World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
153
Citations
117217
World Ranking
1018
National Ranking
578

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2014 - Rhoda and Bernard Sarnat International Prize in Mental Health, National Academy of Medicine
  • 2009 - Chalmers Medal, Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Overview

Vikram Patel is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States and has a research focus primarily in the fields of psychology and medicine. Their published work spans 324 publications in psychology and 170 in medicine, with notable specialization in subfields such as clinical psychology, social psychology, general health professions, applied psychology, and pediatrics, perinatology, and child health.

Their prolific research includes investigations into mental health treatment and access, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, digital mental health interventions, and COVID-19's impact on mental health. Additional topics addressed by their work encompass maternal mental health during pregnancy and postpartum, various mental health research topics, and suicide and self-harm studies.

Some of the recent papers by Vikram Patel are:

  • "Poverty, depression, and anxiety: Causal evidence and mechanisms" (2020) published in Science
  • "Estimating the sample mean and standard deviation from commonly reported quantiles in meta-analysis" (2020) published in Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS)
  • "COVID-19 mental health impact and responses in low-income and middle-income countries: reimagining global mental health" (2021) published in The Lancet Psychiatry
  • "Internet-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression" (2021) published in JAMA Psychiatry
  • "Depression in young people" (2022) published in The Lancet

Vikram Patel frequently collaborates with other researchers, with the most common co-authors including:

  • John A. Naslund (45 joint publications)
  • Anant Bhan (28 joint publications)
  • Deepak Tugnawat (24 joint publications)
  • Gauri Divan (24 joint publications)
  • Daisy R. Singla (22 joint publications)

Their work has been published predominantly in these venues:

  • Cambridge Prisms Global Mental Health (13 publications)
  • The Lancet (11 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (9 publications)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal (8 publications)
  • The American Journal of Gastroenterology (8 publications)

Recognized with awards such as the Rhoda and Bernard Sarnat International Prize in Mental Health from the National Academy of Medicine in 2014, and the Chalmers Medal from the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene in 2009, they have contributed to advancing academic understanding in mental health research.

Best Publications

  • Depression, chronic diseases, and decrements in health: results from the World Health Surveys

    Saba Moussavi;Somnath Chatterji;Emese Verdes;Ajay Tandon

  • No health without mental health.

    Martin Prince;Vikram Patel;Shekhar Saxena;Mario Maj

  • Our future: a Lancet commission on adolescent health and wellbeing

    George C Patton;George C Patton;Susan M Sawyer;Susan M Sawyer;Susan M Sawyer;John S Santelli;David A Ross;David A Ross

  • Mental health of young people: a global public-health challenge

    Vikram Patel;Alan J. Flisher;Alan J. Flisher;Sarah E Hetrick;Patrick D. McGorry

  • Global Prevalence of Autism and Other Pervasive Developmental Disorders

    Mayada Elsabbagh;Gauri Divan;Yun Joo Koh;Young Shin Kim

  • The Lancet Commission on global mental health and sustainable development.

    Vikram Patel;Shekhar Saxena;Crick Lund;Crick Lund;Graham Thornicroft

  • The global prevalence of common mental disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis 1980–2013

    Zachary Steel;Claire Marnane;Changiz Iranpour;Tien Chey

  • Grand challenges in global mental health

    Pamela Y. Collins;Vikram Patel;Vikram Patel;Sarah S. Joestl;Dana March;Dana March

  • The Effectiveness of Mobile-Health Technology-Based Health Behaviour Change or Disease Management Interventions for Health Care Consumers: A Systematic Review

    Caroline Free;Gemma Phillips;Leandro Galli;Louise Watson

  • Prevalence and determinants of common perinatal mental disorders in women in low- and lower-middle-income countries: a systematic review

    Jane Rosamond Woodward Fisher;Meena Cabral de Mello;Vikram Patel;Atif Rahman

  • Poverty and common mental disorders in low and middle income countries: A systematic review

    Crick Lund;Alison Breen;Alan J. Flisher;Ritsuko Kakuma

  • Poverty and common mental disorders in developing countries

    Vikram Harshad Patel;Arthur Michael Kleinman

  • The effectiveness of mobile-health technologies to improve health care service delivery processes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Caroline Free;Gemma Phillips;Louise Watson;Leandro Galli

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

    Vikram Patel;Ricardo Araya;Sudipto Chatterjee;Dan Chisholm

  • Poverty and mental disorders: breaking the cycle in low-income and middle-income countries

    Crick Lund;Mary De Silva;Sophie Plagerson;Sara Cooper

  • Global burden of diseases, injuries, and risk factors for young people's health during 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013.

    Ali H. Mokdad;Mohammad H ossein Forouzanfar;Farah Daoud;Arwa A. Mokdad

  • Gender, Poverty, and Postnatal Depression: A Study of Mothers in Goa, India

    Vikram Patel;Merlyn Rodrigues;Nandita DeSouza

  • Scale up services for mental disorders: a call for action.

    D Chisholm;A J Flisher;C Lund;V Patel

  • The effectiveness of M-health technologies for improving health and health services: a systematic review protocol

    Caroline Free;Gemma Phillips;Lambert Felix;Leandro Galli

  • Mental health of young people : a global public-health challenge. Commentary

    Vittoria Tonin;Vikram Patel;Alan J Flisher;Sarah Hetrick

Frequent Co-Authors

Crick Lund
Crick Lund University of Cape Town
Charlotte Hanlon
Charlotte Hanlon King's College London
Helen A. Weiss
Helen A. Weiss London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Martin Prince
Martin Prince King's College London
Graham Thornicroft
Graham Thornicroft King's College London
Shekhar Saxena
Shekhar Saxena Harvard University
Abebaw Fekadu
Abebaw Fekadu Brighton and Sussex Medical School
Atif Rahman
Atif Rahman University of Liverpool
Mark J. D. Jordans
Mark J. D. Jordans University of Amsterdam
Betty R. Kirkwood
Betty R. Kirkwood London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

If you think any of the details on this page are incorrect, let us know.

Report an issue

We appreciate your kind effort to assist us to improve this page, it would be helpful providing us with as much detail as possible in the text box below:

Related Online Degrees & Career Pathways

Exploring career options beyond a traditional MD program can open many doors in healthcare. For instance, some students pursue advanced nursing degrees through direct msn programs online, helpful for non-nurses aiming to transition into specialized nursing roles quickly.

Getting started in nursing may also be more accessible than you think. There are several nursing programs with high acceptance rates, making it easier for motivated students to enter the field. Some schools even have less stringent admissions processes, offering nursing schools that don't require teas or HESI exams as part of their requirements.

Healthcare support roles, such as medical billing and coding, are also growing in demand. If you’re interested in this pathway, you may wonder, can you get financial aid for medical billing and coding? The good news is that many accredited programs do offer financial assistance, making them accessible for many students.

Best Scientists Citing Vikram Patel

Trending Scientists

Recently Published Articles