Academic Publications

Selected journal publications:

2025
Alibudbud, R. (2025). Integrating Mental Health Care and Gender-Affirming Care into Primary Care in Southeast Asia: Reflections from the Philippines. Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association. https://doi.org/10.1177_10783903251403513
Alibudbud, R. (2025). Reflections on Dengue Vaccination: Parallels, challenges, and lessons from Indonesia and the Philippines Experiences. Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine. 18(11):p 521-523. https://doi.org/10.4103/apjtm.apjtm_636_25
Dela Fuente, E. B., & Alibudbud, R. (2025). Insights on suicide postvention for healthcare institutions in the Philippines: a health systems framework approach. Frontiers in psychology16, 1735407. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1735407
Baula, E. U., Salvador, K. R. B., Ramiro, L. S., Martinez, A. B., Miranda, G. M. J., Estacio, J. Z. D., Alibudbud, R. C., & Estacio, L. R., Jr (2025). Risk Factors and Onset of Illicit Drug Use among Filipino Youth: A Cross-sectional Analysis of Sociodemographic and Environmental Influences. Acta medica Philippina59(14), 145–155. https://doi.org/10.47895/amp.v59i14.11131
Monsada, M. D. Y., Ramiro, L. S., Martinez, A. B., Miranda, G. M. J., Estacio, J. Z. D., Alibudbud, R. C., & Estacio, L. R., Jr (2025). War on Drugs in the Philippines: Evaluating Fear Appeals as Antidote to Continued Drug Use. Acta medica Philippina59(14), 132–144. https://doi.org/10.47895/amp.v59i14.11128
Alibudbud R. (2025). Lifestyle interventions in mental health care in the Philippines. The lancet. Psychiatry12(12), 880. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(25)00276-7
Alibudbud R. (2025). Lessons from Asia on transgender rights and health care. Lancet (London, England)406(10513), 1724–1725. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(25)01900-2
Gao, T., Jin, M., Alibudbud, R., Assanangkornchai, S., Sun, Y., & Lu, L. (2025). Etomidate misuse: a digital era threat to youth and a call for anticipatory control. The lancet. Psychiatry12(10), 732–733. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(25)00267-6
Zhang, Z., Chen, X., Wu, S., Chen, X., Wang, X., Liu, C., Zeng, N., Liu, Y., Huo, T., Liu, X., Shi, L., Yan, W., Yuan, K., Meng, S., Wu, P., Javed, A., Alibudbud, R., Shi, J., Sun, Y., . . . Bao, Y. (2025). Global, regional and national burden of anxiety and depression disorders from 1990 to 2021, and forecasts up to 2040. Journal of Affective Disorders, 120299. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2025.120299
Alibudbud R. (2025). Armed conflict, displacement, and mental health in contemporary Asia: the Marawi Siege and its implications on mental health. Medicine, Conflict and Survival. https://doi.org/10.1080/13623699.2025.2556496
Alibudbud R. (2025). Queering the framework of women’s food environments: insights from the Philippines. The Lancet. Planetary health, 101311. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanplh.2025.101311
Alibudbud, R. (2025). Addressing HIV With Compassion: Insights on Empowering Women, Children, and Communities in the Philippines. Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care24, 23259582251358124. https://doi.org/10.1177/23259582251358124
Alibudbud, R. (2025). A systematic review of the rate and associated factors of depression among Filipino nurses. Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association.  https://doi.org/10.1177/10783903251357257
Alibudbud, R. (2025). Mental Health Impact of Setbacks in Global LGBTQ+ Rights: Perspectives from Asia. International Social Work. https://doi.org/10.1177/00208728251353697
Hamadeh, A., El-Khoury, J., Torales, J., Atoui, M., Aggarwal, N., Campbell, M., … Alibudbud, R.,… & Bhugra, D. (2025). A critical review of the evolution and interrelation of traumatic stress disorders. PLOS Mental Health2(7), e0000385. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmen.0000385
Alibudbud R. (2025). Challenges of the primary healthcare system of the Philippines: addressing the barriers to effective healthcare delivery for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and other identities(LGBTQ+) people. Family practice42(3), cmaf028. https://doi.org/10.1093/fampra/cmaf028
Alibudbud R. (2025). Addressing Mental Health Stigma and the Challenges Faced by Sexual Minority Men: Insights from the Philippines. American journal of men’s health19(3), 15579883251338694. https://doi.org/10.1177/15579883251338694
