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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Mental health, quality of life, wellbeing, loneliness and use of social media in a time of social distancing during the COVID-19 outbreak. A cross-country comparative study	140
Coping strategies and mental health during COVID-19 lockdown	118
Risk perceptions, fear, depression, anxiety, stress and coping among Saudi nursing students during the COVID-19 pandemic	89
Nursing students, mental health status during COVID-19 quarantine: evidence from three European countries	44
Shared goals for mental health research: what, why and when for the 2020s	42
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health and well-being of adults with mental health conditions in the UK: a qualitative interview study	39
The association between uncertainty and mental health: a scoping review of the quantitative literature	32
Lost in transition: a systematic review of the association between unemployment and mental health	30
University student well-being in the United Kingdom: a scoping review of its conceptualisation and measurement	30
Digital video interventions and mental health literacy among young people: a scoping review	28
Socioeconomic status and mental illness stigma: the impact of mental illness controllability attributions and personal responsibility judgments	27
Keeping well in a COVID-19 crisis: a qualitative study formulating the perspectives of mental health service users and carers	27
The digital divide: factors impacting on uptake of remote therapy in a South London psychological therapy service for people with psychosis	25
Concern for Covid-19 cough, fever and impact on mental health. What about risk of Somatic Symptom Disorder?	23
Suicide literacy and suicide stigma – results of a population survey from Germany	22
Virtual reality and immersive technologies to promote workplace wellbeing: a systematic review	21
COVID-19 pandemic: demographic and clinical correlates of passive death wish and thoughts of self-harm among Canadians	19
Topic modelling online depression forums: beyond narratives of self-objectification and self-blaming	18
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	18
Mental health service users experiences of medication discontinuation: a systematic review of qualitative studies	16
How does diagnostic labelling affect social responses to people with mental illness? A systematic review of experimental studies using vignette-based designs	16
Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) for professional staff burnout: a systematic review and narrative synthesis of controlled trials	15
Three-year prediction of depression and anxiety with a single self-rated health item	15
Prenatal stress self-help mindfulness intervention via social media: a randomized controlled trial	14
Models of mental health problems: a quasi-systematic review of theoretical approaches	13

Workplace trauma and chronic stressor exposure among direct service providers working with people experiencing homelessness	13
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on student mental health and wellbeing in UK university students: a multiyear cross-sectional analysis	13
Googling “mental health” after mental health legislation and during the COVID-19 pandemic: an infodemiological study of public interest in mental health in the Philippines	13
The economic burden of mental disorders among adults in Singapore: evidence from the 2016 Singapore Mental Health Study	12
Moral injury and psychological wellbeing in UK healthcare staff	12
Psychometric properties of the EQ-5D-5L in patients with major depression: factor analysis and Rasch analysis	12
What’s up with everyone?’: The effectiveness of a digital media mental health literacy campaign for young people	11
The role of self-efficacy and self-esteem in mediating positive associations between functional social support and psychological wellbeing in people with a mental health diagnosis	11
Accommodation environments and student mental health in the UK: the role of relational spaces	11
Trauma, mental health and the COVID-19 crisis: are we really all in it together?	11
A systematic review of fear, stigma, and mental health outcomes of pandemics	11
Social isolation and well-being in veterans with mental illness	11
Mental health help-seeking in China	10
What about value for money? A cost benefit analysis of the South Eastern Sydney Recovery and Wellbeing College	10
Barriers and facilitators to mental healthcare for women veterans: a scoping review	10
Effectiveness of peer support interventions for adults with depressive symptoms: a systematic review and meta-analysis	10
Mental illness self-disclosure among college students: a pre-requisite of social support or a booster of social support benefits?	10
The effectiveness of group-based gardening interventions for improving wellbeing and reducing symptoms of mental ill-health in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis	9
Evaluating recovery colleges: a co-created scoping review	9
