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Galit Geulayov
PhD
Senior postdoctoral researcher
I am a mental health epidemiologist researching self-harm and suicide.
Research Interests:
- Early-onset self-harm
- Parental self-harm and offspring outcomes
- Loneliness and suicidal risk
- Self-harm measurement and case ascertainment
My research focuses on understanding the intergenerational transmission of mental health difficulties, particularly how parental self-harm may influence the mental health of their offspring.
I am studying self-harm and suicidal risk in children aged 12 and under. My work involves examining risk and protective factors for self-harm and suicidal behaviour in this age group, as well as the support needs of their families, with the aim of improving community-based responses to self-harm in children.
Additionally, I am developing a machine learning-based tool to identify instances of self-harm within Electronic Health Records.
As the self-harm research lead for the OxWell School Survey, I am currently involved in examining self-harm among primary school children, trends in self-harm over time, sleep problems in adolescents who self-harm and exposure to self-harm related content online.
Previously, I served as the data curator and analyst for the Multicentre Study of Self-harm in England. This study collects information on individuals who present to hospitals following self-harm. My work involved analysing trends in self-harm over time and examining the relationships between socio-economic and clinical characteristics with clinical care and mortality.
Recent publications
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Exploring the Relationship Between Public Social Media Accounts, Adolescent Mental Health, and Parental Guidance in England: Large Cross-Sectional School Survey Study.
Journal article
Mabaso WS. et al, (2024), J Med Internet Res, 26
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Self-harm in women in midlife: rates, precipitating problems, and outcomes following hospital presentations in the Multicentre Study of Self-harm in England. Clements, C., Bickley H., Hawton K., Geulayov G., Waters K, Ness J, Kelly S, Townsend E, Appleby L, Kapur N.
Journal article
CLEMENTS C. et al, (2024), BRITISH JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY
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Variation in the clinical management of self-harm by area-level socio-economic deprivation: findings from the multicenter study of self-harm in England.
Journal article
Geulayov G. et al, (2024), Psychol Med, 54, 1004 - 1015
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Self-harm in university students: A comparative analysis of data from the Multicentre Study of Self-harm in England.
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Clements C. et al, (2023), J Affect Disord
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The characteristics, life problems and clinical management of older adults who self-harm: Findings from the Multicentre Study of Self-Harm in England.
Journal article
Patel A. et al, (2023), Int J Geriatr Psychiatry