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more details from the publisherBy Their Own Young Hand
Deliberate Self-harm and Suicidal Ideas in Adolescents

Keith Hawton and Karen Rodham

with Emma Evans

 

Published in 2006, this book explores the findings of the first large-scale survey of deliberate self-harm and suicidal thinking in adolescents in the UK, and draws out the implications for prevention strategies and mental health promotion.

 

more details from the publisherPrevention and Treatment of Suicidal Behaviour:
From Science to Practice

Edited by

Keith Hawton

 

Published in 2005, this book contains chapters written by the international leaders in their fields, providing the highest quality of evidence and advice regarding the prevention and treatment of suicidal behaviour. It includes perspectives from clinical practice, epidemiology, public health and social medicine.

 

more details from the publisherThe International Handbook of Suicide and Attempted Suicide

Edited by

Keith Hawton, Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Warneford Hospital, Oxford, UK & Kees van Heeringen, Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Gent, Belgium

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2013

Biddle, L., Cooper, J., Owen-Smith, A., Klineberg, E., Bennewith, O., Hawton, K., Kapur, N., Donovan, J. & Gunnell, D. (2013). Qualitative interviewing with vulnerable populations: Individuals' experiences of participating in suicide and self-harm based research. Journal of Affective Disorders, 145, 356-362. doi:10.1016/j.jad.2012.08.024

Chapple, A., Ziebland, S., Simkin, S. & Hawton, K. (2013 ). How people bereaved by suicide perceive newspaper reporting: qualitative study. British Journal of Psychiatry. doi:10.1192/bjp.bp.112.114116

Haw, C., Hawton, K., Niedzwiedz, C. & Platt, S. (2013). Suicide clusters: a review of risk factors and mechanisms. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 43, 97-108. doi:10.1111/j.1943-278x.2012.00130.x

Hawton, K., Bergen, H., Simkin, S., Dodd, S., Pocock, P., Bernal, W., Gunnell, D. & Kapur, N. (2013). Long term effect of reduced pack sizes of paracetamol on poisoning deaths and liver transplant activity in England and Wales: interrupted time series analyses. BMJ, 346, f403. doi:10.1136/bmj.f403

Hawton, K., Casanas i Comabella, C., Haw, C. & Saunders, K. E. A. (2013). Risk factors for suicide in individuals with depression: A systematic review. Journal of Affective Disorders, 147, 17-28. doi:10.1016/j.jad.2013.01.004

2012

Bergen, H., Hawton, K., Waters, K., Ness, J., Cooper, J., Steeg, S. & Kapur, N. (2012). Premature death following self-harm: a multicentre cohort follow-up study. The Lancet. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(12)61141-6

Bergen, H., Hawton, K., Waters, K., Ness, J., Cooper, J., Steeg, S. & Kapur, N. (2012). How do methods of recent non-fatal self-harm relate to eventual suicide? Journal of Affective Disorders, 136, 526-533. doi:10.1016/j.jad.2011.10.036

Bergen, H., Hawton, K., Kapur, N., Cooper, J., Steeg, S., Ness, J. & Waters, K. (2012). Shared characteristics of suicides and other unnatural deaths following non-fatal self-harm? A multicentre study of risk factors. Psychological Medicine, 42, 727-742. doi:10.1017/S0033291711001747

Biddle, L., Gunnell, D., Owen-Smith, A., Potokar, J., Longson, D., Hawton, K., Kapur, N. & Donovan, J. (2012). Information sources used by the suicidal to inform choice of method. Journal of Affective Disorders, 136, 702-709. doi:10.1016/j.jad.2011.10.004

Chapple, A., Ziebland, S. & Hawton, K. (2012). A proper, fitting explanation? Suicide bereavement and perceptions of the coroner's verdict. Crisis, 33, 230-238. doi:10.1027/0227-5910/a000139

Gjelsvik, B., Heyerdahl, F. & Hawton, K. (2012). Prescribed medication availability and deliberate self-poisoning: a longitudinal study. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 73, e548-e554. doi:10.4088/JCP.11m07209

Gunnell, D., Bennewith, O., Kapur, N., Simkin, S., Cooper, J. & Hawton, K. (2012). The use of the Internet by people who die by suicide in England: A cross sectional study. Journal of Affective Disorders, 141, 480-483. doi:10.1016/j.jad.2012.04.015

