Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Social and Political Sciences (ICoSaPS 2022)

Mental Health Workforce in Developing Countries: A Bibliometric Study

Authors
Nova Yulanda Putri Sipahutar1, *, Metha Claudia Agatha Silitonga1, Tyas Wahyu Fadhila2, Marisa Yanti Rumondang Sipahutar3, Yosefina Itu4
1Research Center for Public Policy, The National Research and Innovation Agency, Jakarta Pusat, Republic of Indonesia
2Center for Innovation of Public Administration, National Institute of Public Administration, Makassar, Republic of Indonesia
3The National Family Planning Coordinating Agency of North Sumatera, The National Family Planning Coordinating Agency, Jakarta, Republic of Indonesia
4Academy of Community Development, St. Ursula Ende, East Nusa Tenggara, Republic of Indonesia
*Corresponding author. Email: nova012@brin.go.id
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Nova Yulanda Putri Sipahutar
Available Online 30 December 2022.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-494069-77-0_23How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Mental Health Workforce; Developing Countries; Bibliometric Study
Abstract

Mental health problems are one of the highest causes of disability. Unfortunately, the numbers of the mental health workforce are minimal. Moreover, problems related to mental health in developing countries are complex. This study describes the general trends and analyzes relevant indicators from aspects of types of articles, authors, citations, journals, countries, and author keywords. This article applies a bibliometric methodology. Data were retrieved from the Scopus database and visualized using VOSviewer. The study focuses on 79 English writing documents published annually on the mental health workforce in developing countries. Based on the analysis, the most influential article entitled “The mental health workforce gap in low- and middle-income countries: A needs-based approach” was written in 2011. The most influential author is Dal Poz M.R, who has written two documents and cited 204 times. The country with the most citations was the United States, with 729 sources of 22 documents, while the country with the most productive publications was the United Kingdom, with 25 documents and 516 citations. Based on keyword analysis, the subject area of the research was dominated by the health public service area. Meanwhile, various challenges in the mental health workforce, such as burnout, task sharing, and task shifting, are still infrequent. Only a few documents use Covid-19 and pandemic as author keywords. Therefore, it is critical to carry out further studies.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Social and Political Sciences (ICoSaPS 2022)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
30 December 2022
ISBN
10.2991/978-2-494069-77-0_23
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/978-2-494069-77-0_23How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2022 The Author(s)
Open Access
Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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AU  - Marisa Yanti Rumondang Sipahutar
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