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| Keren SkeggSummaryAffiliation: University of Otago Country: New Zealand Publications
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Sexual orientation and self-harm in men and womenKeren Skegg
Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Otago Medical School, Dunedin, New Zealand
Am J Psychiatry 160:541-6. 2003..The purpose of this study was to determine associations between self-harm and sexual orientation for men and women separately, defining sexual orientation by sexual attraction rather than by behavior...- Body piercing, personality, and sexual behaviorKeren Skegg
Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Otago Medical School, Dunedin, New Zealand
Arch Sex Behav 36:47-54. 2007..The theory of meaning for body piercing was generally supported, offering the possibility of a richer understanding of this phenomenon in the general population... - Minor self-harm and psychiatric disorder: a population-based studyKeren Skegg
Department of Psychological Medicine, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Suicide Life Threat Behav 34:187-96. 2004..9, 95% confidence interval 1.3-17.9). Young adults engaging in even minor self-harm warrant screening for psychiatric disorder... - Self-harmKeren Skegg
Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Otago Medical School, PO Box 913 Dunedin, New Zealand
Lancet 366:1471-83. 2005..Although risk factors for self-harm are well established, aspects that protect people from engaging in self-harm need to be further explored... 
Perceived "out of control" sexual behavior in a cohort of young adults from the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development StudyKeren Skegg
Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Otago Medical School, Dunedin, New Zealand
Arch Sex Behav 39:968-78. 2010..CSA was associated with OCSE among men. In conclusion, this population-based study has provided the first empirical estimations of the occurrence of OCSE and its relationship to a range of sexual behaviors in a representative sample...- Self-harmful behaviors in a population-based sample of young adultsShyamala Nada-Raja
Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Suicide Life Threat Behav 34:177-86. 2004..ICD self-harm and even lesser behaviors were associated with high odds of reporting suicidal ideation. The findings suggest that studies of self-harm should include behaviors not necessarily associated with suicidal intent... - A population-based study of help-seeking for self-harm in young adultsShyamala Nada-Raja
Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, New Zealand
Aust N Z J Psychiatry 37:600-5. 2003..To examine help-seeking for self-harm in a population-based sample of young adults... - Nocturnal enuresis in patients taking clozapine, risperidone, olanzapine and quetiapine: comparative cohort studyMira Harrison-Woolrych
Director, Intensive Medicines Monitoring Programme, Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, University of Otago, PO Box 913, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand
Br J Psychiatry 199:140-4. 2011..The incidence of enuresis in patients taking risperidone, olanzapine or quetiapine is unknown. Aims To compare nocturnal enuresis in patients taking clozapine with that in patients taking risperidone, olanzapine or quetiapine... - Thoughts of suicide and stage of recovery in patients with schizophrenia in community mental health careChristopher Gale
Department of Psychological Medicine, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Australas Psychiatry 20:313-7. 2012..We aimed to assess whether there was any relationship between stages of recovery and suicidality among people with schizophrenia in community care... - An adolescent suicide cluster and the possible role of electronic communication technologyLindsay Robertson
Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Crisis 33:239-45. 2012..Since the development of Centers for Disease Control's (CDC) guidelines for the management of suicide clusters, the use of electronic communication technologies has increased dramatically... - Victimization, posttraumatic stress disorder symptomatology, and later nonsuicidal self-harm in a birth cohortShyamala Nada-Raja
Injury Prevention Research Unit, Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
J Interpers Violence 26:3667-81. 2011..In conclusion, pathways to nonsuicidal self-harm differed by sex. For women there were direct links with assault victimization and PTSD in early adulthood, whereas for men only internalizing disorders predicted future NSSH... - Effect of restricting access to a suicide jumping siteKeren Skegg
Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Aust N Z J Psychiatry 43:498-502. 2009..This created an opportunity to assess whether loss of vehicular access would lead to a reduction in suicides and emergency police callouts for threatened suicide at the site... - Suicide by occupation: does access to means increase the risk?Keren Skegg
Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Otago, PO Box 913, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand
Aust N Z J Psychiatry 44:429-34. 2010..To examine suicide by identified occupational groups in New Zealand over a period of 30 years, focusing on groups predicted to have high suicide rates because of access to and familiarity with particular methods of suicide...