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David McDaid publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David McDaid sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 527 publications — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

David McDaid D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David McDaid sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 72 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Overview

David McDaid is affiliated with the London School of Economics and Political Science in the United Kingdom. Their research spans several key areas within psychology and health professions, with a focus on clinical psychology and general health professions. Additional subfields include social psychology, psychiatry and mental health, and broader health topics.

Their main research topics encompass mental health treatment and access, migration, health and trauma, health disparities and outcomes, COVID-19 and mental health, employment and welfare studies, psychiatric care and mental health services, and child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development.

David McDaid has contributed to numerous scientific publications, including:

  • The Lancet Psychiatry Commission on youth mental health, 2024, The Lancet Psychiatry
  • Estimating the global costs of hearing loss, 2021, International Journal of Audiology
  • The impact of cash transfers on mental health in children and young people in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis, 2021, BMJ Global Health
  • Peer-provided Problem Management Plus (PM+) for adult Syrian refugees: a pilot randomised controlled trial on effectiveness and cost-effectiveness, 2020, Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences
  • Remote mental health care interventions during the COVID-19 pandemic: An umbrella review, 2022, Behaviour Research and Therapy

Frequent co-authors with whom they have collaborated include:

  • A-La Park
  • Marit Sijbrandij
  • Richard A. Bryant
  • Anke B. Witteveen
  • Sara Evans-Lacko

Some of the recurring publication venues for their work are:

  • Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences
  • BMC Psychiatry
  • European Psychiatry
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cambridge Prisms Global Mental Health

They have published books as well, such as the title "Advancing Suicide Research" in 2020, which was released under Hogrefe Publishing eBooks.

Best Publications

  • Preventive strategies for mental health

    Celso Arango;Covadonga M Díaz-Caneja;Patrick D McGorry;Judith Rapoport

  • Long-term conditions and mental health: the cost of co-morbidities

    Chris Naylor;Michael Parsonage;David McDaid;Martin Knapp

  • PRIME: A Programme to Reduce the Treatment Gap for Mental Disorders in Five Low- and Middle-Income Countries

    Crick Lund;Mark Tomlinson;Mark Tomlinson;Mary De Silva;Abebaw Fekadu

  • Community engagement to reduce inequalities in health: a systematic review, meta-analysis and economic analysis

    Alison O'Mara-Eves;Ginny Brunton;David McDaid;Sandy Oliver

  • Mental health promotion and mental illness prevention: the economic case

    Martin Knapp;David McDaid;Michael Parsonage

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

    Vikram Patel;Benedict Weobong;Helen A Weiss;Arpita Anand

  • Best practice elements of multilevel suicide prevention strategies: a review of systematic reviews

    Christina M. van der Feltz-Cornelis;Marco Sarchiapone;Vita Postuvan;Daniëlle Volker

  • Suicide and poverty in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review.

    Valentina Iemmi;Jason Bantjes;Ernestina Coast;Kerrie Channer

  • Actions to alleviate the mental health impact of the economic crisis

    Kristian Wahlbeck;David McDaid

  • The economic impact of dementia in Europe in 2008—cost estimates from the Eurocode project

    A. Wimo;L Jönsson;A. Gustavsson;David McDaid

  • Strengthening mental health care systems for Syrian refugees in Europe and the Middle East: integrating scalable psychological interventions in eight countries.

    Marit Sijbrandij;Ceren Acarturk;Martha Bird;Richard A Bryant

  • What are reasons for the large gender differences in the lethality of suicidal acts? An epidemiological analysis in four European countries

    Roland Mergl;Nicole Koburger;Katherina Heinrichs;András Székely

  • Mental health research priorities for Europe

    Til Wykes;Josep Maria Haro;Stefano R Belli;Carla Obradors-Tarragó

  • Estimating the costs of informal care for people with Alzheimer's disease: methodological and practical challenges.

    David McDaid

  • Economic barriers to better mental health practice and policy.

    Martin Knapp;Michelle Funk;Claire Curran;Martin Prince

  • Mental Health Policy and Practice Across Europe

    Martin Knapp;D McDaid;E Mossialos;G Thornicroft

  • The Economic Case for the Prevention of Mental Illness

    David McDaid;A-La Park;Kristian Wahlbeck

  • Is it worth investing in mental health promotion and prevention of mental illness? A systematic review of the evidence from economic evaluations

    Ingrid Zechmeister;Reinhold Kilian;David McDaid

  • Counselling for Alcohol Problems (CAP), a lay counsellor-delivered brief psychological treatment for harmful drinking in men, in primary care in India: a randomised controlled trial

    Abhijit Nadkarni;Benedict Weobong;Helen A Weiss;James McCambridge

  • Austerity and health in Europe.

    GianLuca Quaglio;Theodoros Karapiperis;Lieve Van Woensel;Elleke Arnold

  • Impact of economic crises on mental health

    Kristian Wahlbeck;Peter Anderson;Sanjay Basu;David McDaid

  • Understanding effective approaches to promoting mental health and preventing mental illness

    David McDaid;Emily Hewlett;A-La Park

  • Long-term conditions and mental health The cost of co-morbidities Authors

    Chris Naylor;Michael Parsonage;David McDaid;Martin Knapp

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Knapp
Martin Knapp London School of Economics and Political Science
Rachel Jenkins
Rachel Jenkins King's College London
Sara Evans-Lacko
Sara Evans-Lacko London School of Economics and Political Science
Rifat Atun
Rifat Atun Harvard University
Luis Salvador-Carulla
Luis Salvador-Carulla Australian National University
Richard Cookson
Richard Cookson University of York
Vikram Patel
Vikram Patel Harvard University
Ella Arensman
Ella Arensman University College Cork
Ulrich Hegerl
Ulrich Hegerl Stiftung Deutsche Depressionshilfe
Stephen Platt
Stephen Platt University of Edinburgh

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