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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Grisi Siknis: A cultural idiom of gender-based violence and structural inequalities in eastern Nicaragua	49
Perspective changes through transcultural mediation training: A qualitative study of trainees, instructors, and experts	36
A Chinese help-seeking model for psychological distress in primary care: An adaptation of Andersen's Behavioral Model of Health Services Use	35
Discussing the unspoken: A qualitative analysis of online forum discussions on mental health problems in young Moroccan-Dutch migrants	30
People with mental illness stigmatize mental illness less: A comparison study between a hospital-based sample of people with mental illness and a non-clinical general population sample in urban India	27
Research on psychotherapy for refugees in Germany: A systematic review on its transdisciplinary and transregional opening	24
Intergenerational conflict among resettled South Sudanese in Australia	24
Belief in Brua among psychiatric patients from Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao: Results from an explorative study in the Netherlands	23
Depression and Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) in mothers 6 weeks to 12 months post-delivery in a rural setting in Kenya	22
When Cotard's syndrome fits the sociocultural context: The singular case of Per “Dead” Ohlin and the Norwegian black metal music scene	19
Traditional healers’ explanatory models of intellectual disability in Cape Town	19
From idioms of distress, concern, and care to moral distress leading to moral injury in the time of Covid	18
A sociocultural approach to understanding collective trauma in Indigenous communities	16
“It's like having strong roots. We’re firmly planted”: Cultural identity development among Alaska Native University students	15
Culture, context, and ethics in the therapeutic use of hallucinogens: Psychedelics as active super-placebos?	14
Concurrent and convergent validity of culture-specific psychopathology syndromes among Cambodian adolescents	14
High-risk pregnant women's perceptions of their condition: A qualitative study with an emphasis on psychosocial need	14
Understanding mechanisms of change in a family-based preventive mental health intervention for refugees by refugees in New England	13
A qualitative phenomenological exploration of prolonged grief in New Delhi, India	13
Help-seeking strategies and treatment experiences among individuals diagnosed with Bipolar Spectrum Disorder in Iran: A qualitative study	11
Inuit wellness: A better understanding of the principles that guide actions and an overview of practices	11
Mujeres abnegadas: The influence of gender expectations on the psychiatric encounter in Mexico	11
Distinct trajectories of psychological distress among resettled refugees: Community acceptance predicts resilience while low ingroup social support predicts clinical distress	10
Conceptual and methodological challenges in idioms of distress research: Common questions and a step-by-step guide	10
What words can tell us about social determinants of mental health: A multi-method analysis of sentiment towards migration experiences and community life in Lima, Perú	10

Psychosocial health in adolescent unmarried motherhood in rural Uganda: Implications for community-based collaborative mental health education, and empowerment strategies in the prevention of depressi	10
Gender (in)equity in global mental health research: A call to action	10
The mental health of first- and second-generation migrant vs. native healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: The VOICE survey of 7,187 employees in the German healthcare sector	10
Corrigendum to Communication about distress and well-being: Epistemic and ethical considerations	9
A qualitative study exploring the epistemology of suffering within a Malaysian Indigenous tribe	9
Cross-cultural validation of the Spanish version of the mini cambridge-exeter repetitive thought scale (Mini-CERTS) in two Spanish-speaking populations	9
Two-eyed Seeing for youth wellness: Promoting positive outcomes with interwoven resilience resources	9
“I had no idea there were psychiatric clinics for children”: A qualitative study of how migrant parents reach Swedish mental health services for their children	9
An exploration of self-continuity for rural Indigenous youth: Considering the influence of community and cultural factors on perceiving oneself across time	9
Communalistic use of psychoactive plants as a bridge between traditional healing practices and Western medicine: A new path for the Global Mental Health movement	8
Engaging with care in an early intervention for psychosis program: The role of language, communication, and culture	8
Mental health literacy in Ghana: Implications for religiosity, education and stigmatization	8
Help-seeking intentions and depression treatment beliefs amongst Sri Lankan Australians: A survey following a mental health literacy framework	8
Theories of mind and trauma after war in Uganda	8
“We have to … work for wholeness no matter what”: Family and culture promoting wellness, resilience, and transcendence	8
The impact of perceived relationship to ancestors on the association between self-transcendence and psychopathology: A cross-cultural examination	8
‘We are all working toward one goal. We want people to become well’: A visual exploration of what promotes successful collaboration between community mental health workers and healers in Ghana	8
Association between unmet post-arrival expectations and psychological symptoms in recently arrived refugees	7
A systematic review of cross-cultural measures of resilience and its promotive and protective factors	7
Is it pathological to believe conspiracy theories?	7
Historical trauma and oppression: Associations with internalizing outcomes among American Indian adults with type 2 diabetes	7
Examining the hikikomori syndrome in a French sample of hospitalized adolescents with severe social withdrawal and school refusal behavior	7
Explanatory models, illness, and treatment experiences of patients with psychosis using the services of traditional and faith healers in three African countries: Similarities and discontinuities	6
Microdosing with classical psychedelics: Research trajectories and practical considerations	6
Evaluating the Indonesia Free Pasung Movement: Understanding continuing use of restraint of the mentally ill in rural Java	6
“When I hear my language, I travel back in time and I feel at home”: Intersections of culture with social inclusion and exclusion of persons with dementia and their caregivers	6
Knowledge of psychology in Cambodia: Exploring the relationships to demographics, psychopathology, and idioms of distress	6
Establishing veritocracy: Society, truth and science	6
“I didn’t do it!”: Lived experiences of suicide attempts made without perceived intent or volition	6
Self-compassion and self-coldness and their relationship with psychological distress and subjective well-being among community-based Hazaras in Australia	6
Recounting coup as the recirculation of Indigenous vitality: A narrative alternative to historical trauma	6
Cultural pathways to psychosis care: Patient and caregiver narratives from Puebla, Mexico	6
Metaphor and the politics and poetics of youth distress in an evidence-based psychotherapy	6
Eating disorders and related psychological features among Arabs and Jews in Israel: Does culture play a moderating role?	6
“I base my life on sadness”: Apparently paradoxical sources of resilience among young Haitians	5
Impact of a psychoeducational intervention on willingness to seek help for depression among African American young adults	5
Forcibly displaced persons and mental health: A survey of the experiences of Europe-wide psychiatry trainees during their training	5
Psychological distress and anxiety in Arab refugees and migrants during the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany	5
The impact of cultural identity, parental communication, and peer influence on substance use among Indigenous youth in Canada	5
Activist burnout in No Borders: The case of a highly diverse movement	5
Cross-cultural, transnational or interdisciplinary? Eric Wittkower’s psychosomatic medicine and transcultural psychiatry in historical context	5
Disputed expertise and chaotic disinformation: COVID-19 and denialist physicians in Brazil	5
The fragility of truth: Social epistemology in a time of polarization and pandemic	5