OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of International Journal of Mental Health Systems is 3. 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
Coping strategies for depression among HIV-positive women in Gondar town health facilities, Northwest, Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study	100
Shifting drug markets in North America - a global crisis in the making?	68
Bi-stability and critical transitions in mental health care systems: a model-based analysis	48
Community mental health care network: an evaluative approach in a Brazilian state	42
Detection of traumatic stress in the presence of traumatic experiences: the role of resilience factors in foster care children five years or younger	34
Implementing digital mental health interventions at scale: one-year evaluation of a national digital CBT service in Ireland	33
The architecture of the primary mental healthcare system for older people in India: what public policies tell us	33
Peer support working: a question of ontology and epistemology?	31
Clinical and sociodemographic predictors of inpatient admission after presentation in a psychiatric emergency room: an observational study	30
Support or justice: a triangulated multi-focal view of sexual assault victim support in a UK sexual assault referral centre (SARC)	28
Experience of psychologists in the delivery of cognitive behaviour therapy in a non-western culture for treatment of substance abuse: a qualitative study	28
Challenges and opportunities for implementation and dissemination of a task- sharing counselling intervention for depression at primary health care level in South Africa	27
Assessing mental health literacy of primary health care workers in Kenya: a cross-sectional survey	23
Effectiveness of a technology-assisted, family volunteers delivered, brief, multicomponent parents’ skills training intervention for children with developmental disorders in rural Pakistan: a cluster	23
Correction to: Review of Australian initiatives to reduce stigma towards people with complex mental illness: what exists and what works?	22
Preventing suicide in refugees and asylum seekers: a rapid literature review examining the role of suicide prevention training for health and support staff	21
Facilitators, barriers and potential solutions to the integration of depression and non-communicable diseases (NCDs) care in Malawi: a qualitative study with service providers	21
The Youth Aware of Mental Health program in Australian Secondary Schools: 3- and 6-month outcomes	20
Experiences and perceptions of coercive practices in mental health care among service users in Nigeria: a qualitative study	20
Whose responsibility? Part 1 of 2: A scale to assess how stakeholders apportion responsibilities for addressing the needs of persons with mental health problems	20
Accuracy of a community mental health education and detection (CMED) tool for common mental disorders in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa	20
Attitude of mental healthcare providers toward tele-psychiatry services and associated factors at public referral hospitals in Addis Ababa city, Ethiopia	19
A systematic review of measures of the personal recovery orientation of mental health services and staff	19
Reach, uptake, and psychological outcomes of two publicly funded internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy programs in Ontario, Canada: an observational study	18
Piloting a community-based psychosocial group intervention designed to reduce distress among conflict-affected adults in Colombia: a mixed-method study of remote, hybrid, and in-person modalities duri	18

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health care and people with mental health conditions in Ethiopia: the MASC mixed-methods study	18
Impact of informal employment on individuals’ psychological well-being: microevidence from China	17
Lifetime relapse and its associated factors among people with schizophrenia spectrum disorders who are on follow up at Comprehensive Specialized Hospitals in Amhara region, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional	17
Co-creating community wellbeing initiatives: what is the evidence and how do they work?	17
Types of stigma experienced by patients with mental illness and mental health nurses in Indonesia: a qualitative content analysis	16
Psychological and social interventions for mental health issues and disorders in Southeast Asia: a systematic review	15
Social skills interventions for Thai adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD): a qualitative study of the perceptions and experiences of Thai adolescents, their caregivers and healthcare profes	14
The impact of peer support work on the mental health of peer support specialists	14
Access to mental health and addiction services for youth and their families in Ontario: perspectives of parents, youth, and service providers	14
Mental health experiences with COVID-19 public health measures in an Alberta First Nations Community	14
Cost structure in specialist mental healthcare: what are the main drivers of the most expensive episodes?	13
Mental healthcare for asylum-seekers and refugees residing in the United Kingdom: a scoping review of policies, barriers, and enablers	13
University students’ use of mental health services: a systematic review and meta-analysis	13
A framework for precision “dosing” of mental healthcare services: algorithm development and clinical pilot	12
