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« Back to NewsImpact of social factors on suicide must be recognised, leading experts say
10 September 2024
The impact of social factors such as poverty and abuse on suicide need to be recognised and action taken to address them, according to a major series of papers published in the Lancet Public Health on World Suicide Prevention Day.
Response to Suicide Prevention Strategy
13 September 2023
Director of the Centre for Suicide Research Keith Hawton responds to publication of the government's Suicide Prevention Strategy for England.
High premature mortality in those given community sentences who had psychiatric or substance use disorders
2 August 2023
People who had mental health or substance use disorders when they were given community orders were three times more likely to die prematurely, and particularly from suicide, accidents, drug overdose, or homicide, compared to those without any psychiatric diagnoses.
Review of studies into suicidal behaviour and thoughts among nurses and midwives
30 March 2023
Nurses need to have access to better wellbeing and psychological support after research showed they were at particular risk of suicide, according to a new paper.
Tackling Suicide Risk in People With Mental Disorders
9 August 2022
Clinical researchers from Oxford University’s Department of Psychiatry and Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, together with colleagues from elsewhere, have developed guidance to help clinicians identify and treat patients at risk of suicide.
28th British Isles Research Workshop on Suicide and Self-Harm & Lancet Psychiatry Suicide Symposium
2 November 2021
This year's annual meeting focused again on research related to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on suicide and self-harm. There was another session on online safety in the context of suicidal behaviour and the Online Safety Bill. Organised by the Centre for Suicide Research, University of Oxford, these virtual workshops for both senior and early career researchers from the UK and Ireland provide an important opportunity to share knowledge and discuss the latest research. This year there were also contributions from Australia and Denmark.
Helping People with Psychosis Feel Less Distressed May Help Reduce the Risk of Self-harm
19 July 2021
New research shows that by lessening the severity and impact of persecutory symptoms of psychosis, it may be possible to reduce the likelihood of someone with psychosis having thoughts of suicide or harming themselves.
No Evidence of Significant Increase in Risk of Suicide in First Months of Pandemic
13 April 2021
A new observational study is the first to examine suicides occurring during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic in multiple countries and finds that suicide numbers largely remained unchanged or declined in the pandemic’s early months, however continued monitoring is needed.
New Resource for Psychiatrists: Patient Suicide
11 August 2020
A new resource aimed to support psychiatrists dealing with the death of a patient by suicide is now available from the Centre for Suicide Research at the University of Oxford.
Governments urged to act now to prevent COVID-19 suicide risk
22 April 2020
There’s growing concern about the far-reaching impact COVID-19 may have on people’s mental health across the globe, with the consequences likely to be present for longer and peak later than the actual pandemic.
Lifetime suicide risk factors identified
17 January 2020
A new review by researchers in the Department of Psychiatry of previous studies into suicide worldwide has highlighted the effects of individual and environmental risk factors over a lifetime.
Management of adolescent self-harm needed to reduce suicide risk
9 January 2020
Children and adolescents who present to hospital following self-harm have an increased future risk of suicide compared with other children and adolescents, which may persist for several years, according to an observational study of more than 9,000 children and adolescents aged 10-18 years who presented to five English hospitals for non-fatal self-harm.
Suicide prevention: identifying and responding to suicide clusters
31 October 2019
This new version of a guide originally developed in 2015, is a major update, informed by experience of suicide clusters that have occurred in the community, in schools and universities, and in psychiatric settings.
Suicide prevention and intervention - World Mental Health Day
10 October 2019
Today, 10th October is the Thames Valley Suicide Prevention Conference in Reading from the Thames Valley Suicide Prevention and Intervention Network (SPIN). Professor Keith Hawton, Director of the Centre for Suicide Research, Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, will be chairing the event.
Self-harm in Children and Adolescents: A Major Health and Social Problem of our Time
1 July 2019
In the Jack Tizard Memorial Lecture during the Association for Child and Mental Health National Conference at the Royal College of Physicians, Professor Keith Hawton, highlighted the very worrying recent increases in rates of suicide in England in older adolescents and the big rise in self-harm in young teenage females.