Torales, J., Torres-Romero, A. D., Barrios, I., Castaldelli-Maia, J. M., Chumakov, E., Ventriglio, A., Moura, H., Corrêa de Magalhães Narvaez, J., Javed, A., Bhugra, D., Persaud, A. & & World Psychiatric Association Special Interest Group on Geopsychiatry (Alibudbud R., as member) (2025). Geopsychiatry and Its Integration into Psychiatry Residency Curricula: A Very First Global Survey for Faculty and Psychiatry Residents. Geopsychiatry, 100004. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geopsy.2025.100004
Alibudbud R. (2025). The COVID-19 pandemic and the worldwide online interest in telepsychiatry: an infodemiological study from 2004 to 2022. Frontiers in digital health7, 1425684. https://doi.org/10.3389/fdgth.2025.1425684 
Alibudbud, R. (2025). HIV care services and the executive orders of the United States on USAID: Insights from the Philippines. Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine. https://doi.org/10.4103/apjtm.apjtm_113_25
Alibudbud, R. (2025). Balancing the dual role of religion in HIV and healthcare services: Insights from the Philippines. Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine. https://doi.org/10.4103/apjtm.apjtm_648_24
Alibudbud R. (2025). The prevalence of anxiety among students in the Philippines and its biological and psychosocial factors: A systematic review. Vulnerable Children And Youth Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/17450128.2025.2478149
Alibudbud R. (2025). LGBTQ+ rights and health: a shifting landscape. Lancet (London, England), S0140-6736(25)00267-3. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(25)00267-3
Alibudbud R. (2025). Advancing appropriate mental health research for LGBTQ+ people in southeast Asia. The lancet. Psychiatry, S2215-0366(25)00041-0. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(25)00041-0
Alibudbud, R. (2025). The prevalence and associated factors of mental health conditions among transgender people in Southeast Asia: A systematic review. International Journal of Mental Health. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207411.2025.2461198
Alibudbud, R. (2025). Utilization of online information about schizophrenia from 2004 to 2022: An infodemiological analysis of Google and Wikipedia. Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice. https://doi.org/10.1108/JMHTEP-05-2023-0049
Alibudbud R. (2025). Gender and Health in Asia: Toward Gender-Affirming Care in the ASEAN Region. Journal of primary care & community health16, 21501319251316667. https://doi.org/10.1177/21501319251316667
2024
Alibudbud, R. (2024). Global utilization of online information for Anxiety Disorders from 2004 to 2022: An infodemiological study of Google and Wikipedia. Sage Open. https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244024129992
Wong, P, Ong, J. E., Chua, J., See, A. S., & Alibudbud, R. (2024). A study about the relationship between sociodemographic characteristics, spirituality, and mental health among emerging adults in Metro Manila: Findings on higher risk for mental health conditions among LGBTQ+ emerging adults. Frontiers in Sociology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2024.1452701
Alibudbud, R. (2024). A systematic review of the prevalence and associated factors of mental health conditions among lesbian, bisexual, and other sexual minority women in Southeast Asia. Journal of lesbian studies, 1–18. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/10894160.2024.2415236https://doi.org/10.1080/10894160.2024.2415236
Alibudbud, R. Alibudbud R. (2024). Intimate partner violence, women’s health, and rights in the Philippines. Women’s health (London, England)20, 17455057241267099. https://doi.org/10.1177/17455057241267099
Liebrenz, M., Bhugra, D., Alibudbud, R., Ventriglio, A., & Smith, A. (2024). AI in health care and the fragile pursuit of equity and social justice. Lancet (London, England)404(10455), 843. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(24)01604-0
Alibudbud, R. (2024). A perspective on utilizing the minority stress model for HIV and mental health care for men who have sex with men. Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine. 17(8):333-334, https://doi.org/10.4103/apjtm.apjtm_102_24
Alibudbud, R. (2024). Moving forward with Pride: LGBTQ+ health and contemporary rights movements in Asia. American Journal of Health Promotion. https://doi.org/10.1177/08901171241279783
Gonzalo, R. P. & Alibudbud, R. (2024). Advancing school-based mental health in low-resource settings during health crises: The mental health initiative of the University of the Philippines during the COVID-19 pandemic. Frontiers in Education, 9, https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2024.1428237
Ong, J. E., Wong, P., Chua, J., See, A., & Alibudbud, R. (2024). Achievement goals and adolescent mental health in individualist versus collectivist cultures. The Lancet. Child & adolescent health8(9), e7. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2352-4642(24)00170-6