Peer support in early intervention in psychosis: a qualitative research study	9
Psychologists’ perspectives on the contribution of psychology to acute adult mental health inpatient, crisis response home treatment and mental health liaison services	9
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	8
‘Waiting for the verdict’: the experience of being assessed under the Mental Health Act	8
How do recorded mental health recovery narratives create connection and improve hopefulness?	8
Clinical and personal recovery for people with schizophrenia in China: prevalence and predictors	8
Mental health service users’ experiences and perspectives of family involvement in their care: a systematic literature review	8
Staff experience of team case formulation to address challenging behaviour on acute psychiatric wards: a mixed-methods study	8
Healthcare professional disclosure of mental illness in the workplace: a rapid scoping review	8
Noise pollution and mental health	8
Models and frameworks of mental health recovery: a scoping review of the available literature	7
Social support, resilience, and mental health in a low-intensity warfare context: the effects of siege on university students in Gaza	7
The anxiety of the lone editor: fraud, paper mills and the protection of the scientific record	7
A case series study of an innovative community-based brief psychological model for men in suicidal crisis	7
Toward understanding the mental health of nigerian residents during lockdown: the influence of age and vulnerability to COVID-19	7
Assessing a digital peer support self-management intervention for adults with serious mental illness: feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effectiveness	7
Investigating mental health service user views of stigma on Twitter during COVID-19: a mixed-methods study	7
Interventions that support unpaid carers of adult mental health inpatients: a scoping review	6
Physical Activity Can Enhance Life (PACE-Life): results from a 10-week walking intervention for individuals with schizophrenia spectrum disorders	6
Maternal and paternal mental health problems and the risk of offspring depression in late adolescence: findings from the Raine study	6
Mental health issues and psychological risk factors among Paraguayan healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic	6
Exploring engagement with the CBT-informed Actissist smartphone application for early psychosis	6
Introducing an implementation framework for augmenting care with digital technology for early psychosis patients: theory and motivation	6
Understanding the typical presentation of emptiness: a study of lived-experience	6
The use of physical exercise in forensic psychiatric care in Sweden: a nationwide survey	6
How often do US-based schizophrenia papers published in high-impact psychiatric journals report on race and ethnicity?: A 20-year update of Lewine and Caudle (1999)	6
Developing an internet-delivered intervention targeting residual cognitive symptoms after major depressive disorder: a person-based approach	6
University students’ experience of the Beirut port explosion: associations with subjective well-being and subjective symptoms of mental strain	6
Depression in Brazilian farmers: prevalence and associated factors	6
Association of current income and reduction in income during the COVID-19 pandemic with anxiety and depression among non-healthcare workers	5
The COVID-19 burnout scale: development and initial validation	5

Parsing social motivation: development and validation of a self-report measure of social effort	5
Research and mental health during COVID-19—advice and some requests	5
Optimising response rates in a national postal survey evaluating community mental health care: four interventions trialled	5
Mental health in the built environment	5
Coping strategies of healthcare professional students for stress incurred during their studies: a literature review	5
Common mental health problems and associated factors among medical students of University of Ibadan, Nigeria	5
“I don’t think they’re as culturally sensitive”: a mixed-method study exploring e-mental health use among culturally diverse populations	5
Barriers and enablers to the moderation of self-harm content for a young person’s online forum	5
A review of risks, adverse effects and mitigation strategies when delivering mental health services using telehealth	5
Anti-stigma advocacy for health professionals: a systematic review	5
Psychological responses and associated factors during the initial lockdown due to the corona disease epidemic (COVID-19) among Norwegian citizens	5
Racism and the mental health of East Asian diasporas in North America: a scoping review	5
Surveillance, CCTV and body-worn cameras in mental health care	5
A journey of living well: a participatory photovoice study exploring recovery and everyday activities with people experiencing mental illness	5
A qualitative exploration of family members’ perspectives on reducing and discontinuing antipsychotic medication	5