Psychiatric care and mental health services
Psychiatric care and mental health services is a research topic within Clinical Psychology. Science Explorer counts 26k research works in it since 1950. 11.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the implementation, effectiveness, and impact of crisis resolution and home treatment teams in mental health care. It explores topics such as psychiatric admission rates, service user experiences, psychological formulation, model fidelity, and the use of global treatment budgets. The papers also discuss staff perceptions, integrated care models, and the role of crisis resolution teams in reducing inpatient admissions.
- Crisis Resolution
- Home Treatment
- Psychiatric Admission
- Mental Health Care
- Psychological Formulation
- Service User Experiences
- Model Fidelity
- Global Treatment Budgets
- Staff Perceptions
- Integrated Care
- Research works
- 26k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 3k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 11.4% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -2% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Psychiatric care and mental health services research?
By volume, Germany and the United Kingdom publish the most (748 and 509 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Germany 748 works
- 2 United Kingdom 509 works
- 3 United States 478 works
- 4 Australia 153 works
- 5 Switzerland 95 works
- 6 Canada 88 works
- 7 France 56 works
- 8 Norway 55 works
- 9 Netherlands 54 works
- 10 Italy 53 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 Psychiatric care and mental health services research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin publishes the most Psychiatric care and mental health services research, followed by Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie and Universität Hamburg.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Charité - Universitätsmedizin BerlinGermany 25 works
- 2 Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie und PsychotherapieGermany 19 works
- 3 Universität HamburgGermany 14 works
- 4 King's College LondonUnited Kingdom 14 works
- 5 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 13 works
- 6 Philipps University of MarburgGermany 12 works
- 7 BMJ Group (United Kingdom)?? 12 works
- 8 University of NottinghamUnited Kingdom 12 works
- 9 Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenGermany 11 works
- 10 South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation TrustUnited Kingdom 11 works
Who are the leading researchers in Psychiatric care and mental health services?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Psychiatric care and mental health services include Ronald C. Kessler, Harvey Whiteford and Traolach Brugha.
- 1 Ronald C. Kessler United States 9.8k citations
- 2 Harvey Whiteford Australia 4.7k citations
- 3 Traolach Brugha United Kingdom 4.1k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Psychiatric care and mental health services research done?
The largest centres of Psychiatric care and mental health services research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), Berlin (Germany), Munich (Germany) and Hamburg (Germany).
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where is the best place to study Psychiatric care and mental health services?
Among universities, judged by research, University of Otago, King's College London and Universität Hamburg 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 | University of OtagoNew Zealand | 65.2 | 26.7% | 10.5× | 8 | +37.0% |
| 2 | King's College LondonUnited Kingdom | 60.7 | 25.4% | 7.0× | 14 | -19.8% |
| 3 | Universität HamburgGermany | 56.9 | 13.3% | 9.5× | 14 | +5.2% |
| 4 | Leipzig UniversityGermany | 50.9 | 16.1% | 11.3× | 9 | -6.9% |
| 5 | University College LondonUnited Kingdom | 47.2 | 22.8% | 3.5× | 13 | +15.2% |
| 6 | University of NottinghamUnited Kingdom | 45.2 | 5.3% | 8.3× | 12 | +46.1% |
| 7 | The University of SydneyAustralia | 44.4 | 30.1% | 3.4× | 9 | -5.6% |
| 8 | Philipps University of MarburgGermany | 44.3 | 6.9% | 18.4× | 12 | -41.8% |
| 9 | Heinrich Heine University DüsseldorfGermany | 42.1 | 7.8% | 10.5× | 8 | -0.8% |
| 10 | Medizinische Hochschule HannoverGermany | 42.0 | 11.0% | 13.9× | 8 | -40.2% |
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 Psychiatric care and mental health services research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 2% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Psychiatric care and mental health services.
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.