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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Nutrition and Psychiatric Disorders	67
What over the counter (OTC) products have been evaluated for anxiety in adults aged 18–60? A scoping review	50
Healthcare professionals’ and patients’ attitudes toward the causes and management of aggression in Estonian psychiatric clinics: a quantitative cross-sectional comparative study	44
School based interventions for depression and anxiety in UK	34
Intimate and sexual feelings in psychotherapy: educational topic or still taboo?	31
Examination of internalized stigma, quality of life, and happiness in patients with schizophrenia	30
An analysis of differential improvement by diagnosis in group transdiagnostic cognitive behaviour therapy for anxiety disorders	30
Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) for professional staff burnout: a systematic review and narrative synthesis of controlled trials	27
Unveiling sex difference in factors associated with suicide attempt among Chinese adolescents with depression: a machine learning-based study	27
Mental health beliefs and help-seeking in an African descended sample with experiences of psychosis	23
Food and Mental Health: A Guide for Health Professionals	22
Editorial: Right care, right person? Changing police responses to mental health crises	22
Creating “an oasis of hope, inclusion and connection”: students and stakeholders’ experiences of a pilot Recovery College	21
Mental health promotion and protection relating to key life events and transitions in adulthood: a rapid systematic review of systematic reviews	21
Trust, entrusting and the role of trustworthiness for adult survivors of child sexual abuse	20
Thank you to Reviewers	20
An Ounce of Prevention	18
New fathers, mental health and digital communication	18
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	17
Moral injury and psychological wellbeing in UK healthcare staff	16
The COVID-19 burnout scale: development and initial validation	16
Responses to the mental health care needs of survivors of intimate partner violence in Portugal: Perspectives of survivors and mental health professionals	15
Coping profiles of family caregivers of people with schizophrenia: differentiations between parent and sibling caregivers	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	13
Indigenous Knowledge and Mental Health: A Global Perspective	13
Starting well, staying well: randomised controlled trial of “Whitu – seven ways in seven days,” a well-being app for university students	13
Death anxiety and satisfaction with life among the adults in the social isolation process of Covid-19 pandemic: the mediating role of perceived stress	13
REMOVED: The ‘rhetorical concession’: a linguistic analysis of debates and arguments in mental health	13
Can experience sampling self-monitoring tools promote the activation of clients in mental healthcare? A qualitative study	12
Madness and Literature: What Fiction Can Do For The Understanding of Mental Illness	12
The ethical imperative of trauma-sensitive care for electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)	12
Are the spatiotemporal gait parameters at different walking speeds capable of predicting variations in cognitive status by the mini-mental state examination?	12
Portrayal of mental illness and suicide in Facebook posts by Australian news organisations	11
Early intervention in psychosis for first episode psychotic mania: the experience of people diagnosed with bipolar disorder	11
A study investigating the implementation of NICE recommended psychological interventions for people with psychosis following a psychiatric inpatient admission	11
Stigmatization and attitudes toward eating disorders: a comparison between native German adolescents, Turkish immigrant adolescents in Germany, and native Turkish adolescents	10
Factors associated with psychiatric admission and subsequent self-harm repetition: a cohort study of high-risk hospital-presenting self-harm	10
Suicide first aid guidelines for Indonesia: a Delphi consensus study	10
Evaluating interventions that have improved access to community mental health care for Black men: A systematic review	10
Use of coercion in mental healthcare services in Nigeria: Service providers’ perspective	10
Time to change course in stigma research?	10
Global Perspectives on Microaggressions in Schools: Understanding and Combating Covert Violence	10
“I don’t think they’re as culturally sensitive”: a mixed-method study exploring e-mental health use among culturally diverse populations	10
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
Barriers and enablers to the moderation of self-harm content for a young person’s online forum	9
The effectiveness of digital health technologies for reducing substance use among young people: a systematic review & meta-analysis	9
A systematic review of fear, stigma, and mental health outcomes of pandemics	9
What is evidence? bridging the gap between trials and treatment implementation	8
Social networks of people with serious mental illness who smoke: potential role in a smoking cessation intervention	8
Associations between attachment, therapeutic alliance, and engagement in black people with psychosis living in the UK	8
Mental health issues and psychological risk factors among Paraguayan healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic	8
Designing mental health promotion campaigns: segmenting U.S. Veteran audiences to address public stigma	8
Engagement strategies in an assertive outreach context: a mixed-methods systematic review	8
Staff experience of team case formulation to address challenging behaviour on acute psychiatric wards: a mixed-methods study	7
Views of services users and staff on a combined money advice and psychological therapy service within IAPT	7
Parents’ right strategy on preventing youngsters’ recent suicidal ideation: a 13-year prospective cohort study	7
Staff support for workplace trauma: a freedom of information act request survey for NHS trusts providing mental health care in England	7
Suicide from intimate partner and other relationship conflicts: demographic and clinical correlates’	7
Positive influences of the COVID-19 pandemic on community dwelling adults in Trinidad and Tobago: a cross sectional study	7
Evaluating recovery colleges: a co-created scoping review	7
Psychiatry Algorithms for Primary Care	7
Common mental health problems in medical students and junior doctors – an overview of systematic reviews	7
Videocall delivered psychological interventions for treating depressive symptoms in primary care – a systematic review	7
Stigmatisation of mental illness in Africa: a systematic review of qualitative and mixed studies	7
Social support, resilience, and mental health in a low-intensity warfare context: the effects of siege on university students in Gaza	7
Depression in Brazilian farmers: prevalence and associated factors	7
Change in mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal study of residents of Indian metropolitan cities	7
Effects of positive psychological interventions on positive and negative emotions in depressed individuals: a systematic review and meta-analysis	7
Anxiety management strategies on TikTok: a discourse analysis of collective coping mechanisms	7