Preventing Suicide In India By Improving Media Reporting Of Suicides

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

2020-08-01

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

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

2020-05-05

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

Assessing the Quality of Media Reporting of Suicide Deaths in Bangladesh Against World Health Organization Guidelines

SM Yasir Arafat, Murad M Khan, Thomas Niederkrotenthaler, Michiko Ueda, Gregory Armstrong

2020-01-01

Background: Media reporting of suicide events has thus far gone without sufficient scrutiny in Bangladesh. Aim: The purpose of thi..

Social Correlates of Recent Suicidal Ideation Among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Greater Tokyo

AO Hill, A Distefano, S Gilmour, BR Bavinton, Y Hidaka, A Bourne, G Armstrong

2020-01-01

Introduction: Suicide is a major public health problem in Japan, where mortality rates are among the highest in the world. Globall..

Self-harm among asylum seekers in Australian immigration detention

Kyli Hedrick, Gregory Armstrong, Rohan Borschmann

2019-12-01

Intersectoral collaboration for people-centred mental health care in Timor-Leste: a mixed-methods study using qualitative and social network analysis

Teresa Hall, Ritsuko Kakuma, Lisa Palmer, Harry Minas, Joao Martins, Greg Armstrong

2019-11-16

Suicide by hanging is a priority for suicide prevention: method specific suicide in India (2001-2014)

Vikas Arya, Andrew Page, David Gunnell, Rakhi Dandona, Haider A Mannan, Michael Eddleston, Gregory Armstrong

2019-10-01

BACKGROUND: India accounts for over a quarter of the global burden of suicide. One of the most effective population level suicide ..

The Geographic Heterogeneity of Suicide Rates in India by Religion, Caste, Tribe, and Other Backward Classes

Vikas Arya, Andrew Page, Rakhi Dandonaz, Lakshmi Vijayakumar, Peter Mayer, Gregory Armstrong

2019-09-01

BACKGROUND: Caste, tribal, and religious associations, which are perhaps the most important aspects of personal and social lives i..

Self-harm in the Australian asylum seeker population: A national records-based study

Kyli Hedrick, Gregory Armstrong, Guy Coffey, Rohan Borschmann

2019-08-01

Background: Systematic research into self-harm in the Australian asylum seeker population is scarce, largely due to the lack of ac..

Surveillance for self-harm: an urgent need in low-income and middle-income countries

Lakshmi Vijayakumar, Gregory Armstrong

2019-08-01

Mass media representation of suicide in a high suicide state in India: an epidemiological comparison with suicide deaths in the population.

Gregory Armstrong, Lakshmi Vijayakumar, Jane Pirkis, Mala Jayaseelan, Anish Cherian, Jane Brandt Soerensen, Vikas Arya, Thomas Niederkrotenthaler

2019-07-18

Objectives Suicide rates in India are among the highest in the world, equating to over 200 000 suicides annually. Reports of suici..

Prevalence and correlates of lifetime and recent HIV testing among men who have sex with men (MSM) who use mobile geo-social networking applications in Greater Tokyo

Adam O Hill, Benjamin R Bavinton, Gregory Armstrong

2019-01-23

Assessing the quality of media reporting of suicide news in India against World Health Organization guidelines: A content analysis study of nine major newspapers in Tamil Nadu

Gregory Armstrong, Lakshmi Vijayakumar, Thomas Niederkrotenthaler, Mala Jayaseelan, Ramya Kannan, Jane Pirkis, Anthony F Jorm

2018-09-01