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Association Between Neurological Disorders and Death by Suicide in Denmark
(2020-02)
Importance Neurological disorders have been linked to suicide, but the risk across a broad spectrum of neurological disorders remains to be assessed.
Objectives To examine whether people with neurological disorders die ...
Pharmacological interventions for self-harm in adults (Protocol)
(2020-07)
This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (intervention). The objectives are as follows:
To assess the effects of psychosocial or pharmacological interventions for self‐harm (SH) compared to comparison types of care (e.g. ...
A Content Analysis and Comparison of Two Peaks of Newspaper Reporting During a Suicide Cluster to Examine Implications for Imitation, Suggestion, and Prevention
(2020-03)
During 2007–2008, media attention focused on a cluster of youth suicides in the UK. There were two peaks (P1, P2) in the volume of newspaper reporting of the deaths. The number of possible suicides was greater than expected ...
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on self-harm and suicidal behaviour: a living systematic review [version 1; peer review: 1 approved]
(2020-09)
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has caused morbidity and
mortality, as well as, widespread disruption to people’s lives and
livelihoods around the world. Given the health and economic threats
posed by the pandemic to ...
Reporting on suicidal behaviour and COVID-19—need for caution
(2020-11)
News reporting on suicidal behaviour
can have a considerable influence
on suicide and self-harm in the
general population.1
This issue is
particularly relevant during the
COVID-19 pandemic. With a rising
number of ...
Changing paramedic students' perception of people who self-harm
(2020-10)
This study aimed to identify whether paramedic students' perceptions of patients who self-harm changed following an educational intervention.
Background:
Self-harm is a major public health concern with an increasing ...
Self-harm on roads: Register-based study of methods and characteristics of individuals involved
(2020-12)
Background
Suicide on roads is receiving increased attention. However, there has been little research on non-fatal road-related self-harm. This study was conducted in order to investigate the characteristics of such ...
Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on self-harm
(2020-12)
There has been extensive discussion, some of it data-based1 but much of it speculative, on the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on suicide. Since death by suicide requires thorough investigation by professionals, such as ...
Accuracy of individual and combined risk-scale items in the prediction of repetition of self-harm: multicentre prospective cohort study
(2020-12)
Background
Individuals attending emergency departments following self-harm have increased risks of future self-harm. Despite the common use of risk scales in self-harm assessment, there is growing evidence that combinations ...
Mortality in children and adolescents who present to hospital following non-fatal self-harm: an observational cohort study based on the Multicentre Study of Self-harm in England
(2020-02)
Background
Self-harm and suicide in children and adolescents are both growing problems, with
self-harm associated with a significant risk of subsequent death, particularly suicide.
Long-term follow-up studies are necessary ...