OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Transcultural 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Theories of mind and trauma after war in Uganda	45
A systematic review of cross-cultural measures of resilience and its promotive and protective factors	33
Culture, context, and ethics in the therapeutic use of hallucinogens: Psychedelics as active super-placebos?	32
Pilgrimage for an autism diagnosis: A study of Venezuelan parents’ experiences	30
Maasai women hearing voices: Implications for global mental health	22
Survivors, users, or peers? Translating identities and decolonizing mental health in China	18
Activist burnout in No Borders : The case of a highly diverse movement	17
The fragility of truth: Social epistemology in a time of polarization and pandemic	16
An evaluation of early marriage and the mental state of Roma women: A cross-sectional study	16
Tabletop Role-Playing Games as Drama Therapy in the Wild: Developing Personal Bonds with Characters Improves Players’ Self-Concepts	15
Exploring Diagnostic Classification Prevalence in German and Dutch Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: An International Cross-Sectional Comparative Study	13
Selective mutism in immigrant families: An ecocultural perspective	13
Microdosing with classical psychedelics: Research trajectories and practical considerations	12
Psychosis and psychedelics: Historical entanglements and contemporary contrasts	12
Modalities of the psychedelic experience: Microclimates of set and setting in hallucinogen research and culture	12
“Mending fractured personalities”: A photography-based cultural study of recovery from mental distress in Romania	11
Religiosity, perceived anti-Semitism, xenophobia and mental health: Experiences of Jewish immigrants from the former Soviet Union in Austria and Germany	11
The culturally and contextually sensitive assessment of mental health using a structured diagnostic interview (MINI Kid) for Syrian refugee children and adolescents in Lebanon: Challenges and solution	11
Resistance, Intentionality, and Endurance: Understanding Asylum-Seeking Mothers’ Agency During Resettlement in Montreal, Canada	11
Cross-cultural adaptation of four instruments to measure stigma towards people with mental illness and substance use problems among primary care professionals in Chile	11
Macrodosing to microdosing with psychedelics: Clinical, social, and cultural perspectives	11
Psychedelic medicine at a crossroads: Advancing an integrative approach to research and practice	11
Finding agency in limbo: A qualitative investigation into the impact of occupational engagement on the mental health and wellbeing of asylum seekers in the UK	10
Epistemic losses, cultural exclusions, and the risk of biopiracy in the globalization of ayahuasca: A reply to Labate et al.	10
Explanatory models of common mental disorders among South Asians in high-income countries: A systematic review	10

Linking obsessions to morality: A cross-cultural study among Turkish and Belgian university students	10
Effectiveness, barriers, and facilitators of interventions delivered by traditional healers for the treatment of common mental disorders: A systematic review	10
Relations between bullying and distress among youth living in First Nations communities: Assessing direct and moderating effects of culture-related variables	10
Walking out of the shadows: Exploring the complexities of motherhood and intergenerational realities in the families of three Taiwanese comfort women survivors	9
Traditional postpartum rituals among immigrant and non-immigrant Chinese women	9
Facilitators and barriers in the implementation of a culturally adapted Arabic version of Illness Management and Recovery (IMR) among Palestinian Arabs in Israel	9
Lessons learned from the translation of the Internalised Stigma of Mental Illness (ISMI) scale into isiXhosa for use with South African Xhosa people with schizophrenia	9
Documenting language barriers in a general hospital psychiatry setting	9
“They should ask about our feelings”: Mongolian women's experiences of postpartum depression	9
Trust, individualism, and the logics of care in middle America during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic	9
Beyond Critique: Reparative Approaches in Brazilian Mental Health	8
Maladi Nanm, Maladi Zonbi, & Maladi Lalin: A qualitative study of cultural concepts of distress in northern Haiti	8
Research on severe mental illness in Indonesia: A scoping review	8
Gaps and gains in parents’ mental health literacy: A cross-cultural comparison on attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder	7
Distinct trajectories of psychological distress among resettled refugees: Community acceptance predicts resilience while low ingroup social support predicts clinical distress	7
Discussing the unspoken: A qualitative analysis of online forum discussions on mental health problems in young Moroccan-Dutch migrants	7
Understanding mechanisms of change in a family-based preventive mental health intervention for refugees by refugees in New England	7
Grisi Siknis: A cultural idiom of gender-based violence and structural inequalities in eastern Nicaragua	7
A quality appraisal of cultural adaptation of caregiver-implemented interventions for young autistic children	7
Corrigendum to Communication about distress and well-being: Epistemic and ethical considerations	7
Cross-cultural, transnational or interdisciplinary? Eric Wittkower’s psychosomatic medicine and transcultural psychiatry in historical context	6
Civilians’ strategies of post-traumatic growth (PTG): The significance of Pashtunwali culture in the Swat conflict in Pakistan	6
Help-seeking strategies and treatment experiences among individuals diagnosed with Bipolar Spectrum Disorder in Iran: A qualitative study	6
Depression and Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) in mothers 6 weeks to 12 months post-delivery in a rural setting in Kenya	6
Is it pathological to believe conspiracy theories?	6
“I didn’t do it!”: Lived experiences of suicide attempts made without perceived intent or volition	5
Lockdown through a Chinese lens: A qualitative study	5
Eating disorders and related psychological features among Arabs and Jews in Israel: Does culture play a moderating role?	5
“Get Out of Your Mind, Brother!”: Notes Toward an Anthropology of Anti-“Mind”	5
Deconstructing wisdom through a cultural lens: Folk understandings of wisdom and its ontology in the Philippines and Sri Lanka	5
Association between unmet post-arrival expectations and psychological symptoms in recently arrived refugees	5
Perceptions of youth internalizing symptoms: Cross-cultural comparisons between Taiwanese and U.S. mothers	5
Coping among Afghan Former Unaccompanied Refugee Children in the UK: A Qualitative Study Exploring Barriers and Influences Over Time	5