Alibudbud, R. (2024). The state of mental health publications in the Philippines from 1996 to 2023 and its comparison with the ASEAN region. International Journal of Mental Health. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207411.2024.2377784
Alibudbud, R. (2024). Addressing Stigma, Enhancing Social Support and Improving Mental Health among Men who Have Sex with Men in the Philippines. International Journal of STD & AIDS. https://doi.org/10.1177/09564624241264324
Smith, A., Graña, J., Alibudbud R., Ventriglio, A., Buadze, A., & Liebrenz, M. (2024). Mental health and the ballot box: A correlational analysis of Google searches for mental health and national election periods in the United States and the United Kingdom from 2008-2020. International Journal of Social Psychiatry.  https://doi.org/10.1177/00207640241259997
Alibudbud, R. (2024). Perspectives on Enhancing Vaccination Coverage and Confidence in the Philippines. Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine. 17(6): 239-240. https://doi.org/10.4103/apjtm.apjtm_263_24
Alibudbud, R., Aruta, J. J. B., Sison, K., & Guinto, R. (2024). Artificial Intelligence in the Era of Planetary Health: Insights on its Application for the Climate Change-Mental Health Nexus in the Philippines. International Review of Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540261.2024.2363373
Alibudbud R. (2024). Fostering LGBTQ+ Mental Health Promotion in Non-Health Academic Programs: A Filipino Perspective. Health Promotion Practice  https://doi.org/10.1177/15248399241255377
Alibudbud, R. (2024). Navigating the Philippine Mental Health System for the Youth: Challenges and Opportunities. BJPsych International, https://doi.org/10.1192/bji.2024.5
Alibudbud, R. (2024). Improving LGBTQ+ Mental Health in Southeast Asia through Social Work: Insights from the Philippines. International Social Work. https://doi.org/10.1177/00208728241236910
Alibudbud, R. (2024). Incorporating LGBT+ Mental Health in Psychiatric Residency and Training: Perspectives from the Philippines. BJPsych International, 1-3. https://doi.org/10.1192/bji.2023.39.
Serrano, I. M., Cuyugan, A. M., Cruz, K., Mahusay, J. M., & Alibudbud, R. (2024). Association of the types of coping, depression, anxiety, and stress among young adult Filipino senior high school students. Youth Voice Journal, 14, 1-20. Available from: https://www.rj4allpublications.com/product/association-of-the-types-of-coping/
Alibudbud R. (2024). Gender in Health: Addressing transgender-related stigma and health disparities in Southeast Asia.. INQUIRY: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing. 61. https://doi.org/10.1177/00469580241254546
Alibudbud R. (2024). Enhancing nursing education to address LGBTQ+ healthcare needs: Perspectives from the Philippines. SAGE Open Nursing, 10, 23779608241251632. https://doi.org/10.1177/23779608241251632
Alibudbud, R. (2024). Empowering Nurses to Engage in Self-Care Practices During and Beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Philippines. Workplace Health & Safety, 72(2):46-47. https://doi.org/10.1177/21650799231178645
Alibudbud R., Smith, A., Liebrenz, M., Arnado, J. M. (2024). Reframing divorce as a mental health policy issue in the Philippines. The Lancet Psychiatry, https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(24)00002-6
Alibudbud R. (2024). Googling “Twitter Alter” and “HIV/AIDS” in the Philippines: An infodemiological study from 2011 to 2021. Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences. 20(2): 105-113. https://doi.org/10.47836/mjmhs.20.2.15
Alibudbud R. (2024). Geopsychiatry and LGBTQ+ Mental Health: Advancing the Sustainable Development Goal of Good Health and Well-being. International Journal of Social Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1177/00207640241262734
Alibudbud, R. (2024). Artificial Intelligence and Inequality: Insights from the Philippines. Journal of public health (Oxford, England). https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdae109
Alibudbud, R. (2024). Navigating the intersection: Minority Stress, Mental Health and HIV Care in the Philippines. AIDS, 38(7):1097-1099.https://doi.org/10.1097/QAD.0000000000003876
Alibudbud, R. (2024).  Psychiatrists, Outmigration, and the Sustainability of the Mental Health Workforce: Insights from a Source Country – the Philippines. Asian Journal of Psychiatry, 96, 104050. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajp.2024.104050
Alibudbud, R. (2024). Addressing the challenges of private hospitals in the Philippines. Health Services Insights. https://doi.org/10.1177/11786329241241905
