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Mental Health and Neurodegeneration

Publications

  • 2012

    Journal article

    • Hunt, I., Windfuhr, K., Shaw, J., Appleby, L. & Kapur, N (2012). Ligature Points and Ligature Types Used by Psychiatric Inpatients Who Die by Hanging. Crisis, 1-8. eScholarID:157933 | PMID:22343063 | DOI:10.1027/0227-5910/a000117
    • While, D., Bickley, H., Roscoe, A., Windfuhr, K., Rahman, S., Shaw, J., Appleby, L. & Kapur, N (2012). Implementation of mental health service recommendations in England and Wales and suicide rates, 1997-2006: a cross-sectional and before-and-after observational study. Lancet, eScholarID:157404 | PMID:22305767 | DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(11)61712-1

  • 2011

    Journal article

    • Flynn, S. Abel, K. While, D. Mehta, H. Shaw, J. (2011). Mental Illness, gender and homicide: A population-based descriptive study. Psychiatry Research, 185, 368-375. eScholarID:117446 | DOI:10.1016/j.psychres.2010.07.040
    • Hunt, I., Windfuhr, K., Swinson, N., Shaw, J., Appleby, L. & Kapur, N (2011). Electroconvulsive therapy and suicide among the mentally ill in England: A national clinical survey. Psychiatry Res, (187), 145-149. eScholarID:117339 | PMID:21208662 | DOI:10.1016/j.psychres.2010.12.014
    • Kalucy, M., Rodway, C., Finn, J., Pearson, A., Flynn, S., Swinson, N., Roscoe, A., Cruz, D., Appleby, L. & Shaw, J (2011). Comparison of British national newspaper coverage of homicide committed by perpetrators with and without mental illness. Aust N Z J Psychiatry, 45(7), 539-48. eScholarID:126098 | PMID:21718123 | DOI:10.3109/00048674.2011.585605
    • Rodway, C., Norrington-Moore, V., Appleby, A., & Shaw, J. (2011). An Examination of the Quality of Psychiatric Court Reports for Juvenile Perpetrators of Homicide. Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology, 22(6), 895-904. eScholarID:143038 | DOI:10.1080/14789949.2011.626060
    • Rodway, C., Norrington-Moore, V., While, D., Hunt, I., Flynn, S., Swinson, N., Roscoe, A., Appleby, L. & Shaw, J (2011). A population-based study of juvenile perpetrators of homicide in England and Wales. J Adolesc, 34(1), 19-28. eScholarID:79009 | PMID:20385406 | DOI:10.1016/j.adolescence.2010.03.005
    • Swinson, N., Flynn, S., While, D., Roscoe, A., Kapur, N., Appleby, L. & Shaw, J (2011). Trends in rates of mental illness in homicide perpetrators. Br J Psychiatry, 198, 485-9. eScholarID:123840 | PMID:21628711 | DOI:10.1192/bjp.bp.110.085357
    • Voshaar, R., Kapur, N., Bickley, H., Williams, A. & Purandare, N (2011). Suicide in later life: A comparison between cases with early-onset and late-onset depression. J Affect Disord, eScholarID:121021 | PMID:21420737 | DOI:10.1016/j.jad.2011.02.008
    • Williams, A., While, D., Windfuhr, K., Bickley, H., Hunt, I., Shaw, J., Appleby, L. & Kapur, N (2011). Birthday blues: examining the association between birthday and suicide in a national sample. Crisis, 32(3), 134-42. eScholarID:128988 | PMID:21616762 | DOI:10.1027/0227-5910/a000067
    • Windfuhr, K. & Kapur, N (2011). Suicide and mental illness: a clinical review of 15 years findings from the UK National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide. Br Med Bull, eScholarID:133293 | PMID:21948337 | DOI:10.1093/bmb/ldr042

