Lars Mehlum

Summary

Affiliation: University of Oslo
Country: Norway

Publications

  1. ncbi [Self-harm - what approach should we take?]
    Lars Mehlum
    Nasjonalt senter for selvmordsforskningog forebyggingInstitutt for psykiatriUniversitetet i OsloSognsvannsveien 210320 Oslo
    Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 129:759-62. 2009
  2. ncbi The suicide assessment scale: psychometric properties of a Norwegian language version
    Bjørn Odd Koldsland
    Vestre Viken Health Trust, Ringerike Hospital psychiatric out patient clinic, Oslo, Norway
    BMC Res Notes 5:417. 2012
  3. ncbi Is organizational change associated with increased rates of readmission to general hospital in suicide attempters? A 10-year prospective catchment area study
    Lars Mehlum
    National Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention, Institute of Psychiatry, University of Oslo, Sognsvannsveien 21, Oslo, Norway
    Arch Suicide Res 14:171-81. 2010
  4. ncbi Quality of psychosocial care of suicide attempters at general hospitals in Norway--a longitudinal nationwide study
    Lars Mehlum
    National Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention, Institute of Psychiatry, University of Oslo, Sognsvannsveien 21, Oslo, Norway
    Arch Suicide Res 14:146-57. 2010
  5. ncbi [Suicidal behaviour in borderline personality disorder]
    Lars Mehlum
    Seksjon for selvmordsforskning og forebygging, Instituttgruppe for psykiatri, Universitetet i Oslo, Sognsvannsveien 21, 0320 Oslo
    Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 126:2946-9. 2006
  6. ncbi Risk factors for long-term posttraumatic stress reactions in unarmed UN military observers: a four-year follow-up study
    Lars Mehlum
    Suicide Research and Prevention Unit, Institute of Psychiatry, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
    J Nerv Ment Dis 194:800-4. 2006
  7. ncbi Traumatic stress and suicidal ideation in Norwegian male peacekeepers
    Siri Thoresen
    Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies, Oslo, Norway
    J Nerv Ment Dis 196:814-21. 2008
  8. ncbi Risk factors for completed suicide in veterans of peacekeeping: repatriation, negative life events, and marital status
    Siri Thoresen
    Norwegian Center for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies, Oslo, Norway
    Arch Suicide Res 10:353-63. 2006
  9. ncbi Risk factors for fatal accidents and suicides in peacekeepers: is there an overlap?
    Siri Thoresen
    The Norwegian Armed Forces Joint Medical Centre, Medical Division, Psychiatry Branch, Sognsvannsveien 21, Building 20, N 0320 Oslo, Norway
    Mil Med 169:988-93. 2004
  10. ncbi Psychiatric comorbidity may not predict suicide during and after hospitalization. A nested case-control study with blinded raters
    Fredrik A Walby
    Suicide Research and Prevention Unit, Institute of Psychiatry, University of Oslo, Norway
    J Affect Disord 92:253-60. 2006