Alibudbud, R. (2024). Intrapersonal, Interpersonal, and Institutional Levels of Minority Stigma among Sexual Minority Males in the Philippines. International Journal of STD & AIDS. https://doi.org/10.1177/09564624241237280
Alibudbud, R. (2024). Advancing Gender Equality and Healthcare for Transgender Individuals: Insights from the Philippines. Journal of public health (Oxford, England). fdae029, https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdae029
Alibudbud, R. (2024). The severe shortage of mental hospital beds in the Philippines. Health Services Insights. https://doi.org/10.1177/11786329241230156
Alibudbud, R. (2024). Climate Change and Equitable Development in the Philippines. Journal of public health (Oxford, England). fdae019, https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdae019
Song, P., Adeloye, D., Acharya, Y., Bojude, D. A., Ali, S., Alibudbud, R., Bastien, S., Becerra-Posada, F., Berecki, M., Bodomo, A., Borrescio-Higa, F., Buchtova, M., Campbell, H., Chan, K. Y., Cheema, S., Chopra, M., Cipta, D. A., Castro, L. D., Ganasegeran, K., Gebre, T., Glasnović, A., … Rudan, I. (2024). Setting research priorities for global pandemic preparedness: An international consensus and comparison with ChatGPT’s output. Journal of Global Health. 14:04054. https://doi.org/10.7189/jogh.14.04054
Alibudbud, R. (2023). Googling the health aspects of Gambling: An infodemiological study of worldwide Google search volumes from 2004 to 2021. Journal of Gambling Issues, 53:60-79. https://doi.org/10.4309/TUKP8880
Abesamis, L. E. A. & Alibudbud, R. (2024). From the bathroom to a national discussion of LGBTQ+ rights: A case of discrimination in the Philippines. Journal of Lesbian Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/10894160.2023.2251775
Alibudbud R. (2024). Philippine COVID-19 vaccination through an infodemiological lens: A one-year web-based search volume analysis from 2020 to 2021. Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences. 20(1):369-373. https://doi.org/10.47836/mjmhs.20.1.45
2023
Alibudbud, R. (2023). Impact of mental health legislation on public interest and awareness of common mental disorders: Insights from an infodemiological study of search volumes from 2004 to 2021 in the Philippines.  The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 211(10): 791-795. https://doi.org/10.1097/NMD.0000000000001691
Serrano, I. M., Cuyugan, A. M., Cruz, K., Mahusay, J. M., & Alibudbud, R. (2023). Sociodemographic characteristics, social support, and family history as factors of depression, anxiety, and stress among young adult senior high school students in Metro Manila, Philippines, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 14, 1225035. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1225035
Alibudbud, R., & Cleofas, J. V. (2023). Global utilization of online information for substance use disorder: An infodemiological study of Google and Wikipedia from 2004 to 2022. Journal of nursing scholarship: an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing55(3), 665–680. https://doi.org/10.1111/jnu.12844
Alibudbud, R. (2023). The worldwide utilization of online information about Dementia from 2004 to 2022: An infodemiological study of Google and Wikipedia. Issues in Mental Health Nursing. 44 (3), 209-217 https://doi.org/10.1080/01612840.2023.2186697
Cleofas, J., & Alibudbud, R. (2023). Emerging from a Two-Year-Long Quarantine: A Retrospective Study on Life Satisfaction Trajectory and Depression among young LGBTQ+ Students in the Philippines. SAGE Open Nursing, 9:1-9. https://doi.org/10.1177/23779608231158980
Alibudbud, R. (2023). “Does Sexual Orientation Matter?”: A Comparative Analysis of the Prevalence and Determinants of Depression and Anxiety among Heterosexual and Non-Heterosexual College Students in a University in Metro Manila. Journal of Homosexuality. 70(6), 1119-1137. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2021.2015953
Alibudbud, R. (2023). Addressing the needs and rights of sex workers for HIV healthcare services in the Philippines. Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine, 16(8), 335-336, https://doi.org/10.4103/1995-7645.380728
Alibudbud, R. (2023). Google Trends for Health Research: Its advantages, application, methodological considerations, and limitations in Psychiatric and Mental Health Infodemiology. Frontiers in Big Data, 6, 1132764.https://doi.org/10.3389/fdata.2023.1132764
Alibudbud, R. (2023). Gender in climate change: Safeguarding LGBTQ+ mental health in the Philippine climate change response from a minority stress perspective. Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health. 56:1-4.https://doi.org/10.3961/jpmph.22.501
