OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Mental Health 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
A mixed methods exploration of “Creativity in Mind”, an online creativity-based intervention for low mood and anxiety	57
Healthcare professionals’ and patients’ attitudes toward the causes and management of aggression in Estonian psychiatric clinics: a quantitative cross-sectional comparative study	47
Intimate and sexual feelings in psychotherapy: educational topic or still taboo?	45
Nutrition and Psychiatric Disorders	41
What over the counter (OTC) products have been evaluated for anxiety in adults aged 18–60? A scoping review	36
Mental health research goals and the National Institute for Health Research	33
Mental health beliefs and help-seeking in an African descended sample with experiences of psychosis	30
Food and Mental Health: A Guide for Health Professionals	26
Mental health promotion and protection relating to key life events and transitions in adulthood: a rapid systematic review of systematic reviews	25
Creating “an oasis of hope, inclusion and connection”: students and stakeholders’ experiences of a pilot Recovery College	25
Examination of internalized stigma, quality of life, and happiness in patients with schizophrenia	25
Unveiling sex difference in factors associated with suicide attempt among Chinese adolescents with depression: a machine learning-based study	24
An analysis of differential improvement by diagnosis in group transdiagnostic cognitive behaviour therapy for anxiety disorders	23
Editorial: Right care, right person? Changing police responses to mental health crises	22
Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) for professional staff burnout: a systematic review and narrative synthesis of controlled trials	22
Why mental health research matters: a commentary on ‘shared goals for mental health research: what, why and when for the 2020s’	20
The economic burden of mental disorders among adults in Singapore: evidence from the 2016 Singapore Mental Health Study	18
Thank you to Reviewers	18
New fathers, mental health and digital communication	18
Moral injury and psychological wellbeing in UK healthcare staff	18
An Ounce of Prevention	17
The COVID-19 burnout scale: development and initial validation	15
Trust, entrusting and the role of trustworthiness for adult survivors of child sexual abuse	15
Exploring the role of psychological need fulfilment on stress, job satisfaction and turnover intention in support staff working in inpatient mental health hospitals in the NHS: a self-determination th	15
Optimising response rates in a national postal survey evaluating community mental health care: four interventions trialled	14

Building research capacity in mental health	14
The digital divide: factors impacting on uptake of remote therapy in a South London psychological therapy service for people with psychosis	14
Anxiety, depression and coping strategies among chronic medical patients with coronavirus disease-2019: a multicenter follow-up cohort study	14
Responses to the mental health care needs of survivors of intimate partner violence in Portugal: Perspectives of survivors and mental health professionals	13
Introducing an implementation framework for augmenting care with digital technology for early psychosis patients: theory and motivation	13
REMOVED: The ‘rhetorical concession’: a linguistic analysis of debates and arguments in mental health	12
Coping profiles of family caregivers of people with schizophrenia: differentiations between parent and sibling caregivers	12
Starting well, staying well: randomised controlled trial of “Whitu – seven ways in seven days,” a well-being app for university students	12
Leaving the stigma to the patients? Frequency of crisis experiences among mental health professionals in Berlin and Brandenburg and how they cope with it	12
The ethical imperative of trauma-sensitive care for electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)	11
Reducing LGBTQ+ adolescent mental health inequalities: a realist review of school-based interventions	11
Death anxiety and satisfaction with life among the adults in the social isolation process of Covid-19 pandemic: the mediating role of perceived stress	11
Service user leadership in priority setting: an end in itself as well as a means to an end	11
Indigenous Knowledge and Mental Health: A Global Perspective	11
Psychological recovery in a step 4 service: a qualitative study exploring the views of service users and clinicians	11
Reflections on “Shared goals for mental health research: what, why and when for the 2020s”	10
Madness and Literature: What Fiction Can Do For The Understanding of Mental Illness	10
A study investigating the implementation of NICE recommended psychological interventions for people with psychosis following a psychiatric inpatient admission	10
Are the spatiotemporal gait parameters at different walking speeds capable of predicting variations in cognitive status by the mini-mental state examination?	10
Can experience sampling self-monitoring tools promote the activation of clients in mental healthcare? A qualitative study	10
Time to change course in stigma research?	9
Global Perspectives on Microaggressions in Schools: Understanding and Combating Covert Violence	9
Early intervention in psychosis for first episode psychotic mania: the experience of people diagnosed with bipolar disorder	9
Clinical insight in first episode psychosis: the role of metacognition	9