Gunnell, D., Metcalfe, C., While, D., Hawton, K., Ho, D., Appleby, L. & Kapur, N. (2012). The impact of national policy initiatives on fatal and non-fatal self-harm after psychiatric hospital discharge: A time series analysis. British Journal of Psychiatry. doi:10.1192/bjp.bp.111.104422

Hawton, K. (2012). Psychiatric assessment and management of deliberate self-poisoning patients. Medicine, 40, 71-73. doi:10.1016/j.mpmed.2011.11.008

Hawton, K., Bergen, H., Kapur, N., Cooper, J., Steeg, S., Ness, J. & Waters, K. (2012). Repetition of self-harm and suicide following self-harm in children and adolescents: findings from the Multicentre Study of Self-harm in England. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7610.2012.02559.x

Hawton, K., Bergen, H., Mahadevan, S., Casey, D. & Simkin, S. (2012). Suicide and deliberate self-harm in Oxford University students over a 30-year period. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 47, 43-51. doi:10.1007/s00127-010-0310-3

Hawton, K., Bergen, H., Waters, K., Ness, J., Cooper, J., Steeg, S. & Kapur, N. (2012). Epidemiology and nature of self-harm in children and adolescents: findings from the multicentre study of self-harm in England. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. doi:10.1007/s00787-012-0269-6

Hawton, K., Bergen, H., Simkin, S., Wells, C., Kapur, N. & Gunnell, D. (2012). Six-year follow-up of impact of co-proxamol withdrawal in England and Wales on prescribing and deaths: time-series study. PLoS Medicine, 9(5): e1001213. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001213

Hawton, K. & O'Connor, R. C. (2012). Self-harm in adolescence and future mental health? Lancet, 379, 198-199. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(11)61260-9

Hawton, K., Saunders, K. E. A. & O'Connor, R. C. (2012). Self-harm and suicide in adolescents. Lancet, 379, 2373-2382.

Hawton, K., Sutton, L., Simkin, S., Walker, D.-M., Stacey, G., Waters, K. & Rees, S. (2012). Evaluation of a resource for people bereaved by suicide. Crisis, 33, 254-264. doi:10.1027/0227-5910/a000145

Murphy, E., Kapur, N., Webb, R., Purandare, N., Hawton, K., Bergen, H., Waters, K. & Cooper, J. (2012). Risk factors for repetition and suicide following self-harm in older adults: multicentre cohort study. British Journal of Psychiatry, 200, 399-404. doi:10.1192/bjp.bp.111.094177

O'Connor, R. C., Rasmussen, S. & Hawton, K. (2012). Distinguishing adolescents who think about self-harm from those who engage in self-harm. British Journal of Psychiatry, 200, 330-335. doi:10.1192/bjp.bp.111.097808

Platt, B., Hawton, K., Simkin, S., Dean, R. & Mellanby, R. J. (2012). Suicidality in the veterinary profession: Interview study of veterinarians with a history of suicidal ideation or behavior. Crisis, 33, 280-289. doi:10.1027/0227-5910/a000143

Platt, B., Hawton, K., Simkin, S. & Mellanby, R. J. (2012). Suicidal behaviour and psychosocial problems in veterinary surgeons: a systematic review. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 47, 223-240. doi:10.1007/s00127-010-0328-6

Rivlin, A., Fazel, S., Marzano, L. & Hawton, K. (2012). Studying survivors of near-lethal suicide attempts as a proxy for completed suicide in prisons Forensic Science International, 220, 19-26. doi:10.1016/j.forsciint.2012.01.022

Rivlin, A., Marzano, L., Hawton, K. & Fazel, S. (2012). The impact on prisoners of participating in research interviews related to near-lethal suicide attempts. Journal of Affective Disorders, 136, 54-62. doi:10.1016/j.jad.2011.09.009

Simkin, S., Bennewith, O. & Cooper, J. (2012). Investigating official records of suicides for research purposes: challenges and coping strategies. Crisis, 33, 123-126. doi:10.1027/0227-5910/a000167

Simkin, S., Hawton, K., Kapur, N. & Gunnell, D. (2012). What can be done to reduce mortality from paracetamol overdoses? A patient interview study. Quarterly Journal of Medicine, 105, 41-51. doi:10.1093/qjmed/hcr135

