Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health is a research topic within Clinical Psychology. Science Explorer counts 36k research works in it since 1950. 17.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the psychological impact of bereavement and grief, particularly on complicated grief, prolonged grief disorder, and traumatic grief. It explores the prevalence, predictors, treatment, and long-term effects of complicated grief, as well as the resilience and mental health outcomes of individuals experiencing bereavement. The cluster also delves into the unique challenges of suicide bereavement and parental loss.
- Complicated Grief
- Bereavement
- Prolonged Grief Disorder
- Mental Health
- Traumatic Grief
- Psychological Impact
- Treatment
- Resilience
- Suicide Bereavement
- Parental Loss
- Research works
- 36k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 6.1k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 17.2% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +38% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health research?
By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (1.9k and 838 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 1.9k works
- 2 United Kingdom 838 works
- 3 Australia 375 works
- 4 Brazil 289 works
- 5 Canada 283 works
- 6 China 264 works
- 7 Türkiye 258 works
- 8 India 233 works
- 9 Germany 184 works
- 10 Indonesia 163 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health research?
By volume in 2022–2025, The University of Melbourne publishes the most Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health research, followed by University College London and University of Edinburgh.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 The University of MelbourneAustralia 26 works
- 2 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 24 works
- 3 University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom 24 works
- 4 University of TorontoCanada 23 works
- 5 Monash UniversityAustralia 22 works
- 6 Sapienza University of RomeItaly 22 works
- 7 Bar-Ilan UniversityIsrael 21 works
- 8 University of ManchesterUnited Kingdom 20 works
- 9 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 20 works
- 10 Harvard UniversityUnited States 20 works
Where is Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health research done?
The largest centres of Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), New York (United States), Melbourne (Australia) and Boston (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Belfast.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
- 1 London United Kingdom 211 works
- 2 New York United States 103 works
- 3 Melbourne Australia 86 works
- 4 Boston United States 61 works
- 5 Sydney Australia 60 works
- 6 Toronto Canada 56 works
- 7 Istanbul Türkiye 53 works
- 8 Tehran Iran 50 works
- 9 Los Angeles United States 47 works
- 10 Brisbane Australia 43 works
Where it is the local speciality
- BelfastGB · 26.7 works9.1×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health?
Among universities, judged by research, Bar-Ilan University, University of Humanistic Studies and University of Groningen 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bar-Ilan UniversityIsrael | 58.6 | 19.8% | 11.8× | 22 | -8.2% |
| 2 | University of Humanistic StudiesNetherlands | 58.0 | 21.6% | 117.5× | 10 | +208.7% |
| 3 | University of GroningenNetherlands | 57.6 | 47.4% | 3.4× | 12 | +92.0% |
| 4 | University of HaifaIsrael | 57.2 | 15.1% | 12.4× | 19 | +49.0% |
| 5 | University of UlsterUnited Kingdom | 56.8 | 28.2% | 11.2× | 12 | -10.7% |
| 6 | Ariel UniversityIsrael | 55.1 | 24.2% | 12.4× | 11 | +82.7% |
| 7 | Queen's University BelfastUnited Kingdom | 53.5 | 20.0% | 7.8× | 17 | +7.3% |
| 8 | Roger Williams UniversityUnited States | 52.9 | 14.0% | 232.0× | 17 | — |
| 9 | University College LondonUnited Kingdom | 52.4 | 28.6% | 2.5× | 24 | +41.9% |
| 10 | The Open UniversityUnited Kingdom | 51.6 | 11.4% | 13.4× | 14 | +81.9% |
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 Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 38% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health.
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
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.