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| Kanita DervicSummaryAffiliation: Medical University of Vienna Country: Austria Publications
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Suicidal ideation among Viennese high school studentsKanita Dervic
Department of Child and Adolescent Neuropsychiatry, University Hospital, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Wien Klin Wochenschr 119:174-80. 2007..We assessed the prevalence of lifetime suicidal ideation and associated psychosocial factors among Viennese high school students...- Youth suicide risk factors and attitudes in New York and Vienna: a cross-cultural comparisonKanita Dervic
Department of Child and Adolescent Neuropsychiatry, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel, Vienna, Austria
Suicide Life Threat Behav 36:539-52. 2006..The findings highlight the need of taking the sociocultural context into consideration in the planning of youth suicide prevention strategies... 
Completed suicide in childhoodKanita Dervic
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry University Hospital, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18 20, 1090 Vienna, Austria
Psychiatr Clin North Am 31:271-91. 2008..Cognitive immaturity/misjudgment, age-related impulsivity, and availability of suicide methods play an important role. Psychologic autopsy studies that focus on suicides in this age group are needed...- Suicide among Viennese minors, 1946-2002Kanita Dervic
Department of Child and Adolescent Neuropsychiatry, University Hospital, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
Wien Klin Wochenschr 118:152-9. 2006..We investigated cases of suicide among Viennese minors over a period of 57 years in terms of prevalence, gender differences, suicide methods and monthly distribution... - Suicide in Austrian children and young adolescents aged 14 and youngerKanita Dervic
Dept of Child and Adolescent Neuropsychiatry, University Hospital, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18 20, 1090 Vienna, Austria
Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry 15:427-34. 2006..We investigated suicide cases of children and young adolescents in terms of prevalence, gender differences, suicide methods and monthly distribution during a period of 32 years... - Not carried away by a moonlight shadow: no evidence for associations between suicide occurrence and lunar phase among more than 65,000 suicide cases in Austria, 1970-2006Martin Voracek
Department of Basic Psychological Research, School of Psychology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Wien Klin Wochenschr 120:343-9. 2008..This study investigated lunar effects on one particular outcome (completed suicide) for which the literature appears unsettled, owing to some recent reports with positive findings... - Can media effects counteract legislation reforms? The case of adolescent firearm suicides in the wake of the Austrian firearm legislationThomas Niederkrotenthaler
Department of Medical Psychology, Center for Public Health, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
J Adolesc Health 44:90-3. 2009..A temporary increase in firearm suicides after the reform was observed, followed by a continuous decrease. The hypothesis that media reporting triggered the short-term backlash effect is discussed... - Copycat effects after media reports on suicide: a population-based ecologic studyThomas Niederkrotenthaler
Medical University of Vienna, Center for Public Health, Department of Medical Psychology, Severingasse 9, Vienna, Austria
Soc Sci Med 69:1085-90. 2009..Evidence of copycat effects seemed to be strongest in suicides that were similar to the respective model with regard to age group, sex, and suicide method... 
Predictors of suicide and suicide attempt in subway stations: a population-based ecological studyThomas Niederkrotenthaler
Department of General Practice and Family Medicine, Center for Public Health, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
J Urban Health 89:339-53. 2012..Suicide-preventive interventions should concentrate on crowded stations and on stations frequented by risk groups...- The role of estrogen and progesterone in depression after birthClaudia M Klier
Department of Child and Adolescent Neuropsychiatry, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringerguertel 18 20, 1090 Vienna, Austria
J Psychiatr Res 41:273-9. 2007..But a limitation of the actual study is the low number of subjects with depression; therefore the current non-significant findings should be interpreted with great caution... - Cluster C personality disorders in major depressive episodes: the relationship between hostility and suicidal behaviorKanita Dervic
Department of Child and Adolescent Neuropsychiatry University Hospital, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
Arch Suicide Res 11:83-90. 2007..1990)... - Mental health issues in unaccompanied refugee minorsJulia Huemer
Medical University of Vienna, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Waehringer Guertel 18 20, A 1090 Vienna, Austria
Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health 3:13. 2009..Additionally, the development of culturally sensitive norms and standardized measures for diverse ethnic groups is of great importance... - The role of moral objections to suicide in the assessment of suicidal patientsDana Lizardi
School of Social Work, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
J Psychiatr Res 42:815-21. 2008..It is unclear whether MOS are a protective factor against suicide attempt per se, or if this effect is mediated through other variables... - Protective factors against suicidal behavior in depressed adults reporting childhood abuseKanita Dervic
Department of Neuroscience, New York State Psychiatric Institute, and Columbia University, New York, New York 10032, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 194:971-4. 2006..The results of this clinical study add support to previous reports that religious/spiritual coping could serve as an additional resource in prevention of suicidal behavior for subjects with reported childhood abuse... - Aggression and substance abuse in bipolar disorderMichael F Grunebaum
Department of Neuroscience, New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
Bipolar Disord 8:496-502. 2006..We also explored the chronology of onset of mood and SUD... - Moral objections to suicide: Can they counteract suicidality in patients with cluster B psychopathology?Kanita Dervic
Department of Neuroscience, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
J Clin Psychiatry 67:620-5. 2006..The effect of MOS was then examined in relation to other mechanisms affecting suicide risk including trait aggressivity and the presence of effective coping strategies... - Protective factors against suicidal behavior in LatinosMaria A Oquendo
Department of Neuroscience, New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 193:438-43. 2005..Further studies to elucidate the impact of these factors on suicidal behavior and their relationship to specific cultural constructs would be of interest... - Attitudes toward suicide and help-seeking in Hungarian adolescentsKanita Dervic
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 44:628-9. 2005 - Psychosis as a possible side-effect of treatment with glatiramer acetateEdda Pjrek
Int J Neuropsychopharmacol 8:487-8. 2005 - Religious affiliation and suicide attemptKanita Dervic
Department of Neuroscience, New York State Psychiatric Institute, 1051 Riverside Dr, Unit Number 42, New York, NY 10032, USA
Am J Psychiatry 161:2303-8. 2004..Further study about the influence of religious affiliation on aggressive behavior and how moral objections can reduce the probability of acting on suicidal thoughts may offer new therapeutic strategies in suicide prevention...