Alibudbud, R. (2023). Climate change and mental health in the Philippines. BJPsych International20(2), 44–46. http://doi.org/10.1192/bji.2022.31
Alibudbud, R. (2023). Mental health service, training, promotion, and research during typhoons: Climate change experiences from the Philippines. Asian journal of psychiatry86, 103673. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajp.2023.103673
Alibudbud, R. (2023). Wikipedia page views for health research: A review. Frontiers in Big Data, 6, 1199060. https://doi.org/10.3389/fdata.2023.1199060
Alibudbud, R. (2023). Gender and sexuality in mental health: Perspectives on lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgender (LGBT) rights and mental health in the ASEAN region. Frontiers in Sociology, 8, 1174488. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2023.1174488
Alibudbud, R. (2023).  Gender in Mental Health: Towards an LGBTQ+ inclusive and affirming Psychiatry and Mental Healthcare in the Philippines. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 14:1189231.https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1189231
Alibudbud, R. (2023). Gender in mental health: Comparison of the rate and social factors of depression, anxiety, and stress among young adult Filipino heterosexual cisgender men and women and LGBT+ individuals. International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 69 (2), 430–437. https://doi.org/10.1177/00207640221106874
Alibudbud, R. (2023). Decreasing public interest in social psychiatry: An infodemiological study of worldwide Google search volumes from 2004 to 2021. International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 69(1), 216 – 220. http://doi.org/10.1177/00207640221090960
Alibudbud, R. (2023). Gender in mental health: Relationship of spirituality, social support, and COVID-19-related fear among heterosexual and LGBTQ+ youth. Frontiers in Sociology, 7, 1102664. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2022.1102664
Alibudbud, R. (2023). Gender in mental health: Comparing the rate and social factors of depression, anxiety, and stress among young heterosexual and sexual minority women in the Philippines. Journal of Lesbian Studies, 27(1):74-88.https://doi.org/10.1080/10894160.2022.2091731
Dayrit, J. C., & Alibudbud, R. (2023). The unbearable struggle for beauty: Physical Appearance Perfectionism, Mental Health, and Discrimination Among Heterosexual Cisgender and Sexually Diverse Filipinx Youth. Journal of LGBT Youth, 20(1): 179-197.https://doi.org/10.1080/19361653.2022.2145404
Alibudbud, R. (2023). An infodemiological study of worldwide Google search volumes for Major Depressive Disorder and Persistent Depressive Disorder from 2004 to 2021. Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health, 19, 101211.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cegh.2022.101211
Alibudbud, R., Smith, A., Liebrenz, M. (2023). Dr. José Rizal (1861-1896) and the socio-cultural aspects of mental health in the Philippines in the late 19th century – Psychiatry in History. The British Journal of Psychiatry223(4), 471–471. http://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2023.120
Alibudbud R. (2023). Addressing an opportune time to revise the Philippine Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002. The Lancet Regional Health – Western Pacific, 37, 100857. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2023.100857
Alibudbud R. (2023). Expanded limitations and recommendations for using Google Trends for public interest and psychiatric research. Psychiatry Investigation. https://doi.org/10.30773/pi.2023.0078
Alibudbud, R. (2023). Addressing the HIV crisis in the Philippines during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Lancet HIV, 10(7), e428. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2352-3018(23)00133-9
Alibudbud, R. (2023). Geopsychiatry and political determinants of mental health in the Philippines. International Journal of Social Psychiatry. Advance online publication.  https://doi.org/10.1177/00207640231185023
Alibudbud R. (2023). HIV Service Delivery Innovations in the Philippines during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Infection & chemotherapy, 55(2):283-284  https://doi.org/10.3947/ic.2023.0025
Alibudbud, R. (2023). Trans-inclusive HIV services are needed in the Philippines’ post-pandemic recovery. The Lancet. Global health11(6), e830. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(23)00199-7
Alibudbud, R. (2023). Human immunodeficiency infections among children under 15 years of age increased by 50% during the coronavirus disease-19 pandemic in the Philippines. International Journal of STD & AIDS. https://doi.org/10.1177/09564624231169331
