White, J (White, Joshua); Patel, V (Patel, Vikram); Herrman, H (Herrman, Helen) Australian and New Zealand contribution to international mental health research publications: a survey of high-impact journals WORLD PSYCHIATRY, 6 (1): 49-53 FEB 2007

[Eugene Garfield]

URL: http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1805719

Author(s): White, J (White, Joshua); Patel, V (Patel, Vikram); Herrman, H 
(Herrman, Helen) 

Title: Australian and New Zealand contribution to international mental 
health research publications: a survey of high-impact journals 

Source: WORLD PSYCHIATRY, 6 (1): 49-53 FEB 2007 

Language: English 

Document Type: Article 

Author Keywords: research; international mental health; Australia; New 
Zealand; collaboration 

Keywords Plus: DEVELOPING-COUNTRIES; PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH; REPRESENTATION; 
DISEASE 

Abstract: Most mental health research published in high-impact journals 
originates from developed countries in North America and Western Europe 
and from Australia and New Zealand (ANZ), where only a minority of the 
world's population exists. We examined the contribution of the ANZ 
research community to the literature on international mental health in 
regard to countries outside this dominant group. A literature search was 
conducted with two phases: a PubMed search of mental health articles by 
ANZ authors in twelve high-impact local and international journals over 
three years (2001-2003); and a hand search of the Australian and New 
Zealand journal of Psychiatry (ANZJP) over ten years (1994-2003). Four 
percent of mental health articles published by ANZ authors in selected 
high-impact journals related to international mental health in countries 
outside ANZ, North America and Western Europe. Six percent of the articles 
published in the ANZJP represented countries outside this dominant group, 
and ANZ authors contributed to 30% of those articles. Hong Kong and 
Singapore were the most frequently represented countries. Sixty-five of 78 
selected articles were original research. Descriptive epidemiological 
studies and case reports were the commonest study designs. Psychotic 
illness was the most frequently studied mental disorder. Most studies were 
conducted in specialist mental health services. Thus, relatively little of 
the work published by the ANZ mental health research community in local 
and other high-impact journals related to international mental health in 
countries outside ANZ, North America and Western Europe. Countries with 
the lowest incomes and highest populations were particularly under-
represented, and there was relatively less research in community settings 
or on mental health problems known to account for the highest global 
burden of disease. 

Addresses: St Vincents Mental Hlth Serv, Fitzroy, Vic 3065, Australia; 
Univ London London Sch Hyg & Trop Med, Dept Epidemiol & Populat Hlth, 
London WC1E 7HT, England; Univ Melbourne, Australian Int Hlth Inst, 
Parkville, Vic 3010, Australia; Univ Melbourne, Sch Populat Hlth, 
Parkville, Vic 3010, Australia 

Reprint Address: White, J, Royal Prince Alfred Hosp, George Inst Int Hlth, 
Div Mental Hlth, Camperdown, NSW 2050, Australia. 

Cited Reference Count: 20 

Times Cited: 0 

Publisher: MASSON DIVISIONE PERIODICI 

Publisher Address: VIA MUZIO ATTENDOLO DETTO SFORZA 7-9, 20141 MILANO, 
ITALY 

ISSN: 1723-8617 

29-char Source Abbrev.: WORLD PSYCHIATRY 

ISO Source Abbrev.: World Psychiatry 

Source Item Page Count: 5 

Subject Category: Psychiatry 

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