Benedict Weobong

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
44 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Benedict Weobong is a scholar working on Social Psychology, General Health Professions and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Benedict Weobong has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Social Psychology, 16 papers in General Health Professions and 15 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Benedict Weobong's work include Mental Health Treatment and Access (18 papers), Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum (10 papers) and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (10 papers). Benedict Weobong is often cited by papers focused on Mental Health Treatment and Access (18 papers), Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum (10 papers) and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (10 papers). Benedict Weobong collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Ghana and United States. Benedict Weobong's co-authors include Betty Kirkwood, Vikram Patel, Seth Owusu‐Agyei, Abhijit Nadkarni, Helen A. Weiss, Richard Velleman, Christopher G. Fairburn, Seyi Soremekun, Martin Prince and Bhargav Bhat and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Benedict Weobong

36 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

The Healthy Activity Program (HAP), a lay counsellor-delivered brief psychological treatment for severe depression, in primary care in India: a randomised controlled trial

2016 280 citations Vikram Patel, Benedict Weobong et al. The Lancet profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Benedict Weobong United Kingdom	21	717	617	549	504	456	44	1.8k
Siham Sikander United Kingdom	27	1.5k 2.1×	728 1.2×	557 1.0×	1.3k 2.6×	678 1.5×	102	2.7k
Emily Baron South Africa	15	679 0.9×	465 0.8×	501 0.9×	481 1.0×	204 0.4×	18	1.5k
Abid Malik United Kingdom	13	616 0.9×	354 0.6×	216 0.4×	564 1.1×	300 0.7×	41	1.1k
Dawit Wondimagegn Ethiopia	16	765 1.1×	526 0.9×	420 0.8×	557 1.1×	240 0.5×	41	1.5k
Asres Bedaso Ethiopia	21	500 0.7×	340 0.6×	265 0.5×	343 0.7×	240 0.5×	56	1.3k
Simone Honikman South Africa	20	725 1.0×	251 0.4×	359 0.7×	1.0k 2.0×	431 0.9×	53	1.5k
Juliet Nakku Uganda	23	743 1.0×	472 0.8×	509 0.9×	535 1.1×	241 0.5×	59	1.6k
Nawaraj Upadhaya Nepal	20	878 1.2×	586 0.9×	527 1.0×	161 0.3×	242 0.5×	45	1.5k
Telake Azale Ethiopia	19	390 0.5×	146 0.2×	268 0.5×	440 0.9×	507 1.1×	113	1.4k
Seblewengel Lemma Ethiopia	20	419 0.6×	227 0.4×	362 0.7×	286 0.6×	174 0.4×	41	1.6k

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Abas, Melanie, Kenneth Setorwu Adde, Kimberley Goldsmith, et al.. (2025). African Youth in Mind – Protocol of a Pilot feasibility trial of a brief psychological Intervention for older adolescents with depression delivered through senior high schools in Navrongo, Ghana. PLoS ONE. 20(4). e0319462–e0319462.

Ae-Ngibise, Kenneth Ayuurebobi, et al.. (2024). Development and Implementation of Mental Healthcare Plans in Three Districts in Ghana: A Mixed-Method Process Evaluation Using Theory of Change. Community Mental Health Journal. 61(3). 509–522.

Ae-Ngibise, Kenneth Ayuurebobi, et al.. (2024). Care delivery in the context of district mental healthcare plans in Ghana: a qualitative study exploring experiences of primary healthcare workers and service users. BMJ Open. 14(12). e090711–e090711.

Weobong, Benedict, et al.. (2023). Towards implementation of context-specific integrated district mental healthcare plans: A situation analysis of mental health services in five districts in Ghana. PLoS ONE. 18(5). e0285324–e0285324. 15 indexed citations

Ae-Ngibise, Kenneth Ayuurebobi, et al.. (2023). Prevalence of probable mental, neurological and substance use conditions and case detection at primary healthcare facilities across three districts in Ghana: findings from a cross-sectional health facility survey. BMC Psychiatry. 23(1). 280–280. 11 indexed citations

