OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences is 2. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Modelling the impact on a local mental health system of previously implemented care programs: the experience of assertive outreach teams in Bizkaia (Spain)	85
Depressive symptoms, but not anxiety, predict subsequent diagnosis of Coronavirus disease 19: a national cohort study	76
Prevalence and prevention of suicidal ideation among asylum seekers in a high-risk urban post-displacement setting	68
Assessing the factorial validity and the internal reliability of the International Trauma Questionnaire (ITQ); PTSD and complex PTSD among survivors of sexual violence in Ireland	59
Social disconnectedness, subsequent medical conditions, and, the role of pre-existing mental disorders: a population-based cohort study	56
The mental health and well-being of adolescents with/without intellectual disability in the UK	50
Letter of response to Nabi Z, Stansfeld J, Plöderl M, Wood L, Moncrieff J. Effects of lithium on suicide and suicidal behaviour: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised trials. Epidemio	39
Effect of coercive measures on mental health status in adult psychiatric populations: a nationwide trial emulation	39
Estimating the difference in prevalence of common mental disorder diagnoses for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples compared to the general Australian population	39
Phenomenology as a resource for translational research in mental health: methodological trends, challenges and new directions	37
Trajectories of depressive symptoms of mothers and fathers over 11 years	37
Psychometric properties of a brief, self-report measure of social inclusion: the F-SIM16	35
Global, regional and national burden of autism spectrum disorder from 1990 to 2019: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019	33
Using an intersectionality-based approach to evaluate mental health services use among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men in Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver	31
Interactions of the CSF3R polymorphism and early stress on future orientation: evidence for the differential model of stress-related growth	31
Ethnic inequities in multimorbidity among people with psychosis: a retrospective cohort study	31
Young adults, particularly young women, account for an increasingly large share of Dutch mental healthcare expenditure over the period between 2015 and 2021	28
The overestimation of the effect sizes of psychotherapies for depression in waitlist controlled trials: a meta-analytic comparison with usual care controlled trials	22
Associations between social determinants of health and mental health disorders among U.S. population: a cross-sectional study	22
Surge in antidepressant usage among adolescents and young adults during the COVID-19 pandemic: insights from an interrupted time series analysis	21
Epidemiology of intimate partner violence perpetration and victimisation in a representative sample	21
Discrimination reported by people with schizophrenia: cross-national variations in relation to the Human Development Index	20
Alcohol use as a predictor of the course of major depressive disorder: a prospective population-based study	20
A longitudinal network of psychotic-like experiences, depressive and anxiety symptoms, and adverse life events: a cohort study of 3,358 college students	20
Boosting the development of individual placement and support in Europe	19

Self-reports vs clinician ratings of efficacies of psychotherapies for depression: a meta-analysis of randomized trials	19
Housing First for homeless people with severe mental illness: extended 4-year follow-up and analysis of recovery and housing stability from the randomizedUn Chez Soi d'Abordtrial	18
Parental education and youth suicidal behaviours: a systematic review and meta-analysis	17
The double burden of severe mental illness and cancer: a population-based study on colorectal cancer care pathways from screening to end-of-life care	17
The Bay Area Muslim mental health community advisory board: evaluation of a community based participatory approach	17
A critique of narrative reviews of the evidence-base for ECT in depression	16
Characterization of antipsychotic utilization before clozapine initiation for individuals with schizophrenia: an innovative visualization of trajectories using French National Health Insurance data	16
A longitudinal birth cohort study of child maltreatment and mental disorders using linked statewide child protection and administrative health data for 83,050 Queensland residents from 1983 to 2014 –	15
Rethinking Outsider Art in the digital age: an overview of Cara Macwilliam’s artistic practice	15
Impact of displacement context on psychological distress in refugees resettled in Australia: a longitudinal population-based study	15
Childhood adversities and bipolar disorder: a neuroimaging focus	15
