Greg Armstrong

Evaluation of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander strengths based coaching program: a study protocol

Alison Brown, Fiona Mensah, Graham Gee, Yin Paradies, Samantha French, Lea Waters, Kerry Arabena, Gregory Armstrong, Jan Nicholson, Stephanie J Brown, Kelsey Hegarty, Rebecca Ritte, Kristy Meiselbach, Margaret Kelaher

Journal article  |  2021  |  BMC PUBLIC HEALTH

BACKGROUND: Increasingly, strength-based approaches to health and wellbeing interventions with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island..

Discrimination experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander males in Australia: Associations with suicidal thoughts and depressive symptoms

Tilahun Haregu, Anthony F Jorm, Yin Paradies, Bernard Leckning, Jesse T Young, Gregory Armstrong

Journal article  |  2021  |  AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY

INTRODUCTION: Globally, Indigenous populations have higher rates of suicidal behavior and psychological distress compared to non-I..

Application of a Scorecard Tool for Assessing and Engaging Media on Responsible Reporting of Suicide-Related News in India

Lakshmi Vijayakumar, Manisha Shastri, Tanya Nicole Fernandes, Yash Bagra, Aaryaman Pathare, Arpita Patel, Padam Jain, Yesha Merchant, Gregory Armstrong, Soumitra Pathare

Journal article  |  2021  |  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH

BACKGROUND: Each year there are more than 800,000 deaths by suicide across the world, while India alone accounts for one third of ..

Estimating patterns in the under-reporting of suicide deaths in India: comparison of administrative data and Global Burden of Disease Study estimates, 2005-2015

Vikas Arya, Andrew Page, Gregory Armstrong, G Anil Kumar, Rakhi Dandona

Journal article  |  2021  |  JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH

BACKGROUND: It has been proposed that the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), which reports suicides in India, differentially un..

Indian media professionals' perspectives regarding the role of media in suicide prevention and receptiveness to media guidelines: a qualitative study.

Gregory Armstrong, Lakshmi Vijayakumar, Anish Cherian, Kannan Krishnaswamy, Soumitra Pathare

Journal article  |  2021  |  BMJ Open

OBJECTIVES: Crime reports of suicide incidents routinely feature in the Indian mass media, with minimal coverage of suicide as a b..

Effects of the Mental Health First Aid for the suicidal person course on beliefs about suicide, stigmatising attitudes, confidence to help, and intended and actual helping actions: an evaluation

Kathy S Bond, Fairlie A Cottrill, Andrew Mackinnon, Amy J Morgan, Claire M Kelly, Greg Armstrong, Betty A Kitchener, Nicola J Reavley, Anthony F Jorm

Journal article  |  2021  |  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEMS

BACKGROUND: Suicide is a significant concern in Australia and globally. There is a strong argument for training community gatekeep..

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

A Qualitative Analysis of Self-Harm and Suicide in Sri Lankan Printed Newspapers

Jane Brandt Sorensen, Melissa Pearson, Gregory Armstrong, Martin Wolf Andersen, Manjula Weerasinghe, Keith Hawton, Flemming Konradsen

Journal article  |  2021  |  CRISIS-THE JOURNAL OF CRISIS INTERVENTION AND SUICIDE PREVENTION

Background: Media reporting may influence suicidal behavior. In-depth exploration of how self-harm and suicide are portrayed in ne..

Changes in method specific suicide following a national pesticide ban in India (2011-2014)

Vikas Arya, Andrew Page, David Gunnell, Gregory Armstrong

Journal article  |  2021  |  JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS

BACKGROUND: This paper investigates whether declines in suicide by insecticide poisoning in India following a national ban on endo..

Correction to: Social Correlates of Recent Suicidal Ideation Among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Greater Tokyo (Sexuality Research and Social Policy, (2020), 10.1007/s13178-020-00472-8)

Adam O Hill, Anthony Distefano, Stuart Gilmour, Benjamin R Bavinton, Yasuharu Hidaka, Adam Bourne, Gregory Armstrong

Journal article  |  2020  |  SEXUALITY RESEARCH AND SOCIAL POLICY

The original version of this article unfortunately contained a mistake. The second sentence of the Introduction should read as: In..