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Centre for Suicide Research | Research | NIHR programme |
A multi-centre programme of clinical and public health research in support of the National Suicide Prevention Strategy for England
In collaboration with investigators in Bristol (Professor David Gunnell) and Manchester (Dr. Nav Kapur), we have been awarded a 4 year programme grant by the National Institute for Health Research to work on various projects in support of the National Suicide Prevention Strategy for England. The Oxford component focuses on drug availability and suicide prevention. The key researcher in Oxford is Sue Simkin. More details are available on the programme website.
Projects include:
Investigation of the impact of the MHRA announcement of the withdrawal of co-proxamol
Interview study of patients who have taken paracetamol overdoses
Publications arising from the programme:
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
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
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. doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.109.070219
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.
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, 339, 354-358; 338;b2270; doi:10.1136/bmj.b2270
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.
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