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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
School based interventions for depression and anxiety in UK	74
Nutrition and Psychiatric Disorders	54
What over the counter (OTC) products have been evaluated for anxiety in adults aged 18–60? A scoping review	37
Effectiveness of a co-produced peer group for borderline personality disorder: connection and recovery	35
Intimate and sexual feelings in psychotherapy: educational topic or still taboo?	35
Food and Mental Health: A Guide for Health Professionals	33
An analysis of differential improvement by diagnosis in group transdiagnostic cognitive behaviour therapy for anxiety disorders	32
Mental health beliefs and help-seeking in an African descended sample with experiences of psychosis	32
The impact of initial depression and anxiety levels on symptom severity change during psychological treatment for common mental disorders: a systematic review	25
Cognitive-behavioral therapy for post-traumatic growth (PTG) in people with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD): a systematic review and meta-analysis	24
Unveiling sex difference in factors associated with suicide attempt among Chinese adolescents with depression: a machine learning-based study	23
Understanding the countermovement to online presentations of psychiatric disorder that are perceived as "faked"	21
Creating “an oasis of hope, inclusion and connection”: students and stakeholders’ experiences of a pilot Recovery College	20
Editorial: Right care, right person? Changing police responses to mental health crises	20
Examination of internalized stigma, quality of life, and happiness in patients with schizophrenia	19
Measuring older people’s experience of mental health care: a systematic and critical review of patient and carer-reported experience measures	18
Thank you to Reviewers	17
New fathers, mental health and digital communication	17
An Ounce of Prevention	17
Trust, entrusting and the role of trustworthiness for adult survivors of child sexual abuse	16
Is AI-supported therapy the answer to the growth of mental health problems or snake oil?	15
Reducing incidents of self-harm in mental health wards: a tale of two rates	15
The COVID-19 burnout scale: development and initial validation	15
Moral injury and psychological wellbeing in UK healthcare staff	14
Reducing LGBTQ+ adolescent mental health inequalities: a realist review of school-based interventions	13

Responses to the mental health care needs of survivors of intimate partner violence in Portugal: Perspectives of survivors and mental health professionals	13
Coping profiles of family caregivers of people with schizophrenia: differentiations between parent and sibling caregivers	13
REMOVED: The ‘rhetorical concession’: a linguistic analysis of debates and arguments in mental health	13
Leaving the stigma to the patients? Frequency of crisis experiences among mental health professionals in Berlin and Brandenburg and how they cope with it	13
Starting well, staying well: randomised controlled trial of “Whitu – seven ways in seven days,” a well-being app for university students	13
Peer-led group support: an umbrella review across physical and mental health conditions	12
Family and informal carers’ views and experiences of antipsychotic reduction and discontinuation within a medication reduction research trial	12
Madness and Literature: What Fiction Can Do For The Understanding of Mental Illness	12
Indigenous Knowledge and Mental Health: A Global Perspective	12
The ethical imperative of trauma-sensitive care for electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)	11
A study investigating the implementation of NICE recommended psychological interventions for people with psychosis following a psychiatric inpatient admission	11
Early intervention in psychosis for first episode psychotic mania: the experience of people diagnosed with bipolar disorder	11
A qualitative exploration of intimacy, romance, and sexuality in early psychosis: needs, barriers, and associations with recovery	10
How to write the “involving people with lived experience” section of an article	10
Can experience sampling self-monitoring tools promote the activation of clients in mental healthcare? A qualitative study	10
Evaluating interventions that have improved access to community mental health care for Black men: A systematic review	10
Portrayal of mental illness and suicide in Facebook posts by Australian news organisations	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
Use of coercion in mental healthcare services in Nigeria: Service providers’ perspective	9
The effectiveness of digital health technologies for reducing substance use among young people: a systematic review & meta-analysis	9
Association of early labor market exit with mental disorders: a population-based cohort study in Taiwan	8
Suicide from intimate partner and other relationship conflicts: demographic and clinical correlates’	8
Social networks of people with serious mental illness who smoke: potential role in a smoking cessation intervention	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	8
Medication adherence, cannabis use, and depressive symptoms in first-episode psychosis: longitudinal study	8
Change in mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal study of residents of Indian metropolitan cities	8
Burnout among healthcare workers in Ghana: the role of psychosocial work environment in occupational well-being	7
Videocall delivered psychological interventions for treating depressive symptoms in primary care – a systematic review	7
The practical relevance of WHODAS self-ratings in non-aggressive community dwelling individuals with psychotic spectrum disorders	7
Common mental health problems in medical students and junior doctors – an overview of systematic reviews	7
Staff support for workplace trauma: a freedom of information act request survey for NHS trusts providing mental health care in England	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
Exploring psychosocial interventions for adults involuntarily admitted to psychiatric inpatient settings: a scoping review	6
Stigmatisation of mental illness in Africa: a systematic review of qualitative and mixed studies	6
Evaluating recovery colleges: a co-created scoping review	6
PTSD, moral injury, posttraumatic growth, and depreciation among Ukrainians during the war: comparing populations inside Ukraine and displaced abroad	6
Positive influences of the COVID-19 pandemic on community dwelling adults in Trinidad and Tobago: a cross sectional study	6
Unseen and underserved: the first multifactorial assessment of mental health among Paraguayan male prisoners	6
Neurofeedback as an intervention in the management of burnout: a systematic review	6
The effect of perceived parental psychological control on adolescents’ depressive symptoms: the chain mediating role of parent–child conflict frequency and negative emotions	6