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| Heidi HjelmelandSummaryAffiliation: Norwegian University of Science and Technology Country: Norway Publications
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A comparative study of young and adult deliberate self-harm patientsH Hjelmeland
Dept of Social Work and Health Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
Crisis 26:64-72. 2005..The similarities between young and adult DSH-patients are striking. The differences found are most likely related to factors of age itself, such as cognitive immaturity, impulsivity, and lack of experience in enduring problems...- County council politicians' attitudes toward suicide and suicide prevention: a qualitative cross-cultural studyBirthe Loa Knizek
Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences and Technology Management, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
Crisis 29:123-30. 2008..This is important since they are responsible for initiating and funding suicide preventive efforts... 
Mental health workers' views on the criminalization of suicidal behaviour in UgandaHeidi Hjelmeland
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Department of Social Work and Health Science, Trondheim, and Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Department of Health Surveillance and Suicide Prevention, Oslo, Norway
Med Sci Law 52:148-51. 2012..A few were ambivalent. The findings indicate a need for increased awareness of the negative consequences of the law as well as educating mental health workers in understanding of suicidal behaviour and suicidal people...- A cross-cultural study of suicide intent in parasuicide patientsH Hjelmeland
Department of Psychology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim
Suicide Life Threat Behav 30:295-303. 2000..As far as level of suicide intent is concerned, the WHO study has succeeded in recruiting a relatively homogeneous group of self-harming patients across borders of region, culture, and country... - Why we need qualitative research in suicidologyHeidi Hjelmeland
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim NO 7491, Norway
Suicide Life Threat Behav 40:74-80. 2010..It is argued that an increased focus on understanding and thus extended use of qualitative methodology is essential in bringing the suicidological field forward... - Suicidal behavior as communication in a cultural context: a comparative study between Uganda and NorwayHeidi Hjelmeland
Department of Social Work and Health Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
Crisis 29:137-44. 2008..The results are discussed in terms of the differences in the psychological characteristics of the suicidal persons in the two countries, as well as the different cultural settings of the study... - Self-reported suicidal behavior and attitudes toward suicide and suicide prevention among psychology students in Ghana, Uganda, and NorwayHeidi Hjelmeland
Department of Social Work and Health Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
Crisis 29:20-31. 2008..Some differences were also found between the two African countries. The implications of the results for suicide prevention in Africa are discussed... - A discussion of the value of cross-cultural studies in search of the meaning(s) of suicidal behavior and the methodological challenges of such studiesHeidi Hjelmeland
Department of Psychology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
Arch Suicide Res 10:15-27. 2006..Whether this result is due to different latent variables indicating differences in meaning(s) of suicidal behavior between the two countries or lack of reliability and/or validity of the instrument is discussed... - Why people engage in parasuicide: a cross-cultural study of intentionsHeidi Hjelmeland
Department of Psychology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
Suicide Life Threat Behav 32:380-93. 2002..The findings from this study are likely to be generalizable to other settings and have implications for clinical practice... - The communicative aspect of nonfatal suicidal behavior--are there gender differences?Heidi Hjelmeland
Department of Psychology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
Crisis 23:144-55. 2002..The results gave some support to Qvortrup's speech-act theory and his four categories of suicidal behavior, emotional toward others, regulative toward others, emotional toward oneself and regulative toward oneself... - The meanings of suicidal behaviour to psychology students in Ghana: a qualitative approachJoseph Osafo
Department of Social Work and Health Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, N 7491 Trondheim, Norway
Transcult Psychiatry 48:643-59. 2011..The implications of these meanings of suicidal behaviour for suicide prevention in Ghana are discussed... - A qualitative study of attitudes toward suicide and suicide prevention among psychology students in GhanaBirthe Loa Knizek
Department of Psychology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
Omega (Westport) 62:169-86. 2010..The results indicated a huge impact of religion on the attitudes toward suicide as well as some lack of distinction between their religious and professional roles and responsibilities... - Distancing: a traditional mechanism of dealing with suicide among the Baganda, UgandaJames Mugisha
Department of Psychology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology NTNU, N 7491 Trondheim, Norway
Transcult Psychiatry 48:624-42. 2011..These rituals are characterized by broad themes: the regulation of affect and the attempt to secure future generations... - Psychological factors in deliberate self-harm as seen in a urban African population in Uganda: a case-control studyEugene Kinyanda
Department of Psychology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Suicide Life Threat Behav 35:468-77. 2005..This study further raises questions about the universality of the structural relationship among depression, hopelessness, and suicidality... - Motivation for research participation among people bereaved by suicideKari Dyregrov
Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
Omega (Westport) 62:149-68. 2010..Findings are discussed in the context of suicide-related bereavements. Information about research participation as beneficial to others should be given parallel to that of possible strain... - Doing qualitative research on suicide in a developing country: practical and ethical challengesJames Mugisha
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
Crisis 32:15-23. 2011..Many of the challenges addressed in this article have not been described earlier in suicide research conducted in the developing world... - Repetition of deliberate self-harm as seen in UgandaEugene Kinyanda
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
Arch Suicide Res 9:333-44. 2005..Furthermore, a multivariate analysis was conducted resulting in only sexual problems and the psychological factor of trait anger, which retained statistical significance. The significance of these findings is discussed... 
