Top Cited Mental Health Articles

We wanted to highlight our top cited research from 2018 - 2020 to draw attention to the high quality, cutting edge research and reviews in the field of Mental Health.

Mental health in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic: cross-sectional analyses from a community cohort study Ru Jia, Kieran Ayling, Trudie Chalder et al doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-040620 Burnout in consultants in child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) in Ireland: a cross-sectional study Fiona McNicholas, Sonita Sharma, Cliodhna Oconnor et al doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-030354 Cohort profile: the Brain and Mind Centre Optymise cohort: tracking multidimensional outcomes in young people presenting for mental healthcare Joanne S Carpenter, Frank Iorfino, Shane Cross et al doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-030985

Community treatment orders and associations with readmission rates and duration of psychiatric hospital admission: a controlled electronic case register study Wikus Barkhuizen, Alexis E Cullen, Hitesh Shettyet al doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-035121 Supporting antidepressant discontinuation: the development and optimisation of a digital intervention for patients in UK primary care using a theory, evidence and person-based approach Hannah M Bowers, Tony Kendrick, Marta Glowacka et al doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-032312

Considering the methodological limitations in the evidence base of antidepressants for depression: a reanalysis of a network meta-analysis Klaus Munkholm, Asger Sand Paludan-Müller & Kim Boesen doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024886 HORYZONS trial: protocol for a randomised controlled trial of a moderated online social therapy to maintain treatment effects from first-episode psychosis services Mario Alvarez-Jimenez, Sarah Bendall, Peter Koval et al doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024104 Barriers to accessing mental health services for women with perinatal mental illness: systematic review and meta-synthesis of qualitative studies in the UK Megan Sambrook Smith, Vanessa Lawrence, Euan Sadler & Abigail Easter doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024803

Community health worker-delivered counselling for common mental disorders among chronic disease patients in South Africa: a feasibility study Bronwyn Myers, Petal Petersen-Williams, Claire van der Westhuizen et al doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024277 Therapist-guided and parent-guided internet-delivered behaviour therapy for paediatric Tourette’s disorder: a pilot randomised controlled trial with long-term follow-up Per Andrén, Kristina Aspvall, Lorena Fernández de la Cruz et al

Road to resilience: a systematic review and meta-analysis of resilience training programmes and interventions Sadhbh Joyce, Fiona Shand, Joseph Tighe et al doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-017858 Support for midlife anxiety diagnosis as an independent risk factor for dementia: a systematic review Amy Gimson, Marco Schlosser, Jonathan D Huntley et al doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019399 Tulsa 1000: a naturalistic study protocol for multilevel assessment and outcome prediction in a large psychiatric sample Teresa A Victor, Sahib S Khalsa, W Kyle Simmons et al doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-016620

Delineating the trajectories of social and occupational functioning of young people attending early intervention mental health services in Australia: a longitudinal study Frank Iorfino, Daniel F Hermens, Shane PM Cross et al 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-020678 What are the sources of stress and distress for general practitioners working in England? A qualitative study Ruth Riley, Johanna Spiers, Marta Buszewicz et al doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-017361