The battle for mental well-being in Ukraine: mental health crisis and economic aspects of mental health services in wartime	12
Dynamics of hospitalizations and staffing of Ukraine’s mental health services during the Russian invasion	12
Testing the psychometric properties of the risk-rescue rating scale: a lethality measure for suicide attempts	11
How therapists and patients need to develop a clinical feedback system after 18 months of use in a practice-research network: a qualitative study	11
Mental health services during the war in Ukraine: 2-years follow up study	11
Factors associated with involuntary psychiatric hospitalization in Portugal	11
Mental health consequences of home demolition policy towered Palestinians: Literature review	11
Perceived helpfulness of service sectors used for mental and substance use disorders: Findings from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys	11
Factors contributing to emotional distress in Sierra Leone: a socio-ecological analysis	10
Mechanisms of action for stigma reduction among primary care providers following social contact with service users and aspirational figures in Nepal: an explanatory qualitative design	10
Staffing and patient-related factors affecting inpatient falls in a psychiatric hospital: a 5-year retrospective matched case–control study	10
Impact of intensive training on mental health, the experience of Port Said, Egypt	10
Epidemiology and associated factors of depression among cancer patients in Ethiopia: protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis	10
Quality of mental health services and rights of people receiving treatment in inpatient services in Finland: a cross-sectional observational survey with the WHO QualityRights Tool Kit	10
Lessons to be learned: identifying high-risk medication and circumstances in patients at risk for suicidal self-poisoning	10
Indonesia free from pasung: a policy analysis	9
Treatment rates and barriers to mental health service utilisation among university students in South Africa	9
Assessing the quality of the care offer for people with personality disorders in Italy: the QUADIM project. A multicentre research based on the database of use of Mental Health services	9
Development of the Mental Health Peer Support Questionnaire in colleges and vocational schools in Singapore	9
Mapping mental health care services for children and youth population in Colombia’s Pacific: potential for boundary spanning between community and formal services	8
Factors associated with satisfaction and perceived helpfulness of mental healthcare: a World Mental Health Surveys report	8
Prescriptive factors for intensive home treatment in acute psychiatry: a secondary analysis of a randomised controlled trial	8
The effectiveness of an online short-format Recovery College model: a co-learning model to support mental health	7
Mental health related stigma, service provision and utilization in Northern India: situational analysis	7
A Mental Wealth perspective: crossing disciplines to understand the value of collective mental and social assets in the post-COVID-19 era	7
Reducing stigma and improving access to care for people with mental health conditions in the community: protocol for a multi-site feasibility intervention study (Indigo-Local)	7
Networks to strengthen community social capital for suicide prevention in regional Australia: the LifeSpan suicide prevention initiative	7
Delayed discharge in inpatient psychiatric care: a systematic review	7
Contribution of researchers in the Arab region to peer-reviewed literature on mental health and well-being of university students	7
Situational analysis of service provision for adolescents with mental and neurological disorders in in two districts of Ghana	7
Effectiveness of a Community-based Group Mindfulness Program tailored for Arabic and Bangla-speaking Migrants	7
A quantitative analysis of human rights-related attitude changes towards people with mental health conditions and psychosocial, intellectual, or cognitive disabilities following completion of the WHO	7
Mapping awareness-raising and capacity-building materials on developmental disabilities for non-specialists: a review of the academic and grey literature	7
Diagnostic pattern of mental, neurological and substance use disorders at primary health care facilities in Uganda	7
Detecting child sexual abuse in child and adolescent psychiatry: a survey study of healthcare professionals’ assessment practice	7
The prevalence of depression, stress and anxiety symptoms in patients with chronic heart failure	7

A mixed methods exploration of the role of multi-family groups in community treatment of patients with depression and anxiety in Pakistan	6
Learn, Engage, Act, Dedicate (LEAD): development and feasibility testing of a task-shifted intervention to improve alcohol use, depression and family engagement for fathers	6
Lay social workers implementing a task-sharing approach to managing depression in Vietnam	6
Shifting North American drug markets and challenges for the system of care	6
The capacity-building role of community liaison workers with refugee communities in Victoria, Australia	6
Whose responsibility? Part 2 of 2: views of patients, families, and clinicians about responsibilities for addressing the needs of persons with mental health problems in Chennai, India and Montreal, Ca	6
Cultural adaptation of psychological interventions for people with mental disorders delivered by lay health workers in Africa: scoping review and expert consultation	6
