OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of BJPsych Open is 34. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Anxiety, depression, traumatic stress and COVID-19-related anxiety in the UK general population during the COVID-19 pandemic	423
Anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder in refugees resettling in high-income countries: systematic review and meta-analysis	150
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and initial period of lockdown on the mental health and well-being of adults in the UK	133
A global needs assessment in times of a global crisis: world psychiatry response to the COVID-19 pandemic	126
Asian-Pacific perspective on the psychological well-being of healthcare workers during the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic	112
Fear of COVID-19 and its association with mental health-related factors: systematic review and meta-analysis	99
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health and well-being of UK healthcare workers	86
COVID-19 pandemic-related anxiety, distress and burnout: prevalence and associated factors in healthcare workers of North-West Italy	78
Mental health and well-being of healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK: contrasting guidelines with experiences in practice	73
Attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccination and willingness to pay: comparison of people with and without mental disorders in China	71
Ethno-cultural disparities in mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study on the impact of exposure to the virus and COVID-19-related discrimination and stigma on mental health	69
Risk of depression in family caregivers: unintended consequence of COVID-19	69
Patterns of use of secondary mental health services before and during COVID-19 lockdown: observational study	68
Predictors of mental health and academic outcomes in first-year university students: Identifying prevention and early-intervention targets	68
Public behaviour in response to the COVID-19 pandemic: understanding the role of group processes	64
Mental health symptoms in a cohort of hospital healthcare workers following the first peak of the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK	61
COVID-19 deaths in people with intellectual disability in the UK and Ireland: descriptive study	57
Post-traumatic growth during the COVID-19 pandemic in carers of children in Portugal and the UK: cross-sectional online survey	55
Inflammation as a treatment target in mood disorders: review	53
Post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms in COVID-19 survivors: online population survey	52
Cognitive side-effects of electroconvulsive therapy: what are they, how to monitor them and what to tell patients	51
Experiences of mental health professionals supporting front-line health and social care workers during COVID-19: qualitative study	50
Persistent psychotic symptoms following COVID-19 infection	42
Implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders: narrative review	41
The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health in individuals with pre-existing mental illness	40

Referral patterns for specialist child and adolescent mental health services in the Republic of Ireland during the COVID-19 pandemic compared with 2019 and 2018	40
Psychiatric presentation of patients with acute SARS-CoV-2 infection: a retrospective review of 50 consecutive patients seen by a consultation-liaison psychiatry team	40
Mental health interventions for adolescents living with HIV or affected by HIV in low- and middle-income countries: systematic review	40
Prevalence of depressive symptoms and symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder among newly arrived refugees and asylum seekers in Germany: systematic review and meta-analysis	39
Risk factors for prospective increase in psychological stress during COVID-19 lockdown in a representative sample of adolescents and their parents	39
Risk factors for suicide in Bangladesh: case–control psychological autopsy study	38
Impact of workplace discrimination and harassment among National Health Service staff working in London trusts: results from the TIDES study	36
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on child and adolescent mental health services	34
Priority concerns for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic	34