Mary De Silva

7.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
28 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Mary De Silva is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Clinical Psychology and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Mary De Silva has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Social Psychology, 14 papers in Clinical Psychology and 11 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Mary De Silva's work include Mental Health Treatment and Access (20 papers), Schizophrenia research and treatment (9 papers) and Family Caregiving in Mental Illness (6 papers). Mary De Silva is often cited by papers focused on Mental Health Treatment and Access (20 papers), Schizophrenia research and treatment (9 papers) and Family Caregiving in Mental Illness (6 papers). Mary De Silva collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Ethiopia. Mary De Silva's co-authors include Vikram Patel, Crick Lund, Alex Cohen, Erica Breuer, Sophie Plagerson, Sara Cooper, Martín Knapp, Jishnu Das, Dan Chisholm and Sudipto Chatterjee and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Mary De Silva

27 papers receiving 2.3k 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.

Treatment and prevention of mental disorders in low-income and middle-income countries

2007 629 citations Vikram Patel, Ricardo Araya et al. The Lancet profile →
Poverty and mental disorders: breaking the cycle in low-income and middle-income countries

2011 563 citations Crick Lund, Mary De Silva et al. The Lancet profile →
Using theory of change to design and evaluate public health interventions: a systematic review

2015 247 citations Erica Breuer, Lucy Lee et al. Implementation Science profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mary De Silva

