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Dr Jayne Cooper 

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Senior Research Fellow and Head of Research for the Manchester Self-Harm Project

MaSH Project
Centre for Suicide Prevention
Psychiatry Research Group
School of Community-Based Medicine
University Place
University of Manchester
Oxford Road
Manchester
M13 9PL
UK

 

Role

Dr Jayne Cooper is Head of Research for the Manchester Self-Harm Monitoring Scheme (MaSH) with a team of four staff and grant holder with an accumulated budget of over £500,000.

She works collaboratively with service providers in the fields of psychiatric liaison, emergency medicine and mental health nursing with the aim of improving services for people who self-harm.

Jayne Cooper's recent work has involved self-harm in the South Asian ethnic group and she has presented her work at an international conference on suicide prevention.

 

Memberships of Committees and Professional Bodies

  • Member of the World Health Organisation European Union Network monitoring self-harm
  • Expert advisor for psychological autopsy on suicide undertaken at the Centre for Suicide Prevention and in Hungary
  • Special advisor to the National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) in their National Clinical Practice Guideline Number 16 policy for the assessment and treatment of self-harm
  • Expert advisor to a NIMHE-Commissioned panel to guide the development of suicide prevention strategies for ethnic minority groups in England and Wales hosted by UCL
  • Expert advisor to the Safer Cutting Guideline: Nursing Practice Handbook in conjunction with the Nurse practitioner Development Trust and Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust
  • Member of a working party of the Manchester Mental Health Joint Commissioning Executive aimed at setting protocols for primary healthcare services city-wide for the assessment and management of people who have self-harmed
  • Expert advisor to the Greater Manchester suicide prevention network

Research

Dr Jayne Cooper’s research uses both qualitative and quantitative methodologies and focuses on: the etiology, treatment and prevention of self-harm; hospital service provision relating to people who self-harm and service users’ experiences of their care. Her main areas of research are:

  • Head of the Manchester Self-Harm (MaSH) Project, which collects data on all those who have intentionally harmed themselves (by self-poisoning or self-injury), irrespective of motive and present to hospital services in the city of Manchester. As Principle Investigator, Jayne is involved in a multi-centre programme of work with colleagues in Oxford, Derby and Leeds
  • NIHR Programme Grants. Jayne works as a senior researcher with Professor Nav Kapur and colleagues in Bristol and Oxford, on a multi-centre programme of clinical and public health research in support of the National Suicide Prevention Strategy for England. The programme aims to examine outcomes in relation to current models of service provision, develop new interventions for suicidal behaviour, examine the impact of public health and prescribing interventions on suicidal behaviour, and give an insight into how we might best interpret recent trends in suicide
  • Women Offenders Repeated Self-Harm Intervention Pilot (WORSHIP) Study funded by the National R&D Programme on Forensic Mental Health – the aim is to develop and pilot an intervention aimed at reducing self-harm in women prisoners and to study the feasibility and sustainability of introducing such treatments in the prison setting
  • Other research areas
    - Psychological autopsy studies of suicide including their ethical implications
    - Understanding geographical influences on rates of self-harm
    - Comparing rates of self-harm in ethnic groups, their characteristics and service management.
    - Assessing risk in people who self-harm and developing screening tools to assist management.
    - Developing etiological models of suicide and suicidal behaviour incorporating clinical and socio-demographic factors.
    - Developing Mental Health Promotion initiatives aimed at reducing suicide in young men.
  • Other academic activities: Jayne acts as an expert reviewer for leading academic journals and grant giving bodies and has contributed to a number of clinical guidelines (such as NICE and Royal College of Psychiatrists’ guidelines). She is a Member of the International Association of Suicide Prevention. She also acts as an expert advisor to the media on self-harm.
 

Biography

Jayne Cooper's background is in mental health nursing. She is a postgraduate Research Fellow and works as a project manager at the Centre of Suicide Prevention, University of Manchester. Her research interests include understanding suicidal behaviour and service provision for deliberate self-harm patients.