Steeg, S., Kapur, N., Webb, R., Applegate, E., Stewart, S. L. K., Hawton, K., Bergen, H., Waters, K. & Cooper, J. (2012). The development of a population-level clinical screening tool for self-harm repetition and suicide: the ReACT Self-Harm Rule. Psychological Medicine. doi:10.1017/S0033291712000347

 

2011

Collings, S. C., Fortune, S., Steers, D., Currey, N., Hawton, K., Wang, J. & Slim, B. (2011). Media influences on suicidal behaviour: An interview study of young people in New Zealand. Te Pou o Te Whakaaro Nui, The National Centre of Mental Health Research, Information and Workforce Development: Auckland, New Zealand.

Cooper, J., Hunter, C., Owen-Smith, A., Gunnell, D., Donovan, J., Hawton, K. & Kapur, N. (2011). “Well it's like someone at the other end cares about you.” A qualitative study exploring the views of users and providers of care of contact-based interventions following self-harm. General Hospital Psychiatry, 33, 166-176. doi:10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2011.01.009

Gunnell, D., Hawton, K. & Kapur, N. (2011). Coroners' verdicts and suicide statistics: increasing use of narrative verdicts raises serious concerns. BMJ, 343, d6030. doi:10.1136/bmj.d6030

Harriss, L. & Hawton, K. (2011). Deliberate self-harm in rural and urban regions: A comparative study of prevalence and patient characteristics. Social Science & Medicine, 73, 274-281. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.05.011

Haw, C. & Hawton, K. (2011). Living alone and deliberate self-harm: a case-control study of characteristics and risk factors. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 46, 1115-1125. doi:10.1007/s00127-010-0278-z

Haw, C., Hawton, K. (2011) Problem drug use, drug misuse and deliberate self-harm: trends and patient characteristics, with a focus on young people, Oxford, 1993-2006. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 46, 85-93. doi: 10.1007/s00127-009-0170-x

Hawton, K., Agerbo, E., Simkin, S., Platt, B. & Mellanby, R. J. (2011). Risk of suicide in medical and related occupational groups: a national study based on Danish case population-based registers. Journal of Affective Disorders, 134, 320-326. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2011.05.044

Hawton, K., Bergen, H., Simkin, S., Arensman, E., Corcoran, P., Cooper, J., Waters, K., Gunnell, D. & Kapur, N. (2011). Impact of different pack sizes of paracetamol in the United Kingdom and Ireland on intentional overdoses: a comparative study. BMC Public Health, 11, 460. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-460

Hawton, K., Bergen, H., Waters, K., Murphy, E., Cooper, J. & Kapur, N. (2011). Impact of withdrawal of the analgesic co-proxamol in the UK on non-fatal self-poisoning. Crisis 32, 81-87. doi: 10.1027/0227-5910/a000063

Madge, N., Hawton, K., McMahon, E. M., De Leo, D., de Wilde, E. J., Fekete, S., van Heeringen, K., Ystgaard, M. & Arensman, E. (2011). Psychological characteristics, stressful life events and deliberate self-harm: findings from the Child & Adolescent Self-harm in Europe (CASE) Study. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 20, 499-508. doi:10.1007/s00787-011-0210-4

Marzano, L., Fazel, S., Rivlin, A. & Hawton, K. (2011). Near-lethal self-harm in women prisoners: contributing factors and psychological processes. Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology. doi:10.1080/14789949.2011.617465

Marzano, L., Hawton, K., Rivlin., A, & Fazel., S. (2011) Psychosocial influences on prisoner suicide: a case-control study of near-lethal self-harm in women prisoners. Social Science and Medicine, 72, 874-883. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.12.028

Saunders, K. E. A., Hawton, K., Fortune, S. & Farrell, S. (2011) Attitudes and knowledge of clinical staff regarding people who self-harm: A systematic review. Journal of Affective Disorders, doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2011.08.024

Sinclair, J. M. A., Gray, A., Rivero-Arias, O., Saunders, K.E.A., Hawton, K. (2011) Healthcare and Social Services resource use and costs of self-harm patients. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 46, 263-271. doi: 10.1007/s00127-010-0183-5

Yip, P. S., Hawton, K., Liu, K., Liu, K. S., Ng, P. W., Kam, P. M., Law, Y. W. & Wong, T. W. (2011). A study of deliberate self-harm and its repetition among patients presenting to an Emergency Department. Crisis, 32, 217-224. doi:10.1027/0227-5910/a000069

