OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences is 3. 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
Global, regional and national burden of anxiety disorders from 1990 to 2019: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019	136
Psychological impact of COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare workers in a highly burdened area of north-east Italy	131
Prevalence of depressive symptoms among Chinese university students amid the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review and meta-analysis	80
Mental health problems in the general population during and after the first lockdown phase due to the SARS-Cov-2 pandemic: rapid review of multi-wave studies	66
Trends in suicide rates during the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions in a major German city	65
The lack of statistical power of subgroup analyses in meta-analyses: a cautionary note	60
Psychometric properties of burnout measures: a systematic review	58
Psychological impact of the quarantine during the COVID-19 pandemic on the general European adult population: a systematic review of the evidence	55
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	44
Role of age, gender and marital status in prognosis for adults with depression: An individual patient data meta-analysis	43
Mental disorder symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic in Latin America – a systematic review and meta-analysis	40
Reducing stigma and discrimination associated with COVID-19: early stage pandemic rapid review and practical recommendations	37
The impact of COVID-19 on subthreshold depressive symptoms: a longitudinal study	33
Alcohol, coffee and tea intake and the risk of cognitive deficits: a dose–response meta-analysis	31
Thirty-day suicidal thoughts and behaviours in the Spanish adult general population during the first wave of the Spain COVID-19 pandemic	31
Excess mortality and life-years lost in people with bipolar disorder: an 11-year population-based cohort study	29
Depression and increased risk of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in individuals with obesity	29
Uncovering survivorship bias in longitudinal mental health surveys during the COVID-19 pandemic	29
Causal effect of tooth loss on depression: evidence from a population-wide natural experiment in the USA	28
Suicide, self-harm and thoughts of suicide or self-harm in infectious disease epidemics: a systematic review and meta-analysis	26
Sleep disturbance and psychiatric disorders: a bidirectional Mendelian randomisation study	23
Mental health and caregiving experiences of family carers supporting people with psychosis	23
Clinical outcomes in individuals at clinical high risk of psychosis who do not transition to psychosis: a meta-analysis	23
Homophobia and mental health: a scourge of modern era	22
The treatment gap for mental disorders in adults enrolled in HIV treatment programmes in South Africa: a cohort study using linked electronic health records	20

Use of antipsychotics in Denmark 1997–2018: a nation-wide drug utilisation study with focus on off-label use and associated diagnoses	20
Does retirement trigger depressive symptoms? A systematic review and meta-analysis	19
A call for greater conceptual clarity in the field of mental health and psychosocial support in humanitarian settings	19
Clozapine haematological monitoring for neutropenia: a global perspective	19
The association between sleep and depressive symptoms in US adults: data from the NHANES (2007–2014)	19
Excess mortality in patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders in Malaga (Spain): A cohort study	18
Stress reactivity as a putative mechanism linking childhood trauma with clinical outcomes in individuals at ultra-high-risk for psychosis: Findings from the EU-GEI High Risk Study	17
Risk of COVID-19 diagnosis and death in patients with mental illness: a cohort study	17
Effects of lithium on suicide and suicidal behaviour: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised trials	16
The role of cognitive and social leisure activities in dementia risk: assessing longitudinal associations of modifiable and non-modifiable risk factors	16
Global, regional and national burden of autism spectrum disorder from 1990 to 2019: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019	16
Neuroimaging studies exploring the neural basis of social isolation	16
Mental impact of Covid-19 among Spanish healthcare workers. A large longitudinal survey	15
Who benefits from individual placement and support? A meta-analysis	15
Blind spots in stigma research? Broadening our perspective on mental illness stigma by exploring ‘what matters most’ in modern Western societies	13
Association between physical-activity trajectories and cognitive decline in adults 50 years of age or older	13
Specific and cumulative lifetime stressors in the aetiology of major depression: A longitudinal community-based population study	13
Adverse childhood experiences and global mental health: avenues to reduce the burden of child and adolescent mental disorders	13
Prevalence of anxiety and depression in people with different types of cancer or haematologic malignancies: a cross-sectional study	13
Mental health and the global climate crisis	12
Stigma against mental health disorders in Nepal conceptualised with a ‘what matters most’ framework: a scoping review	12
Connectivity changes in major depressive disorder after rTMS: a review of functional and structural connectivity data	12
Enhancing the capabilities of forcibly displaced people: a human development approach to conflict- and displacement-related stressors	11