Mediating pathways between attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and type 2 diabetes mellitus: evidence from a two-step and multivariable Mendelian randomization study	15
Evidence does not confirm that lithium prevents suicide: a reply to Bschor et al.	14
Associations of bullying victimisation in different frequencies and types with suicidal behaviours among school-going adolescents in low- and middle-income countries	14
Emergency department presentations for deliberate self-harm and suicidal ideation in 25–39 year olds following agency-notified child maltreatment: results from the Childhood Adversity and Lifetime Mor	14
Exploring socio-economic inequalities in mental healthcare utilization in adults with self-reported psychological distress: a survey-registry linked cohort design	13
Schizophrenia as a risk factor for cardiovascular and metabolic health outcomes: a comparative risk assessment	13
Access to and perceived unmet need for mental health services and support in a community sample of UK adolescents with and without experience of childhood adversity	13
Post-traumatic stress disorder among LGBTQ people: a systematic review and meta-analysis	12
Preclinical and clinical evidence on the approach-avoidance conflict evaluation as an integrative tool for psychopathology	11
Internet gaming disorder and depression mediated by impaired resilience and sleep distress: a three-wave longitudinal study among Chinese adolescents	11
A response to yet another defence of ECT in the absence of robust efficacy and safety evidence	11
Timing of exposure to household poverty and adolescent mental health problems	11
Jon Sarkin: the eternal now	11
Psychological impact of the quarantine during the COVID-19 pandemic on the general European adult population: a systematic review of the evidence	11
Facing the paradox of professionalizing peer roles in MH services: how addressing self-disclosure with self-determination theory might help	10
Needs for care of residents with schizophrenia spectrum disorders and association with daily activities and mood monitored with experience sampling method: the DIAPASON study	10
Predictors of new-onset suicide risk and persistent suicide risk among young adult lesbian, gay and bisexual individuals experiencing the COVID-19 pandemic: a follow-up study	10
Prevalence of loneliness and social isolation amongst individuals with severe mental disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis	10
A comprehensive study of medically serious suicide attempts in France: incidence and associated factors	10
The effect of the COVID-19 lockdown on mental health care use in South Africa: an interrupted time-series analysis	10
COVID-19 risk, course and outcome in people with mental disorders: a systematic review and meta-analyses	10
Sickness absence and associations with sociodemographic factors, health risk behaviours, occupational stressors and adverse mental health in 40,343 UK police employees	10
Post-SSRI sexual dysfunction: barriers to quantifying incidence and prevalence	10
State of Ireland's mental health: findings from a nationally representative survey	9
Gender disparity and post-traumatic stress disorder and elevated psychological distress in humanitarian migrants resettled in Australia: the moderating role of socioeconomic factors	9
The risks of adverse events with venlafaxine for adults with major depressive disorder: a systematic review of randomised clinical trials with meta-analysis and Trial Sequential Analysis	8
Insiders/outsiders of Canadian disability arts	8
Adherence to dietary guidelines and risk of dementia: a prospective cohort study of 94 184 individuals	8
Specific and cumulative lifetime stressors in the aetiology of major depression: A longitudinal community-based population study	8
Significant regional inequalities in the prevalence of intellectual disability and trends from 1990 to 2019: a systematic analysis of GBD 2019	8
Capturing the clinical complexity in young people presenting to primary mental health services: a data-driven approach	8
George Voronovsky: maker of memoryscapes	8
Incidence of mental health diagnoses during the COVID-19 pandemic: a multinational network study	8
Secular trends and social inequalities in child behavioural problems across three Brazilian cohort studies (1993, 2004 and 2015)	8
Effectiveness of partial restriction of access to means in jumping suicide: lessons from four bridges in three countries	8
Let’s talk about recovery in mental health: an international Delphi study of experts by experience	8
Changes on depression and suicidal ideation under severe lockdown restrictions during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain: a longitudinal study in the general population	7
Michaela Polacek. ‘I had to eat myself up on the left, now I’m only on the right’	7
Improving outcomes for people who are homeless and have severe mental illness in Ethiopia, Ghana and Kenya: overview of the HOPE programme	7