Detail Information

Publications22

  1. ncbi [Self-harm - what approach should we take?]
    Lars Mehlum
    Nasjonalt senter for selvmordsforskningog forebyggingInstitutt for psykiatriUniversitetet i OsloSognsvannsveien 210320 Oslo
    Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 129:759-62. 2009
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  2. ncbi The suicide assessment scale: psychometric properties of a Norwegian language version
    Bjørn Odd Koldsland
    Vestre Viken Health Trust, Ringerike Hospital psychiatric out patient clinic, Oslo, Norway
    BMC Res Notes 5:417. 2012
    ..This study describes the psychometric properties of a Norwegian language version of the Suicide Assessment Scale Self-report version (SUAS-S)...
  3. ncbi Is organizational change associated with increased rates of readmission to general hospital in suicide attempters? A 10-year prospective catchment area study
    Lars Mehlum
    National Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention, Institute of Psychiatry, University of Oslo, Sognsvannsveien 21, Oslo, Norway
    Arch Suicide Res 14:171-81. 2010
    ....
  4. ncbi Quality of psychosocial care of suicide attempters at general hospitals in Norway--a longitudinal nationwide study
    Lars Mehlum
    National Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention, Institute of Psychiatry, University of Oslo, Sognsvannsveien 21, Oslo, Norway
    Arch Suicide Res 14:146-57. 2010
    ..Predictors of a high quality of care level were training of staff in management and care of suicide attempters and to have written guidelines for the care...
  5. ncbi [Suicidal behaviour in borderline personality disorder]
    Lars Mehlum
    Seksjon for selvmordsforskning og forebygging, Instituttgruppe for psykiatri, Universitetet i Oslo, Sognsvannsveien 21, 0320 Oslo
    Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 126:2946-9. 2006
    ..The paper discusses how these treatment models address suicidal behaviour in patients with borderline personality disorder and the results that have been achieved in studies of treatment effectiveness...
  6. ncbi Risk factors for long-term posttraumatic stress reactions in unarmed UN military observers: a four-year follow-up study
    Lars Mehlum
    Suicide Research and Prevention Unit, Institute of Psychiatry, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
    J Nerv Ment Dis 194:800-4. 2006
    ..Multivariate analyses demonstrated stress exposure during the mission and problems with social adaptation after homecoming to predict posttraumatic stress symptoms at follow-up...
  7. ncbi Traumatic stress and suicidal ideation in Norwegian male peacekeepers
    Siri Thoresen
    Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies, Oslo, Norway
    J Nerv Ment Dis 196:814-21. 2008
    ..Results indicate that the association between service stress exposure and suicidal ideation was mediated by posttraumatic stress symptoms and general mental health problems combined...
  8. ncbi Risk factors for completed suicide in veterans of peacekeeping: repatriation, negative life events, and marital status
    Siri Thoresen
    Norwegian Center for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies, Oslo, Norway
    Arch Suicide Res 10:353-63. 2006
    ..Preventive measures should focus on careful personnel selection and follow-up of repatriated individuals...
  9. ncbi Risk factors for fatal accidents and suicides in peacekeepers: is there an overlap?
    Siri Thoresen
    The Norwegian Armed Forces Joint Medical Centre, Medical Division, Psychiatry Branch, Sognsvannsveien 21, Building 20, N 0320 Oslo, Norway
    Mil Med 169:988-93. 2004
    ..This study was conducted to investigate fatal accidents in Norwegian former peacekeepers...
  10. ncbi Psychiatric comorbidity may not predict suicide during and after hospitalization. A nested case-control study with blinded raters
    Fredrik A Walby
    Suicide Research and Prevention Unit, Institute of Psychiatry, University of Oslo, Norway
    J Affect Disord 92:253-60. 2006
    ..To investigate the differential impact of DSM-IV axis-I and axis-II disorders on completed suicide and to study if psychiatric comorbidity increases the risk of suicide in currently and previously hospitalized psychiatric patients...
  11. ncbi Self-harm in patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders
    Erlend Mork
    National Centre for SuicideResearch and Prevention, Institute ofClinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
    Arch Suicide Res 16:111-23. 2012
    ..We conclude that while self-harm in patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders is highly prevalent in both genders, risk factors in men and women differ in several important ways...
  12. ncbi Is there a specific relationship between childhood sexual and physical abuse and repeated suicidal behavior?
    Mette Ystgaard
    Suicide Research and Prevention Unit, Sognsvannsveien 21, Building 12, University of Oslo, NO 0320 Oslo, Norway
    Child Abuse Negl 28:863-75. 2004
    ..Little is known about the importance of sexual and physical abuse when compared to other severe childhood adversities with respect to chronic suicidal behavior...
  13. ncbi Chain of care for patients with intentional self-harm: an effective strategy to reduce suicide rates?
    Ingeborg Rossow
    The Suicide Research and Prevention Unit, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
    Suicide Life Threat Behav 39:614-22. 2009
    ..The calculated potential effects of chain of care on national suicide rates were very small, even under unrealistically favorable conditions...
  14. ncbi Suicide in peacekeepers--a cohort study of mortality from suicide in 22,275 Norwegian veterans from international peacekeeping operations
    Siri Thoresen
    The Norwegian Armed Forces Joint Medical Centre, Medical Division, Psychiatry Branch, Sognsvannsveien 21, Building 20, 0320, Oslo, Norway
    Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 38:605-10. 2003
    ..The question has also been raised as to whether such veterans might be at increased risk of suicide. This study investigated the suicide mortality in Norwegian former peacekeepers...
  15. ncbi [Deliberate self harm in adolescents]
    Mette Ystgaard
    Seksjon for selvmordsforskning og forebygging, Det medisinske fakultet, Universitetet i Oslo, 0320 Oslo
    Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 123:2241-5. 2003
    ..A new method was developed by which the adolescents' self-reported acts of deliberate self harm are included and categorised according to strict predefined criteria...
  16. ncbi Collaboration between general hospitals and community health services in the care of suicide attempters in Norway: a longitudinal study
    Erlend Mork
    National Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Norway
    Ann Gen Psychiatry 9:26. 2010
    ..We wanted to explore the extent to which quality indicators at the hospital level measured in 1999 and 2006 could predict the presence or absence of a chain of care structure in the CHS in 2006...
  17. ncbi Suicidality among Norwegian youth: review of research on risk factors and interventions
    Latha Nrugham
    National Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention, Institute of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Sognsvannsveien 21, Bygg 12, N 0372 Oslo, Norway
    Nord J Psychiatry 64:317-26. 2010
    ..Published research on suicidality among Norwegian youth and publications describing interventions were summarized in order to access the current status of knowledge building via empirical research...
  18. ncbi A suicide prevention strategy for England
    Lars Mehlum
    Department of Psychiatry, Medical Faculty, Suicide Research and Prevention Unit, University of Oslo, Norway
    Crisis 25:69-73. 2004
    ..This paper examines the content of the new national strategy for suicide prevention in England and what new contributions to the field it may make...
  19. ncbi Predictors of posttraumatic stress reactions in Norwegian U.N. peacekeepers 7 years after service
    Lars Mehlum
    Norwegian Defense Command HQ, Oslo
    J Trauma Stress 15:17-26. 2002
    ..These factors explained 25% (overall sample) and 37% (repatriated sample) of the variation in the posttraumatic symptom score...
  20. ncbi Suicide in peacekeepers: risk factors for suicide versus accidental death
    Siri Thoresen
    Norwegian Centre for Studies on Violence and Traumatic Stress, Ltd, Kirkeveien 166, Bygning 48 Z, 0407 Oslo, Norway
    Suicide Life Threat Behav 36:432-42. 2006
    ..No peacekeeping-related factor was associated with suicide. Preventive measures should focus on firearms control, improved detection systems for mental health problems in the military, and peer support through veterans' associations...
  21. ncbi [Psychosocial crisis help]
    Lars Mehlum
    Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 128:2048. 2008
  22. ncbi Suicide prevention strategies: a systematic review
    J John Mann
    New York State Psychiatric Institute, Division of Neuroscience, New York, NY 10032, USA
    JAMA 294:2064-74. 2005
    ..Some developed nations have implemented national suicide prevention plans. Although these plans generally propose multiple interventions, their effectiveness is rarely evaluated...