Pattern of pesticide storage before pesticide self-poisoning in rural Sri Lanka (2009)
Mohamed, Fahim, Manuweera, Gamini, Gunnell, David, Azher, Shifa, Eddleston, Michael, Dawson, Andrew, ...
Abstract Background Deliberate self-poisoning with agricultural pesticides is the commonest means of suicide in rural Asia. It is mostly impulsive and facilitated by easy access to pesticides. The...
Kidger, Judi, Donovan, Jenny L, Biddle, Lucy, Campbell, Rona, Gunnell, David
Abstract Background Schools have been identified as an important place in which to support adolescent emotional health, although evidence as to which interventions are effective remains limited....
Martin F. Wilks, Ravindra Fernando, P. L. Ariyananda, Michael Eddleston, David J. Berry, John A. Tomenson, ...
BackgroundPesticide ingestion is a common method of self-harm in the rural developing world. In an attempt to reduce the high case fatality seen with the herbicide paraquat, a novel formulation...
Tu, Yu-Kang, Gunnell, David, Gilthorpe, Mark S
Abstract This article discusses three statistical paradoxes that pervade epidemiological research: Simpson's paradox , Lord's paradox , and suppression . These paradoxes have important implications...
Bjerkeset, Ottar, Romundstad, Pål, Evans, Jonathan, Gunnell, David
A prospective cohort of 74,332 men and women was used to investigate the association of body mass index and height with suicide, anxiety, and depression. Participants in the Nord-Trøndelag Health...
© 2008 Tu et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License
Rogers, Peter, Appleton, Katherine, Kessler, David, Peters, Tim, Gunnell, David, Hayward, Robert, ...
Low dietary intakes of the n-3 long-chain PUFA (LCPUFA) EPA and DHA are thought to be associated with increased risk for a variety of adverse outcomes, including some psychiatric disorders....
Wilks, Martin F., Fernando, Ravindra, Ariyananda, P. L., Eddleston, Michael, Berry, David J., Tomenson, John A., ...
Background: Pesticide ingestion is a common method of self-harm in the rural developing world. In an attempt to reduce the high case fatality seen with the herbicide paraquat, a novel formulation...
The global distribution of fatal pesticide self-poisoning: Systematic review (2007)
Gunnell, David, Eddleston, Michael, Phillips, Michael R, Konradsen, Flemming
Abstract Background Evidence is accumulating that pesticide self-poisoning is one of the most commonly used methods of suicide worldwide, but the magnitude of the problem and the global distribution...
Humphreys, Vikki, Martin, Richard M., Ratcliffe, Brian, Duthie, Susan, Wood, Sharon, Gunnell, David, ...
Background One commonly held theory of ageing is that it is caused by oxidative damage to critical molecules in the body, including proteins, lipids and nucleic acids. Accumulation of oxidative DNA...
Schizophrenia and Neural Tube Defects: Comparisons From an Epidemiological Perspective (2007)
Zammit, Stanley, Lewis, Sarah, Gunnell, David, Smith, George Davey
In this review, we examine and compare epidemiological studies of schizophrenia and neural tube defects (NTDs). Although there is no apparent link between these 2 disparate disorders in terms of...
Maxwell, Roy, Trotter, Caroline, Verne, Julia, Brown, Paul, Gunnell, David
Objectives To investigate recent trends in in-patient admissions in England for assaults that involve a stabbing. Design and data source Time-series analysis of the NHS Health and Social Care...
Appleton, Katherine M., Peters, Tim J., Heatherley, Susan V., Hayward, Robert C., McNaughton, Sarah, Rogers, Peter J., ...
There is increasing evidence of an association between low dietary intake of essential n-3 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 EFAs) and depressed mood. This study aimed to evaluate this...
Fetal Growth and Childhood Behavioral Problems: Results from the ALSPAC Cohort (2006)
Wiles, Nicola J., Peters, Tim J., Heron, Jon, Gunnell, David, Emond, Alan, Lewis, Glyn, ...
Using data on 4,813 children from the ALSPAC cohort in Bristol, United Kingdom, recontacted in 1998–1999, the authors investigated whether intrauterine growth restriction (indexed by birth weight...