Ethnicity and power in the mental health system: experiences of white British and black Caribbean people with psychosis	11
Risk factors of post-traumatic stress disorder 10 years after Wenchuan earthquake: a population-based case–control study	11
What makes the psychosis ‘clinical high risk’ state risky: psychosis itself or the co-presence of a non-psychotic disorder?	10
Income disparity in school readiness and the mediating role of perinatal maternal mental health: a longitudinal birth cohort study	10
Profiles of exposure to potentially traumatic events in refugees living in Australia	10
Prevalence of psychiatric disorders for Indigenous Australians: a population-based birth cohort study	10
A three-arm randomised controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy of a positive psychology and social networking intervention in promoting mental health among HIV-infected men who have sex with men in	10
The quality of mental health care delivered to patients with schizophrenia and related disorders in the Italian mental health system. The QUADIM project: a multi-regional Italian investigation based o	9
EMA and FDA psychiatric drug trial guidelines: assessment of guideline development and trial design recommendations	9
The role of social deprivation and depression in dementia risk: findings from the longitudinal survey of health, ageing and retirement in Europe	9
The prevalence of hazardous and harmful drinking in the UK Police Service, and their co-occurrence with job strain and mental health problems	9
Parental education and youth suicidal behaviours: a systematic review and meta-analysis	9
Measuring subjective stress among young people in Hong Kong: validation and predictive utility of the single-item subjective level of stress (SLS-1) in epidemiological and longitudinal community sampl	9
How to deprescribe esketamine in resistant depression? A point of view after first clinical uses	9
Association between benzodiazepine receptor agonist use and mortality in patients hospitalised for COVID-19: a multicentre observational study	9
Covid-19-related stressors, mental disorders, depressive and anxiety symptoms: a cross-sectional, nationally-representative, face-to-face survey in Serbia	9
Twelve-month follow-up of a randomised clinical trial of a brief group psychological intervention for common mental disorders in Syrian refugees in Jordan	9
Potentially preventable hospitalisations for physical health conditions in community mental health service users: a population-wide linkage study	8
Phenomenology as a resource for translational research in mental health: methodological trends, challenges and new directions	8
Health and social care service utilisation and associated expenditure among community-dwelling older adults with depressive symptoms	8
Inequalities in the prevalence of major depressive disorder in Brazilian slum populations: a cross-sectional analysis	8
Prediction of parental alienation on depression in left-behind children: A 12-month follow-up investigation	8
The effect of the COVID-19 lockdown on mental health care use in South Africa: an interrupted time-series analysis	8
Moving beyond a ‘one-size-fits-all’ rationale in global mental health: prospects of a precision psychology paradigm	8
Mapping the selection, availability, price and affordability of essential medicines for mental health conditions at a global level	7
Disability and post-traumatic stress symptoms in the Ukrainian General Population during the 2022 Russian Invasion	7
Childhood adversities and bipolar disorder: a neuroimaging focus	7

Magnitude of terminological bias in international health services research: a disambiguation analysis in mental health	7
#patientstoo – Professional sexual misconduct by healthcare professionals towards patients: a representative study	7
Evaluation of competency-driven training for facilitators delivering a psychological intervention for children in Lebanon: a proof-of-concept study	7
Socio-political context as determinant of childhood maltreatment: a population-based study among women and men in East and West Germany	7
Has the COVID-19 pandemic influenced suicide rates differentially according to socioeconomic indices and ethnicity? More evidence is needed globally	7
Suicide, self-harm and thoughts of suicide or self-harm in infectious disease epidemics: a systematic review and meta-analysis – CORRIGENDUM	7
Mediation of Internet addiction on association between childhood maltreatment and suicidal behaviours among Chinese adolescents	7
Population-based cohort study of oral contraceptive use and risk of depression	6
Association of long-term exposure to air pollution with chronic sleep deprivation in adults from 141 urban communities in South Korea: a community-level longitudinal study, 2008‒2016	6
The effectiveness of volunteer befriending for improving the quality of life of patients with schizophrenia in Bosnia and Herzegovina – an exploratory randomised controlled trial	6
A critique of narrative reviews of the evidence-base for ECT in depression	6
Housing First for homeless people with severe mental illness: extended 4-year follow-up and analysis of recovery and housing stability from the randomized Un Chez Soi d'Abord trial	6
Ethnic inequities in multimorbidity among people with psychosis: a retrospective cohort study	6
Prevalence of pica and rumination behaviours in adults and associations with eating disorder and general psychopathology: findings form a population-based study	6
Trauma exposure and factors associated with ICD-11 PTSD and complex PTSD in adolescence: a cross-cultural study in Japan and Lithuania	6
An outstanding message of hope: the WHO World Mental Health Report 2022	6