  • 2010

    Journal article

    • Da Cruz, D., Pearson, A., Saini, P., Miles, C., While, D., Swinson, N., Williams, A., Shaw, J., Appleby, L. & Kapur, N (2010). Emergency department contact prior to suicide in mental health patients. Emerg Med J, eScholarID:91815 | PMID:20660941 | DOI:10.1136/emj.2009.081869
    • Flynn, S., Abel, K., While, D., Mehta, H. & Shaw, J (2010). Mental illness, gender and homicide: A population-based descriptive study. Psychiatry Res, eScholarID:117338 | PMID:20724002 | DOI:10.1016/j.psychres.2010.07.040
    • Hunt I.M, Ashim. B., Swinson, N,. Flynn, S,. Hayes, A.J,. Roscoe, A,. Rodway, C,. Amos, T,. Kapur, N,. Appleby L. & Shaw, J. (2010). Homicide convictions in different age-groups: a national clinical survey. Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology, eScholarID:77830 | DOI:10.1080/14789940903513195
    • Hunt, I., Swinson, N., Palmer, B., Turnbull, P., Cooper, J., While, D., Windfuhr, K., Shaw, J., Appleby, L. & Kapur, N (2010). Method of suicide in the mentally ill: a national clinical survey. Suicide Life Threat Behav, 40(1), 22-34. eScholarID:77229 | PMID:20170259 | DOI:10.1521/suli.2010.40.1.22
    • Hunt, I., Windfuhr, K., Swinson, N., Shaw, J., Appleby, L., Kapur, N. & And Homicide By People With Mental Illness, T (2010). Suicide amongst psychiatric in-patients who abscond from the ward: a national clinical survey. BMC Psychiatry, 10(1), 14. eScholarID:77232 | PMID:20128891 | DOI:10.1186/1471-244X-10-14
    • Saini, P., Windfuhr, K., Pearson, A., Da Cruz, D., Miles, C., Cordingley, L., While, D., Swinson, N., Williams, A., Shaw, J., Appleby, L. & Kapur, N (2010). Suicide prevention in primary care: General practitioners' views on service availability. BMC Res Notes, 3, 246. eScholarID:93573 | PMID:20920302 | DOI:10.1186/1756-0500-3-246
    • Swinson N, Flynn S, Kapur N, Appleby L and Shaw J. (2010). The use of the care programme approach in perpetrators of homicide. The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology, 21(5), 649-659. eScholarID:93670 | DOI:10.1080/14789941003739649
    • Windfuhr, K., Bickley, H., While, D., Williams, A., Hunt, I., Appleby, L. & Kapur, N (2010). Nonresident suicides in England: a national study. Suicide Life Threat Behav, 40(2), 151-8. eScholarID:82669 | PMID:20465350 | DOI:10.1521/suli.2010.40.2.151
    • Windfuhr, K., Turnbull, P., While, D., Swinson, N., Mehta, H., Hadfield, K., Hiroeh, U., Watkinson, H., Dixon, C., Flynn, S., Thomas, S., Lewis, G., Ferrier, I., Amos, T., Skapinakis, P., Shaw, J., Kapur, N. & Appleby, L (2010). The incidence and associated risk factors for sudden unexplained death in psychiatric in-patients in England and Wales. J Psychopharmacol, eScholarID:93572 | PMID:20952453 | DOI:10.1177/0269881110379288