Fuhr, Daniela C., Siham Sikander, Fiona Vanobberghen, et al.. (2023). Predictors of spontaneous remission and recovery among women with untreated perinatal depression in India and Pakistan. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 10. e34–e34. 1 indexed citations

Singla, Daisy R., Steven D. Hollon, Richard Velleman, et al.. (2019). Temporal pathways of change in two randomized controlled trials for depression and harmful drinking in Goa, India. Psychological Medicine. 50(1). 68–76. 7 indexed citations

Nadkarni, Abhijit, Nathalie MacKinnon, Richard Velleman, et al.. (2019). Auditing the AUDIT: A systematic review of cut-off scores for the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) in low- and middle-income countries. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 202. 123–133. 47 indexed citations

Weobong, Benedict, et al.. (2017). Psychometric properties of the AUDIT among men in Goa, India. Asian Journal of Psychiatry. 29. 54–58. 12 indexed citations

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Weobong, Benedict, Helen A. Weiss, David McDaid, et al.. (2017). Sustained effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the Healthy Activity Programme, a brief psychological treatment for depression delivered by lay counsellors in primary care: 12-month follow-up of a randomised controlled trial. PLoS Medicine. 14(9). e1002385–e1002385. 62 indexed citations

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Nadkarni, Abhijit, Helen A. Weiss, Benedict Weobong, et al.. (2017). Sustained effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of Counselling for Alcohol Problems, a brief psychological treatment for harmful drinking in men, delivered by lay counsellors in primary care: 12-month follow-up of a randomised controlled trial. PLoS Medicine. 14(9). e1002386–e1002386. 51 indexed citations

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Manu, Alexander, Zelee Hill, Seyi Soremekun, et al.. (2016). Increasing access to care for sick newborns: evidence from the Ghana Newhints cluster-randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open. 6(6). e008107–e008107. 17 indexed citations

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Patel, Vikram, Benedict Weobong, Helen A. Weiss, et al.. (2016). The Healthy Activity Program (HAP), a lay counsellor-delivered brief psychological treatment for severe depression, in primary care in India: a randomised controlled trial. The Lancet. 389(10065). 176–185. 280 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sikander, Siham, Anisha Lazarus, Daniela C. Fuhr, et al.. (2015). The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the peer-delivered Thinking Healthy Programme for perinatal depression in Pakistan and India: the SHARE study protocol for randomised controlled trials. Trials. 16(1). 534–534. 65 indexed citations

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Weobong, Benedict, A. H. A. ten Asbroek, Seyi Soremekun, et al.. (2015). Association between probable postnatal depression and increased infant mortality and morbidity: findings from the DON population-based cohort study in rural Ghana. BMJ Open. 5(8). e006509–e006509. 43 indexed citations

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Singla, Daisy R., Benedict Weobong, Abhijit Nadkarni, et al.. (2014). Improving the scalability of psychological treatments in developing countries: An evaluation of peer-led therapy quality assessment in Goa, India. Behaviour Research and Therapy. 60. 53–59. 82 indexed citations

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Weobong, Benedict, Seyi Soremekun, Samuel Danso, et al.. (2013). DETERMINANTS OF POSTNATAL DEPRESSION IN RURAL GHANA: FINDINGS FROM THE DON POPULATION BASED COHORT STUDY. Depression and Anxiety. 32(2). 108–119. 52 indexed citations

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Kirkwood, Betty, Alexander Manu, Charlotte Tawiah‐Agyemang, et al.. (2010). NEWHINTS cluster randomised trial to evaluate the impact on neonatal mortality in rural Ghana of routine home visits to provide a package of essential newborn care interventions in the third trimester of pregnancy and the first week of life: trial protocol. Trials. 11(1). 58–58. 52 indexed citations

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Hill, Zelee, Alexander Manu, Charlotte Tawiah‐Agyemang, et al.. (2008). How did formative research inform the development of a home-based neonatal care intervention in rural Ghana?. Journal of Perinatology. 28(S2). S38–S45. 56 indexed citations

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Weobong, Benedict, Bright Akpalu, Victor Doku, et al.. (2008). The comparative validity of screening scales for postnatal common mental disorder in Kintampo, Ghana. Journal of Affective Disorders. 113(1-2). 109–117. 107 indexed citations

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