Mental Health Treatment and Access
Mental Health Treatment and Access is a research topic within Social Psychology. Science Explorer counts 45k research works in it since 1950. 26.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers explores the impact of stigma on mental health care, focusing on the prevalence, epidemiology, and global burden of mental disorders. It also delves into help-seeking behavior, public attitudes towards mental illness, and the challenges in accessing appropriate health services for individuals experiencing psychological distress.
- Stigma
- Mental Disorders
- Depression
- Global Burden
- Help-Seeking Behavior
- Prevalence
- Epidemiology
- Public Attitudes
- Health Services
- Psychological Distress
- Research works
- 45k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 12k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 26.2% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +42% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Mental Health Treatment and Access research?
By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (2.5k and 868 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 2.5k works
- 2 United Kingdom 868 works
- 3 India 560 works
- 4 China 533 works
- 5 Australia 490 works
- 6 Canada 423 works
- 7 Germany 331 works
- 8 Indonesia 236 works
- 9 Iran 217 works
- 10 Spain 205 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 Mental Health Treatment and Access research?
By volume in 2022–2025, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill publishes the most Mental Health Treatment and Access research, followed by King's College London and National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 65 works
- 2 King's College LondonUnited Kingdom 62 works
- 3 National Institute of Mental Health and NeurosciencesIndia 52 works
- 4 Harvard UniversityUnited States 49 works
- 5 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 42 works
- 6 The University of MelbourneAustralia 41 works
- 7 University of TorontoCanada 38 works
- 8 Columbia UniversityUnited States 37 works
- 9 Yale UniversityUnited States 36 works
- 10 The University of SydneyAustralia 34 works
Who are the leading researchers in Mental Health Treatment and Access?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Mental Health Treatment and Access include Theo Vos, Ronald C. Kessler and Dan J. Stein.
- 1 Theo Vos United States 12k citations
- 2 Ronald C. Kessler United States 9.8k citations
- 3 Dan J. Stein South Africa 7.7k citations
- 4 Jacob Cohen United States 7k citations
- 5 Mika Kivimäki United Kingdom 6.7k citations
- 6 Josep María Haro Spain 6.4k citations
- 7 Louisa Degenhardt Australia 5.7k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Mental Health Treatment and Access research done?
The largest centres of Mental Health Treatment and Access research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), New York (United States), Melbourne (Australia) and Sydney (Australia).
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where is the best place to study Mental Health Treatment and Access?
Among universities, judged by research, Harvard Global Health Institute, University of Gondar and King's College London 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 | Harvard Global Health InstituteUnited States | 75.6 | 43.4% | 34.2× | 9 | +183.9% |
| 2 | University of GondarEthiopia | 71.7 | 40.2% | 11.8× | 16 | +358.7% |
| 3 | King's College LondonUnited Kingdom | 69.6 | 35.0% | 8.8× | 62 | -0.4% |
| 4 | London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineUnited Kingdom | 65.6 | 30.3% | 11.0× | 16 | +56.6% |
| 5 | Harvard UniversityUnited States | 57.3 | 36.0% | 4.2× | 49 | +30.4% |
| 6 | The University of MelbourneAustralia | 56.9 | 38.6% | 4.6× | 41 | +13.0% |
| 7 | Karolinska InstitutetSweden | 56.7 | 34.7% | 6.0× | 24 | +12.7% |
| 8 | University of OxfordUnited Kingdom | 56.3 | 50.7% | 2.1× | 25 | +59.7% |
| 9 | Macquarie UniversityAustralia | 54.4 | 46.8% | 3.9× | 13 | +101.6% |
| 10 | Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamNetherlands | 51.8 | 38.5% | 4.7× | 17 | +45.9% |
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 Mental Health Treatment and Access research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 42% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Mental Health Treatment and Access.
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.