PREVENTING SUICIDE IN INDIA BY IMPROVING MEDIA REPORTING OF SUICIDES

Discrimination experienced by sexual minority males in Australia: Associations with suicidal ideation and depressive symptoms

K Balakrishnan, T Haregu, AO Hill, JT Young, G Armstrong

2022-03-11

INTRODUCTION: Discrimination has been under-examined as a social determinant of the higher rates of poor mental health experienced..

Amphetamine-type stimulant use and self-harm: protocol for a systematic review of observational studies

Craig Cumming, Gregory Armstrong, Rohan Borschmann, James A Foulds, Giles Newton-Howes, Rebecca McKetin, Shannen Vallesi, David Preen, Jesse Young

2022-01-01

INTRODUCTION: Amphetamine type stimulant (ATS) use and self-harm are both major public health concerns globally. Use of ATS is ass..

What are the effects of ethnicity, sexuality, disability and obesity on the odds of experiencing discrimination among Australian males? A nationwide cross-sectional survey

Gregory Armstrong, Tilahun Haregu, Jesse Young, Yin Paradies

2022-01-01

OBJECTIVES: The global public health community has been slow to acknowledge the important role of discrimination in health inequal..

Associations Between Social Capital and HIV Risk-Taking Behaviors Among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Japan

Adam O Hill, Benjamin R Bavinton, Noriyo Kaneko, Lise Lafferty, Anthony Lyons, Stuart Gilmour, Gregory Armstrong

2021-10-07

Social capital has been positively associated with reduced HIV risk. However, few studies have investigated if associations vary b..

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

2021-07-13

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

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

2021-06-01

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

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

2021-02-01

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

2021-01-01

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

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

2021-01-01

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

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

2020-12-29

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

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

2020-12-17

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

"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

2020-09-21

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

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

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

2020-08-08

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

High prevalence of health and social risk behaviours among men experiencing suicidal thoughts and behaviour: The imperative to undertake holistic assessments

Gregory Armstrong, Tilahun Haregu, Eric D Caine, Jesse T Young, Matthew J Spittal, Anthony F Jorm

2020-08-01

Objective: We aimed to examine whether suicidal thoughts and behaviour were independently associated with a wide range of health a..

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..

An evaluation of the quality of self-harm incident reporting across the Australian asylum seeker population according to World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines

Kyli Hedrick, Gregory Armstrong, Guy Coffey, Rohan Borschmann

2020-06-15

BACKGROUND: Asylum seekers are at elevated risk of self-harm, and the personal and public health costs of self-harm are high; yet ..

Self-harm among asylum seekers in Australian onshore immigration detention: how incidence rates vary by held detention type

Kyli Hedrick, Gregory Armstrong, Guy Coffey, Rohan Borschmann

2020-04-30

BACKGROUND: Detained asylum seekers are at increased risk of self-harm, and the type of detention in which they are held may furth..

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..

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

BACKGROUND: Intersectoral collaboration is fundamental to the provision of people-centred mental health care, yet there is a deart..

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 Dandona, 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

Men who have sex with men (MSM) are disproportionately burdened by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), accounting for 78% of a..

Prevalence and Factors Associated with Inconsistent Condom Use 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

2018-12-01

This study examined the prevalence and factors associated with inconsistent condom use among men who have sex with men (MSM) who u..

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

OBJECTIVES: Suicide rates in India are among the highest in the world, resulting in an estimated 250,000 suicide deaths annually. ..