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Switzerland
2022

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Social Sciences and Humanities

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56
Citations
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World Ranking
1898
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  • 2022 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Switzerland Leader Award

Overview

Mitchell G. Weiss is affiliated with the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute in Switzerland. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on psychology, health professions, and medicine, with particular attention to general health professions, clinical psychology, social psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and occupational therapy.

Their recent scholarly contributions include several papers published in established journals. These are:

  • "Integrating neuroscience in psychiatry: a cultural-ecosocial systemic approach" (2023) in The Lancet Psychiatry
  • "Culture and Social Structure in Comprehensive Case Formulation" (2021) in The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
  • "Antenatal influenza vaccination in urban Pune, India: clinician and community stakeholders' awareness, priorities, and practices" (2020) in Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
  • "Experiences and reactions of adolescent offspring to their fathers' heavy drinking: A qualitative study from an urban metropolis in India" (2020) in Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse
  • "Sociocultural Framework for Psychiatric Case Formulation" (2023) in The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Mitchell G. Weiss's work covers a range of main topics including community health and development, migration, health and trauma, mental health treatment and access, cultural differences and values, neuroscience, education and cognitive function, occupational therapy practice and research, and clinical reasoning and diagnostic skills.

Frequent coauthors in their work include Ana Gómez-Carrillo, Laurence J. Kirmayer, Neil Krishan Aggarwal, Kamaldeep Bhui, and Brandon A. Kohrt.

Their publications have appeared repeatedly in venues such as:

  • The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
  • The Lancet Psychiatry
  • Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
  • Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse
  • Indian Journal of Social Psychiatry

Overall, Mitchell G. Weiss's academic profile reflects a multidisciplinary approach integrating social and cultural factors within clinical and community health contexts. Their research involves both qualitative and systemic frameworks to address complex issues in mental health, community well-being, and medical practice.

Best Publications

  • Health-related stigma: rethinking concepts and interventions.

    Mitchell G. Weiss;Jayashree Ramakrishna;Daryl Somma

  • Bovine tuberculosis: an old disease but a new threat to Africa.

    W Y Ayele;S D Neill;J Zinsstag;M G Weiss

  • Methods of suicide: international suicide patterns derived from the WHO mortality database

    Vladeta Ajdacic-Gross;Mitchell G Weiss;Mariann Ring;Urs Hepp

  • Explanatory Model Interview Catalogue (EMIC): Framework for Comparative Study of Illness

    Mitchell Gralnick Weiss

  • Stigma, Depression, and Somatization in South India

    R. Raguram;Mitchell G. Weiss;S. M. Channabasavanna;Gerald M. Devins

  • The Explanatory Model Interview Catalogue (EMIC). Contribution to cross-cultural research methods from a study of leprosy and mental health.

    Mitchell G. Weiss;D. R. Doongaji;S. Siddhartha;David Wypij

  • Stigma and the social burden of neglected tropical diseases

    Mitchell Gralnick Weiss

  • Stigma interventions and research for international health

    Mitchell G Weiss;Jayashree Ramakrishna

  • Cultural epidemiology: An introduction and overview

    Mitchell Gralnick Weiss

  • Culture and Psychiatric Evaluation: Operationalizing Cultural Formulation for DSM-5

    Roberto Lewis-Fernández;Neil K rishan Aggarwal;Sofie Bäärnhielm;Hans Rohlof

  • Traditional community resources for mental health: a report of temple healing from India

    R Raguram;A Venkateswaran;Jayashree Ramakrishna;Mitchell G Weiss

  • Psychiatric stigma across cultures: Local validation in Bangalore and London

    Mitchell Gralnick Weiss;Sushrut Jadhav;R. Raguram;Penelope Vounatsou

  • Gender and socio-cultural determinants of TB-related stigma in Bangladesh, India, Malawi and Colombia

    D Somma;B E Thomas;F Karim;J Kemp

  • Cultural models of diarrheal illness: conceptual framework and review.

    Mitchell G. Weiss

  • Somatization revisited: diagnosis and perceived causes of common mental disorders.

    Peter Henningsen;Thorsten Jakobsen;Marcus Schiltenwolf;Mitchell G Weiss

  • Gender and the stigma of onchocercal skin disease in Africa.

    C. Vlassoff;M. Weiss;E. B. L. Ovuga;C. Eneanya

  • Health seeking and perceived causes of tuberculosis among patients in Manila, Philippines

    Christian Auer;Jesus Sarol;Marcel Tanner;Mitchell Weiss

  • Schizophrenia and the Cultural Epidemiology of Stigma in Bangalore, India

    Ramanathan Raguram;Thubarahalli M. Raghu;Penelope Vounatsou;Mitchell Gralnick Weiss

  • Attention to gender issues in tuberculosis control.

    M W Uplekar;S Rangan;M G Weiss;J Ogden

  • Feasibility, acceptability, and clinical utility of the Cultural Formulation Interview: Mixed-methods results from the DSM-5 international field trial

    Roberto Lewis-Fernández;Neil Krishan Aggarwal;Peter C. Lam;Hanga Galfalvy

  • Mental health in the aftermath of disasters: Consensus and controversy

    Mitchell G Weiss;Benedetto Saraceno;Shekhar Saxena;Mark van Ommeren

Frequent Co-Authors

Allyson M Pollock
Allyson M Pollock Newcastle University
Vladeta Ajdacic-Gross
Vladeta Ajdacic-Gross University of Zurich
Roberto Lewis-Fernández
Roberto Lewis-Fernández Columbia University
Don de Savigny
Don de Savigny Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
Burton H. Singer
Burton H. Singer University of Florida
Laurence J. Kirmayer
Laurence J. Kirmayer McGill University
Matthias Bopp
Matthias Bopp University of Zurich
David M. Ndetei
David M. Ndetei University of Nairobi
Jakob Zinsstag
Jakob Zinsstag Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
Esther Schelling
Esther Schelling University of Basel

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