do For The Understanding of Mental Illness	11
The ethical imperative of trauma-sensitive care for electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)	10
Time to change course in stigma research?	10
Evaluating interventions that have improved access to community mental health care for Black men: A systematic review	10
Global Perspectives on Microaggressions in Schools: Understanding and Combating Covert Violence	10
Suicide first aid guidelines for Indonesia: a Delphi consensus study	10
Stigmatization and attitudes toward eating disorders: a comparison between native German adolescents, Turkish immigrant adolescents in Germany, and native Turkish adolescents	10
A systematic review of fear, stigma, and mental health outcomes of pandemics	10
Use of coercion in mental healthcare services in Nigeria: Service providers’ perspective	10
Factors associated with psychiatric admission and subsequent self-harm repetition: a cohort study of high-risk hospital-presenting self-harm	9
The effectiveness of digital health technologies for reducing substance use among young people: a systematic review & meta-analysis	9
“I don’t think they’re as culturally sensitive”: a mixed-method study exploring e-mental health use among culturally diverse populations	9
Prevalence of university non-continuation and mental health conditions, and effect of mental health conditions on non-continuation: a systematic review and meta-analysis	9
Associations between attachment, therapeutic alliance, and engagement in black people with psychosis living in the UK	8
Suicide from intimate partner and other relationship conflicts: demographic and clinical correlates’	8
Common mental health problems in medical students and junior doctors – an overview of systematic reviews	8
Designing mental health promotion campaigns: segmenting U.S. Veteran audiences to address public stigma	8
Barriers and enablers to the moderation of self-harm content for a young person’s online forum	8
Social networks of people with serious mental illness who smoke: potential role in a smoking cessation intervention	8
Parents’ right strategy on preventing youngsters’ recent suicidal ideation: a 13-year prospective cohort study	8
What is evidence? bridging the gap between trials and treatment implementation	8
Engagement strategies in an assertive outreach context: a mixed-methods systematic review	7
Psychiatry Algorithms for Primary Care	7
Change in mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal study of residents of Indian metropolitan cities	7
Staff experience of team case formulation to address challenging behaviour on acute psychiatric wards: a mixed-methods study	7
Anxiety management strategies on TikTok: a discourse analysis of collective coping mechanisms	7
Effects of positive psychological interventions on positive and negative emotions in depressed individuals: a systematic review and meta-analysis	7
Staff support for workplace trauma: a freedom of information act request survey for NHS trusts providing mental health care in England	7
Stigmatisation of mental illness in Africa: a systematic review of qualitative and mixed studies	7
Positive influences of the COVID-19 pandemic on community dwelling adults in Trinidad and Tobago: a cross sectional study	7
Mental health issues and psychological risk factors among Paraguayan healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic	7
Videocall delivered psychological interventions for treating depressive symptoms in primary care – a systematic review	7
Depression in Brazilian farmers: prevalence and associated factors	7
Social support, resilience, and mental health in a low-intensity warfare context: the effects of siege on university students in Gaza	7
Evaluating recovery colleges: a co-created scoping review	6
Models of mental health problems: a quasi-systematic review of theoretical approaches	6
Romantic relationship quality and functioning for individuals with clinical and sub-clinical social anxiety: a scoping review	6
Mental health in adolescence: the role of schools-based social emotional teaching	6
Misinformation in the time of COVID: fighting the spread of fake news	6

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	6
Review: the power of strangers	6
Relationships and mental health: Relational experience in distress and recovery	6
Views of services users and staff on a combined money advice and psychological therapy service within IAPT	6
Mad World: The Politics of Mental Health	6
Case Studies in Sports Psychiatry	6
Personal relationships during and after an initial psychotic episode. First-person experiences	6
Informal caregivers of people with a diagnosis of schizophrenia: determinants and predictors of resilience	6