A situational analysis of the mental health system of the West Region of Cameroon using the World Health Organization’s assessment instrument for mental health systems (WHO-AIMS)	5
Provider perceptions of the anticipated benefits, barriers, and facilitators associated with implementing a stepped care model for the delivery of addiction and mental health services in New Brunswick	5
Mental health treatment programs for children and young people in secure settings: A systematic review	5
Reprioritising global mental health: psychoses in sub-Saharan Africa	5
Using the National Mental Health Service Planning Framework to inform integrated regional planning: a case study in Tasmania, Australia	5
How do health care services help and hinder recovery after a suicide attempt? A qualitative analysis of Finnish service user perspectives	5
Psychometric properties of Persian version of depression literacy (D-Lit) questionnaire among general population	5
Advancing scalability and impacts of a teacher training program for promoting child mental health in Ugandan primary schools: protocol for a hybrid-type II effectiveness-implementation cluster randomi	5
Community-based rehabilitation for people with psychosocial disabilities in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review of the grey literature	5
Would you choose to be a psychiatrist again? A large-sample nationwide survey of psychiatrists and psychiatry residents in China	4
Mental health stigma at primary health care centres in Lebanon: qualitative study	4
Internalized stigma and associated factors among people with mental illness at University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northwest, Ethiopia, 2021	4
Perceptions, attitudes, and knowledge of teachers serving as mental health lay counselors in a low and middle income country: a mixed methods pragmatic pilot study	4
Mental illness stigma and associated factors among Arabic-speaking refugee and migrant populations in Australia	4
Translation of the mental health literacy questionnaire for young adults into Chichewa for use in Malawi: preliminary validation and reliability results	4
Correction: Can computer simulation support strategic service planning? Modelling a large integrated mental health system on recovery from COVID-19	4
Mental health stigma and discrimination in Ethiopia: evidence synthesis to inform stigma reduction interventions	4
Adapting the depression component of WHO Mental Health Gap Intervention Guide (mhGAP-IG.v2) for primary care in Shenzhen, China: a DELPHI study	4
Understanding the impact of digital therapeutic engagement in promoting mental wellbeing for Pacific youth in Aotearoa New Zealand: an exploration of the literature	4
Evaluating Pakistan’s mental healthcare system using World Health Organization’s assessment instrument for mental health system (WHO-AIMS)	4
Perceived feasibility, acceptability and impact of the family involvement intervention for severe mental illness: a qualitative study in Masaka - Uganda	4
Prevalence of and factors associated with depression in the hill tribe population aged 40 years and older in northern Thailand	4
HIV related stigma associated with social support, alcohol use disorders, depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation among people living with HIV: a systematic review and meta-analysis	4
Correction to: Organizing as negotiation: the construction of a pathway in Norwegian mental health services	3
Mental health crisis in Somalia: a review and a way forward	3
Towards measuring effective coverage: critical bottlenecks in quality- and user-adjusted coverage for major depressive disorder in São Paulo metropolitan area, Brazil	3
How can we best help this patient? Exploring mental health therapists’ reflections on medication-free care for patients with psychosis in Norway	3
“A mismatch between what is happening on the inside and going on, on the outside”: a qualitative study of therapists’ perspectives on student mental health	3
Flexible assertive community treatment teams can change complex and fragmented service systems: experiences of service providers	3
Perspectives of community processes in establishing community-based mental health services in Hong Kong: a case study	3
Preparing for the unexpected: a comparative study of policies addressing post-terror health reactions in Norway and France	3
The effects of national mental health plans on mental health services development in Chile: retrospective interrupted time series analyses of national databases between 1990 and 2017	3
International rates of receipt of psychological therapy for psychosis and schizophrenia: systematic review and meta-analysis	3
Outcomes of community-based suicide prevention program in primary health care of Iran	3
Prevalence and correlates of suicidal behaviour among adults in Malawi: a nationally representative cross-sectional survey in 2017	3
“You can create a little bit more closure in your own story when someone really connects with it”: exploring how involvement in youth peer support work can promote peer development	3
Conceptualization, detection, and management of psychological distress and mental health conditions among people with tuberculosis in Zambia: a qualitative study with stakeholders’ and TB health worke	3
Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of integrating the management of depression into routine HIV Care in Uganda (the HIV + D trial): A protocol for a cluster-randomised trial	3