Alexandra Fleischmann

Summary

Affiliation: World Health Organization
Country: Switzerland

Publications

  1. ncbi Effectiveness of brief intervention and contact for suicide attempters: a randomized controlled trial in five countries
    Alexandra Fleischmann
    Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
    Bull World Health Organ 86:703-9. 2008
  2. ncbi Completed suicide and psychiatric diagnoses in young people: a critical examination of the evidence
    Alexandra Fleischmann
    Department of Mental Health and Substance Dependence, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
    Am J Orthopsychiatry 75:676-83. 2005
  3. ncbi Characteristics of attempted suicides seen in emergency-care settings of general hospitals in eight low- and middle-income countries
    Alexandra Fleischmann
    Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
    Psychol Med 35:1467-74. 2005
  4. ncbi Suicide attempts, plans, and ideation in culturally diverse sites: the WHO SUPRE-MISS community survey
    Jose M Bertolote
    Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
    Psychol Med 35:1457-65. 2005
  5. ncbi Psychiatric diagnoses and suicide: revisiting the evidence
    Jose Manoel Bertolote
    Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
    Crisis 25:147-55. 2004
  6. ncbi Suicidal behavior prevention: WHO perspectives on research
    Jose Manoel Bertolote
    Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
    Am J Med Genet C Semin Med Genet 133:8-12. 2005
  7. ncbi Suicide and mental disorders: do we know enough?
    Jose Manoel Bertolote
    Br J Psychiatry 183:382-3. 2003
  8. ncbi Suicide, suicide attempts and pesticides: a major hidden public health problem
    Jose M Bertolote
    Bull World Health Organ 84:260. 2006
  9. ncbi Suicide rates in China
    Jose M Bertolote
    Lancet 359:2274; author reply 2274-5. 2002
  10. ncbi Community study of suicidal behaviors and risk factors among Iranian adults
    Mitra Hakim Shooshtary
    Mental Health Research Center, Tehran Psychiatric Institute, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
    Arch Suicide Res 12:141-7. 2008

Detail Information

Publications10

  1. ncbi Effectiveness of brief intervention and contact for suicide attempters: a randomized controlled trial in five countries
    Alexandra Fleischmann
    Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
    Bull World Health Organ 86:703-9. 2008
    ..To determine whether brief intervention and contact is effective in reducing subsequent suicide mortality among suicide attempters in low and middle-income countries...
  2. ncbi Completed suicide and psychiatric diagnoses in young people: a critical examination of the evidence
    Alexandra Fleischmann
    Department of Mental Health and Substance Dependence, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
    Am J Orthopsychiatry 75:676-83. 2005
    ..A comprehensive suicide prevention strategy among young people should target mental disorders as a whole, not depression alone, and consider contextual factors...
  3. ncbi Characteristics of attempted suicides seen in emergency-care settings of general hospitals in eight low- and middle-income countries
    Alexandra Fleischmann
    Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
    Psychol Med 35:1467-74. 2005
    ..The care of patients who attempt suicide needs to include routine psychiatric and psychosocial assessment and systematic referral to professional services after discharge...
  4. ncbi Suicide attempts, plans, and ideation in culturally diverse sites: the WHO SUPRE-MISS community survey
    Jose M Bertolote
    Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
    Psychol Med 35:1457-65. 2005
    ....
  5. ncbi Psychiatric diagnoses and suicide: revisiting the evidence
    Jose Manoel Bertolote
    Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
    Crisis 25:147-55. 2004
    ..The key role of prevention and treatment of mental disorders in the prevention of suicide is widely acknowledged. Which specific disorders need to be targeted remains to be conclusively demonstrated...
  6. ncbi Suicidal behavior prevention: WHO perspectives on research
    Jose Manoel Bertolote
    Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
    Am J Med Genet C Semin Med Genet 133:8-12. 2005
    ..Having recognized the need for comparable information about attempted suicide across different countries and cultures, WHO's Multisite Intervention Study on Suicidal Behaviors is presented...
  7. ncbi Suicide and mental disorders: do we know enough?
    Jose Manoel Bertolote
    Br J Psychiatry 183:382-3. 2003
  8. ncbi Suicide, suicide attempts and pesticides: a major hidden public health problem
    Jose M Bertolote
    Bull World Health Organ 84:260. 2006
  9. ncbi Suicide rates in China
    Jose M Bertolote
    Lancet 359:2274; author reply 2274-5. 2002
  10. ncbi Community study of suicidal behaviors and risk factors among Iranian adults
    Mitra Hakim Shooshtary
    Mental Health Research Center, Tehran Psychiatric Institute, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
    Arch Suicide Res 12:141-7. 2008
    ..Younger ages, tobacco abuse, and long-term mental or physical disabilities could be considered risk factors for attempting suicide...