Global trends and regional differences in the burden of anxiety disorders and major depressive disorder attributed to bullying victimisation in 204 countries and territories, 1999–2019: an analysis of	6
A response to yet another defence of ECT in the absence of robust efficacy and safety evidence	6
Long-term psychological profile of general population following COVID-19 outbreak: symptom trajectories and evolution of psychopathological network	6
Genetic and psychosocial stressors have independent effects on the level of subclinical psychosis: findings from the multinational EU-GEI study	6
A Bayesian approach to estimating the population prevalence of mood and anxiety disorders using multiple measures	6
Needs for care of residents with schizophrenia spectrum disorders and association with daily activities and mood monitored with experience sampling method: the DIAPASON study	5
Cardiovascular and metabolic risk of antipsychotics in children and young adults: a multinational self-controlled case series study	5
Estimating the impact of child and early adolescent depression on subsequent educational attainment: secondary analysis of an existing data linkage	5
Indirect social contact interventions to reduce mental health-related stigma in low- and middle-income countries: systematic review	5
The dynamic nature of refugee children's resilience: a cohort study of Syrian refugees in Lebanon	5
Clinical outcomes in brief psychotic episodes: a systematic review and meta-analysis	5
Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics in child and youth mental health; comparison of routine outcome measurements of an Australian and Dutch outpatient cohort	5
Preventing the mental health consequences of war in refugee populations	5
Estimating prevalence of child and youth mental disorder and mental health-related service contacts: a comparison of survey data and linked administrative health data	5
Association of antipsychotic use with breast cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies with over 2 million individuals	5
Development and psychometric validation of new questionnaires assessing experienced discrimination and internalised stigma among people with Covid-19	4
Crimes and sentences in individuals with intellectual disability in a forensic psychiatric context: a register-based study	4
Are all children treated equally? Psychiatric care and treatment receipt among migrant, descendant and majority Swedish children: a register-based study	4
Roles of obesity in mediating the causal effect of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder on diabetes	4
Changing trends in the global burden of mental disorders from 1990 to 2019 and predicted levels in 25 years	4
Associations of bullying victimisation in different frequencies and types with suicidal behaviours among school-going adolescents in low- and middle-income countries	4
Hospital admission at the time of a postpartum psychiatric emergency department visit: the influence of the social determinants of health	4
Preclinical and clinical evidence on the approach-avoidance conflict evaluation as an integrative tool for psychopathology	4
Depressive symptoms and suicidality by menopausal stages among middle-aged Korean women	4
Still too much delay in recognition of autism spectrum disorder	4
State of Ireland's mental health: findings from a nationally representative survey	4
Maternal migraine and the risk of psychiatric disorders in offspring: a population-based cohort study	4
Two sides of the same coin? The association between suicide stigma and suicide normalisation	3
Population heterogeneity in developmental trajectories of internalising and externalising mental health symptoms in childhood: differential effects of parenting styles	3
Association of psychiatric comorbidities with the risk of transport accidents in ADHD and MPH	3
The impact of child psychiatric conditions on future educational outcomes among a community cohort in Brazil	3
Impact of celebrity disclosure on mental health-related stigma	3
Care needs and care consumption in psychosis: a 4-year longitudinal analysis of guideline concordant care	3
The rise in acceptance of mental health professionals: help-seeking recommendations of the German public 1990–2020	3
Schizophrenia as a risk factor for cardiovascular and metabolic health outcomes: a comparative risk assessment	3
Frequency and machine learning predictors of severe depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation among university students	3
Previous disorders and depression outcomes in individuals with 12-month major depressive disorder in the World Mental Health surveys	3
Male intake of omega-3 fatty acids and risk of intimate partner violence perpetration: a nationwide birth cohort – the Japan Environment and Children's Study	3
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	3
Calling for policy actions to increase access to long-acting antipsychotics in low-income and middle-income countries	3
Heterogeneity of quality of life in young people attending primary mental health services	3
The mental health of all children in contact with social services: a population-wide record-linkage study in Northern Ireland	3
To what extent do social support and mastery mediate the association between childhood maltreatment and depression? A sequential causal mediation analysis	3
COVID-19 after two years: trajectories of different components of mental health in the Spanish population	3
Estimating the difference in prevalence of common mental disorder diagnoses for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples compared to the general Australian population	3