OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Transcultural Psychiatry is 6. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Theories of mind and trauma after war in Uganda	43
Culture, context, and ethics in the therapeutic use of hallucinogens: Psychedelics as active super-placebos?	32
A systematic review of cross-cultural measures of resilience and its promotive and protective factors	29
Pilgrimage for an autism diagnosis: A study of Venezuelan parents’ experiences	28
Maasai women hearing voices: Implications for global mental health	21
Exploring Diagnostic Classification Prevalence in German and Dutch Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: An International Cross-Sectional Comparative Study	21
Survivors, users, or peers? Translating identities and decolonizing mental health in China	18
Microdosing with classical psychedelics: Research trajectories and practical considerations	17
The fragility of truth: Social epistemology in a time of polarization and pandemic	17
Tabletop Role-Playing Games as Drama Therapy in the Wild: Developing Personal Bonds with Characters Improves Players’ Self-Concepts	15
Selective mutism in immigrant families: An ecocultural perspective	15
Activist burnout in No Borders : The case of a highly diverse movement	14
Macrodosing to microdosing with psychedelics: Clinical, social, and cultural perspectives	12
An evaluation of early marriage and the mental state of Roma women: A cross-sectional study	12
Psychosis and psychedelics: Historical entanglements and contemporary contrasts	12
The culturally and contextually sensitive assessment of mental health using a structured diagnostic interview (MINI Kid) for Syrian refugee children and adolescents in Lebanon: Challenges and solution	11
The association of mindfulness and depression stigma among African American women participants in a mindfulness-based intervention: A pilot study	11
Effectiveness, barriers, and facilitators of interventions delivered by traditional healers for the treatment of common mental disorders: A systematic review	11
Modalities of the psychedelic experience: Microclimates of set and setting in hallucinogen research and culture	11
Psychedelic medicine at a crossroads: Advancing an integrative approach to research and practice	11
Religiosity, perceived anti-Semitism, xenophobia and mental health: Experiences of Jewish immigrants from the former Soviet Union in Austria and Germany	11
Explanatory models of common mental disorders among South Asians in high-income countries: A systematic review	10
“Mending fractured personalities”: A photography-based cultural study of recovery from mental distress in Romania	10
Linking obsessions to morality: A cross-cultural study among Turkish and Belgian university students	10
Finding agency in limbo: A qualitative investigation into the impact of occupational engagement on the mental health and wellbeing of asylum seekers in the UK	10

Relations between bullying and distress among youth living in First Nations communities: Assessing direct and moderating effects of culture-related variables	10
Cross-cultural adaptation of four instruments to measure stigma towards people with mental illness and substance use problems among primary care professionals in Chile	10
Trust, individualism, and the logics of care in middle America during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic	9
Documenting language barriers in a general hospital psychiatry setting	9
Epistemic losses, cultural exclusions, and the risk of biopiracy in the globalization of ayahuasca: A reply to Labate et al.	9
Facilitators and barriers in the implementation of a culturally adapted Arabic version of Illness Management and Recovery (IMR) among Palestinian Arabs in Israel	9
Traditional postpartum rituals among immigrant and non-immigrant Chinese women	9
Walking out of the shadows: Exploring the complexities of motherhood and intergenerational realities in the families of three Taiwanese comfort women survivors	8
“They should ask about our feelings”: Mongolian women's experiences of postpartum depression	8
Maladi Nanm, Maladi Zonbi, & Maladi Lalin: A qualitative study of cultural concepts of distress in northern Haiti	8
Beyond Critique: Reparative Approaches in Brazilian Mental Health	8
Research on severe mental illness in Indonesia: A scoping review	8
Lessons learned from the translation of the Internalised Stigma of Mental Illness (ISMI) scale into isiXhosa for use with South African Xhosa people with schizophrenia	8
Grisi Siknis: A cultural idiom of gender-based violence and structural inequalities in eastern Nicaragua	7
Civilians’ strategies of post-traumatic growth (PTG): The significance of Pashtunwali culture in the Swat conflict in Pakistan	7
Distinct trajectories of psychological distress among resettled refugees: Community acceptance predicts resilience while low ingroup social support predicts clinical distress	7
A quality appraisal of cultural adaptation of caregiver-implemented interventions for young autistic children	7
Help-seeking strategies and treatment experiences among individuals diagnosed with Bipolar Spectrum Disorder in Iran: A qualitative study	7
Discussing the unspoken: A qualitative analysis of online forum discussions on mental health problems in young Moroccan-Dutch migrants	7
Understanding mechanisms of change in a family-based preventive mental health intervention for refugees by refugees in New England	7
Corrigendum to Communication about distress and well-being: Epistemic and ethical considerations	7
Gaps and gains in parents’ mental health literacy: A cross-cultural comparison on attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder	7
Depression and Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) in mothers 6 weeks to 12 months post-delivery in a rural setting in Kenya	7
Eating disorders and related psychological features among Arabs and Jews in Israel: Does culture play a moderating role?	6
Association between unmet post-arrival expectations and psychological symptoms in recently arrived refugees	6
Cross-cultural, transnational or interdisciplinary? Eric Wittkower’s psychosomatic medicine and transcultural psychiatry in historical context	6
“I didn’t do it!”: Lived experiences of suicide attempts made without perceived intent or volition	6
Is it pathological to believe conspiracy theories?	6