ReviewThe lancet. Psychiatry2023
Common measures in mental health: a joint initiative by funders and journals.
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32 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 55 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Psychobiotics in Depression: Sources, Metabolites, and Treatment-A Systematic Review.Nutrients · 2025Pooled it
- 24-hour movement behaviours and mental health in non-clinical populations: A systematic review.PloS one · 2025Pooled it
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- Trends in anxiety and depressive symptoms among adults in Norway based on eight population-based surveys from 1995 to 2024.Discover mental health · 2026Article
- Constructs, Predictive Factors and Measures: Insights From the Mental Health in the Moment (MHIM) Co-Production Panel.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2026Article
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- The extent to which child- and parent-report Revised Children's Anxiety and Depression Scale, short Mood and Feeling Questionnaire, Strength and Difficulty Questionnaire and child-report KIDSCREEN identify the same young people as at risk of mental health conditions.The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science · 2026Article
- Interpersonal conflicts, social media use and depression associated with protests.Nature medicine · 2026Article
- Psychological Comorbidity in Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department With Low-Risk Chest Pain and Anxiety.Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine · 2026Article
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- Impacts of Using Peer Online Forums in Mental Health: Realist Evaluation Using Mixed Methods.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
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- Genetic overlap between functional impairment and depression and anxiety symptom severity: evidence from the GLAD Study.Psychological medicine · 2025Article
- Everyday functioning in treatment-resistant late-life depression: The mediating role of cognition.Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS · 2025Article
- Cross-Sectional Reference Data From 29 European Countries for 6 Frequently Used Depression Measures.JAMA network open · 2025Article
- Addressing international research challenges in child and adolescent mental health during global crises: experience and recommendations of the Co-SPACE international consortium.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2025Article
- Genetic vulnerability and adverse mental health outcomes following mild traumatic brain injury: a meta-analysis of CENTER-TBI and TRACK-TBI cohorts.EClinicalMedicine · 2024Article
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Abstract
There is notable heterogeneity in how clinical and phenotypic data are measured by mental health researchers. There is a proliferation of self-report measures (eg, over 280 for depression alone), meaning it is challenging for researchers to compare findings across different studies from different laboratories. To begin to address this issue, a consortium of mental health research funders and journals has launched the Common Measures in Mental Health Science Initiative. The purpose of this endeavour is to identify common measures for mental health conditions that funders and journals can require all researchers to collect, in addition to any other measures they require for their specific study. These measures would not necessarily capture the full range of experiences of a given condition but could be used to link and compare across studies with different designs in different contexts. This Health Policy outlines the rationale, objectives, and potential challenges of this initiative, which aims to enhance the rigour and comparability of mental health research by promoting the adoption of standardised measures.
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