 

Qualifications

  • Jayne has many years experience working as a psychiatric nurse in acute and community settings
  • For the past 10 years she has worked in the field of research at the University of Manchester on the causes and prevention of suicide and self-harm, gaining her PhD in 2001
  • She has a number of publications in esteemed journals
  • Her other roles include lecturing, supervising student projects and risk assessment training to Emergency Department staff
 

Publications

2011

  • Bergen, H., Hawton, K., Kapur, N., Cooper, J., Steeg, S., Ness, J. & Waters, K (2011). Shared characteristics of suicides and other unnatural deaths following non-fatal self-harm? A multicentre study of risk factors. Psychol Med, 1-15. eScholarID:131601 | PMID:21910932 | DOI:10.1017/S0033291711001747
  • Cooper, J., Hunter, C., Owen-Smith, A., Gunnell, D., Donovan, J., Hawton, K. & Kapur, N (2011). "Well it's like someone at the other end cares about you." A qualitative study exploring the views of users and providers of care of contact-based interventions following self-harm. Gen Hosp Psychiatry, 33(2), 166-76. eScholarID:131425 | PMID:21596210 | DOI:10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2011.01.009
  • Hawton, K., Bergen, H., Simkin, S., Arensman, E., Corcoran, P., Cooper, J., Waters, K., Gunnell, D. & Kapur, N (2011). Impact of different pack sizes of paracetamol in the United Kingdom and Ireland on intentional overdoses: a comparative study. BMC Public Health, 11, 460. eScholarID:131429 | PMID:21663604 | DOI:10.1186/1471-2458-11-460
  • Hawton, K., Bergen, H., Waters, K., Murphy, E., Cooper, J. & Kapur, N (2011). Impact of Withdrawal of the Analgesic Co-proxamol on Nonfatal Self-Poisoning in the UK. Crisis, 32(2), 81-7. eScholarID:123691 | PMID:21602162 | DOI:10.1027/0227-5910/a000063
  • Murphy, E., Kapur, N., Webb, R. & Cooper, J (2011). Risk assessment following self-harm: comparison of mental health nurses and psychiatrists. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 67(1), 127-39. eScholarID:107712 | PMID:20969616 | DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2648.2010.05484.x
  • Murphy, E., Kapur, N., Webb, R., Purandare, N., Hawton, K., Bergen, H., Waters, K. & Cooper, J (2011). Risk factors for repetition and suicide following self-harm in older adults: multicentre cohort study. Br J Psychiatry, eScholarID:144666 | PMID:22157801 | DOI:10.1192/bjp.bp.111.094177
  • Oude Voshaar, R., Cooper, J., Murphy, E., Steeg, S., Kapur, N. & Purandare, N (2011). First episode of self-harm in older age: a report from the 10-year prospective Manchester Self-Harm project. J Clin Psychiatry, 72(6), 737-43. eScholarID:126459 | PMID:21733475 | DOI:10.4088/JCP.10m06501
  • Cooper, J. (2011). Re: Further approaches to evaluating brief contact interventions for suicidal behaviour. BMC Psychiatry, 11, eScholarID:121373
  • Dickson, S., Steeg, S., Gordon, M., Donaldson, I., Matthews, V., Kapur, N., & Cooper, J (2011). Self-Harm in Manchester 2008-2009. The Centre for Suicide Prevention: The University of Manchester. eScholarID:122140

2010

  • Bergen, H., Hawton, K., Waters, K., Cooper, J. & Kapur, N (2010). Epidemiology and trends in non-fatal self-harm in three centres in England: 2000-2007. Br J Psychiatry, 197, 493-8. eScholarID:99800 | PMID:21119156 | DOI:10.1192/bjp.bp.110.077651
  • Cooper, J., Murphy, E., Webb, R., Hawton, K., Bergen, H., Waters, K. & Kapur, N (2010). Ethnic differences in self-harm, rates, characteristics and service provision: three-city cohort study. Br J Psychiatry, 197(3), 212-8. eScholarID:99836 | PMID:20807966 | DOI:10.1192/bjp.bp.109.072637
  • Hawton, K., Bergen, H., Simkin, S., Cooper, J., Waters, K., Gunnell, D. & Kapur, N (2010). Toxicity of antidepressants: rates of suicide relative to prescribing and non-fatal overdose. Br J Psychiatry, 196(5), 354-358. eScholarID:84588 | PMID:20435959 | DOI:10.1192/bjp.bp.109.070219
  • 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
  • Kapur, N., Cooper, J., Bennewith, O., Gunnell, D. & Hawton, K (2010). Postcards, green cards and telephone calls: therapeutic contact with individuals following self-harm. Br J Psychiatry, 197, 5-7. eScholarID:85620 | PMID:20592425 | DOI:10.1192/bjp.bp.109.072496
  • Kenning, C., Cooper, J., Short, V., Shaw, J., Abel, K. & Chew-Graham, C (2010). Prison staff and women prisoner's views on self-harm; their implications for service delivery and development: A qualitative study. Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health, 20(4), 274-284. eScholarID:85637 | DOI:10.1002/cbm.777
  • Murphy, E., Kapur, N., Webb, R. & Cooper, J (2010). Risk assessment following self-harm: comparison of mental health nurses and psychiatrists. J Adv Nurs, eScholarID:99883 | PMID:20969616 | DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2648.2010.05484.x
  • Murphy, E., Steeg, S., Cooper, J., Chang, R., Turpin, C., Guthrie, E. & Kapur, N (2010). Assessment rates and compliance with assertive follow-up after self-harm: cohort study. Arch Suicide Res, 14(2), 120-34. eScholarID:81090 | PMID:20455148 | DOI:10.1080/13811111003704662

