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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.
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.
Viewing self-harm images on the internet and in social media usually causes harm, according to new review
21 March 2023
Clinical researchers have reviewed the international research evidence regarding the impact of viewing images of self-harm on the internet and in social media.
Beta-blocker use associated with lower rates of violence
31 January 2023
New study assessed behavioural health in 1.4 million individuals over an eight-year period.
27th British Isles Research Workshop on Suicide and Self-Harm & Lancet Psychiatry Suicide Symposium
15 October 2020
These two annual meetings organised by the Centre for Suicide Research, University of Oxford, for researchers from the UK and Ireland were merged into two virtual workshops this year. The first focused on research related to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on suicide and self-harm and the second on other research in the field of suicidal behaviour.
Cannabis use in teens raises risk of depression in young adults
13 February 2019
Researchers from McGill University and the University of Oxford carried out a systematic review and meta-analysis of the best existing evidence and analysed 23,317 individuals (from 11 international studies) to see whether use of cannabis in young people is associated with depression, anxiety and suicidality in early adulthood.
25th British Isles Research Workshop
14 January 2019
Professor Keith Hawton hosted the 25th British Isles Research Workshop on Suicide and Self-harm in November 2018. An annually held event which brings together researchers from the UK, Ireland and other countries.