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Digital Mental Health Interventions

Digital Mental Health Interventions is a research topic within Applied Psychology. Science Explorer counts 31k research works in it since 1950. 31.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the efficacy and implementation of digital mental health interventions, including internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy, mobile health applications, and behavioral activation treatments for depression and anxiety. The research explores topics such as therapist support, adherence to interventions, and the effectiveness of smartphone apps in managing mental health conditions.

  • Internet-based Interventions
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
  • Mobile Health
  • Depression
  • Anxiety
  • Behavioral Activation
  • Therapist Support
  • Adherence
  • Smartphone Apps
  • Efficacy
Research works
31k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
9.9k
per year above
Top-10% rate
31.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+134%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Digital Mental Health Interventions research?

By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (3.2k and 985 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 3.2k works
  2. 2 United Kingdom 985 works
  3. 3 China 941 works
  4. 4 India 867 works
  5. 5 Germany 693 works
  6. 6 Canada 549 works
  7. 7 Australia 544 works
  8. 8 Netherlands 304 works
  9. 9 Indonesia 286 works
  10. 10 Italy 250 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

United States: 37.2%United Kingdom: 11.4%China: 10.9%India: 10.1%6 others listed: 30.4%37%largest
United States3,206 · 37.2%United Kingdom985 · 11.4%China941 · 10.9%India867 · 10.1%6 others listed2,626 · 30.4%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Digital Mental Health Interventions research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill publishes the most Digital Mental Health Interventions research, followed by Harvard University and Design Intelligence (United States).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 66 works
  2. 2 Harvard UniversityUnited States 64 works
  3. 3 Design Intelligence (United States)United States 59 works
  4. 4 King's College LondonUnited Kingdom 57 works
  5. 5 University of WashingtonUnited States 54 works
  6. 6 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 53 works
  7. 7 University of TorontoCanada 50 works
  8. 8 The University of MelbourneAustralia 40 works
  9. 9 Stanford UniversityUnited States 39 works
  10. 10 Karolinska InstitutetSweden 37 works

Who are the leading researchers in Digital Mental Health Interventions?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Digital Mental Health Interventions include Ronald C. Kessler, Dan J. Stein and Josep María Haro.

  1. 1 Ronald C. Kessler United States 9.8k citations
  2. 2 Dan J. Stein South Africa 7.7k citations
  3. 3 Josep María Haro Spain 6.4k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Digital Mental Health Interventions research done?

The largest centres of Digital Mental Health Interventions research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), New York (United States), Beijing (China) and Sydney (Australia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Norman.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 London United Kingdom 315 works
  2. 2 New York United States 160 works
  3. 3 Beijing China 147 works
  4. 4 Sydney Australia 138 works
  5. 5 Toronto Canada 136 works
  6. 6 Seoul South Korea 133 works
  7. 7 Boston United States 127 works
  8. 8 Melbourne Australia 125 works
  9. 9 Bengaluru India 102 works
  10. 10 Cambridge United States 90 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. NormanUS · 62.6 works15×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Digital Mental Health Interventions than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Digital Mental Health Interventions?

Among universities, judged by research, Universität Ulm, Harvard University and Macquarie University score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%60%mean 43.35%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Universität Ulm: 20, 39.9%Harvard University: 64, 44.5%Macquarie University: 28, 44.2%Deakin University: 25, 49.6%King's College London: 57, 36.8%National University of Singapore: 27, 53.3%Bern University of Applied Sciences: 10, 50.4%Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam: 28, 42.9%University College London: 53, 38.4%Karolinska Institutet: 37, 33.5%Deakin UniversityHarvard UniversityMacquarie UniversityUniversität Ulm
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Universität UlmGermany 73.339.9%11.1×20 +1096.0%
2 Harvard UniversityUnited States 72.444.5%4.2×64 +344.9%
3 Macquarie UniversityAustralia 69.144.2%6.6×28 +174.0%
4 Deakin UniversityAustralia 66.449.6%4.5×25 +593.3%
5 King's College LondonUnited Kingdom 66.136.8%6.3×57 +84.6%
6 National University of SingaporeSingapore 65.253.3%2.3×27 +186.3%
7 Bern University of Applied SciencesSwitzerland 64.850.4%10.9×10
8 Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamNetherlands 64.542.9%6.0×28 +124.1%
9 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 64.338.4%3.2×53 +177.0%
10 Karolinska InstitutetSweden 64.133.5%7.0×37 +78.3%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Digital Mental Health Interventions research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 134% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Digital Mental Health Interventions.

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Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.