Magnusson, Patrik K. E., Rasmussen, Finn, Lawlor, Debbie A., Tynelius, Per, Gunnell, David
The authors investigated the association of body mass index (BMI) with suicide in a record linkage study based on the Swedish Military Service Conscription Register, the Population and Housing...
Schizophrenia and Neural Tube Defects: Comparisons From an Epidemiological Perspective (2006)
Zammit, Stanley, Lewis, Sarah, Gunnell, David, Smith, George Davey
In this review, we examine and compare epidemiological studies of schizophrenia and neural tube defects (NTDs). Although there is no apparent link between these 2 disparate disorders in terms of...
Maynard, Maria, Gunnell, David, Ness, Andrew R., Abraham, Lucy, Bates, Chris J., Blane, David
Background: The aim of this study is to identify the socio-economic and health-related factors in childhood and later life associated with healthy eating in early old age. Methods: The study is based...
Appleton, Katherine M., Peters, Tim J., Heatherley, Susan V., Hayward, Robert C., McNaughton, Sarah, Rogers, Peter J., ...
There is increasing evidence of an association between low dietary intake of essential n-3 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 EFAs) and depressed mood. This study aimed to evaluate this...
Magnusson, Patrik K. E., Rasmussen, Finn, Lawlor, Debbie A., Tynelius, Per, Gunnell, David
The authors investigated the association of body mass index (BMI) with suicide in a record linkage study based on the Swedish Military Service Conscription Register, the Population and Housing...
The epidemiology and management of self-harm amongst adults in England (2005)
Gunnell, David, Bennewith, Olive, Peters, Tim J., House, Allan, Hawton, Keith
Background Previous research into the epidemiology and management of self-harm has been largely based in centres with a special interest in this behaviour or focused on hospital admissions only....
Martin, Richard M., Gunnell, David, Davey Smith, George
The influence of breastfeeding on blood pressure in later life is uncertain. The authors conducted a systematic review of published studies from which estimates of a mean difference (standard error)...
The epidemiology and prevention of suicide by hanging: a systematic review (2005)
Gunnell, David, Bennewith, Olive, Hawton, Keith, Simkin, Sue, Kapur, Nav
Background Hanging is one of the most commonly used methods for suicide worldwide. In England and a number of other countries, its incidence has increased over the last 30 years. This review...
The epidemiology and prevention of suicide by hanging: a systematic review (2005)
Gunnell, David, Bennewith, Olive, Hawton, Keith, Simkin, Sue, Kapur, Nav
Background Hanging is one of the most commonly used methods for suicide worldwide. In England and a number of other countries, its incidence has increased over the last 30 years. This review...
Martin, Richard M., Gunnell, David, Pemberton, John, Watson, Simone, Frankel, Stephen, Davey Smith, George
Martin, Richard M, Gunnell, David, Pemberton, John, Watson, Simone, Frankel, Stephen, Davey Smith, George
Magnusson, Patrik K. E., Rasmussen, Finn, Lawlor, Debbie A., Tynelius, Per, Gunnell, David
The authors investigated the association of body mass index (BMI) with suicide in a record linkage study based on the Swedish Military Service Conscription Register, the Population and Housing...
Variations in the hospital management of self harm in adults in England: observational study (2004)
Bennewith, Olive, Gunnell, David, Peters, Tim, Hawton, Keith, House, Allan
More than 140 000 people present to hospital after an episode of self harm each year in England and Wales.1 Improving the general hospital management of these people is a key area in preventing...
Variations in the hospital management of self harm in adults in England: observational study (2004)
Bennewith, Olive, Gunnell, David, Peters, Tim J, Hawton, Keith, House, Alan
More than 140 000 people present to hospital after an episode of self harm each year in England and Wales.1 Improving the general hospital management of these people is a key area in preventing...