Population-based cohort study of oral contraceptive use and risk of depression	7
Adverse childhood experiences and global mental health: avenues to reduce the burden of child and adolescent mental disorders	7
A population-based cohort study of perinatal mental illness following traumatic brain injury	7
United we thrive: friendship and subsequent physical, behavioural and psychosocial health in older adults (an outcome-wide longitudinal approach)	7
The association between child maltreatment and problematic alcohol use in adulthood in a large multi-ethnic cohort: the HELIUS study	7
Colorectal cancer treatment in people with severe mental illness: a systematic review and meta-analysis	6
Emergency department presentations with suicide and self-harm ideation: a missed opportunity for intervention?	6
The role of cognitive and social leisure activities in dementia risk: assessing longitudinal associations of modifiable and non-modifiable risk factors	6
Mental health and work: a European perspective	6
Heterogeneity in 10-year course trajectories of moderate to severe major depressive disorder among veterans	6
Letter to the Editor in Response to ‘Population-based cohort study of oral contraceptive use and risk of depression’	6
Testing whether multi-level factors protect poly-victimised children against psychopathology in early adulthood: a longitudinal cohort study	6
The rise in acceptance of mental health professionals: help-seeking recommendations of the German public 1990–2020	6
Gabriel Audebert's polychrome busts	6
Calling for policy actions to increase access to long-acting antipsychotics in low-income and middle-income countries	6
Vitamin D and suicidality: a Chinese early adolescent cohort and Mendelian randomization study	5
Is there a mental health diagnostic crisis in primary care? Current research practices in global mental health cannot answer that question	5
A systematic review and meta-analysis of the effect of community treatment orders on aggression or criminal behaviour in people with a mental illness – CORRIGENDUM	5
Childhood adversities and risk of posttraumatic stress disorder and major depression following a motor vehicle collision in adulthood	5
Trauma, experiences of sexual violence and mental health in LGBTIQ+ refugees seeking psychosocial support in Germany	5
Temperature and mental health–related emergency department and hospital encounters among children, adolescents and young adults	5
Husband involvement in antenatal care moderates the link between vitamin D status and depressive symptoms in pregnant women	5
Advance statements in mental healthcare: time to close the evidence to practice gap	5
School-based socio-emotional learning programs to prevent depression, anxiety and suicide among adolescents: a global cost-effectiveness analysis	5
Maternal incarceration increases the risk of self-harm but not suicide: a matched cohort study	5
Age of onset of mental disorders and use of mental health services: needs, opportunities and obstacles — CORRIGENDUM	5
The prevalence of intimate partner violence and risk factors for women and men in China during the Shanghai 2022 lockdown	5
Including mental health care in a model of European health system	4
Association of antipsychotic use with breast cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies with over 2 million individuals—CORRIGENDUM	4
Adverse childhood experiences and global mental health: avenues to reduce the burden of child and adolescent mental disorders – CORRIGENDUM	4
Mental health–related structural stigma and discrimination in health and social policies in Nepal: A scoping review and synthesis	4
Requesting conflicts of interest declarations from the European Medicines Agency: 3-year follow-up status	4
Racial and ethnic disparities in social isolation and 11-year dementia risk among older adults in the United States	4
Exploring the genetic correlation of cardiovascular diseases and mood disorders in the UK Biobank	4
Longitudinal associations between post-traumatic stress and post-traumatic growth among older adults 11 years after a disaster	4
Network analytical investigation of relationships between symptoms of common mental disorders among refugees and asylum seekers in Türkiye	4
An outstanding message of hope: the WHO World Mental Health Report 2022	4
Post-traumatic stress disorder as a risk factor for major adverse cardiovascular events: a cohort study of a South African medical insurance scheme	4
Effectiveness of a WHO self-help psychological intervention to alleviate stress among healthcare workers in the context of COVID-19 in China: a randomised controlled trial	4
Alleviating the burden of depression: a simulation study on the impact of mental health services	4
Socio-cultural integration of Afghan refugees in Türkiye: the role of traumatic events, post-displacement stressors and mental health	4
