Matthew Spittal

Clinical efficacy of a Decision Support Tool (Link-me) to guide intensity of mental health care in primary practice: a pragmatic stratified randomised controlled trial.

Susan Fletcher, Matthew J Spittal, Patty Chondros, Victoria J Palmer, Mary Lou Chatterton, Konstancja Densley, Maria Potiriadis, Meredith Harris, Bridget Bassilios, Philip Burgess, Cathrine Mihalopoulos, Jane Pirkis, Jane Gunn

Journal article  |  2021  |  The Lancet Psychiatry

BACKGROUND: The volume and heterogeneity of mental health problems that primary care patients present with is a substantial challe..

Suicide-related Internet search queries in India following media reports of a celebrity suicide: an interrupted time series analysis

Gregory Armstrong, Tilahun Haregu, Vikas Arya, Lakshmi Vijayakumar, Mark Sinyor, Thomas Niederkrotenthaler, Matthew J Spittal

Journal article  |  2021  |  World Psychiatry

Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness Against Influenza-Related Mortality in Australian Hospitalized Patients: A Propensity Score Analysis.

Monica L Nation, Robert Moss, Matthew J Spittal, Tom Kotsimbos, Paul M Kelly, Allen C Cheng

Journal article  |  2021  |  Clinical Infectious Diseases

BACKGROUND: Data on influenza vaccine effectiveness (IVE) against mortality are limited, with no Australian data to guide vaccine ..

Outcomes of Victorian Prevention and Recovery Care Services: A matched pairs comparison.

John Farhall, Lisa Brophy, John Reece, Holly Tibble, Long Khanh-Dao Le, Cathrine Mihalopoulos, Justine Fletcher, Carol Harvey, Emma Morrisroe, Richard Newton, Georgina Sutherland, Matthew J Spittal, Graham Meadows, Ruth Vine, Jane Pirkis

Journal article  |  2021  |  Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

OBJECTIVE: In Victoria, Prevention and Recovery Care Services have been established to provide a partial alternative to inpatient ..

Violence-related deaths among people released from incarceration: protocol for a systematic review

Melissa Willoughby, Jesse T Young, Matthew J Spittal, Rohan Borschmann, Emilia K Janca, Stuart A Kinner

Journal article  |  2021  |  BMJ Open

INTRODUCTION: Young people and adults released from incarceration have a risk of dying from violence that far exceeds that in the ..

Using the 'presenting problem' field in emergency department data improves the enumeration of intentional self-harm in NSW hospital settings.

Sandro Sperandei, Andrew Page, Matthew J Spittal, Katrina Witt, Jo Robinson, Jane Pirkis

Journal article  |  2020  |  Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Coverage of Robin Williams' Suicide in Australian Newspapers.

Jane Pirkis, Dianne Currier, Marc Bryant, Sara Bartlett, Mark Sinyor, Matthew J Spittal

Journal article  |  2020  |  Crisis

Background: Australia's Mindframe guidelines provide media professionals with advice on ways to safely report on suicide. Aims: We..

All-cause mortality and the time-varying effects of psychosocial work stressors: A retrospective cohort study using the HILDA survey

Yamna Taouk, Matthew J Spittal, Allison J Milner, Anthony D LaMontagne

Journal article  |  2020  |  Social Science & Medicine

The effects of poor-quality work (high job demands, low job control, job insecurity, and effort-reward imbalance) are harmful to h..

Risk factors associated with suicide clusters in Australian youth: Identifying who is at risk and the mechanisms associated with cluster membership.

Nicole TM Hill, Matthew J Spittal, Jane Pirkis, Michelle Torok, Jo Robinson

Journal article  |  2020  |  EClinicalMedicine

Background: It is unclear who is at risk of being involved in a suicide cluster and whether suicide clusters are influenced by the..

Suicide Clusters Among Top 10 High-Risk Occupations A Study From 2001 to 2016 in Australia

Lay San Too, Matthew J Spittal

Journal article  |  2020  |  The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

A number of studies have demonstrated elevated risk of suicide in certain occupational groups. We seek to understand a possible ne..