Graham Thornicroft

86.0k total citations · 17 hit papers
734 papers, 45.4k citations indexed

About

Graham Thornicroft is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Clinical Psychology and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Graham Thornicroft has authored 734 papers receiving a total of 45.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 435 papers in Social Psychology, 427 papers in Clinical Psychology and 282 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Graham Thornicroft's work include Mental Health Treatment and Access (434 papers), Schizophrenia research and treatment (188 papers) and Psychiatric care and mental health services (128 papers). Graham Thornicroft is often cited by papers focused on Mental Health Treatment and Access (434 papers), Schizophrenia research and treatment (188 papers) and Psychiatric care and mental health services (128 papers). Graham Thornicroft collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Italy. Graham Thornicroft's co-authors include Claire Henderson, Sara Evans‐Lacko, Michele Tansella, Diana Rose, Sarah Clément, Elaine Brohan, Morven Leese, Mike Slade, Daniel Vigo and Rifat Atun and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Graham Thornicroft

717 papers receiving 42.9k citations

Hit Papers

What is the impact of mental hea... 1995 2026 2005 2015 2014 2016 2007 1995 2015 500 1000 1.5k
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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.

  1. What is the impact of mental health-related stigma on help-seeking? A systematic review of quantitative and qualitative studies
    2014 2.0k citations Sarah Clément, Sara Evans‐Lacko et al. profile →
  2. Estimating the true global burden of mental illness
    2016 1.6k citations Graham Thornicroft et al. The Lancet Psychiatry profile →
  3. Resources for mental health: scarcity, inequity, and inefficiency
    2007 1.2k citations Graham Thornicroft et al. The Lancet profile →
  4. A Brief Mental Health Outcome Scale
    1995 861 citations Graham Thornicroft, Graham Dunn et al. profile →
  5. Evidence for effective interventions to reduce mental-health-related stigma and discrimination
    2015 841 citations Graham Thornicroft, Nisha Mehta et al. The Lancet profile →
  6. Global pattern of experienced and anticipated discrimination against people with schizophrenia: a cross-sectional survey
    2009 836 citations Graham Thornicroft, Diana Rose et al. The Lancet profile →
  7. The Camberwell Assessment of Need: The Validity and Reliability of an Instrument to Assess the Needs of People with Severe Mental Illness
    1995 644 citations Mike Slade, Graham Thornicroft et al. profile →
  8. Mental Illness Stigma, Help Seeking, and Public Health Programs
    2013 577 citations Claire Henderson, Sara Evans‐Lacko et al. profile →
  9. Addressing the burden of mental, neurological, and substance use disorders: key messages from Disease Control Priorities, 3rd edition
    2015 560 citations Vikram Patel, Dan Chisholm et al. The Lancet profile →
  10. Scale up services for mental disorders: a call for action
    2007 536 citations Dan Chisholm, Crick Lund et al. The Lancet profile →
  11. National Service Framework for Mental Health
    2000 507 citations Graham Thornicroft profile →
  12. Shunned: Discrimination against People with Mental Illness
    2006 466 citations Graham Thornicroft profile →
  13. Scale up of services for mental health in low-income and middle-income countries
    2011 449 citations Julian Eaton, Maya Semrau et al. The Lancet profile →
  14. Mental health-related stigma in health care and mental health-care settings
    2014 438 citations Claire Henderson, Sarah Clément et al. The Lancet Psychiatry profile →
  15. Global pattern of experienced and anticipated discrimination reported by people with major depressive disorder: a cross-sectional survey
    2012 317 citations Antonio Lasalvia, Silvia Zoppei et al. The Lancet profile →
  16. Interventions to reduce discrimination and stigma: the state of the art
    2017 249 citations Claire Henderson, Graham Thornicroft et al. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology profile →
  17. The clinical characterization of the patient with primary psychosis aimed at personalization of management
    2021 166 citations Graham Thornicroft et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Graham Thornicroft United Kingdom 105 24.2k 22.8k 16.5k 11.7k 4.6k 734 45.4k
Patrick W. Corrigan United States 99 23.1k 1.0× 24.1k 1.1× 11.8k 0.7× 8.0k 0.7× 6.2k 1.3× 456 40.2k
Anthony F. Jorm Australia 118 23.2k 1.0× 20.1k 0.9× 13.3k 0.8× 14.7k 1.3× 5.6k 1.2× 777 59.5k
Mark Olfson United States 111 21.3k 0.9× 12.6k 0.6× 8.1k 0.5× 15.7k 1.3× 2.6k 0.6× 687 48.0k
Simon Wessely United Kingdom 100 26.9k 1.1× 6.9k 0.3× 12.9k 0.8× 16.3k 1.4× 4.9k 1.1× 695 54.8k
Bernd Löwe Germany 61 23.1k 1.0× 10.0k 0.4× 9.4k 0.6× 9.4k 0.8× 4.9k 1.1× 364 51.3k
Vikram Patel United Kingdom 111 24.0k 1.0× 18.1k 0.8× 17.2k 1.0× 6.9k 0.6× 4.8k 1.1× 652 55.0k
Ellen E. Walters United States 46 28.9k 1.2× 15.2k 0.7× 9.8k 0.6× 12.2k 1.0× 5.5k 1.2× 68 59.9k
Wayne Katon United States 130 16.7k 0.7× 14.3k 0.6× 13.4k 0.8× 14.2k 1.2× 2.6k 0.6× 513 59.2k
Glyn Lewis United Kingdom 105 16.4k 0.7× 7.7k 0.3× 7.0k 0.4× 10.9k 0.9× 3.0k 0.6× 707 42.9k
Kenneth B. Wells United States 87 12.3k 0.5× 12.7k 0.6× 12.0k 0.7× 6.7k 0.6× 2.9k 0.6× 402 34.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Graham Thornicroft