2009

  • Cooper, J. (2009). Psychosocial assessment of self-harm in acute hospitals setting. Presented at “SMASHING” Conference. East Midlands NHS Development Centre. eScholarID:85718
  • Almasi, K., Belso, N., Kapur, N., Webb, R., Cooper, J., Hadley, S., Kerfoot, M., Dunn, G., Sotonyi, P., Rihmer, Z. & Appleby, L (2009). Risk factors for suicide in Hungary: a case-control study. BMC Psychiatry, 9, 45. eScholarID:76241 | PMID:19638202 | DOI:10.1186/1471-244X-9-45
  • Bergen, H., Hawton, K., Murphy, E., Cooper, J., Kapur, N., Stalker, C. & Waters, K (2009). Trends in prescribing and self-poisoning in relation to UK regulatory authority warnings against use of SSRI antidepressants in under-18-year-olds. Br J Clin Pharmacol, 68(4), 618-29. eScholarID:75398 | PMID:19843065 | DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2125.2009.03481.x
  • Bergen, H., Murphy, E., Cooper, J., Kapur, N., Stalker, C., Waters, K. & Hawton, K (2009). A comparative study of non-fatal self-poisoning with antidepressants relative to prescribing in three centres in England. J Affect Disord, eScholarID:75400 | PMID:19864029 | DOI:10.1016/j.jad.2009.10.004
  • Short, V., Cooper, J., Shaw, J., Kenning, C., Abel, K. & Chew-Graham, C. (2009). Custody vs care: attitudes of prison staff to self-harm in women prisoners - a qualitative study. Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology, Volume 20(Issue 3 June 2009 ), 408-426. eScholarID:75387 | DOI:10.1080/14789940802377114
  • Dickson, S., Steeg, S., Donaldson, I., Matthews, V., Healey, M., Cooper, J., Kapur, N., & Murphy, E. (2009). 'Self-Harm in Manchester' (01:09:05-31:08:07). Manchester: The University of Manchester. eScholarID:75406

2008

  • Arensman, E., Fitzgerald, T., Bjerke, T., Cooper, J., Corcoran, P., De Leo, D., Grad, O., Hawton, K., Hjelmeland, H., Kapur, N., Perry, I., Salander-Renberg, E. & Van Heeringen, K. (2008). Deliberate Self-Harm and Suicide: Gender-Specific Trends in Eight European Regions. Presented at Abstracts of the Society for Social Medicine 52nd Annual Scientific Meeting. September 17-19, 2008. Southampton, United Kingdom.: BMJ. eScholarID:75404
  • Cooper, J., Murphy, E., Jordan, R. & Mackway-Jones, Kevin. (2008). Communication between secondary and primary care following self-harm: are National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidelines being met? Ann Gen Psychiatry, 7( 1), eScholarID:1d32612 | DOI:10.1186/1744-859X-7-21
  • Kapur, N., Murphy, E., Cooper, J., Bergen, H., Hawton, K., Simkin, S., Casey, D., Horrocks, J., Lilley, R., Noble, R. & Owens, D. (2008). Psychosocial assessment following self-harm: Results from the Multi-Centre Monitoring of Self-Harm Project. J Affect Disord, 103(3), 285-293. eScholarID:1d16641 | DOI:10.1016/j.jad.2007.07.010
  • Lilley, R., Owens, D., Horrocks, J., House, A., Noble, R., Bergen, H., Hawton, K., Casey, D., Simkin, S., Murphy, E., Cooper, J. & Kapur, N (2008). Hospital care and repetition following self-harm: multicentre comparison of self-poisoning and self-injury. Br J Psychiatry, 192(6), 440-5. eScholarID:76244 | PMID:18515895 | DOI:10.1192/bjp.bp.107.043380