  • 2009

    Journal article

    • Flynn SM, Swinson N, While D, Hunt IM, Roscoe A, Rodway C, Windfuhr K, Kapur N, Appleby L and Shaw J. (2009). Homicide followed by suicide: a cross-sectional study. Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology, 20(2), 306-321. eScholarID:66537 | DOI:10.1080/14789940802364369
    • Hunt I, While D, Windfuhr K, Swinson N, Shaw J, Appleby L, Kapur NN. (2009). Suicide pacts in the mentally ill: A national clinical survey. Psychiatry Research, 167( 1-2), eScholarID:1d19109 | DOI:10.1016/j.psychres.2008.05.004
    • Hunt IM, Kapur NN, Webb RT, Robinson J, Burns JM, Shaw J, Appleby L. (2009). Suicide in recently discharged psychiatric patients: a case-control study. Psychological Medicine, 39(3), eScholarID:1d17607
    • Kapur NN, Gask LL. (2009). Introduction to suicide and self-harm. Psychiatry, 8 (7), 257-260. eScholarID:1d33242
    • Kapur NN, While D, Blatchley N, Bray I, Harrison K. (2009). Suicide after leaving the UK armed forces--a cohort study. PLoS Med, 6( 3), eScholarID:1d20190 | DOI:10.1371/journal.pmed.1000026
    • Kapur NN. (2009). Health services and suicide prevention. Journal of Mental Health, 18 (1), eScholarID:1d18792 | DOI:10.1080/09638230802370704
    • Kapur NN. (2009). Suicide in the mentally ill. Psychiatry, 8 (7), eScholarID:1d33143 | DOI:10.1097/00007611-199908000-00030
    • Pearson A, Saini P, Da Cruz D, Miles C, While D, Swinson N, Williams A, Shaw J Appleby A and Kapur N. (2009). Primary care contact prior to suicide in individuals with mental illness. British Journal of General Practice, 59(568), 825-832. eScholarID:75779 | DOI:10.3399/bjgp09X472881
    • Pearson, A., Swinson, N. & Shaw, J (2009). Independent investigations after homicide. Ment Health Today, 24-9. eScholarID:77533 | PMID:19266654
    • Purandare N, Voshaar R, Rodway C, Bickley H, Burns AS, Kapur NN. (2009). Suicide in dementia: 9-year national clinical survey in England and Wales. British Journal of Psychiatry, 194( 2), eScholarID:1d18709 | DOI:10.1192/bjp.bp.108.050500
    • Rodway C, Flynn SM, Swinson NA, Roscoe A, Hunt IM, Windfuhr KL, Kapur NN, Appleby L, Shaw J. (2009). Methods of homicide in England and Wales: a comparison by diagnostic group. Journal of forensic Psychiatry and Psychology, 20(2), 268-305. eScholarID:1d19110 | DOI:10.1080/14789940802360870
    • Roscoe A, Rodway C, Mehta HH, While DT, Tim Amos, Kapur NN, Appleby L, Shaw J. (2009). Psychiatric recommendations to the court as regards homicide perpetrators. Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology, 20(3), 336-377. eScholarID:1d19112 | DOI:10.1080/14789940802396528
    • Shaw, J & Turnbull,P. (2009). Suicide in Custody. Psychiatry, 8(7), 265-268. eScholarID:75619 | DOI:10.1016/j.mppsy.2009.04.001
    • Windfuhr KL. (2009). Issues in designing, implementing, and evaluating suicide prevention strategies. Psychiatry, 8 (7), 272-275. eScholarID:1d33303 | DOI:10.1016/j.mppsy.2009.04.002

  • 2008

    Journal article

    • Large M, Smith G, Swinson N, Shaw J, Nielssen O. (2008). Homicide due to mental disorder in England and Wales over 50 years. British Journal of Psychiatry, 193( 2), 130-3. eScholarID:1d32001 | DOI:10.1192/bjp.bp.107.046581
    • Windfuhr KL, While DT, Hunt IM, Turnbull P, Lowe R, Burns JM, Shaw J, Appleby L, Kapur NN. (2008). Suicide in juveniles and adolescents in the United Kingdom. Journal of Child Psychiatry and Psychology, 49, 1165-1175. eScholarID:1d18133 | DOI:10.1111/j.1469-7610.2008.01938.x