Stocks, Nigel Phillip, Braunack-Mayer, Annette Joy, Somerset, Maggie, Gunnell, David
Copyright © 2004 Taylor & Francis
Stocks, Nigel Phillip, Braunack-Mayer, Annette Joy, Somerset, Maggie, Gunnell, David
Copyright © 2004 Taylor & Francis
Martin, Richard M, Davey Smith, George, Mangtani, Punam, Tilling, Kate, Frankel, Stephen, Gunnell, David
Aims To investigate the association of breastfeeding with all-cause, cardiovascular, and ischaemic heart disease mortality. Methods and results A long-term follow-up of 4999 children originally...
The epidemiology and management of self-harm amongst adults in England (2004)
Gunnell, David, Bennewith, Olive, Peters, Tim J., House, Allan, Hawton, Keith
Background Previous research into the epidemiology and management of self-harm has been largely based in centres with a special interest in this behaviour or focused on hospital admissions only....
Gunnell, David, Rasmussen, Finn, Fouskakis, Dimitris, Tynelius, Per, Harrison, Glynn
Factors influencing fetal and childhood growth may affect a person’s risk of developing schizophrenia. Associations of size at birth and body size in young adulthood with schizophrenia and other...
Stocks, Nigel Phillip, Gunnell, David
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Stocks, Nigel Phillip, Gunnell, David
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Arensman, Ellen, Townsend, Ellen, Hawton, Keith, Bremner, Sandy, Feldman, Eleanor, Goldney, Robert Donald, ...
Copyright © 2001 The American Association of Suicidology
Deliberate self harm is common reason for emergency medical admission (2001)
Bennewith, Olive, Sharp, D J, Gunnell, David, Peters, Tim J, Stocks, Nigel Phillip
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Arensman, Ellen, Townsend, Ellen, Hawton, Keith, Bremner, Sandy, Feldman, Eleanor, Goldney, Robert Donald, ...
Copyright © 2001 The American Association of Suicidology
Deliberate self harm is common reason for emergency medical admission (2001)
Bennewith, Olive, Sharp, D J, Gunnell, David, Peters, Tim J, Stocks, Nigel Phillip
© British Medical Journal Publishing Group
Childhood Socioeconomic Position and Adult Cardiovascular Mortality: The Boyd Orr Cohort (1999)
Frankel, Stephen, Smith, George Davey, Gunnell, David
The relation between childhood socioeconomic position and adult cardiovascular mortality is examined in 3,750 individuals whose families took part in the Carnegie survey of family diet and health in...
Hawton, K., Arensman, E., Townsend, E., Bremner, S., Feldman, E., Goldney, R., ...
Objective: To identify and synthesise the findings from all randomised controlled trials that have examined the effectiveness of treatments of patients who have deliberately harmed themselves....
Hawton, K., Arensman, E., Townsend, E., Bremner, S., Feldman, E., Goldney, R., ...
Objective: To identify and synthesise the findings from all randomised controlled trials that have examined the effectiveness of treatments of patients who have deliberately harmed themselves....
Non-response bias in a lifestyle survey (1997)
Hill, Anthony, Roberts, Julian, Ewings, Paul, Gunnell, David
Background Monitoring health targets is often undertaken using questionnaire surveys of lifestyle risk factors. Non-response bias is recognized but rarely quantified. Methods Following a...
Ecological study of social fragmentation, poverty, and suicide
Whitley, Elise, Gunnell, David, Dorling, Daniel, Smith, George Davey
Hawton, Keith, Arensman, Ella, Townsend, Ellen, Bremner, Sandy, Feldman, Eleanor, Goldney, Robert, ...
Objective: To identify and synthesise the findings from all randomised controlled trials that have examined the effectiveness of treatments of patients who have deliberately harmed themselves.
Hawton, Keith, Townsend, Ellen, Deeks, Jonathan, Appleby, Louis, Gunnell, David, Bennewith, Olive, ...
