Are LGBT populations at a higher risk for suicidal behaviors in Australia? Research findings and implications

DM Skerrett, K Kõlves, D De Leo - Journal of Homosexuality, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
The aim of this article is to review the Australian literature about suicidality in minority sexual
identity and/or behavior groups in order to determine the evidence base for their reported …

How do people stop non-suicidal self-injury? A systematic review

TA Mummé, H Mildred, T Knight - Archives of suicide research, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
The current paper reviews extant quantitative and qualitative literature into how Non-
Suicidal Self-Injury cessation occurs, and individuals' experiences of stop**. Specific …

Suicide by health professionals: a retrospective mortality study in Australia, 2001–2012

AJ Milner, H Maheen, MM Bismark… - Medical Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives: To report age‐standardised rates and methods of suicide by health
professionals, and to compare these with suicide rates for other occupations. Study design …

Declining autopsy rates and suicide misclassification: a cross-national analysis of 35 countries

ND Kapusta, US Tran, IRH Rockett… - Archives of general …, 2011 - jamanetwork.com
Context Suicides are prone to misclassification during death ascertainment procedures. This
problem has generated frequent criticism of the validity of suicide mortality statistics …

Access to means of suicide, occupation and the risk of suicide: a national study over 12 years of coronial data

A Milner, K Witt, H Maheen, AD LaMontagne - BMC psychiatry, 2017 - Springer
Background Availability of lethal means is a significant risk factor for suicide. This study
investigated whether occupations with greater access to lethal means had higher suicide …

Race/ethnicity and potential suicide misclassification: window on a minority suicide paradox?

IRH Rockett, S Wang, S Stack, D De Leo, JL Frost… - BMC psychiatry, 2010 - Springer
Background Suicide officially kills approximately 30,000 annually in the United States.
Analysis of this leading public health problem is complicated by undercounting. Despite …

Why there is a need for an international nomenclature and classification system for suicide

MM Silverman, D De Leo - Crisis, 2016 - econtent.hogrefe.com
There is no internationally agreed-upon set of terms, definitions, or classifications for the
range of thoughts, communications, and behaviors that are related to self-injurious …

Time trends in coroners' use of different verdicts for possible suicides and their impact on officially reported incidence of suicide in England: 1990–2005

D Gunnell, O Bennewith, S Simkin, J Cooper… - Psychological …, 2013 - cambridge.org
BackgroundOfficial suicide statistics for England are based on deaths given suicide verdicts
and most cases given an open verdict following a coroner's inquest. Previous research …

Suicide trends among Australian construction workers during years 2001–2019

H Maheen, Y Taouk, AD LaMontagne, M Spittal… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
In many Western countries, including Australia, construction workers have been identified as
being at elevated risk of suicide compared to other workers. A variety of suicide prevention …

Suicide among emergency and protective service workers: A retrospective mortality study in Australia, 2001 to 2012

A Milner, K Witt, H Maheen, AD LaMontagne - Work, 2017 - content.iospress.com
BACKGROUND: Emergency and protective services personnel (eg, police, ambulance, fire-
fighters, defence, prison and security officers) report elevated levels of job stress and health …