OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences is 4. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Modelling the impact on a local mental health system of previously implemented care programs: the experience of assertive outreach teams in Bizkaia (Spain)	196
Effect of coercive measures on mental health status in adult psychiatric populations: a nationwide trial emulation	74
The mental health and well-being of adolescents with/without intellectual disability in the UK	69
Social disconnectedness, subsequent medical conditions, and, the role of pre-existing mental disorders: a population-based cohort study	60
Interactions of the CSF3R polymorphism and early stress on future orientation: evidence for the differential model of stress-related growth	50
Surge in antidepressant usage among adolescents and young adults during the COVID-19 pandemic: insights from an interrupted time series analysis	46
Associations between social determinants of health and mental health disorders among U.S. population: a cross-sectional study	38
Identifying most important predictors for suicidal thoughts and behaviours among healthcare workers active during the Spain COVID-19 pandemic: a machine-learning approach	33
Using an intersectionality-based approach to evaluate mental health services use among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men in Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver	32
Decomposing the change of suicide rates in the United States 2001–2023	32
Young adults, particularly young women, account for an increasingly large share of Dutch mental healthcare expenditure over the period between 2015 and 2021	31
Phenomenology as a resource for translational research in mental health: methodological trends, challenges and new directions	31
The overestimation of the effect sizes of psychotherapies for depression in waitlist controlled trials: a meta-analytic comparison with usual care controlled trials	29
Epidemiology of intimate partner violence perpetration and victimisation in a representative sample	29
Trajectories of depressive symptoms of mothers and fathers over 11 years	29
Discrimination reported by people with schizophrenia: cross-national variations in relation to the Human Development Index	27
Alcohol use as a predictor of the course of major depressive disorder: a prospective population-based study	27
A comparison of the costs and patterns of expenditure for care for severe mental illness in five countries with different levels of economic development - CORRIGENDUM	26
Epidemiology of psychiatric disorders in Texas prisons from 2016 to 2023	26
The Bay Area Muslim mental health community advisory board: evaluation of a community based participatory approach	25
Perpetration of intimate partner violence and suicide attempt, suicidal ideation, and non-suicidal self-harm: a cross-sectional secondary analysis using the Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey	25
A longitudinal network of psychotic-like experiences, depressive and anxiety symptoms, and adverse life events: a cohort study of 3,358 college students	24
The double burden of severe mental illness and cancer: a population-based study on colorectal cancer care pathways from screening to end-of-life care	24
Effectiveness of peer-delivered Problem Management Plus for Immigrants (PMP-I) in reducing stress, anxiety, and depressive symptoms among Bhutanese adults resettled in Massachusetts, United States: a	22
Self-reports vs clinician ratings of efficacies of psychotherapies for depression: a meta-analysis of randomized trials	21

Mental health-related sickness absences in parents of children with mental disorders or neurodevelopmental conditions	19
A longitudinal birth cohort study of child maltreatment and mental disorders using linked statewide child protection and administrative health data for 83,050 Queensland residents from 1983 to 2014 –	18
Mediating pathways between attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and type 2 diabetes mellitus: evidence from a two-step and multivariable Mendelian randomization study	18
Rethinking Outsider Art in the digital age: an overview of Cara Macwilliam’s artistic practice	17
Evaluating context effects on PHQ-8 somatic item scores among people with a chronic medical condition: a scleroderma patient-centred intervention network randomised experiment	17
Mental healthcare utilization among migrants and Swedish-born adults accounting for probable needs, 2006–2022	17
Characterization of antipsychotic utilization before clozapine initiation for individuals with schizophrenia: an innovative visualization of trajectories using French National Health Insurance data	17
Mapping trajectories of child and adolescent psychopathology: ascertainment of mental health needs in a general population	17
Schizophrenia as a risk factor for cardiovascular and metabolic health outcomes: a comparative risk assessment	16
Emergency department presentations for deliberate self-harm and suicidal ideation in 25–39 year olds following agency-notified child maltreatment: results from the Childhood Adversity and Lifetime Mor	16
Post-traumatic stress disorder among LGBTQ people: a systematic review and meta-analysis	16
The longitudinal relationship between economic and social stressors, emotion dysregulation and mental health among refugees in protracted displacement	16
The impact of socioeconomic factors on the incidence and characteristics of first-episode psychosis	16
China’s universal two-child policy and depressive symptoms among women at childbearing age: a difference-in-difference analysis based on the China Family Panel Study	16
Access to and perceived unmet need for mental health services and support in a community sample of UK adolescents with and without experience of childhood adversity	15