 

2010

Bergen, H., Hawton, K., Waters, K., Cooper, J., Kapur, N. (2010) Epidemiology and trends in non-fatal self-harm in three centres in England, 2000 to 2007. British Journal of Psychiatry, 197, 493-498

Bergen, H., Hawton, K., Waters, K., Cooper, J., Kapur, N. (2010) Psychosocial assessment and repetition of self-harm: the significance of single and multiple repeat episode analyses. Journal of Affective Disorders, 127, 257-265

Bergen, H., Murphy, E., Cooper, J., Kapur, N., Stalker, C., Waters, K., Hawton, K. (2010) A comparative study of non-fatal self-poisoning with antidepressants relative to prescribing in three centres in England. Journal of Affective Disorders, 123, 95-101.

Biddle, L., Donovan, J., Owen-Smith, A., Potokar, J., Longson, D., Hawton, K., Kapur, N., Gunnell, D. (2010) Factors influencing the decision to use hanging as a method of suicide: qualitative study. British Journal of Psychiatry, 197, 320-325.

Collings, S. C., Macdonald, C., Kemp, C., Fortune, S. & Hawton, K. (2010). In the balance. Pro-suicide and support material located by New Zealand-based web searches. Te Pou: Auckland, New Zealand.

Cooper, J., Murphy, E. W. R., Hawton, K., Bergen, H., Waters, K., Kapur, N. (2010) Ethnic differences in self-harm, rates, characteristics and service provision: a cohort study comparing three English cities. British Journal of Psychiatry, 197, 212-218.

Corcoran, P., Reulbach, U., Keeley, H. S., Perry, I. J., Hawton, K., Arensman, E. (2010) Use of analgesics in intentional drug overdose presentations to hospital before and after the withdrawal of distalgesic from the Irish market. BMC Clinical Pharmacology, 10:6, http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6904/10/6

Fazel, S., Grann, M., Kling, B., Hawton, K. (2010) Prison suicide in 12 countries: an ecological study of 861 suicides during 2003-2007. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, DOI 10.1007/s00127-010-0184-4

Hawton, K. (2010) Completed suicide after attempted suicide. BMJ, 341, c3064.

Hawton, K., Bergen, H., Simkin, S., Cooper, J., Waters, K., Gunnell, D., Kapur, N. (2010) Toxicity of antidepressants: study of rates of suicide relative to prescribing and non-fatal overdose. British Journal of Psychiatry, 196, 354-358.

Hawton, K., Harriss, L., Rodham, K. (2010) How adolescents who cut themselves differ from those who take overdoses European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 19, 513-523 DOI 10.1007/s00787-0009-0065-0.

Kapur, N., Clements, C., Bateman, N., Foex, B., Mackway-Jones, K., Huxtable, R., Gunnell, D., Hawton, K. (2010) Advance directives and suicidal behaviour - how should clinicians respond? BMJ, 341, 590-591 (BMJ 2010;341:c4557)

Kapur, N., Cooper, J., Bennewith, O., Gunnell, D, Hawton, K. Postcards, green cards, and telephone calls - therapeutic contact with individuals following self-harm. (2010) Biritish Journal of Psychiatry, 197, 5-7.

Lloyd, J., Doll, H., Hawton, K., Dutton, W. H., Geddes, J. R., Goodwin, G. M., Rogers, R. D. (2010) How psychological symptoms relate to different motivations for gambling: an online study of Internet. Biological Psychiatry, 68, 733-740.


Lloyd, J., Doll, H., Hawton, K., Dutton, W. H., Geddes, J. R., Goodwin, G. M., Rogers, R. D. (2010) Internet gamblers: a latent class analysis of their behaviours and health experiences. Journal of Gambling Studies, 26, 387-399.

Mahadevan, S., Hawton, K., Casey, D. (2010) Deliberate self-harm in Oxford University students, 1993-2005:A descriptive and case-control study. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 45, 211-219 DOI 10.1007/s00127-009-0057-x

Marzano, L., Fazel, S., Rivlin, A., Hawton, K. (2010) Psychiatric disorders in women prisoners who have engaged in near-lethal self-harm: a case-control study. British Journal of Psychiatry, 197, 219-226.