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...- Alcohol and suicide in postconflict northern Uganda: a qualitative psychological autopsy studyDorothy Kizza
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
Crisis 33:95-105. 2012..Alcohol has been noted to be an important factor in nearly 68% of the suicides in Northern Uganda, yet exactly how alcohol contributes to suicide in this region has not been studied... - Qualitative psychological autopsy interviews on suicide in post-conflict Northern Uganda: the participants' perceptionsDorothy Kizza
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim Butabika National Referral and Teaching Mental Hospital, Kampala, Uganda
Omega (Westport) 63:235-54. 2011..However, the bereaved are ready to contribute toward the fight against suicide in their communities. Hence, it is argued that a community-based mental health and Primary Health Care approaches should be encouraged in this context... - Deliberate self-harm as seen in Kampala, Uganda - a case-control studyEugene Kinyanda
Department of Psychology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 39:318-25. 2004..A study to investigate deliberate self-harm (DSH) in an African context was undertaken in Uganda... - Pushing the boundaries: understanding self-harm in a non-clinical populationMelanie Straiton
Division of Mental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Nydalen, Oslo, Norway
Arch Psychiatr Nurs 27:78-83. 2013..Few participants mentioned diagnosed psychiatric disorders; they best understood self-harm through their social experiences. Focusing on social understandings of self-harm may help reduce associated stigma and barriers to help-seeking... - An escape from agony: a qualitative psychological autopsy study of women's suicide in a post-conflict Northern UgandaDorothy Kizza
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
Int J Qual Stud Health Well-being 7:1-13. 2012..Changes in the traditional gender roles, men's quest for their lost masculinity, and women's attempt to fight for their rights that was perceived as a cultural transgression contributed to the women's suicides... - Negative life events associated with deliberate self-harm in an African population in UgandaE Kinyanda
Department of Psychology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
Crisis 26:4-11. 2005..In conclusion, life events appear to be an important factor in DSH in this cultural environment. The implication of these results for treatment and the future development of suicide interventions in this country are discussed... - Self-harm and conventional gender roles in womenMelanie L Straiton
Division of Mental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
Suicide Life Threat Behav 43:161-73. 2013..Relationships were weaker after accounting for generalized self-efficacy. Results are discussed in relation to previous findings and suggestions for prevention are made... - The association between life events and suicide intent in self-poisoners with and without a history of deliberate self-harm: a preliminary studyCatherine Crane
Centre for Suicide Research, University of Oxford Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Oxford, UK
Suicide Life Threat Behav 37:367-78. 2007..The results provide preliminary evidence to suggest the presence of a suicidal process in women, in which the impact of negative life events on suicide intent diminishes across episodes... - Problem-solving ability and repetition of deliberate self-harm: a multicentre studyCarmel McAuliffe
National Suicide Research Foundation, Cork, Ireland
Psychol Med 36:45-55. 2006..The aim of the present study was to investigate whether specific types of problem-solving are associated with repeated DSH...