Jane Pirkis

The global impact of celebrity suicides: implications for prevention

KM Keyes, R Whitley, D Fink, J Santaella, J Pirkis

Journal article  |  2021  |  World Psychiatry

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 ..

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..

"It Changes Your Orbit": The Impact of Suicide and Traumatic Death on Adolescents as Experienced by Adolescents and Parents

Karl Andriessen, Karolina Krysinska, Debra Rickwood, Jane Pirkis

Journal article  |  2020  |  International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

BACKGROUND: Having someone close die through suicide or another form of traumatic death is a distressing event in the lives of ado..

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..

Development of a Self-Harm Monitoring System for Victoria

Jo Robinson, Katrina Witt, Michelle Lamblin, Matthew J Spittal, Greg Carter, Karin Verspoor, Andrew Page, Gowri Rajaram, Vlada Rozova, Nicole TM Hill, Jane Pirkis, Caitlin Bleeker, Alex Pleban, Jonathan C Knott

Journal article  |  2020  |  International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

The prevention of suicide and suicide-related behaviour are key policy priorities in Australia and internationally. The World Heal..

Changes in Suicide Reporting Quality and Deaths in Ontario Following Publication of National Media Guidelines.

Mark Sinyor, Alex Kiss, Marissa Williams, Rabia Zaheer, Jane Pirkis, Marnin J Heisel, Ayal Schaffer, Donald A Redelmeier, Amy H Cheung, Thomas Niederkrotenthaler

Journal article  |  2020  |  Crisis

Background: Media guidelines can influence suicide-related reporting quality and may impact suicide rates. Aim: Our study aimed to..

Trajectories of asthma and allergies from 7 years to 53 years and associations with lung function and extrapulmonary comorbidity profiles: a prospective cohort study.

Dinh S Bui, Caroline J Lodge, Jennifer L Perret, Adrian Lowe, Garun S Hamilton, Bruce Thompson, Graham Giles, Daniel Tan, Bircan Erbas, Jane Pirkis, Flavia Cicuttini, Raisa Cassim, Gayan Bowatte, Paul Thomas, Judith Garcia-Aymerich, John Hopper, Michael J Abramson, Eugene H Walters, Shyamali C Dharmage

Journal article  |  2020  |  The Lancet Respiratory Medicine

BACKGROUND: Longitudinal trajectories of asthma and allergies from childhood to adulthood might be differentially associated with ..

Trends in suicide during the covid-19 pandemic

Ann John, Jane Pirkis, David Gunnell, Louis Appleby, Jacqui Morrissey

Journal article  |  2020  |  BMJ