O'Connor, R. C., Rasmussen, S., Hawton, K. (2010) Predicting depression, anxiety and self-harm in adolescents:The role of perfectionism and acute life stress. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 48, 52-59

Platt, B., Hawton, K., Simkin, S., Mellanby, R.J. (2010) Systematic review of the prevalence of suicide in veterinary surgeons. Occupational Medicine, 60, 436-446 doi: 10.1093/occmed/kqq044

Rivlin, A., Hawton, K., Marzano, L., Fazel, S. (2010) Psychiatric disorders in male prisoners who made near-lethal suicide attempts: case-control study. British Journal of Psychiatry, 197, 313-319.

Sinclair, J. M. A., Hawton, K., & Gray, A. (2010). Six year follow-up of a clinical sample of self-harm patients. Journal of Affective Disorders, 121, 247-252.

Townsend, E., Walker, D. M., Sargeant, S., Vostanis, P., Hawton, K., Stocker, O., Sithole, J. (2010) Systematic review and meta-analysis of interventions relevant for young offenders with mood disorders, anxiety disorders, or self-harm. Journal of Adolescence, 33,.9-20. doi:10.1016/j.adolescence.2009.05.015

Wong, P. W. C., Chan, W. S. C., Beh, P. S. L., Yau, F. W. S., Yip, P. S. F., Hawton, K. (2010) Research participation experiences of informants of suicide and control cases taken from a case-control psychological autopsy study of people who died by suicide. Crisis, 31, 238-246

2009

Bergen, H., Hawton, K., Murphy, E., Cooper, J., Kapur, N., Stalker, C., Waters, K. (2009) Trends in prescribing and self-poisoning in relation to UK regulatory authority warnings against use of SSRI antidepressants in under-18 year-olds. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 68, 618-629.

Bergen, H., Murphy, E., Cooper, J., Kapur, N., Stalker, C., Waters, K., Hawton, K. (2009) A comparative study of non-fatal self-poisoning with antidepressants relative to prescribing in three centres in England. Journal of Affective Disorders, doi:10.1016/j.jad.2009.10.004

Erlangsen, A., Agerbo, E., Hawton, K., Mortensen, P. B., Conwell, Y. (2009) Early discontinuation of antidepressant treatment and suicide risk among persons aged 50 and over: a population-based register study. Journal of Affective Disorders, 119, 194-199 doi:10.1016/j/jad.2009.03.011

Gunnell, D., Platt, S., Hawton, K. (2009) The economic crisis and suicide. Consequences may be serious and warrant early attention. BMJ, 338, 1456-1457

Hargus, E., Hawton, K., Rodham, K. (2009) Distinguishing between subgroups of adolescents who self harm. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 39, 518-537.

Haw, C., Harwood, D., Hawton, K. (2009) Dementia and suicidal behavior: a review of the literature. International Psychogeriatrics, 21, 440-453. doi:10.1017/S1041610209009065

Haw, C., Hawton, K. (2009) Problem drug use, drug misuse and deliberate self-harm: patient characteristics, trends and patterns in drugs misused in Oxford, 1993-2006 Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology DOI 10.1007/s00127-009-0170-x

Hawton, K., Bergen, H., Simkin, S., Brock, A., Griffiths, C., Romeri, E., Smith, K. L., Kapur, N., Gunnell, D. (2009) Effect of withdrawal of co-proxamol on prescribing and deaths from drug poisoning in England and Wales: time series analysis. BMJ 2009;338;b2270; doi:10.1136/bmj.b2270

Hawton, K., Harriss, L., Casey, D., Simkin, S., Harrison, K., Bray, I., Blatchley, N. F. (2009) Self-harm in UK armed forces personnel: descriptive and case-control study of general hospital presentations. British Journal of Psychiatry, 194, 266-272.

Hawton, K., Ratnayeke, L., Simkin, S., Harriss, L., Scott, V. (2009) Evaluation of acceptability and use of lockable storage devices for pesticides in Sri Lanka that might assist in prevention of self-poisoning. BMC Public Health, 9, 69.

Hawton, K., Rodham, K., Evans, E., Harriss, L. (2009) Adolescents who self harm: a comparison of those who go to hospital and those who do not. Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 14, 24-30.

Hawton, K., Saunders, K. E. A. (2009) Psychiatric service development and suicide. The Lancet, 373, 99-100.

