OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of South African Journal of Psychiatry is 1. 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 and well-being of university staff during the coronavirus disease 2019 levels 4 and 5 lockdown in an Eastern Cape university, South Africa	14
The relationship between adverse childhood experiences and depression: A cross-sectional survey with university students in Botswana	10
The experiences and perceptions of mental health service provision at a primary health centre in the Eastern Cape	8
Prevalence and correlates of psychological distress amongst healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: An online survey	7
Pregnancy-related anxiety symptoms and associated factors amongst pregnant women attending a tertiary hospital in south-west Nigeria	7
Mental illness attitudes and knowledge in non-specialist medical doctors working in state and private sectors	6
Alcohol and drug use as factors for high-school learners’ absenteeism in the Western Cape	5
COVID-19 consequences on mental health: An African perspective	5
Feasibility and acceptability of a mental health stigma intervention for low-income South African caregivers: A qualitative investigation	5
Experience of violence, coping and support for nurses working in acute psychiatric wards	5
Mental illness and HIV amongst female inmates in Durban, South Africa	5
Promotive factors associated with internalising symptoms amongst college students during the COVID-19 lockdown in Enugu metropolis, Nigeria	5
Cyberbullying perpetration and victimisation amongst adolescent psychiatric patients at Lentegeur Hospital, South Africa	4
Job satisfaction, personality traits, and its impact on motivation among mental health workers	4
The spectrum of functional neurological disorders: A retrospective analysis at a tertiary hospital in South Africa	4
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder stigma: The silent barrier to care	4
From ideation to attempt: A study of suicidality and its correlates amongst patients with schizophrenia in a resource-poor country	4
Mental health distress during the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria: Need for psychological intervention	3
Profile of suicide within the northern part of Ghana: A decade under review	3
Exploring burnout among psychiatric trainees at a South African university	3
The profile of suspected criminal offenders referred for psychiatric evaluation on an outpatient basis at Ngwelezana Hospital	3
Prevalence of depression, anxiety and burnout in medical students at the University of Namibia	3
The magnitude and determinants of depressive symptoms amongst women in early pregnancy in Southern Nigeria: A cross-sectional study	3
Prevalence and correlates of sexual dysfunction among patients with mental disorders in a tertiary hospital in Southwest Nigeria	3
Characteristics of persons accused of intimate partner homicide amongst forensic psychiatric observations	3

Coulrophobia: An investigation of clinical features	3
Psychiatric morbidity amongst adolescents in a Nigerian juvenile correctional facility	3
Tobacco use and associated mental symptoms and health risk behaviours amongst individuals 15 years or older in South Africa	3
Are female bipolar patients of reproductive age aware of the teratogenic risk of sodium valproate? A qualitative study	3
Becoming a Xhosa traditional healer: The calling, illness, conflict and belonging	3
Impulsivity and psychiatric comorbidity as risk factors for suicide attempts in borderline personality disorder	2
COVID-19 infection at a psychiatric hospital in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: Clinical service planning and challenges	2
Mental health education for physiotherapists: A scoping review	2
Characteristics and outcomes of patients admitted to the first psychiatric intensive care unit in Egypt	2
Caregiver burden among caregivers of children with autism spectrum disorder	2
The prevalence of depression and its associated factors among patients with diabetes mellitus attending a tertiary clinic in Gaborone, Botswana	2
Double burden of malnutrition amongst patients with first-episode schizophrenia in a psychiatric hospital: A 1-year follow-up study	2
Differences in alcohol and cannabis use amongst substance use disorder patients with and without comorbid attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder	2
Prehospital care providers’ understanding of responsibilities during a behavioural emergency	2
Theoretical understanding of contextual motivations for sustained adolescent marijuana use in South Africa	2
Trauma survivors’ perceptions and experiences of prolonged exposure for PTSD at a psychology clinic	2
Prevalence of autism spectrum disorder symptoms in a paediatric neurology clinic at a tertiary hospital in Uganda	2
Strengthening a mental illness management questionnaire for clinical associates through expert validation and cognitive interviews	2
Prevalence and determinants of tobacco use amongst South African adults with mental illness in the Eastern Cape	2
Perceptions, risk and understandings of the COVID-19 pandemic in urban South Africa	2
HIV prevalence and access to HIV testing and care in patients with psychosis in South Africa	2
Preparedness of final year medical students in caring for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender patients with mental illness	2
Trends and patterns of suicidal behaviour in Nigeria: Mixed-methods analysis of media reports from 2016 to 2019	2
Case study: New onset of neuropsychiatric symptoms following switching to a dolutegravir regimen	2