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Effects of community-based rehabilitation on caregivers of people with schizophrenia in Ethiopia in the RISE trial 2025 ·BMC Psychiatry ·(unknown), Helen A. Weiss, Rahel Birhane, Girmay Medhin, Mary De Silva, Charlotte Hanlon, Abebaw Fekadu, Laura Asher	0
2	Community-based rehabilitation intervention for people with schizophrenia in Ethiopia (RISE) cluster-randomised controlled trial: An exploratory analysis of impact on food insecurity, underweight, alcohol use disorder and depressive symptoms 2023 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Laura Asher, Rahel Birhane, Helen A. Weiss, Girmay Medhin, Medhin Selamu, Vikram Patel, Mary De Silva, Charlotte Hanlon, Abebaw Fekadu	1
3	Community-based rehabilitation intervention for people with schizophrenia in Ethiopia (RISE): results of a 12-month cluster-randomised controlled trial 2022 ·Repository@Nottingham (University of Nottingham) ·Laura Asher, Rahel Birhane, Helen A. Weiss, Girmay Medhin, Medhin Selamu, Vikram Patel, Mary De Silva, Charlotte Hanlon, Abebaw Fekadu	23
4	Global priorities for large-scale biomarker-based prospective cohorts 2022 ·Cell Genomics ·Rory Collins, Mary K. Balaconis, Søren Brunak, Zhengming Chen, Mary De Silva, J. Michael Gaziano, Geoffrey S. Ginsburg, Prabhat Jha, Pablo Kuri, Andres Metspalu, Nicola Mulder, Neil Risch	4
5	Barriers and drivers to service delivery in global mental health projects 2021 ·International Journal of Mental Health Systems ·Onaiza Qureshi, (unknown), Grace Ryan, Georgina Miguel Esponda, Srividya N. Iyer, Julian Eaton, Mary De Silva, Jill Murphy	26
6	Barriers and drivers to stakeholder engagement in global mental health projects 2021 ·International Journal of Mental Health Systems ·Jill Murphy, Onaiza Qureshi, (unknown), Georgina Miguel Esponda, Soumitra Pathare, Julian Eaton, Mary De Silva, Grace Ryan	31
7	Barriers and drivers to capacity-building in global mental health projects 2020 ·International Journal of Mental Health Systems ·(unknown), Onaiza Qureshi, Grace Ryan, Georgina Miguel Esponda, Ruth Verhey, Julian Eaton, Mary De Silva, Jill Murphy	23
8	A structured approach to integrating mental health services into primary care: development of the Mental Health Scale Up Nigeria intervention (mhSUN) 2018 ·International Journal of Mental Health Systems ·Julian Eaton, Oye Gureje, Mary De Silva, Taiwo Lateef Sheikh, (unknown), Mohammed Abdulaziz, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Jibril Abdulmalik, (unknown), Emeka Nwefoh, Alex Cohen	25
9	Impact of district mental health care plans on symptom severity and functioning of patients with priority mental health conditions: the Programme for Improving Mental Health Care (PRIME) cohort protocol 2018 ·BMC Psychiatry ·Emily Baron, Sujit D. Rathod, Charlotte Hanlon, Martin Prince, (unknown), Fred Kigozi, Mark J. D. Jordans, Nagendra P. Luitel, Girmay Medhin, Vaibhav Murhar, Juliet Nakku, Vikram Patel, Inge Petersen, Oné Selohilwe, Rahul Shidhaye, Joshua Ssebunnya, Mark Tomlinson, Crick Lund, Mary De Silva	32
10	Community-based rehabilitation intervention for people with schizophrenia in Ethiopia (RISE): a 12 month mixed methods pilot study 2018 ·BMC Psychiatry ·Laura Asher, Charlotte Hanlon, Rahel Birhane, (unknown), Julian Eaton, Helen A. Weiss, Vikram Patel, Abebaw Fekadu, Mary De Silva	43
11	Theory of change for complex mental health interventions: 10 lessons from the programme for improving mental healthcare 2018 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Erica Breuer, Mary De Silva, Crick Lund	15
12	“I cry every day and night, I have my son tied in chains”: physical restraint of people with schizophrenia in community settings in Ethiopia 2017 ·Globalization and Health ·Laura Asher, Abebaw Fekadu, Solomon Teferra, Mary De Silva, Soumitra Pathare, Charlotte Hanlon	56
13	Using theory of change to design and evaluate public health interventions: a systematic review breakdown → 2015 ·Implementation Science ·Erica Breuer, Lucy Lee, Mary De Silva, Crick Lund	247
14	Information systems for global mental health 2015 ·The Lancet Psychiatry ·Grace Ryan, Mary De Silva, (unknown), (unknown), Julian Eaton	16
15	Estimating the cost of implementing district mental healthcare plans in five low- and middle-income countries: The PRIME study 2015 ·The British Journal of Psychiatry ·Dan Chisholm, (unknown), Abebaw Fekadu, Tasneem Kathree, Dorothy Kizza, Nagendra P. Luitel, Inge Petersen, Rahul Shidhaye, Mary De Silva, Crick Lund	35
16	Challenges and Opportunities for Implementing Integrated Mental Health Care: A District Level Situation Analysis from Five Low- and Middle-Income Countries 2014 ·PLoS ONE ·Charlotte Hanlon, Nagendra P. Luitel, Tasneem Kathree, Vaibhav Murhar, (unknown), Girmay Medhin, Joshua Ssebunnya, Abebaw Fekadu, Rahul Shidhaye, Inge Petersen, Mark J. D. Jordans, Fred Kigozi, Graham Thornicroft, Vikram Patel, Mark Tomlinson, Crick Lund, Erica Breuer, Mary De Silva, Martin Prince	215
17	Sitting with others: mental health self-help groups in northern Ghana 2012 ·International Journal of Mental Health Systems ·Alex Cohen, Shoba Raja, Chris Underhill, (unknown), (unknown), Mary De Silva, Vikram Patel	77
18	Poverty and mental disorders: breaking the cycle in low-income and middle-income countries breakdown → 2011 ·The Lancet ·Crick Lund, Mary De Silva, Sophie Plagerson, Sara Cooper, (unknown), Jishnu Das, Martín Knapp, Vikram Patel	563
19	Three models of community mental health services In low-income countries 2011 ·International Journal of Mental Health Systems ·Alex Cohen, Julian Eaton, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Mary De Silva, Vikram Patel	56
20	Treatment and prevention of mental disorders in low-income and middle-income countries breakdown → 2007 ·The Lancet ·Vikram Patel, Ricardo Araya, Sudipto Chatterjee, Dan Chisholm, Alex Cohen, Mary De Silva, Clemens Hosman, Hugh McGuire, Graciela Rojas, Mark van Ommeren	629

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