Hawton, K., Van Heeringen, K. (2009) Suicide. The Lancet, 373, 1372-1381.

Marzano, L., Rivlin, A., Fazel, S., Hawton, K. (2009) Interviewing survivors of near-lethal self-harm: A novel approach for investigating suicide amongst prisoners. Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, 16, 152-155.

Mellanby, R. J., Platt, B., Simkin, S., Hawton, K. (2009) Incidence of alcohol-related deaths in the veterinary profession in England and Wales, 1993-2005. Veterinary Journal, 181, 332-335.

O'Connor, R. C., Rasmussen, S., Hawton, K. (2009) Predicting deliberate self-harm in adolescents: a six month prospective study. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 39, 364-375.

O'Connor, R. C., Rasmussen, S., Miles, J., Hawton, K. (2009) Self-harm in adolescents: self-report survey in schools in Scotland. British Journal of Psychiatry, 194, 68-72

Rossow, I., Hawton, K., Ystgaard, M. (2009) Cannabis use and deliberate self-harm in adolescence; a comparative analysis of associations in England and Norway. Archives of Suicide Research, 13, 340-348.

Saunders, K. E. A., Hawton, K. (2009) The role of psychopharmacology in suicide prevention. Epidemiologia e Psichiatria Sociale, 18, 172-178.

Taylor, T. L., Hawton, K., Fortune, S., Kapur, N. (2009) Attitudes towards clinical services among people who self-harm: systematic review. British Journal of Psychiatry, 194, 104-110.

Townsend, E., Walker, D. M., Sargeant, S., Vostanis, P., Hawton, K., Stocker, O., Sithole, J. (2009) Systematic review and meta-analysis of interventions relevant for young offenders with mood disorders, anxiety disorders, or self-harm. Journal of Adolescence doi:10.1016/j.adolescence.2009.05.015

Ystgaard, M., Arensman, E., Hawton, K., Madge, N., Van Heeringen, K., Hewitt, A., de Wilde, E. J., De Leo, D., Fekete, S. (2009) Deliberate self harm in adolescents: Comparison between those who receive help following self harm and those who do not. Journal of Adolescence, 32, 875-891.

2008

Antretter, E., Dunkel, D., Haring, C., Corcoran, P., De Leo, D., Fekete, S., Hawton, K., Kerkhof, A. J. F. M., Lonnqvist, J., Salander Renberg, E., Schmidtke, A., Van Heeringen, K., Wasserman, D. (2008) The factorial structure of the Suicidal Intent Scale: a comparative study in clinical samples from 11 European regions. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 7, 63-79

Biddle, L., Donovan, J., Hawton, K., Kapur, N., Gunnell, D. (2008) Suicide and the internet. BMJ, 336, 800-802.

Fazel, S., Cartwright, J., Norman-Nott, A., Hawton, K. (2008) Suicide in prisoners: a systematic review of risk factors. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 69, 1721-1731

Fortune, S., Sinclair, J., Hawton, K. (2008) Adolescents' views on preventing self-harm: a large community study Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 43, 96-104.

Fortune, S., Sinclair, J., Hawton, K. (2008) Help-seeking before and after episodes of self-harm: A descriptive study in school pupils in England. BMC Public Health, 8, 369

Gunnell D., Hawton K., Ho D., Evans J., O’Connor S., Potokar J., Donovan J., Kapur N. (2008) Hospital admissions for self-harm following psychiatric hospital discharge: cohort study, BMJ, 337, 1331-1334.

Haw, C., Hawton, K. (2008) Life problems and deliberate self-harm: associations with gender, age, suicidal intent and psychiatric and personality disorder Journal of Affective Disorders, 109, 139-148.

Hawton, K., Bergen, H., Casey, D., Simkin, S. (2008) Non-fatal hanging: general hospital presentations over a 28-year period and case control study. British Journal of Psychiatry, 193, 503-504.

Hawton, K., Harriss, L. (2008) The changing gender ratio in occurrence of deliberate self-harm across the life-cycle Crisis, 29, 4-10.

Hawton, K., Harriss, L. (2008) Deliberate self-harm by under 15-year olds: characteristics, trends and outcome. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 49, 441-448.

Hawton, K., Harriss, L. (2008) How often does deliberate self-harm occur relative to each suicide? A study of variations by gender and age. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 38, 650-660.

