Alison Schafer

1.6k total citations
28 papers, 722 citations indexed

About

Alison Schafer is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Alison Schafer has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 722 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Clinical Psychology, 11 papers in Social Psychology and 11 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Alison Schafer's work include Mental Health Treatment and Access (9 papers), Migration, Health and Trauma (8 papers) and Resilience and Mental Health (4 papers). Alison Schafer is often cited by papers focused on Mental Health Treatment and Access (9 papers), Migration, Health and Trauma (8 papers) and Resilience and Mental Health (4 papers). Alison Schafer collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Australia. Alison Schafer's co-authors include Mark van Ommeren, Richard A. Bryant, Katie Dawson, Atıf Rahman, Alvin Kuowei Tay, Melissa Harper, Phiona Koyiet, Leslie Snider, Lincoln Ndogoni and Marit Sijbrandij and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS Medicine and Behaviour Research and Therapy.

In The Last Decade

Alison Schafer

27 papers receiving 693 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alison Schafer Switzerland	12	501	318	210	93	84	28	722
Keshav Desiraju India	3	328 0.7×	379 1.2×	284 1.4×	78 0.8×	50 0.6×	5	647
John Mahoney United Kingdom	4	428 0.9×	502 1.6×	321 1.5×	61 0.7×	65 0.8×	7	763
Chris Underhill United Kingdom	6	488 1.0×	580 1.8×	384 1.8×	77 0.8×	64 0.8×	7	883
Rosaura Orengo‐Aguayo United States	12	350 0.7×	128 0.4×	146 0.7×	87 0.9×	113 1.3×	38	594
Vicki Hines‐Martin United States	16	252 0.5×	180 0.6×	249 1.2×	138 1.5×	142 1.7×	34	584
José Calderón United States	3	343 0.7×	310 1.0×	189 0.9×	68 0.7×	123 1.5×	6	591
Ruth Ríos Puerto Rico	6	414 0.8×	358 1.1×	252 1.2×	155 1.7×	159 1.9×	9	795
Anvita Bhardwaj United States	11	277 0.6×	298 0.9×	248 1.2×	66 0.7×	48 0.6×	17	547
Bridget Bassilios Australia	15	303 0.6×	264 0.8×	277 1.3×	59 0.6×	57 0.7×	55	596
Claire M. Kelly Australia	20	583 1.2×	373 1.2×	371 1.8×	201 2.2×	219 2.6×	33	967

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20 of 20 papers shown

Schafer, Alison, et al.. (2025). Comprehensive planning for mental health system reform: lessons learned from the WHO Special Initiative for Mental Health. Cambridge Prisms Global Mental Health. 12. e75–e75. 1 indexed citations

Ager, Alastair, Sabrina Hermosilla, Alison Schafer, & Dévora Kestel. (2024). A process study of early achievements and challenges in countries engaged with the WHO Special Initiative for Mental Health. International Journal of Mental Health Systems. 18(1). 31–31.

Kohrt, Brandon A., Gloria A. Pedersen, Alison Schafer, et al.. (2024). Competency-based training and supervision: development of the WHO-UNICEF Ensuring Quality in Psychosocial and Mental Health Care (EQUIP) initiative. The Lancet Psychiatry. 12(1). 67–80. 6 indexed citations

Pedersen, Gloria A., et al.. (2023). Incremental Cost Analysis of Training of Trainers and Helpers in Problem Management Plus (PM+) Using an Ensuring Quality in Psychological Support (EQUIP) Competency-based Approach in Nepal. Intervention. 21(2). 116–116. 2 indexed citations

Pedersen, Gloria A., Pragya Shrestha, Nagendra P. Luitel, et al.. (2023). A mixed methods evaluation of a World Health Organization competency-based training package for foundational helping skills among pre-service and in-service health workers in Nepal, Peru and Uganda. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 10. e55–e55. 6 indexed citations

Jordans, Mark J. D., et al.. (2022). Evaluation of competency-driven training for facilitators delivering a psychological intervention for children in Lebanon: a proof-of-concept study. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences. 31. e48–e48. 14 indexed citations

Akhtar, Aemal, Phiona Koyiet, Atıf Rahman, et al.. (2021). Residual posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms after provision of brief behavioral intervention in low‐ and middle‐income countries: An individual‐patient data meta‐analysis. Depression and Anxiety. 39(1). 71–82. 9 indexed citations

Pedersen, Gloria A., Alison Schafer, Sarah Watts, et al.. (2020). Common factors in psychological treatments delivered by non-specialists in low- and middle-income countries: Manual review of competencies. PubMed. 30(3). 165–186. 20 indexed citations

Mills, Jody-Anne, James Middleton, Alison Schafer, et al.. (2020). Proposing a re-conceptualisation of competency framework terminology for health: a scoping review. Human Resources for Health. 18(1). 15–15. 44 indexed citations

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Ottman, Katherine, Brandon A. Kohrt, Gloria A. Pedersen, & Alison Schafer. (2019). Use of role plays to assess therapist competency and its association with client outcomes in psychological interventions: A scoping review and competency research agenda. Behaviour Research and Therapy. 130. 103531–103531. 27 indexed citations

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Schafer, Alison & Phiona Koyiet. (2018). Exploring links between common mental health problems, alcohol/substance use and perpetration of intimate partner violence: A rapid ethnographic assessment with men in urban Kenya. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5. e3–e3. 10 indexed citations

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Sijbrandij, Marit, Richard A. Bryant, Alison Schafer, et al.. (2018). Correction to: Problem Management Plus (PM+) in the treatment of common mental disorders in women affected by gender-based violence and urban adversity in Kenya; study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. International Journal of Mental Health Systems. 12(1). 2 indexed citations

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Hof, Edith van’t, Katie Dawson, Alison Schafer, et al.. (2018). A qualitative evaluation of a brief multicomponent intervention provided by lay health workers for women affected by adversity in urban Kenya. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5. e6–e6. 16 indexed citations

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Bryant, Richard A., Alison Schafer, Katie Dawson, et al.. (2017). Effectiveness of a brief behavioural intervention on psychological distress among women with a history of gender-based violence in urban Kenya: A randomised clinical trial. PLoS Medicine. 14(8). e1002371–e1002371. 155 indexed citations

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Dawson, Katie, Alison Schafer, Dorothy Anjuri, et al.. (2016). Feasibility trial of a scalable psychological intervention for women affected by urban adversity and gender-based violence in Nairobi. BMC Psychiatry. 16(1). 410–410. 29 indexed citations

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Dawson, Katie, Richard A. Bryant, Melissa Harper, et al.. (2015). Problem Management Plus (PM+): a WHO transdiagnostic psychological intervention for common mental health problems. World Psychiatry. 14(3). 354–357. 241 indexed citations

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Schafer, Alison, et al.. (2015). A reflective learning report about the implementation and impacts of Psychological First Aid (PFA) in Gaza. PubMed. 3(1). 1–10. 36 indexed citations

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Schafer, Alison & Lincoln Ndogoni. (2014). Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergencies: Exploring the Potential of Faith to Enhance Response and Recovery. The Journal of psychology and Christianity. 33(2). 184. 3 indexed citations

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Schafer, Alison, et al.. (2014). Integrating psychosocial support into nutrition programmes in West Africa during the Sahel food crisis. Intervention. 12(1). 115–126. 3 indexed citations

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Schafer, Alison, et al.. (2014). Mediation of daily stressors on mental health within a conflict context. Intervention. 12(2). 171–186. 11 indexed citations

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