International Journal of Culture and Mental Health

Aims & Scope

This title has ceased (2018).

This important peer-review journal provides an innovative forum, both international and multidisciplinary, for addressing cross-cultural issues and mental health.

Culture as it comes to bear on mental health is a rapidly expanding area of inquiry and research within psychiatry and psychology, and other related fields such as social work, with important implications for practice in the global context.

The journal is an essential resource for health care professionals working in the field of cross-cultural mental health.Readership includes psychiatrists, psychologists, medical anthropologists, medical sociologists, psychiatric nurses and social workers, general practitioners and other mental health professionals interested in the area.

The International Journal of Culture and Mental Health publishes original empirical research, review papers and theoretical articles in the fields of cross-cultural psychiatry and psychology.

Contributions from the fields of medical anthropology and medical sociology are particularly welcome.

A continuing dialogue between members of various disciplines in various fields is encouraged.

The aim of the journal is to encourage its readers to think about various issues which have clouded cross-cultural development of ideas.

The journal lays special emphasis on developing further links between medical anthropology, medical sociology, clinical psychiatry and psychology, and implications of the findings on service provisions.

The journal is published four times a year.

The style of reference is Harvard.

All research articles in this journal, including those in special issues, special sections or supplements, have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by at least two independent referees.

Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Medicine, Psychology and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• <i>Hijras</i>: the unique transgender culture of India

  Citation: 72

  Authors: Gurvinder

• The utilisation of mental health services by children and young people from a refugee background: a systematic literature review

  Citation: 71

  Authors: Erminia, Josef, Harry, Georgia, Carmel

• Post-traumatic stress disorders, depression, and anxiety in unaccompanied refugee minors exposed to war-related trauma: a systematic review

  Citation: 55

  Authors: Reem, Erminia

• Psychoactive drug or mystical incense? Overview of the online available information on Spice products

  Citation: 55

  Authors: Fabrizio, Ornella, Paolo, Zoe, Lucia, Magi', Liv, Miia, Stefania, Teuvo, Cinzia, Norbert, Holger, Arvid, Marta, Peer

• Screening for PTSD and depression in Bosnia and Herzegovina: validating the Harvard Trauma Questionnaire and the Hopkins Symptom Checklist

  Citation: 52

  Authors: Lilijana, Aida, Naris, Kate, Sharon, Richard F., David C.

• Intermediated communication by interpreters in psychotherapy with traumatized refugees

  Citation: 44

  Authors: M., F.J., J., B., C.

• Beliefs about Jinn, black magic and the evil eye among Muslims: age, gender and first language influences

  Citation: 39

  Authors: Najat, Tim, Shahid, Imran, Dawn-Marie

• A mental health needs assessment of children and adolescents in post-conflict Liberia: results from a quantitative key-informant survey

  Citation: 37

  Authors: Christina P.C., Lauren C., Anne, Oriana, Benjamin L., Lindsey, Deborah A., Julia R., Silvia, Edward K.S., Ryan, Suzan J., David C.

• The portrayal of autism in Hollywood films

  Citation: 34

  Authors: Rory, Dinesh

• Psychological distress in Lebanese young adults: constructing the screening tool ‘BDS-22’

  Citation: 33

  Authors: Bernadette, Nina, Pascale R.