Hawton, K., Simkin, S., Rees, S. (2008) Help is at hand for people bereaved by suicide and other traumatic death. Psychiatric Bulletin, 32, 309-311.

Kapur, N., Murphy, E., Cooper, J., Bergen, H., Hawton, K., Simkin, S., Casey, D., Horrocks, J., Lilley, R., Noble, R., Owens, D. (2008) Psychosocial assessment following self-harm: results from the Multi-Centre Monitoring of Self-Harm Project. Journal of Affective Disorders, 106, 285-293

Lilley, R., Owens, D., Horrocks, J., House, A., Noble, R., Bergen, H., Hawton, K., Casey, D., Simkin, S., Murphy, E., Cooper, J., Kapur, N. (2008) Hospital care and repetition following self-harm: a multicentre comparison of self-poisoning and self-injury. British Journal of Psychiatry, 192, 440-445.

Madge, N., Hewitt, A., Hawton, K., de Wilde, E. J., Corcoran, P., Fekete, S., Van Heeringen, K., De Leo, D., Ystgaard, M. (2008) Deliberate self-harm within an international community sample of young people: comparative findings from the Child & Adolescent Self-harm in Europe (CASE) Study. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 49, 667-677.

McDaid, C., Trowman, R., Golder, S., Hawton, K., Sowden, A. (2008) Interventions for people bereaved through suicide: a systematic review. British Journal of Psychiatry, 193, 438-443.

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2007

Bergen, H., Hawton, K. (2007) Variations in deliberate self-harm around Christmas and New Year. Social Science and Medicine, 65, 855-867.

Bergen, H., Hawton, K. (2007) Variations in time of hospital presentation for deliberate self-harm and their implications for clinical services. Journal of Affective Disorders, 98, 227-237

Cheng, A. T. A., Hawton, K., Chen, T. H. H., Yen, A. M. F., Chang, J.-C., Chong, M.-Y., Liu, C.-Y., Lee, Y., Teng, P.-R., Chen, L.-C. (2007) The influence of media reporting of a celebrity suicide on suicidal behaviour in patients with a history of depressive disorder. Journal of Affective Disorders, 103, 69-75.

Cheng, A. T. A., Hawton, K., Chen, T. H. H., Yen, A. M. F., Chen, C.-Y., Chen, L.-C., Teng, P.-R. (2007) The influence of media coverage of a celebrity suicide on subsequent suicide attempts. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 68, 862-866.

Cheng, A. T. A., Hawton, K., Lee, C. T. C., Chen, T. H. H. (2007) The influence of media reporting of the suicide of a celebrity on suicide rates: a population-based study International Journal of Epidemiology, 36, 1229-1234.

Cooper, J., Murphy, E., Bergen, H., Casey, D., Hawton, K., Owens, D., Lilley, R., Noble, R., Kapur, N. (2007) The effect of using NHS number as the unique identifier for patients who self-harm: a multi-centre descriptive study. Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health, 3, 16 doi:10.1186/1745-0179-3-16

Crane, C., Williams, J. M. G., Hawton, K., Arensman, E., Hjelmeland, H., Bille-Brahe, U., Corcoran, P., De Leo, D., Fekete, S., Grad, O., Haring, C., Kerkhof, A., Lonnqvist, J., Michel, K., Salander-Renberg, E., Schmidtke, A., Van Heeringen, K., Wasserman, D. (2007) The association between life events and suicide intent in self-poisoners with and without a history of deliberate self harm: A preliminary study. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 37, 367-378.

Fortune, S. A., Hawton, K. (2007) Suicide and deliberate self-harm in children and adolescents. Paediatrics and Child Health, 17, 443-447.

Fortune, S., Stewart, A., Yadav, V., Hawton, K. (2007) Suicide in adolescents: using life charts to understand the suicidal process. Journal of Affective Disorders, 100, 199-210.

Gosney, H., Hawton, K. (2007) Inquest verdicts: youth suicides lost. Psychiatric Bulletin, 31, 203-205.

Haw, C., Hawton, K., Casey, D., Bergen, H. (2007) Repetition of deliberate self-harm: a study of the characteristics and subsequent deaths in patients presenting to a general hospital. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 37, 379-396.