NHS waiting lists and evidence of national or local failure: analysis of health service data
Martin, Richard M, Sterne, Jonathan A C, Gunnell, David, Ebrahim, Shah, Davey Smith, George, Frankel, Stephen
Variations in the hospital management of self harm in adults in England: observational study
Bennewith, Olive, Gunnell, David, Peters, Tim, Hawton, Keith, House, Allan
Hospital management of self harm in adults in England: Authors' reply
Bennewith, Olive, Gunnell, David, Peters, Tim, Hawton, Keith, House, Allan
Paternal age and schizophrenia: a population based cohort study
Sipos, Attila, Rasmussen, Finn, Harrison, Glynn, Tynelius, Per, Lewis, Glyn, Leon, David A, ...
Objective To investigate the association of paternal age at conception with the risk of offspring developing schizophrenia.
Gunnell, David, Saperia, Julia, Ashby, Deborah
Objective To investigate whether selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressants are associated with an increased risk of suicide related outcomes in adults.
Martinez, Carlos, Rietbrock, Stephan, Wise, Lesley, Ashby, Deborah, Chick, Jonathan, Moseley, Jane, ...
Objective To compare the risk of non-fatal self harm and suicide in patients taking selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) with that of patients taking tricyclic antidepressants, as well as...
Opportunity cost of antidepressant prescribing in England: analysis of routine data
Hollinghurst, Sandra, Kessler, David, Peters, Tim J, Gunnell, David
All troops sent to Gulf should be randomised to receive anthrax vaccination or placebo
Ness, Andrew R, Harvey, Ian, Gunnell, David, Smith, George Davey
Factors influencing help seeking in mentally distressed young adults: a cross-sectional survey.
Biddle, Lucy, Gunnell, David, Sharp, Debbie, Donovan, Jenny L
BACKGROUND: Young adults, especially men, are among those least likely to consult healthcare professionals when mentally distressed or suicidal. AIMS: To investigate the help-seeking behaviours of...
Ecological study of social fragmentation, poverty, and suicide
Whitley, Elise, Gunnell, David, Dorling, Daniel, Smith, George Davey
Hawton, Keith, Arensman, Ella, Townsend, Ellen, Bremner, Sandy, Feldman, Eleanor, Goldney, Robert, ...
Objective: To identify and synthesise the findings from all randomised controlled trials that have examined the effectiveness of treatments of patients who have deliberately harmed themselves.
Hawton, Keith, Townsend, Ellen, Deeks, Jonathan, Appleby, Louis, Gunnell, David, Bennewith, Olive, ...
NHS waiting lists and evidence of national or local failure: analysis of health service data
Martin, Richard M, Sterne, Jonathan A C, Gunnell, David, Ebrahim, Shah, Davey Smith, George, Frankel, Stephen
Variations in the hospital management of self harm in adults in England: observational study
Bennewith, Olive, Gunnell, David, Peters, Tim, Hawton, Keith, House, Allan
Hospital management of self harm in adults in England: Authors' reply
Bennewith, Olive, Gunnell, David, Peters, Tim, Hawton, Keith, House, Allan
Paternal age and schizophrenia: a population based cohort study
Sipos, Attila, Rasmussen, Finn, Harrison, Glynn, Tynelius, Per, Lewis, Glyn, Leon, David A, ...
Objective To investigate the association of paternal age at conception with the risk of offspring developing schizophrenia.
Gunnell, David, Saperia, Julia, Ashby, Deborah
Objective To investigate whether selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressants are associated with an increased risk of suicide related outcomes in adults.
Martinez, Carlos, Rietbrock, Stephan, Wise, Lesley, Ashby, Deborah, Chick, Jonathan, Moseley, Jane, ...
Objective To compare the risk of non-fatal self harm and suicide in patients taking selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) with that of patients taking tricyclic antidepressants, as well as...
Opportunity cost of antidepressant prescribing in England: analysis of routine data
Hollinghurst, Sandra, Kessler, David, Peters, Tim J, Gunnell, David
All troops sent to Gulf should be randomised to receive anthrax vaccination or placebo
Ness, Andrew R, Harvey, Ian, Gunnell, David, Smith, George Davey
Factors influencing help seeking in mentally distressed young adults: a cross-sectional survey.
Biddle, Lucy, Gunnell, David, Sharp, Debbie, Donovan, Jenny L
BACKGROUND: Young adults, especially men, are among those least likely to consult healthcare professionals when mentally distressed or suicidal. AIMS: To investigate the help-seeking behaviours of...
