Greg Armstrong

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

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..

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

Jane Brandt Sørensen, 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..

Social Correlates of Recent Suicidal Ideation Among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Greater Tokyo (Aug, 10.1007/s13178-020-00472-8, 2020)

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

Journal article  |  2020  |  Sexuality Research and Social Policy

Talking about suicide: An uncontrolled trial of the effects of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health first aid program on knowledge, attitudes and intended and actual assisting actions

Gregory Armstrong, Georgina Sutherland, Eliza Pross, Andrew Mackinnon, Nicola Reavley, Anthony F Jorm

Journal article  |  2020  |  PLoS ONE

OBJECTIVE: Suicide is a leading cause of death among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Friends, family and frontline w..

Retention and outcomes for clients attending a methadone clinic in a resource-constrained setting: a mixed methods prospective cohort study in Imphal, Northeast India

Michelle Kermode, Robedi Sharma Choudhurimayum, Lenin Singh Rajkumar, Tilahun Haregu, Greg Armstrong

Journal article  |  2020  |  Harm Reduction Journal

Background: Opioid substitution therapy (OST) with buprenorphine has been widely available in India since 2007, but the introducti..

The Joint Effect of Physical Multimorbidity and Mental Health Conditions Among Adults in Australia

Marie Ishida, Emily SG Hulse, Robert K Mahar, Jane Gunn, Rifat Atun, Barbara McPake, Naveen Tenneti, Kanya Anindya, Gregory Armstrong, Patrick Mulcahy, Will Carman, John Tayu Lee

Journal article  |  2020  |  Preventing Chronic Disease

INTRODUCTION: The prevalence of chronic physical and mental health conditions is rising globally. Little evidence exists on the jo..

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  |  2020  |  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..

"It's a battle for eyeballs and suicide is clickbait": The media experience of suicide reporting in India

Gregory Armstrong, Lakshmi Vijayakumar, Anish Cherian, Kannan Krishnaswamy

Journal article  |  2020  |  PLoS One

INTRODUCTION: Suicide rates in India are among the highest in the world, equating to over 200,000 suicide deaths annually. Crime r..

Temporal variations in the distribution of self-harm episodes and methods across the Australian asylum seeker population: An observational study

Kyli Hedrick, Gregory Armstrong, Guy Coffey, Rohan Borschmann

Journal article  |  2020  |  PLOS MEDICINE

BACKGROUND: Temporal patterns in the frequency and characteristics of self-harm episodes across the Australian asylum seeker popul..