Hawton, K. (2007) Restricting access to methods of suicide: Rationale and evaluation of this approach to suicide prevention. Crisis, 28 (Suppl. 1), 4-9.

Hawton, K. (2007) Complicated grief after bereavement. Psychological treatments may be effective. BMJ, 334, 962-963

Hawton, K. (2007) Psychiatric assessment and management of deliberate self-poisoning patients. Medicine, 35, 565-569.

Hawton, K., Bergen, H., Casey, D., Simkin, S., Palmer, B., Cooper, J., Kapur, N., Horrocks, J., House, A., Lilley, R., Noble, R., Owens, D. (2007) Self-harm in England: a tale of three cities. Multicentre study of self-harm. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 42, 513-521

Hawton, K., Harriss, L. (2007) Deliberate self-harm in young people: characteristics and subsequent mortality in a 20-year cohort of patients presenting to hospital. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 68, 1574-1583.

Rossow, I., Ystgaard, M., Hawton, K., Madge, N., Van Heeringen, K., de Wilde, E. J., De Leo, D., Fekete, S., Sullivan, C. (2007) Cross-national comparisons of the association between alcohol consumption and deliberate self-harm in adolescents. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 37, 605-615.

Sinclair, J., Crane, C., Hawton, K., Williams, J. M. G. (2007) The role of autobiographical memory specificity in deliberate self harm: correlates and consequences. Journal of Affective Disorders,102, 11-18

Svirko, E., Hawton, K. (2007) Self-injurious behaviour and eating disorders: the extent and nature of the association. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 37, 409-421.

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Harwood, D., Hawton, K., Hope, T., Harriss, L., Jacoby, R. (2006) Life problems and physical illness as risk factors for suicide in older people: a descriptive and case-control study. Psychological Medicine, 36, 1265-1274.

Harwood, D., Hawton, K., Hope, T., Jacoby, R. (2006) Suicide in older people without psychiatric disorders. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 21, 363-367.

Haw, C., Hawton, K., Casey, D. (2006) Deliberate self harm patients of no fixed abode: a case control study of characteristics and subsequent deaths in patients presenting to a general hospital. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 41, 918-925.

Hawton, K., Bale, E., Casey, D., Shepherd, A., Simkin, S., Harriss, L. (2006) Monitoring deliberate self harm presentations to general hospitals. Crisis, 27, 157-163.

Hawton, K., Harriss, L. (2006) Deliberate self harm in people aged 60 years and over: characteristics and outcome of a 20 year cohort. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 21, 572-581.

Hawton, K., Harriss, L., Zahl, D. (2006) Deaths from all causes in a long-term follow-up study of 11,583 deliberate self harm patients. Psychological Medicine, 36, 397-405

Hawton, K., Rodham, K. with Evans, E. (2006) By Their Own Young Hand: Deliberate Self Harm and Suicidal Ideas in Adolescents. Jessica Kingsley Publishers: London.

Kapur, N., Turnbull, P., Hawton, K., Simkin, S., Mackway-Jones, K., Gunnell, D. (2006) The hospital management of fatal self-poisoning in industrialised countries: an opportunity for suicide prevention? Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 36, 302-312

McAuliffe, C., Corcoran, P., Keeley, H. S., Arensman, E., Bille-Brahe, U., De Leo, D., Fekete, S., Hawton, K., Hjelmeland, H., Kelleher, M., Kerkhof, A. J. F. M., Lönnqvist, J., Michel, K., Salander Renberg, E., Schmidtke, A., Van Heeringen, K., Wasserman, D. (2006) Problem-solving ability and repetition of deliberate self-harm: a multicentre study. Psychological Medicine, 36, 45-55.

Saunders, K. E. A., Hawton, K. (2006) Suicidal behaviour and the menstrual cycle: a review. Psychological Medicine, 36, 901-912

Sinclair, J. M. A., Gray, A., Hawton, K. (2006) Systematic review of resource utilization in the short term management of deliberate self-harm. Psychological Medicine, 36, 1681-1694

Yip, P. S. F., Fu, K. W., Yang, K. C. T., Ip, B. Y. T., Chan, C. L. W., Chen, E. Y. H., Less, D. T. S., Law, F. Y. W., Hawton, K. (2006) The effects of a celebrity suicide on suicide rates in Hong Kong. Journal of Affective Disorders, 93, 245-252.

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