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Li, Jie, Yurong Ma, Ziyan Xu, & Graham Thornicroft. (2023). The development of mental health care in Guangzhou, China. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3. 100211–100211. 2 indexed citations
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Sanabria‐Mazo, Juan P., Natalia Angarita‐Osorio, Sara Evans‐Lacko, et al.. (2023). Over 40 years (1981–2023) assessing stigma with the Community Attitudes to Mental Illness (CAMI) scale: a systematic review of its psychometric properties. Systematic Reviews. 12(1). 66–66. 9 indexed citations
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Barbui, Corrado, Marianna Purgato, Jibril Abdulmalik, et al.. (2020). Efficacy of psychosocial interventions for mental health outcomes in low-income and middle-income countries: an umbrella review. The Lancet Psychiatry. 7(2). 162–172. 187 indexed citations
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Hartog, Kim, et al.. (2019). Stigma reduction interventions for children and adolescents in low- and middle-income countries: Systematic review of intervention strategies. Social Science & Medicine. 246. 112749–112749. 70 indexed citations
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Hamilton, Sarah, Elizabeth Corker, Penny Williams, et al.. (2016). Factors associated with experienced discrimination among people using mental health services in England. Journal of Mental Health. 25(4). 350–358. 17 indexed citations
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Farrelly, Simone, Helen Lester, Diana Rose, et al.. (2015). Improving Therapeutic Relationships. Qualitative Health Research. 25(12). 1637–1647. 34 indexed citations
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Lanfredi, Mariangela, Silvia Zoppei, Clarissa Ferrari, et al.. (2015). Self-stigma as a mediator between social capital and empowerment among people with major depressive disorder in Europe: The ASPEN study. European Psychiatry. 30(1). 58–64. 28 indexed citations
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Thornicroft, Graham, Nisha Mehta, Sarah Clément, et al.. (2015). Evidence for effective interventions to reduce mental-health-related stigma and discrimination. The Lancet. 387(10023). 1123–1132. 841 indexed citations breakdown →
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Izutsu, Takashi, Atsuro Tsutsumi, Harry Minas, et al.. (2015). Mental health and wellbeing in the Sustainable Development Goals. The Lancet Psychiatry. 2(12). 1052–1054. 63 indexed citations
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Thornicroft, Graham & Vikram Patel. (2014). Global mental health trials. Oxford University Press eBooks. 9 indexed citations
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Lasalvia, Antonio, Silvia Zoppei, Tine Van Bortel, et al.. (2012). Global pattern of experienced and anticipated discrimination reported by people with major depressive disorder: a cross-sectional survey. The Lancet. 381(9860). 55–62. 317 indexed citations breakdown →
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Thornicroft, Graham, Diana Rose, & Aliya Kassam. (2007). Discrimination in health care against people with mental illness. International Review of Psychiatry. 19(2). 113–122. 308 indexed citations
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Henderson, Claire, Chris Flood, Morven Leese, et al.. (2004). Effect of joint crisis plans on use of compulsory treatment in psychiatry: single blind randomised controlled trial. BMJ. 329(7458). 136–136. 205 indexed citations
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Hancock, Geraldine A., Tom Reynolds, Bob Woods, Graham Thornicroft, & Martin Orrell. (2003). The needs of older people with mental health problems according to the user, the carer, and the staff. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 18(9). 803–811. 68 indexed citations
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Thornicroft, Graham & Mike Slade. (2002). Comparing needs assessed by staff and by service users: paternalism or partnership in mental health?. Epidemiologia e Psichiatria Sociale. 11(3). 186–191. 18 indexed citations
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Bindman, Jonathan, et al.. (2002). Poverty, poor services, and compulsory psychiatric admission in England. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 37(7). 341–345. 57 indexed citations
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Hatfield, Barbara, Jenny Shaw, Vanessa Pinfold, et al.. (2001). Managing severe mental illness in the community using the Mental Health Act 1983: a comparison of Supervised Discharge and Guardianship in England. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 36(10). 508–515. 7 indexed citations

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