Does Restricting Pack Size of Paracetamol (Acetaminophen) Reduce Suicides?
Buckley, Nicholas A, Gunnell, David
The authors discuss a new study that examined the change in deaths attributed to paracetamol poisoning in England and Wales in the six years before and after a legislated reduction in the maximum...
Young adults' perceptions of GPs as a help source for mental distress: a qualitative study
Biddle, Lucy, Donovan, Jenny L, Gunnell, David, Sharp, Debbie
Wilks, Martin F, Fernando, Ravindra, Ariyananda, P. L, Eddleston, Michael, Berry, David J, Tomenson, John A, ...
Martin Wilks and colleagues compared the outcome of paraquat self-poisoning with the standard formulation against a new formulation following its introduction into Sri Lanka.
Tu, Yu-Kang, Gunnell, David, Gilthorpe, Mark S
This article discusses three statistical paradoxes that pervade epidemiological research: Simpson's paradox, Lord's paradox, and suppression. These paradoxes have important implications for the...
The global distribution of fatal pesticide self-poisoning: Systematic review
Gunnell, David, Eddleston, Michael, Phillips, Michael R, Konradsen, Flemming
Suicide rates in young men in England and Wales in the 21st century: time trend study
Biddle, Lucy, Brock, Anita, Brookes, Sara T, Gunnell, David
Objectives To explore trends in suicide in young people to investigate the recent observation that after year on year rises in the 1970s, 1980s, and early 1990s, rates in young men are now declining.
Wheeler, Benedict W, Gunnell, David, Metcalfe, Chris, Stephens, Peter, Martin, Richard M
Objective To investigate the population impact on the incidence of suicide and non-fatal self harm of regulatory action in 2003 to restrict the use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)...
Biddle, Lucy, Donovan, Jenny, Hawton, Keith, Kapur, Navneet, Gunnell, David
Recentreports of suicide by young people have highlighted the possible influence of internet sites. Lucy Biddle and colleagues investigate what a web search is likely to find
Risk of low Apgar score and socioeconomic position: a study of Swedish male births
Odd, David E, Doyle, Pat, Gunnell, David, Lewis, Glyn, Whitelaw, Andrew, Rasmussen, Finn
Hospital admissions for self harm after discharge from psychiatric inpatient care: cohort study
Gunnell, David, Hawton, Keith, Ho, Davidson, Evans, Jonathan, O’Connor, Susan, Potokar, John, ...
Objective To determine the risk of non-fatal self harm in the 12 months after discharge from psychiatric inpatient care.
Schizophrenia and Neural Tube Defects: Comparisons From an Epidemiological Perspective
Zammit, Stanley, Lewis, Sarah, Gunnell, David, Smith, George Davey
In this review, we examine and compare epidemiological studies of schizophrenia and neural tube defects (NTDs). Although there is no apparent link between these 2 disparate disorders in terms of...
Missing deaths from pesticide self-poisoning at the IFCS Forum IV.
Konradsen, Flemming, Van Der Hoek, Wim, Gunnell, David, Eddleston, Michael
Eddleston, Michael, Sudarshan, K., Senthilkumaran, M., Reginald, K., Karalliedde, Lakshman, Senarathna, Lalith, ...
OBJECTIVES: Most data on self-poisoning in rural Asia have come from secondary hospitals. We aimed to: assess how transfers from primary to secondary hospitals affected estimates of case-fatality...
Height, wealth, and health: An overview with new data from three longitudinal studies
Batty, G. David, Shipley, Martin J., Gunnell, David, Huxley, Rachel, Kivimaki, Mika, Woodward, Mark, ...
This overview, based on a literature review and new data from the three cohorts (Whitehall Studies I and II, and the Vietnam Experience Study), has four objectives: (a) to outline the major...
Advanced paternal age: How old is too old?
Bray, Isabelle, Gunnell, David
Average paternal age in the UK is increasing. The public health implications of this trend have not been widely anticipated or debated. This commentary aims to contribute to such a debate....