Alibudbud, R. (2023). Medical populism: politics and public health amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of public health (Oxford, England), fdad041. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdad041
Alibudbud, R. (2023). Politics and public health: the war on drugs of Thailand and the Philippines. Journal of public health (Oxford, England), fdad042. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdad042
Alibudbud, R. (2023). The roles of hospitals in strengthening mental health services in primary care in low- and middle-income countries: Reflections from the Philippines. Health Services Insights. 16. https://doi.org/10.1177/11786329231167122
Alibudbud, R. (2023).  Suicide among the youth and school-based suicide prevention: Exemplar and reflections from the Philippines. Asian Journal of Psychiatry, 83, 103538. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajp.2023.103538
Alibudbud, R. (2023). The stigma of substance use and addiction among Filipino immigrants and in the Philippines. Substance Abuse: Research and Treatment, 17.  https://doi.org/10.1177/11782218231166805
Alibudbud, R. (2022). Ill-grounded hope and desperation as drivers of the consumption of disinformation. Journal of public health (Oxford, England). fdac135, https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdac135
Alibudbud, R. (2022). Gender in military conflict: LGBT+ marginalization, mental health, movement, and rights in the 2022 military conflict in Ukraine. Journal of public health (Oxford, England). fdac149, https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdac149
Alibudbud, R. (2023). Expanding pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) utilization in the Philippine HIV crisis. Journal of Primary Care and Community Health. 14: 1–2. https://doi.org/10.1177/21501319231163643
Alibudbud R. (2023). Addressing the Burnout and Shortage  of Nurses in the Philippines. SAGE Open Nursing, 9, 1-4. https://doi.org/10.1177/23779608231195737
Alibudbud R. (2023). Towards transforming the mental health services of the Philippines. The Lancet Regional Health – Western Pacific, 100935. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2023.100935
Alibudbud, R. (2023). A case of Pharmaceutical Messianism amidst the COVID-19 pandemic: An infodemiological study of Ivermectin in the Philippines. Policy, Politics, & Nursing Practice, 24(1): 17 – 25. https://doi.org/10.1177/15271544221139455
2022
Alibudbud, R. (2022).  Insights from an infodemiological study of mental health in Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand from 2004 to 2021. Asian Journal of Psychiatry. 78: 103311. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajp.2022.103311
Alibudbud, R. (2022). Social Determinants of Alcohol Use Disorder, Depression, and Anxiety among Sexual Minority Males during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities. 30(3):1183–1200.https://doi.org/10.47836/pjssh.30.3.14
Alibudbud, R. (2022). Does increasing mental health literacy change behavior? A randomized cross-sectional study of knowledge and behavior toward mental health of Filipino college students. Youth Voice Journal, 12, 1-20. Available from: https://www.rj4allpublications.com/product/does-increasing-mental-health-literacy-change-behavior-a-randomized-cross-sectional-study-of-knowledge-and-behavior/
Alibudbud, R. (2022). A web-based analysis of public concern about Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Ukraine during the 2022 military conflict: An infodemiological study. European Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, 6(3), 100286.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejtd.2022.100286
Alibudbud, R. (2022). Googling “Mental Health” after mental health legislation and during the COVID-19 pandemic: An infodemiological study of public interest in mental health in the Philippines. Journal of Mental Health, 31(4), 568-575. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09638237.2022.2091757
Narido, R.A., Agustin, D.C., Tan, K.C., Dubongco, N.A. & Alibudbud, R. (2022). Sociodemographic characteristics, social media use, political agenda, Filipino values, and social media interaction as determinants of election participation among young adult Filipinos. Social Sciences, Humanities and Education Journal (SHE Journal), 3(2), 185 – 199. http://doi.org/10.25273/she.v3i2.12686
Alibudbud, R. (2022). Renewing conversations regarding school-based mental health promotion during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services. 60(7), 4. https://doi.org/10.3928/02793695-20220610-03
Alibudbud, R. (2022).  Gender in Mental Health: The decriminalization of homosexuality and LGBT mental health in Singapore. Asian Journal of Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajp.2022.103281
