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Medicine D-index 134 Citations 82,458 692 World Ranking 1176 National Ranking 690

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Awards & Achievements

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

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Law
  • Psychiatry
  • Health care

Vikram Patel mostly deals with Mental health, Psychiatry, Psychological intervention, Public health and Health care. His Mental health study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Global health, Poverty and Health policy. His Global health study deals with Public relations intersecting with Grand Challenges.

His work deals with themes such as Developing country and Clinical psychology, which intersect with Psychiatry. The Psychological intervention study combines topics in areas such as Psychosocial, Mental illness, Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and MEDLINE. Vikram Patel has included themes like Gerontology, Environmental health, Program evaluation, Government and Disease burden in his Public health study.

His most cited work include:

  • Depression, chronic diseases, and decrements in health: results from the World Health Surveys (2598 citations)
  • No health without mental health. (2324 citations)
  • Mental health of young people: a global public-health challenge (1675 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His primary areas of study are Psychiatry, Mental health, Psychological intervention, Depression and Public health. When carried out as part of a general Psychiatry research project, his work on Anxiety, Psychosocial and Intervention is frequently linked to work in Suicide prevention, therefore connecting diverse disciplines of study. As a member of one scientific family, he mostly works in the field of Mental health, focusing on Global health and, on occasion, Public relations.

His Psychological intervention research includes elements of Meta-analysis, Mental illness, MEDLINE and Family medicine. His research investigates the connection between Depression and topics such as Randomized controlled trial that intersect with problems in Physical therapy. The various areas that Vikram Patel examines in his Public health study include Gerontology and Environmental health.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Psychiatry (54.05%)
  • Mental health (54.59%)
  • Psychological intervention (31.35%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2017-2021)?

  • Mental health (54.59%)
  • Psychological intervention (31.35%)
  • Psychiatry (54.05%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Vikram Patel mostly deals with Mental health, Psychological intervention, Psychiatry, Depression and Randomized controlled trial. His Mental health research focuses on Global mental health in particular. His work in Global mental health addresses subjects such as Global health, which are connected to disciplines such as Commission and Sustainable development.

Vikram Patel combines subjects such as Intervention, Anxiety, Mental illness and Medical education with his study of Psychological intervention. In his study, Gerontology is strongly linked to MEDLINE, which falls under the umbrella field of Psychiatry. His Depression study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Meta-analysis, Public health and Clinical psychology.

Between 2017 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • The Lancet Commission on global mental health and sustainable development. (481 citations)
  • Social determinants of mental disorders and the Sustainable Development Goals: a systematic review of reviews (135 citations)
  • Has COVID-19 subverted global health? (112 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Law
  • Psychiatry
  • Health care

His main research concerns Mental health, Psychological intervention, Psychiatry, Depression and MEDLINE. He interconnects Health care, Psychosocial, Nursing, Family medicine and Medical education in the investigation of issues within Mental health. His Psychological intervention research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Randomized controlled trial, Cochrane Library and Focus group.

His Psychiatry study combines topics in areas such as Global health, Logistic regression and Epidemiology. His work on Patient Health Questionnaire and Major depressive disorder as part of general Depression research is often related to Alcohol use disorder, thus linking different fields of science. His research integrates issues of Developing country, Commission and Gerontology in his study of MEDLINE.

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Best Publications

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

Saba Moussavi;Somnath Chatterji;Emese Verdes;Ajay Tandon.
The Lancet (2007)

4480 Citations

No health without mental health.

Martin Prince;Vikram Patel;Shekhar Saxena;Mario Maj.
The Lancet (2007)

4114 Citations

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

Vikram Patel;Alan J. Flisher;Alan J. Flisher;Sarah E Hetrick;Patrick D. McGorry.
The Lancet (2007)

3198 Citations

Global Prevalence of Autism and Other Pervasive Developmental Disorders

Mayada Elsabbagh;Gauri Divan;Yun Joo Koh;Young Shin Kim.
Autism Research (2012)

2748 Citations

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.
The Lancet (2016)

2264 Citations

Grand challenges in global mental health

Pamela Y. Collins;Vikram Patel;Vikram Patel;Sarah S. Joestl;Dana March;Dana March.
(2011)

2146 Citations

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

Zachary Steel;Claire Marnane;Changiz Iranpour;Tien Chey.
International Journal of Epidemiology (2014)

2141 Citations

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.
PLOS Medicine (2013)

1915 Citations

Poverty and common mental disorders in developing countries

Vikram Harshad Patel;Arthur Michael Kleinman.
Bulletin of The World Health Organization (2003)

1425 Citations

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.
Bulletin of The World Health Organization (2012)

1423 Citations

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