Association of adverse childhood experiences and gastrointestinal and liver diseases among middle-aged and elderly adults in China	15
Experience of financial hardship and depression: a longitudinal population-based multi-state analysis	14
Estimating burden of disease attributable to child maltreatment using findings from the Australian Child Maltreatment Study	14
Exploring socio-economic inequalities in mental healthcare utilization in adults with self-reported psychological distress: a survey-registry linked cohort design	14
Jon Sarkin: the eternal now	14
No turning point? Suicide trends in Brazil and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic	13
A comprehensive study of medically serious suicide attempts in France: incidence and associated factors	13
Timing of exposure to household poverty and adolescent mental health problems	13
Longitudinal patterns and group heterogeneity of depressive symptoms during menopausal transition in middle-aged Korean women	12
Lifetime incidence and age of onset of mental disorders, and 12-month service utilization in primary and secondary care: a Finnish nationwide registry study	12
The effects of parental adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and childhood threat and deprivation on adolescent depression and anxiety: an analysis of the longitudinal study of Australian children	12
Needs for care of residents with schizophrenia spectrum disorders and association with daily activities and mood monitored with experience sampling method: the DIAPASON study	12
Global, regional, and national trends and burden of opioid use disorder in individuals aged 15 years and above: 1990 to 2021 and projections to 2040	12
Predictors of new-onset suicide risk and persistent suicide risk among young adult lesbian, gay and bisexual individuals experiencing the COVID-19 pandemic: a follow-up study	12
Internet gaming disorder and depression mediated by impaired resilience and sleep distress: a three-wave longitudinal study among Chinese adolescents	12
Facing the paradox of professionalizing peer roles in MH services: how addressing self-disclosure with self-determination theory might help	11
Prevalence of loneliness and social isolation amongst individuals with severe mental disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis	11
COVID-19 risk, course and outcome in people with mental disorders: a systematic review and meta-analyses	11
Gender disparity and post-traumatic stress disorder and elevated psychological distress in humanitarian migrants resettled in Australia: the moderating role of socioeconomic factors	11
Sickness absence and associations with sociodemographic factors, health risk behaviours, occupational stressors and adverse mental health in 40,343 UK police employees	11
Insiders/outsiders of Canadian disability arts	10
Incidence of mental health diagnoses during the COVID-19 pandemic: a multinational network study	10
George Voronovsky: maker of memoryscapes	10
The risks of adverse events with venlafaxine for adults with major depressive disorder: a systematic review of randomised clinical trials with meta-analysis and Trial Sequential Analysis	10
Secular trends and social inequalities in child behavioural problems across three Brazilian cohort studies (1993, 2004 and 2015)	10
Extending the ecological model of distress to social functioning among refugees and asylum-seekers	10
Post-SSRI sexual dysfunction: barriers to quantifying incidence and prevalence	10
Capturing the clinical complexity in young people presenting to primary mental health services: a data-driven approach	10
The association between chronotype and incident dementia: exploring age, educational-attainment and sex differences	10
Let’s talk about recovery in mental health: an international Delphi study of experts by experience	9
Intolerance of uncertainty as a prospective predictor of generalized anxiety and depression in adolescents: evidence from a three-wave, 12-month study	9
A population-based cohort study of perinatal mental illness following traumatic brain injury	9
Effectiveness of partial restriction of access to means in jumping suicide: lessons from four bridges in three countries	9
Changes on 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	9
The prevalence of traumatic experiences and PTSD according to DSM-5 and ICD-11 in the German general population	9

Population-based cohort study of oral contraceptive use and risk of depression	9
United we thrive: friendship and subsequent physical, behavioural and psychosocial health in older adults (an outcome-wide longitudinal approach)	9
Michaela Polacek. ‘I had to eat myself up on the left, now I’m only on the right’	9
Heterogeneity in 10-year course trajectories of moderate to severe major depressive disorder among veterans	8
Letter to the Editor in Response to ‘Population-based cohort study of oral contraceptive use and risk of depression’	8
Improving outcomes for people who are homeless and have severe mental illness in Ethiopia, Ghana and Kenya: overview of the HOPE programme	8
Temporal patterns of suicidal ideation prevalence during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cross-sectional and longitudinal studies	8
Emergency department presentations with suicide and self-harm ideation: a missed opportunity for intervention?	8
Predictive role of loneliness on mortality before the age 85 years among mid- to later-life adults in the United States: a 10-year retrospective cohort study	7
Long-term effectiveness of banning highly hazardous pesticides on suicide mortality: a 12-year quasi-experimental study in South Korea	7
Mapping trajectories of child and adolescent psychopathology: ascertainment of mental health needs in a general population–ERRATUM	7