Alibudbud, R. (2022).  Googling Depression and Major Depressive Disorder after mental health legislation and during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines: An infodemiological study. Asian Journal of Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajp.2022.103093
Alibudbud, R. (2022). Beyond prioritization: challenges to the COVID-19 vaccination of people with mental disorders in the Philippines. Asian Journal of Psychiatry. 67, 102954. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajp.2021.102954
Alibudbud, R. (2022). Gender in mental health: Gender-based violence, suffering, recovery, and the greater responsibility of society during the COVID-19 pandemic. Asian Journal of Psychiatry. 67, 102953. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajp.2021.102953
Alibudbud, R. (2022). The triple stigma of HIV and chemsex among gays, bisexuals, and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM) in the Philippines. Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine. 15(11): 477-478. https://doi.org/10.4103/1995-7645.359791
Alibudbud, R. (2022). Repercussion of gender inequality in a highly-ranked gender-equal country: Depression and anxiety among Filipino LGBT+. ISSBD Bulletin, 46(1), 17-20.Available from: https://issbd.org/resources/files/Bulletins/JBD_46_3S_Combined.pdf
Alibudbud, R. (2022). When the “heroes” “don’t feel cared for”: The migration and resignation of Philippine nurses amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Global Health. 12, 03011. https://jogh.org/2022/jogh-12-03011
Alibudbud, R., & Gonzalo, R. P. (2022). Social Determinants of Coping among Filipino Cultural Educators during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Social Sciences, Humanities and Education Journal (SHE Journal). 3(2), 170 – 184. https://doi.org/10.25273/she.v3i2.12684
Alibudbud, R. (2022). Social and psychological factors influencing HIV sexual risk behaviors among young adult Filipino men who have sex with men (MSM) in Metro Manila. Sexual Health and Compulsivity. https://doi.org/10.1080/26929953.2022.2056555
2021
Alibudbud, R. (2021). The Philippine HIV crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic: A worsening crisis. Public Health. 200, e1. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2021.09.008
Alibudbud, R. (2021). On online learning and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: Perspectives from the Philippines. Asian Journal of Psychiatry. 66(1), 102867. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajp.2021.102867
Alibudbud, R. (2021). Associated Factors of Alcohol Use Disorder among Men who have Sex with Men. ASEAN Journal of Psychiatry, 22(5),  1-12. Available from: https://www.aseanjournalofpsychiatry.org/abstract/associated-factors-of-alcohol-use-disorder-among-men-who-have-sex-with-men-73516.html
Alibudbud, R. (2021). Academic Experiences as Determinants of Anxiety and Depression of Filipino College Students in Metro Manila.  Youth Voice Journal, 11, 1-21. Available from:  https://www.rj4allpublications.com/product/academic-experiences-as-determinants-of-anxiety-and-depression-of-filipino-college-students-in-metro-manila/
Estacio, L. J., Estacio, J. Z., & Alibudbud, R. (2021). Relationship of Psychosocial factors, HIV, and Sex Work among Filipino Drug Users. Sexuality Research and Social Policy. 18(1), 1-8.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s13178-021-00563-0
2018
Alibudbud, R. (2018). Knowledge, Attitude and Behavior towards Mental Illness among Adult College Students. Philippine Journal of Psychiatry. 40 (2), 16-22. Available from: https://www.herdin.ph/index.php/component/herdin/?view=research&cid=70507
2015
Vista, S. B., Alibubdud, R., Hembra, M., Villaroman, A. (2015). Developmental and Personality Correlates of Methamphetamine (MAP) Use Disorder. Philippine Journal of Psychiatry. 37(2), 36-42. Available from: http://wprim.whocc.org.cn/admin/article/articleDetail?WPRIMID=632741&articleId=632741

Selected books and chapters:

2023
Alibudbud, R. (2023). Gender Inequality among Individuals with Minority Sexual Orientation: Abuses and Its Factors among Filipino Sexual Minorities. In J. Jaworski (Eds.) Advances in Sociology Research (Vol. 40, pp. 91-110). Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publishers, Inc. http://doi.org/10.52305/QPIJ9866
Alibudbud, R. (2023). Sexual Orientation and Mental Health: Addressing Depression and Anxiety among Filipino Gay and Bisexual Men. In J. Jaworski (Eds.) Advances in Sociology Research (Vol 40, pp. 131-148). Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publishers, Inc. http://doi.org/10.52305/QPIJ9866