  • 2007

    Journal article

    • Flynn SM, Shaw JJ, Abel KM. (2007). Homicide of infants: a cross-sectional study. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 68(10), 1501-1509. eScholarID:75838
    • Humber N, Shaw J. (2007). Prison Mental Health Services. Psychiatry, 6, 465-469. eScholarID:1d33170
    • Hunt I, Kapur NN, Webb RT, Robinson J, Burns J, Turnbull P, Shaw J, Appleby L. (2007). Suicide in current psychiatric in-patients: a case-control study The National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Homicide. Psychological Medicine, 37( 6), eScholarID:1d16639
    • Hunt IM, Kapur N. (2007). In-patient suicide: epidemiology, predictors, and prevention. Irish Psychiatrist, 8, 185-187. eScholarID:34923
    • Swinson N, Hunt I, Kapur NN. (2007). Are psychiatric wards becoming safer? British Journal of Hospital Medicine (Lond), 68( 10), eScholarID:1d16645
    • Swinson NA, Ashim B, Windfuhr KL, Kapur NN, Appleby L, Shaw J. (2007). National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Homicide by People with Mental Illness: New Directions. Psychiatric Bulletin, 31, 161-163. eScholarID:1d18131
    • Turner O, Windfuhr K, Kapur NN. (2007). Suicide in deaf populations: a literature review. Annals of General Psychiatry, 6 ( 1), eScholarID:1d16644

  • 2006

    Journal article

    • Bickley, H, Kapur, NN, Hunt, IM, Robinson, J, Meehan, J, Parsons, R, McCann, K, Flynn, S, Burns, J, Amos, T, Shaw, J, Appleby, L. (2006). Suicide in the homeless within 12 months of contact with mental health services - a national clinical survey in the UK. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 41(9), 686-691. eScholarID:1d14463
    • Hunt, I, Kapur, NN, Robinson, J, Shaw, J, Flynn, S, Bailey, H, Meehan, J, Bickley, H, Burns, J, Appleby, L, Parsons, R. (2006). Suicide within 12 months of mental health service contact in different age and diagnostic groups: National clinical survey. British Journal of Psychiatry, 188, 135-142. eScholarID:1d13130
    • Hunt, IM, Kapur, NN, Windfuhr, K, Robinson, J, Bickley, H, Flynn, S, Parsons, R, Burns, J, Shaw, J, Appleby, L. (2006). Suicide in schizophrenia: findings from a national clinical survey. Journal of Psychiatric Practice, 12(3), 139-147. eScholarID:1d14461
    • Kapur NN, Hunt IM, Webb RT, Bickley H, Windfuhr KL, Shaw J, Appleby L. (2006). Suicide in psychiatric in-patients in England, 1997 to 2003. Psychological Medicine, 36( 10), 1485-1492. eScholarID:1d14214
    • Meehan, J, Flynn, S, Hunt, IM, Robinson, J, Bickley, H, Parsons, R, Amos, T, Kapur, NN, Appleby, L, Shaw, J. (2006). Perpetrators of homicide with schizophrenia: A national clinical survey in England and Wales. Psychiatric Services, 57(11), 1648-1651. eScholarID:1d14462
    • Meehan, J, Kapur, NN, Hunt, IM, Turnbull, P, Robinson, J, Bickley, H, Parsons, R, Flynn, S, Burns, J, Amos, T, Shaw, J, Appleby, L. (2006). Suicide in mental health in-patients and within 3 months of discharge. National clinical survey. British Journal of Psychiatry, 188, 129-134. eScholarID:1d13131 | DOI:10.1192/bjp.188.2.129
    • Pratt D, Piper M, Appleby L, Webb RT, Shaw J. (2006). Suicide in recently released prisoners: a population-based cohort study. Lancet, 368( 9530), 119-123. eScholarID:1d14218 | DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(06)69002-8
    • Shaw, J, Hunt, IM, Flynn, S, Amos, T, Meehan, J, Robinson, J, Bickley, H, Parsons, R, McCann, K, Burns, J, Kapur, NN, Appleby, L. (2006). The role of alcohol and drugs in homicides in England and Wales. Addiction, 101(8), 1117-1124. eScholarID:1d14464
    • Shaw, J, Hunt, IM, Flynn, S, Meehan, J, Robinson, J, Bickley, H, Parsons, R, McCann, K, Burns, J, Amos, T, Kapur, NN, Appleby, L. (2006). Rates of mental disorder in people convicted of homicide. National clinical survey. British Journal of Psychiatry, 188, 143-147. eScholarID:1d13129