Gender differences in the incidence of psychiatric disorders among breast cancer patients: a nationwide cohort study	7
Mental health symptoms and associated factors for general population at the stable, recurrence, and end-of-emergency stages of the COVID-19 pandemic: a repeated national cross-sectional study	7
Vitamin D and suicidality: a Chinese early adolescent cohort and Mendelian randomization study	7
Intersectional inequalities in childhood maltreatment and adolescent emotional problems in England: a random-coefficient MAIHDA analysis – CORRIGENDUM	7
Testing whether multi-level factors protect poly-victimised children against psychopathology in early adulthood: a longitudinal cohort study	7
The rise in acceptance of mental health professionals: help-seeking recommendations of the German public 1990–2020	7
School-based socio-emotional learning programs to prevent depression, anxiety and suicide among adolescents: a global cost-effectiveness analysis	6
Characterising inequalities in accessing primary care psychological therapies services for people living with dementia: the example of NHS talking therapies in England	6
Maternal incarceration increases the risk of self-harm but not suicide: a matched cohort study	6
Trauma, experiences of sexual violence and mental health in LGBTIQ+ refugees seeking psychosocial support in Germany	6
Husband involvement in antenatal care moderates the link between vitamin D status and depressive symptoms in pregnant women	6
The prevalence of intimate partner violence and risk factors for women and men in China during the Shanghai 2022 lockdown	6
Is there a mental health diagnostic crisis in primary care? Current research practices in global mental health cannot answer that question	6
Temperature and mental health–related emergency department and hospital encounters among children, adolescents and young adults	6
Vitamin D and suicidality: a Chinese early adolescent cohort and Mendelian randomization study – ERRATUM	6
A systematic review and meta-analysis of the effect of community treatment orders on aggression or criminal behaviour in people with a mental illness – CORRIGENDUM	6
Alleviating the burden of depression: a simulation study on the impact of mental health services	6
Mental health and work: a European perspective	6
Childhood maltreatment and joint trajectories of social isolation and depression as predictors of cognitive impairment in late midlife: a prospective cohort study	6
Advance statements in mental healthcare: time to close the evidence to practice gap	5
Ketamine treatment alleviates suicide ideation in high-risk populations: a systematic review and meta-analysis	5
Longitudinal associations between post-traumatic stress and post-traumatic growth among older adults 11 years after a disaster	5
Exploring the genetic correlation of cardiovascular diseases and mood disorders in the UK Biobank	5
Childhood adversities and risk of posttraumatic stress disorder and major depression following a motor vehicle collision in adulthood	5
Network analytical investigation of relationships between symptoms of common mental disorders among refugees and asylum seekers in Türkiye	5
Socio-cultural integration of Afghan refugees in Türkiye: the role of traumatic events, post-displacement stressors and mental health	5
Combined lifestyle, childhood trauma and depressive symptoms in adults with subthreshold depression: a prospective cohort study	5
Investigating the association between the number of interpersonal supporters during first-time pregnancy and postpartum depression symptoms	5
Requesting conflicts of interest declarations from the European Medicines Agency: 3-year follow-up status	5
Post-traumatic stress disorder as a risk factor for major adverse cardiovascular events: a cohort study of a South African medical insurance scheme	5
Racial and ethnic disparities in social isolation and 11-year dementia risk among older adults in the United States	5
Mental health–related structural stigma and discrimination in health and social policies in Nepal: A scoping review and synthesis	4
Mental health disparities by sex: unravelling determinants and changes in the refugee resettlement process over a decade	4
Oral health in people with schizophrenia: associations with behavioural and pharmacological factors	4
Three-year course of clinical high-risk symptoms for psychosis in the community: a latent class analysis	4
Comorbidity of undiagnosed mood symptoms with dementia risk in multi-regional multi-ethnic adults: evidence from epidemiological findings and plasma metabolites	4
Including mental health care in a model of European health system	4
Hospitalization for SARS-CoV-2 and the risk of self-harm readmission: a French nationwide retrospective cohort study	4
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 - RETRACTION	4
Space–time self-harm and suicide clusters in two cities in Taiwan	4
Australian Youth Self-Harm Atlas: spatial modelling and mapping of self-harm prevalence and related risk and protective factors to inform youth suicide prevention strategies	4
Structural intervention at one bridge decreases the overall jumping suicide rate in Victoria, Australia	4
Effectiveness of a WHO self-help psychological intervention to alleviate stress among healthcare workers in the context of COVID-19 in China: a randomised controlled trial	4
The effectiveness of Problem Management Plus at 1-year follow-up for Syrian refugees in a high-income setting	4
Psychiatric advance directives facilitated by peer workers among people with mental illness: economic evaluation of a randomized controlled trial (DAiP study)	4
Comparing the prevalence, incidence and severity of mental disorders between deaf and hard-of-hearing and hearing adults aged 18–60: a systematic review	4