How "global" is research in early intervention for psychosis? A bibliometric analysis
Valle, Ruben Singh, Swaran P Loch, Alexandre Andrade Iyer, Srividya N
Valle, Ruben
Singh, Swaran P
Loch, Alexandre Andrade
Iyer, Srividya N
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McGill University, Montreal; University of Warwick; Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust; Faculdade de Medicina, Instituto de Psiquiatria, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montreal
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2024-06
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Introduction: Unlike high-income countries (HICs), there are few early intervention services for psychosis in low-and middle-income countries (LAMICs). In HICs, research spurred the growth of such services. Little is known about the state of EIP research in LAMICs, which we address by examining their research output and collaborations vis-à-vis that of HICs.
Methods: We conducted a search in Scopus database for early psychosis publications in scientific journals since 1980. Data from each record, including title, author affiliation, and date, were downloaded. For HIC-LAMIC collaborations, data on first, corresponding and last authors' affiliations, and funding were manually extracted. Descriptive statistics and social network analysis were conducted.
Results: Globally, early psychosis publications increased from 24 in 1980 to 1297 in 2022. Of 16,942 included publications, 16.1 % had LAMIC authors. 71.3 % involved authors from a single country (regardless of income level). 21.9 % were collaborations between HICs, 6.6 % between HICs and LAMICs, and 0.2 % among LAMICs. For research conducted in LAMICs and involving HIC-LAMIC collaborations, the first, last, and corresponding authors were LAMIC-based in 71.8 %, 60.7 %, and 63.0 %, respectively. These positions were dominated (80 %) by authors from four LAMICs. 29.4 % of the HIC-LAMIC subset was funded solely by LAMIC funders, predominantly two LAMICs.
Conclusions: LAMICs are starkly underrepresented in the otherwise flourishing body of early psychosis research. They have far fewer collaborations and less funding than HICs. Closing these gaps in LAMICs where most of the world's youth live is imperative to generate the local knowledge needed to strengthen early psychosis services that are known to improve outcomes.
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Valle R, Singh SP, Loch AA, Iyer SN. How "global" is research in early intervention for psychosis? A bibliometric analysis. Asian J Psychiatr. 2024 Jun 26;98:104128. doi: 10.1016/j.ajp.2024.104128. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38964005.
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