  • 2005

    Journal article

    • Kapur, N., Cooper, J., Rodway, C., Kelly, J., Guthrie, E., & Mackway-Jones, K. (2005). Predicting the risk of repetition after self harm: cohort study. British Medical Journal, 330( 7488), 390-395. eScholarID:1d10425 | DOI:10.1136/bmj.38337.584225.82
    • McKenzie N, Landau S, Kapur NN, Meehan J, Robinson J, Bickley H, Parsons R, Appleby L. (2005). Clustering of suicides among the mentally ill: suicide may be contagious. British Journal of Psychiatry, 187, 476-489. eScholarID:1d12376

  • 2004

    Journal article

    • Shaw J, Amos T, Hunt IM, Flynn S, Turnbull P, Kapur NN, Appleby L. (2004). Mental illness in people who kill strangers: longitudinal study and national clinical survey. BMJ, 328( 7442), eScholarID:1d9332 | DOI:10.1136/bmj.328.7442.734
    • Shaw J, Baker D, Hunt I, Moloney A, Appleby L. (2004). Suicide by prisoners. National clinical survey. Br J Psychiatry, 184, 263-7. eScholarID:1d9336 | DOI:10.1192/bjp.184.3.263

  • 2003

    Journal article

    • Hunt IM, Robinson J, Bickley H, Meehan J, Parsons R, McCann K, Burns J, Shaw, J, Kapur, NN, Appleby, L. (2003). Suicides in ethnic minorities within 12 months of contact with mental health services: a national clinical survey. Br J Psychiatry, 183, eScholarID:1d6173
    • Kapur N, Gask LL. (2003). An introduction to suicide and non-fatal self-harm. Psychiatry, 2(7), eScholarID:1d25286
    • Kapur NN, Appleby L. (2003). Suicide in the mentally ill. Psychiatry, 2(7), 21-25. eScholarID:1d6146
    • Shaw J, Bailey HT, Turnbull P. (2003). Suicide in Custody. Psychiatry, 2, eScholarID:1d33169
    • Shaw J, Flynn SM. (2003). Homicide Followed by Suicide. Psychiatry, 2, eScholarID:1d33292

  • 2002

    Journal article

    • Robinson J, Meehan L, Appleby L. (2002). Safety First: recommendations from the five-year report of the National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Homicide by People with Mental Illness. NHSLA Review, 23, eScholarID:1d3580
    • Robinson J, Sherratt J, Appleby L. (2002). Safety First: preventing suicide. Mental Health Care and Learning Disabilities, 4, 311-314. eScholarID:1d3771

  • 2000

    Journal article

    • Appleby L. (2000). Drug misuse and suicide: a tale of two services? Addiction, 175-177. eScholarID:1d14429
    • Appleby L. (2000). Sudden unexplained death in psychiatric inpatients. Br J Psychiatry, 176, 405-406. eScholarID:1d14428

  • 1999

    Journal article

    • Appleby, L, Shaw, J, Amos T, McDonnell R, Harris C, McCann K, Kiernan K, Davies S, Bickley H, Parsons R. (1999). Suicide within 12 months of contact with mental health services: national clinical survey. BMJ, 318, eScholarID:1d2611
    • Shaw, J, Appleby, L, Amos T, Mortensen P Bo, Harris C, McCann K, Keirnan K, Davies H, Bickley H, Parsons R. (1999). Mental disorder and clinical care in people convicted of homicide: national clinical survey. BMJ, 318 (7193), 1240-1244. eScholarID:1d2612

National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Homicide by People with Mental Illness

The Centre for Suicide Prevention

EVENTS

12 June 2012
Louis Appleby, Jenny Shaw and Nav Kapur to speak on National Confidential Inquiry's recent findings, impact and the future at the International Congress of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (Liverpool)

 

NEWS

Psychiatric units safer as in-patient suicide falls

See: Better NHS services reduce suicide rates
Improvements in mental health services linked to a reduction in suicide rates

Watch: Lancet press conference and interview with Professor Nav Kapur on the findings.

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