Stigmatization and attitudes toward eating disorders: a comparison between native German adolescents, Turkish immigrant adolescents in Germany, and native Turkish adolescents	9
“There may be a problem, but I’m not going because…”: examining classes of men and their rationales for not seeking mental health treatment	8
Australian perspectives on shared goals for mental health research in the UK	8
The effectiveness of digital health technologies for reducing substance use among young people: a systematic review & meta-analysis	8
What about value for money? A cost benefit analysis of the South Eastern Sydney Recovery and Wellbeing College	8
Use of coercion in mental healthcare services in Nigeria: Service providers’ perspective	8
Suicide first aid guidelines for Indonesia: a Delphi consensus study	8
Factors associated with psychiatric admission and subsequent self-harm repetition: a cohort study of high-risk hospital-presenting self-harm	8
Prevalence of university non-continuation and mental health conditions, and effect of mental health conditions on non-continuation: a systematic review and meta-analysis	8
Are efforts to recruit to psychiatry closing the stable door after the horse has bolted? Knowledge and attitudes towards a career in psychiatry amongst secondary (high) school students: a UK-based cro	8
“I don’t think they’re as culturally sensitive”: a mixed-method study exploring e-mental health use among culturally diverse populations	8
What is evidence? bridging the gap between trials and treatment implementation	7
A systematic review of fear, stigma, and mental health outcomes of pandemics	7
Evaluating interventions that have improved access to community mental health care for Black men: A systematic review	7
Effects of positive psychological interventions on positive and negative emotions in depressed individuals: a systematic review and meta-analysis	7
Barriers and enablers to the moderation of self-harm content for a young person’s online forum	7
Common mental health problems in medical students and junior doctors – an overview of systematic reviews	6
Suicide from intimate partner and other relationship conflicts: demographic and clinical correlates’	6
Parents’ right strategy on preventing youngsters’ recent suicidal ideation: a 13-year prospective cohort study	6
Staff support for workplace trauma: a freedom of information act request survey for NHS trusts providing mental health care in England	6
Stigmatisation of mental illness in Africa: a systematic review of qualitative and mixed studies	6
Associations between attachment, therapeutic alliance, and engagement in black people with psychosis living in the UK	6
Designing mental health promotion campaigns: segmenting U.S. Veteran audiences to address public stigma	6
Psychiatry Algorithms for Primary Care	6
Videocall delivered psychological interventions for treating depressive symptoms in primary care – a systematic review	6
Mental health issues and psychological risk factors among Paraguayan healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic	6

Social networks of people with serious mental illness who smoke: potential role in a smoking cessation intervention	6
Engagement strategies in an assertive outreach context: a mixed-methods systematic review	6
Change in mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal study of residents of Indian metropolitan cities	6
Anxiety management strategies on TikTok: a discourse analysis of collective coping mechanisms	6
Views of services users and staff on a combined money advice and psychological therapy service within IAPT	5
Mental illness self-disclosure among college students: a pre-requisite of social support or a booster of social support benefits?	5
Shared goals for mental health research: what, why and when for the 2020s	5
Mental health service users experiences of medication discontinuation: a systematic review of qualitative studies	5
Effects of COVID-19-related worry and rumination on mental health and loneliness during the pandemic: longitudinal analyses of adults in the UK COVID-19 mental health & wellbeing study	5
Developing an internet-delivered intervention targeting residual cognitive symptoms after major depressive disorder: a person-based approach	5
Case Studies in Sports Psychiatry	5
The influence of contact with mental health services on carers’ help-seeking attitudes: contribution of stigma and affective state	5
Evaluating recovery colleges: a co-created scoping review	5
Misinformation in the time of COVID: fighting the spread of fake news	5
Informal caregivers of people with a diagnosis of schizophrenia: determinants and predictors of resilience	5
Models of mental health problems: a quasi-systematic review of theoretical approaches	5
Romantic relationship quality and functioning for individuals with clinical and sub-clinical social anxiety: a scoping review	5
Depression in Brazilian farmers: prevalence and associated factors	5
Staff experience of team case formulation to address challenging behaviour on acute psychiatric wards: a mixed-methods study	5
Social support, resilience, and mental health in a low-intensity warfare context: the effects of siege on university students in Gaza	5
Positive influences of the COVID-19 pandemic on community dwelling adults in Trinidad and Tobago: a cross sectional study	5
Peer support in early intervention in psychosis: a qualitative research study	5
Mad World: The Politics of Mental Health	5
Adjustment disorder in the Armed Forces: a systematic review	5