Association between benzodiazepine receptor agonist use and mortality in patients hospitalised for COVID-19: a multicentre observational study	3
Hospitalization for SARS-CoV-2 and the risk of self-harm readmission: a French nationwide retrospective cohort study	3
The effectiveness of Problem Management Plus at 1-year follow-up for Syrian refugees in a high-income setting	3
A longitudinal birth cohort study of child maltreatment and mental disorders using linked statewide child protection and administrative health data for 83,050 Queensland residents from 1983 to 2014	3
Roles of obesity in mediating the causal effect of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder on diabetes	3
Three-year course of clinical high-risk symptoms for psychosis in the community: a latent class analysis	3
Psychiatric advance directives facilitated by peer workers among people with mental illness: economic evaluation of a randomized controlled trial (DAiP study)	3
Still too much delay in recognition of autism spectrum disorder	3
Australian Youth Self-Harm Atlas: spatial modelling and mapping of self-harm prevalence and related risk and protective factors to inform youth suicide prevention strategies	3
Specific effects of five subtypes of childhood maltreatment on suicide behaviours in Chinese adolescents: the moderating effect of sex and residence	3
Two sides of the same coin? The association between suicide stigma and suicide normalisation	3
Changes in depression and suicidal ideation under severe lockdown restrictions during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain: a longitudinal study in the general population - RETRACTION	3
Estimating prevalence of child and youth mental disorder and mental health-related service contacts: a comparison of survey data and linked administrative health data	3
Structural intervention at one bridge decreases the overall jumping suicide rate in Victoria, Australia	3
Space–time self-harm and suicide clusters in two cities in Taiwan	3
Changing trends in the global burden of mental disorders from 1990 to 2019 and predicted levels in 25 years	3
Preventing the mental health consequences of war in refugee populations	3
Catastrophic health expenditure and the risk of depression among middle-aged and old people in China: a national population-based longitudinal study	2
Prevalence of pica and rumination behaviours in adults and associations with eating disorder and general psychopathology: findings form a population-based study	2
The public health significance of prior homelessness: findings on multimorbidity and mental health from a nationally representative survey	2
Effect of COVID-19 pandemic on utilisation of community-based mental health care in North-East of Italy: A psychiatric case register study	2
Twelve-month follow-up of a randomised clinical trial of a brief group psychological intervention for common mental disorders in Syrian refugees in Jordan	2
Obsessive-compulsive disorder and suicide: a longitudinal study in Taiwan	2
Are all children treated equally? Psychiatric care and treatment receipt among migrant, descendant and majority Swedish children: a register-based study	2
An equity indicator for assessing mental healthcare access: a national population case study	2
‘Broken souls’ vs. ‘mad ax man’ – changes in the portrayal of depression and schizophrenia in the German media over 10 years	2
The effects of digital peer support interventions on physical and mental health: a review and meta-analysis	2
(Fear of) SARS-CoV-2 infection and psychological distress: a population-based cohort study in southern Switzerland	2
Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics in child and youth mental health; comparison of routine outcome measurements of an Australian and Dutch outpatient cohort – ADDENDUM	2
Persistence of anxiety and depression symptoms and their impact on the COVID-19 vaccine uptake	2
Mental health impact of multiple sexually minoritized and gender expansive stressors among LGBTQ+ young adults: a latent class analysis	2
COVID-19 after two years: trajectories of different components of mental health in the Spanish population	2
Genetic and psychosocial stressors have independent effects on the level of subclinical psychosis: findings from the multinational EU-GEI study	2
The roots of the concept of depth art	2
The effect of psychiatric decision unit services on inpatient admissions and mental health presentations in emergency departments: an interrupted time series analysis from two cities and one rural are	2
Factors associated with chronic depressive symptoms across adolescence and young adulthood: a UK birth cohort study	2
Increased risk of suicide among patients with social anxiety disorder	2
Interrelationships between social exclusion, mental health and wellbeing in adolescents: insights from a national Youth Survey	2
Considerations for supporting meaningful stakeholder engagement in global mental health research	2