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Suicides in older adults: A case-control psychological autopsy study in AustraliaDiego De Leo
Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, National Centre of Excellence in Suicide Prevention World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Suicide Prevention, Griffith University, Australia Electronic address
J Psychiatr Res 47:980-8. 2013..The present study aims to analyse predicting factors of suicide among older adults compared to sudden death controls and middle-aged suicides...- Mental disorders and communication of intent to die in indigenous suicide cases, Queensland, AustraliaDiego De Leo
Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Suicide Prevention, Griffith University, Mt Gravatt, Queensland, Australia
Suicide Life Threat Behav 42:136-46. 2012..The magnitude of these differences is remarkable, underscoring the need for culturally sensitive suicide prevention efforts... 
Suicide and unintentional poisoning mortality trends in the United States, 1987-2006: two unrelated phenomena?Ian R H Rockett
Department of Community Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA
BMC Public Health 10:705. 2010..We compare suicide and poisoning mortality trends over two decades in a preliminary assessment of their independence and implications for suicide misclassification...- Chain of care for patients who have attempted suicide: a follow-up study from Bærum, NorwayHåkon A Johannessen
Department of Suicide Research and Prevention, Division of Mental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
BMC Public Health 11:81. 2011..This study aimed to test the effectiveness of the team's interventions in preventing repeated suicide attempts and suicide deaths, as part of a chain of care model for all general hospital treated suicide attempters... - The relationship between sales of SSRI, TCA and suicide rates in the Nordic countriesPer Henrik Zahl
Department of Suicide Research and Prevention, Division of Mental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
BMC Psychiatry 10:62. 2010..We studied whether the rapid increase in sales of SSRIs and the corresponding decline in TCAs in the period 1990-98 were associated with a decline in suicide rates... - Race/ethnicity and potential suicide misclassification: window on a minority suicide paradox?Ian R H Rockett
Department of Community Medicine and the Injury Control Research Center, PO Box 9190 West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506, USA
BMC Psychiatry 10:35. 2010..Analysis of this leading public health problem is complicated by undercounting. Despite persisting socioeconomic and health disparities, non-Hispanic Blacks and Hispanics register suicide rates less than half that of non-Hispanic Whites... - Suicidal behavior in the Western Pacific region: characteristics and trendsDiego De Leo
Griffith University, Mt Gravatt Campus, QLD 4111, Australia
Suicide Life Threat Behav 39:72-81. 2009..This ambitious project is expected to standardize data collection procedures and improve the knowledge cultural factors in suicide... - Suicidal behaviour by train collision in Queensland, 1990-2004Diego De Leo
Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Suicide Prevention, Griffith University, Mount Gravatt Campus, QLD 4111, Australia
Aust N Z J Psychiatry 42:772-9. 2008..A study on the incidence of suicide in the train system and a description of main characteristics of victims and attempters was commissioned by Queensland Rail in response to an apparent increase of suicide phenomena and their consequences... 
Social modeling in the transmission of suicidalityDiego De Leo
Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Crisis 29:11-9. 2008..The potential impact of "containment" of information regarding suicidal behaviors as a prevention initiative is discussed, in light of information behavior principles of social marketing...- Who are the kids who self-harm? An Australian self-report school surveyDiego De Leo
Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, Griffith University, Messines Ridge Road, Mt Gravatt, Queensland 4122, Australia
Med J Aust 181:140-4. 2004..To determine the prevalence and types of deliberate self-harm (DSH) in adolescents, and associated factors... - Lifetime risk of suicide ideation and attempts in an Australian community: prevalence, suicidal process, and help-seeking behaviourDiego De Leo
Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, Griffith University, Mt Gravatt Campus, 4111 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
J Affect Disord 86:215-24. 2005..The feasibility of the different branches of the study was piloted in Queensland, Australia. This paper reports on the community survey component... - Trends in hanging and firearm suicide rates in Australia: substitution of method?Diego De Leo
Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, Griffith University, Mt Gravatt, Queensland, Australia
Suicide Life Threat Behav 33:151-64. 2003..The functioning and effect of social acceptability remains unclear, however. Intervention and prevention strategies should focus on challenging the social acceptability of hanging, especially among males aged 15 to 24 years... - Suicide on railway networks: epidemiology, risk factors and preventionKarolina Krysinska
Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Suicide Prevention, Griffith University, Mount Gravatt Campus, QLD 4111, Australia
Aust N Z J Psychiatry 42:763-71. 2008..Suicide by train involves emotional and financial costs to individuals and society as a whole. A combination of different strategies might significantly reduce its effect... - Who seeks treatment where? Suicidal behaviors and health care: evidence from a community surveyAllison Milner
Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Suicide Prevention, Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
J Nerv Ment Dis 198:412-9. 2010..Improving motivation to seek treatment after a suicide attempt could substantially impact on suicide prevention success efforts... - Globalization and suicide: an ecological study across five regions of the worldAllison Milner
Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, Griffith University and WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Suicide Prevention, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Arch Suicide Res 16:238-49. 2012..The effects of globalization could be determined by specific regional (i.e., cultural and societal) factors. Identification of these mediators might provide opportunities to protect countries from the adverse impacts of globalization... - Suicide in Indigenous people in Queensland, Australia: trends and methods, 1994-2007Diego De Leo
Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Suicide Prevention, 176 Messines Ridge Road, Mount Gravatt Campus, Griffith University, Mount Gravatt 4122 Queensland, Australia
Aust N Z J Psychiatry 45:532-8. 2011..In this paper we present trends and methods of Indigenous suicides based on the Queensland Suicide Register for the period 1994-2007... - Suicide in selected occupations in Queensland: evidence from the State suicide registerKirsty Andersen
Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, Griffith University, Mt Gravatt Campus, Qld 4122, Australia th edu au
Aust N Z J Psychiatry 44:243-9. 2010..Prior research has suggested an association between suicide and certain occupations. The aim of the present study was to report on suicide rates in selected occupations in Queensland (QLD)... - Suicidal ideation and behaviour in the aftermath of marital separation: gender differencesKairi Kolves
Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, Griffith University, Mt Gravatt, Qld 4122, Australia
J Affect Disord 120:48-53. 2010..The limited studies on the consequences of the separation process on suicidal behaviour seem to indicate that separated people are at increased risk of suicide... - Suicide of first-generation immigrants in Australia, 1974-2006Naoko Ide
Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, National Centre of Excellence in Suicide Prevention, World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Suicide Prevention, Griffith University Mt Gravatt Campus, Mt Gravatt, QLD, 4122, Australia
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 47:1917-27. 2012..It also examined the associations between the suicide rates of immigrants from 23 selected countries of birth during 2001-2006, and in their home countries... - Contacts with mental health services before suicide: a comparison of Indigenous with non-Indigenous AustraliansJerneja Sveticic
Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, Mt Gravatt Campus, Griffith University, Mt Gravatt QLD 4122, Australia
Gen Hosp Psychiatry 34:185-91. 2012..This study compared the prevalence of contacts with mental health services, types of services accessed and factors related to help-seeking behaviors by Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians... - Marital breakdown, shame, and suicidality in men: a direct link?Kairi Kolves
Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Suicide Prevention, Brisbane QLD, Australia
Suicide Life Threat Behav 41:149-59. 2011..Our findings seem to indicate that separated males are more vulnerable to the experience of state shame in the context of separation, which might lead to the development of suicidality... - The WHO/START Study: Promoting suicide prevention for a diverse range of cultural contextsDiego De Leo
Griffith University, Mt Gravatt Campus, Qld 4122, Australia
Suicide Life Threat Behav 40:99-106. 2010.... - Separation as a suicide risk factorMarianne Wyder
Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Suicide Prevention, Griffith University, Mt Gravatt Campus, Queensland 4111, Australia
J Affect Disord 116:208-13. 2009..However, in most countries divorce only happens once the process of separation has settled which, in most cases, occurs a long time after the initial break-up... - Who uses firearms as a means of suicide? A population study exploring firearm accessibility and method choiceHelen Klieve
Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, National Centre of Excellence in Suicide Prevention, WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Suicide Prevention, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia
BMC Med 7:52. 2009..This study, accessing all cases of suicide 1997-2004, explores factors which may impact on the choice of firearms as a suicide method, including current licence possession and previous history of legal access... - Socio-economic determinants of suicide: an ecological analysis of 35 countriesAllison Milner
Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Suicide Prevention, Griffith University, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 47:19-27. 2012.... - Non-fatal suicidal behaviour in Padua, Italy, in two different periods: 1992-1996 and 2002-2006K Kolves
Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Suicide Prevention, Griffith University, Mt Gravatt Campus, Brisbane, Qld 4122, Australia
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 46:805-11. 2011..Present study aims to discover changes in non-fatal suicidal behaviour rates and characteristics by comparing hospital-admitted subjects in two study periods (1992-1996 and 2002-2006)... - Suicide and deliberate self-harm in personality disordersKarolina Krysinska
Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Curr Opin Psychiatry 19:95-101. 2006..The introduction of unified nomenclature related to suicidal behaviours and self-mutilation would facilitate comparability of results across studies... - Years lived with disability (YLDs) for 1160 sequelae of 289 diseases and injuries 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010Theo Vos
School of Population Health, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Lancet 380:2163-96. 2012..Neither effort quantified uncertainty in prevalence or years lived with disability (YLDs)... - Suicidal behavior by motor vehicle collisionDominique Murray
Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, Griffith University, QLD, Australia
Traffic Inj Prev 8:244-7. 2007.... - Struggling against suicide: the need for an integrative approachDiego De Leo
Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, Griffith University, QLD, Australia
Crisis 23:23-31. 2002..The need for an integrative approach is evident today more than ever, and this fact calls for more concerted and coordinated, multidisciplinary approaches to suicide prevention... - Suicide and euthanasia in late lifeDiego De Leo
Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Aging Clin Exp Res 15:99-110. 2003..The main aspects associated with these controversial phenomena, particularly from a transcultural perspective, are reviewed in this article... - Anxiety disorders and suicidal behaviour: an updateJacinta Hawgood
Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, Griffith University, World Collaborating Centre for Suicide Research and Training, Brisbane, Australia
Curr Opin Psychiatry 21:51-64. 2008..The secondary aim is to present critical comments on methodological issues, highlighting areas for future research... - Behind impulsive suicide attempts: indications from a community studyMarianne Wyder
Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Suicide Prevention, Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland 4111, Australia
J Affect Disord 104:167-73. 2007..However, knowledge of characteristics of impulsive attempters is still limited. The present study investigated some of these characteristics and aimed to identify the pattern (if any) of suicidal ideation before an impulsive attempt... - Suicides in psychiatric in-patients: what are we doing wrong?Diego De Leo
Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Suicide Prevention, Mt Gravatt Campus, Griffith University, Griffith, Qld 4122, Australia
Epidemiol Psichiatr Soc 19:8-15. 2010..The same holds true for the identifications of factors that may increase the risk for suicide. This editorial discusses current knowledge on this subject, proposing strategies that might improve prevention... - Globalisation and suicide: an empirical investigation in 35 countries over the period 1980-2006Allison Milner
Griffith University, Brisbane QLD 4011, Australia
Health Place 17:996-1003. 2011..Globalisation is mediated through a variety of flows including persons, information and ideas, capital, and goods. The process is increasingly recognised as a potential mediator of changes in attitudes and habits around the globe... - Is suicide prevention properly taught in medical schools?Jacinta L Hawgood
Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia
Med Teach 30:287-95. 2008..To determine the need and feasibility of developing a national suicide prevention (SP) curriculum for undergraduate medical students... - Controlling firearms use in Australia: has the 1996 gun law reform produced the decrease in rates of suicide with this method?Helen Klieve
Australian Institute of Suicide Research and Prevention, Griffith University, Mt Gravatt Campus, Brisbane, QLD 4111, Australia
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 44:285-92. 2009..Observed reductions in firearm suicides in Australia have been linked to the 1997 national firearms agreement (NFA) introduced following the 1996 Port Arthur massacre. The NFA placed strong access restrictions on firearms... - Achieving standardised reporting of suicide in Australia: rationale and program for changeDiego De Leo
Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, Griffith University, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Med J Aust 192:452-6. 2010..A systemic coordinated program should address current inaccuracies, and social stigma about suicide and self-harm must be tackled if widespread underreporting is to stop... - Fluctuations of suicidality in the aftermath of a marital separation: 6-month follow-up observationsKairi Kolves
Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, National Centre of Excellence in Suicide Prevention, WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Suicide Prevention, Griffith University, Qld 4122, Australia
J Affect Disord 142:256-63. 2012..There is a lack of understanding of how the changing nature of the separation process impacts on suicidality... - Hanging, firearm, and non-domestic gas suicides among males: a comparative studyDiego De Leo
Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, Griffith University, Nathan, Queensland, Australia
Aust N Z J Psychiatry 36:183-9. 2002..To identify characteristics that could distinguish males who completed suicide by hanging from males who completed suicide by firearms and non-domestic gas, and to suggest suicide prevention strategies targeted at hanging... - Natural disasters and suicidal behaviours: a systematic literature reviewKairi Kolves
Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, National Centre of Excellence in Suicide Prevention, World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Suicide Prevention, Griffith University, Mt Gravatt Campus, Qld 4122, Australia
J Affect Disord 146:1-14. 2013..The aim of the present review was to systematically analyse the existing literature on the potential impact of natural disasters on suicidal behaviours... - Suicides by persons reported as missing prior to death: a retrospective cohort studyJerneja Sveticic
Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Suicide Prevention, National Centre of Excellence in Suicide Prevention, Griffith University, Mt Gravatt, Australia
BMJ Open 2:e000607. 2012..A first study to compare suicides by missing persons with other suicide cases... - Telecommunication and suicide prevention: hopes and challenges for the new centuryKarolina E Krysinska
Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia
Omega (Westport) 55:237-53. 2007..Future areas of research and development in the use of telecommunication media in prevention of suicide are discussed... - Suicide among the elderly: the long-term impact of a telephone support and assessment intervention in northern ItalyDiego De Leo
Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, Mt Gravatt Campus, Griffith University, 4111 Queensland, Australia
Br J Psychiatry 181:226-9. 2002..Previous short-term work reported fewer suicides among elderly users of a telephone helpline and emergency response service (the TeleHelp-TeleCheck Service)...