Melvyn Freeman

4.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

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Melvyn Freeman is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Economics and Econometrics and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Melvyn Freeman has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in General Health Professions, 10 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 9 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Melvyn Freeman's work include Mental Health Treatment and Access (9 papers), HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses (6 papers) and HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (5 papers). Melvyn Freeman is often cited by papers focused on Mental Health Treatment and Access (9 papers), HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses (6 papers) and HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (5 papers). Melvyn Freeman collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United States and Switzerland. Melvyn Freeman's co-authors include Mmatshilo Motsei, Nkululeko Nkomo, Kevin J. Kelly, Zuhayr Kafaar, Ozayr Mahomed, Benedetto Saraceno, Graham Thornicroft, Sifiso Phakathi, Kavitha Kolappa and José Miguel Caldas‐de‐Almeida and has published in prestigious journals such as Social Science & Medicine, AIDS and The Lancet Psychiatry.

In The Last Decade

Melvyn Freeman

28 papers receiving 1.3k citations

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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 World Mental Health Report: transforming mental health for all

2022 642 citations Melvyn Freeman World Psychiatry profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Melvyn Freeman South Africa	13	550	426	412	176	146	28	1.4k
André Tylee United Kingdom	12	444 0.8×	634 1.5×	473 1.1×	85 0.5×	138 0.9×	23	1.4k
Piedad Garcia United States	17	556 1.0×	641 1.5×	426 1.0×	104 0.6×	155 1.1×	27	1.7k
Bibilola Oladeji Nigeria	21	606 1.1×	437 1.0×	541 1.3×	116 0.7×	111 0.8×	63	1.4k
Ahnalee M. Brincks United States	20	460 0.8×	284 0.7×	213 0.5×	111 0.6×	153 1.0×	61	1.1k
Jibril Abdulmalik Nigeria	26	849 1.5×	560 1.3×	787 1.9×	104 0.6×	123 0.8×	69	1.7k
Shuiyuan Xiao China	20	600 1.1×	397 0.9×	467 1.1×	66 0.4×	275 1.9×	59	1.5k
Jed Boardman United Kingdom	25	668 1.2×	635 1.5×	518 1.3×	58 0.3×	110 0.8×	65	1.4k
Lisa B. Dixon United States	26	916 1.7×	645 1.5×	583 1.4×	72 0.4×	170 1.2×	124	1.9k
Carrie Brooke‐Sumner South Africa	13	556 1.0×	514 1.2×	518 1.3×	65 0.4×	111 0.8×	29	1.2k
Sarah Valentine United States	19	785 1.4×	345 0.8×	683 1.7×	161 0.9×	333 2.3×	67	1.7k

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Freeman, Melvyn. (2022). The World Mental Health Report: transforming mental health for all. World Psychiatry. 21(3). 391–392. 642 indexed citations breakdown →

Freeman, Melvyn. (2022). Investing for population mental health in low and middle income countries—where and why?. International Journal of Mental Health Systems. 16(1). 24 indexed citations

Freeman, Melvyn, et al.. (2020). Health promotion: How government can ensure that the National Health Insurance Fund has a fighting chance. South African Medical Journal. 110(3). 188–188. 8 indexed citations

Freeman, Melvyn. (2018). Global lessons for deinstitutionalisation from the ill-fated transfer of mental health-care users in Gauteng, South Africa. The Lancet Psychiatry. 5(9). 765–768. 15 indexed citations

Moodley, Jennifer, et al.. (2016). An overview of cancer research in South African academic and research institutions, 2013 - 2014. South African Medical Journal. 106(6). 607–607. 6 indexed citations

Freeman, Melvyn. (2016). Global mental health in low and middle income, especially African countries. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences. 25(6). 503–505. 12 indexed citations

Freeman, Melvyn, Kavitha Kolappa, José Miguel Caldas‐de‐Almeida, et al.. (2015). Reversing hard won victories in the name of human rights: a critique of the General Comment on Article 12 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The Lancet Psychiatry. 2(9). 844–850. 147 indexed citations

Mahomed, Ozayr, et al.. (2014). An Integrated Chronic Disease Management Model: A Diagonal Approach to Health System Strengthening in South Africa. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. 25(4). 1723–1729. 63 indexed citations

Mahomed, Ozayr, et al.. (2014). An Integrated Chronic Disease Management Model- A diagonal approach to health system strengthening. International Journal of Integrated Care. 14(9). 3 indexed citations

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Funk, Michelle & Melvyn Freeman. (2010). Framework and methodology for evaluating mental health policy and plans. The International Journal of Health Planning and Management. 26(2). 134–157. 10 indexed citations

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Funk, Michelle, Crick Lund, Melvyn Freeman, & Natalie Drew. (2009). Improving the quality of mental health care. International Journal for Quality in Health Care. 21(6). 415–420. 12 indexed citations

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Freeman, Melvyn, Nkululeko Nkomo, Zuhayr Kafaar, & Kevin J. Kelly. (2008). Mental Disorder in People Living with HIV/Aids in South Africa. South African Journal of Psychology. 38(3). 489–500. 73 indexed citations

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Freeman, Melvyn, Nkululeko Nkomo, Zuhayr Kafaar, & Kevin J. Kelly. (2007). Factors associated with prevalence of mental disorder in people living with HIV/AIDS in South Africa. AIDS Care. 19(10). 1201–1209. 98 indexed citations

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Freeman, Melvyn, et al.. (2006). Serious mental illness and HIV / AIDS [editorial]. South African Medical Journal. 12(1). 4–8. 1 indexed citations

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Freeman, Melvyn, et al.. (2006). Serious mental illness and HIV / AIDS. South African Journal of Psychiatry. 12(1). 3–3. 4 indexed citations

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Freeman, Melvyn. (2002). Bulimia nervosa in adolescents: treatment, eating pathology and comorbidity. 5(3). 4–8. 8 indexed citations

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Freeman, Melvyn, et al.. (1999). Evaluation of Mental Health Services in the Free State. South African Medical Journal. 89(3). 2 indexed citations

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Freeman, Melvyn, et al.. (1992). Viewing Primary Mental Health Care at a Time of Social Transition in South Africa. International Journal of Health Services. 22(2). 339–348. 8 indexed citations

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Freeman, Melvyn. (1991). Mental Health for all — Moving beyond Rhetoric. South African Journal of Psychology. 21(3). 141–147. 25 indexed citations

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Freeman, Melvyn. (1990). Decentralised responsibility--a way forward for 'homeland' mental health care?. PubMed. 77(9). 478–80. 3 indexed citations

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