Quality of individual and group level interventions for first-episode psychosis at the tertiary psychiatric hospital in Uganda	2
Prevalence and determinants of burnout among South African doctors during the COVID-19 pandemic	2
Study of burnout and depressive symptoms in doctors at a central level, state hospital	2
Systematic review on the prevalence of perinatal depression in Malawi	2
The role of Mental Health Care Act status in dignity-related complaints by psychiatric inpatients: A cross-sectional analytical study	2
Factors associated with dropout at 2 years post-initiation of treatment in the first episode of schizophrenia	2
An assessment of voting knowledge and related decisions amongst hospitalised mental healthcare users in South Africa	1
Evaluating the efficacy of an online depression screening tool in South Africa: A pilot study	1
Perceptions, risk and understandings of the COVID-19 pandemic in urban South Africa	1
Early deviant behaviour as a dimension trait and endophenotype in schizophrenia	1
HIV associated psychiatric comorbidity among attendees at a tertiary hospital, North-Eastern Nigeria	1
Developing a healthcare worker psychological preparedness support programme for the COVID-19 outbreak	1
Psychometric properties of Drug Attitude Inventory among patients with schizophrenia	1
Ten game-changers in mental health for South Africa	1
Characteristics of inpatients in dialectical behaviour therapy modified for a resource-limited setting	1
Motives for deliberate self-harm in a South African tertiary hospital	1
Working memory and set-shifting in school-aged children classified as having attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder	1
Community mental health literacy in Tshwane region 1: A quantitative study	1
History of postgraduate psychiatry education and training in Nigeria	1
Assessing HIV transmission knowledge in psychiatric patients in Johannesburg, South Africa	1
Burnout in emergency department staff: The prevalence and barriers to intervention	1
Schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder: Length of stay and associated factors	1
Developing and testing a South African Brief Cognitive Score in literate and illiterate people of mixed language groups	1
Alcohol use in Tanzanians with chronic psychotic disorders and poor medication adherence	1
Knowledge, confidence, and practices of clinical associates in the management of mental illness	1
Clozapine use at a specialised psychiatric hospital in Johannesburg	1

Common mental disorders amongst frontline healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study	1
Effectiveness of cognitive behavioural therapy and social skills training in management of conduct disorder	1
The experiences of clinical psychologists in treating traumatic stress at a tertiary psychiatric hospital in the Eastern Cape: A qualitative study	1
Neuropsychiatric symptoms in a patient with Cushing’s syndrome	1
Prevalence of depressive symptoms and quality of life among patients with diabetes mellitus with and without HIV infection: A South African study	1
An online mindfulness intervention for medical students in South Africa: A randomised controlled trial	1
Depression and quality of life among pregnant women in first and third trimesters in Abeokuta: A comparative study	1
Prevalence and correlates of suicidal behaviour among a national population-based sample of adults in Zambia	1
Patients’ voices from music therapy at a South African psychiatric hospital	1
Identifying a probable suicide cluster in an acute care psychiatric hospital in the Eastern Cape, South Africa	1
Descriptive outcomes for a cohort of high-frequency psychiatric service users in the Western Cape, South Africa after 10 years	1
HIV knowledge, attitudes and practices amongst patients with severe mental illnesses and chronic medical illnesses in Durban, South Africa	1
Routine investigations for patients with mental and behavioural disturbances	1
The profile of offenders accused of rape referred to the Observation Ward of the Free State Psychiatric Complex, Bloemfontein, South Africa, 2011–2015	1
The perceptions of adult psychiatric inpatients with major depressive disorder towards occupational therapy activity-based groups	1
My sibling’s mental illness: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of experiences of having an adult sibling with a mental illness in semi-rural South Africa	1
Erratum: Extrapyramidal side effects in first-episode schizophrenia treated with flupenthixol decanoate	1
Correlates and cascade of HIV care in patients with psychiatric disorders in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa	1
Tobacco use and associated mental symptoms and health risk behaviours amongst individuals 15 years or older in South Africa	1
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) with ketamine induction for catatonia in an HIV positive patient	1
Adolescent psychiatric outpatients and their caregivers: Comparing the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire	1
Experiences of family members of relatives admitted as state patients in a psychiatric hospital	1
Medicines used in mental, neurological and substance use disorders in Gauteng, South Africa: A secondary analysis of the 2017–2018 provincial pharmaceutical database, Part 1	1
How can a 6-week training course shape mental healthcare professionals’ understanding of mindfulness? Experiences at Weskoppies Psychiatric Hospital	1
Prevalence of cannabis use in people with psychosis in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa	1