2007

  • Cooper, J., Kapur, N. & Mackway-Jones, K. (2007). A comparison between clinicians' assessment and the Manchester Self-Harm Rule: a cohort study. Emerg Med J, 24( 10), eScholarID:1d16643 | DOI:10.1136/1745/emj.2007.0489w3
  • Cooper, J., Murphy, E., Bergen, H., Casey, D., Hawton, K., Owens, D., Lilley, R., Noble, R. & Kapur, N. (2007). The effect of using NHS number as the unique identifier for patients who self-harm: a multi-centre descriptive study. Clin Pract Epidemol Ment Health, 3, 16. eScholarID:1d16642 | DOI:10.1186/1745-0179-3-16
  • Hawton, K., Bergen, H., Casey, D., Simkin, S., Palmer, B., Cooper, J., Kapur, N., Horrocks, J., House, A., Lilley, R., Noble, R. & Owens, D. (2007). Self-harm in England: a tale of three cities. Multicentre study of self-harm. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 42( 7), eScholarID:1d16640 | DOI:10.1007/s00127-007-0199-7

2006

  • Cooper, J., Husain, N., Webb, R., Waheed, W., Kapur, N., Guthrie, E. & Appleby, L (2006). Self-harm in the UK: differences between South Asians and Whites in rates, characteristics, provision of service and repetition. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol, 41(10), 782-8. eScholarID:76245 | PMID:16838089 | DOI:10.1007/s00127-006-0099-2
  • Cooper, J., Kapur. N., Guthrie, E., Mackway-Jones, K. & Appleby, L. (2006). A Clinical Tool for Assessing Risk After Self-Harm. Annals of Emergency Medicine, 48(4), 7. eScholarID:76152
  • Johnston, A., Cooper, J. & Kapur, N. (2006). Exploring the relationship between area characteristics and self-harm: old approaches and new. Crisis, 27( 2), eScholarID:1d13464 | DOI:10.1027/0227-5910.27.2.88
  • Johnston, A., Cooper, J., Webb, R. & Kapur N. (2006). Individual- and area-level predictors of self-harm repetition. British Journal of Psychiatry, 189, eScholarID:1d14212 | DOI:10.1192/bjp.bp.105.018085
  • Kapur, N., Cooper, J., King-Hele, S., Webb, R., Lawlor, M., Rodway, C., & Appleby, L. (2006). The repetition of suicidal behavior: a multicenter cohort study. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 67(10), eScholarID:1d14209
  • Murphy, E., Dickson, S., Donaldson, I., Healey, M., Kapur, N., Appleby, L. & Cooper, J. (2006). 'Self-harm in Manchester' (01:09:03-31:08:05). Manchester: The University of Manchester. eScholarID:85705

2005

  • Cooper, J. (2005). MaSH and Contribution to the National Suicide Prevention Strategy. Presented at SpR's Conference. Mossley Hill Hosptial. eScholarID:85716
  • Cooper, J. (2005). Seekers/Ethnic Minorities. Presented at Manchester Medical Society, Members of the Section of Psychiatry in November. eScholarID:85717
  • Cooper, J., Kapur, N., Webb, R., Lawlor, M., Guthrie, E., Mackway-Jones, K. & Appleby, L (2005). Suicide after deliberate self-harm: a 4-year cohort study. Am J Psychiatry, 162(2), 297-303. eScholarID:76153 | PMID:15677594 | DOI:10.1176/appi.ajp.162.2.297
  • Kapur, N. & Cooper, J. (2005). Self harm was misrepresented (again). BMJ, 330( 7498), eScholarID:1d10643
  • 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

2004

  • (2004). Assessing Suicide Risk. In Duffy, D, Ryan, T (Ed.), New Approaches to Preventing Suicide: A Manual for Practitioners. Jessica Kingsley Publishers. eScholarID:85695
  • Cooper, J. (2004). Implementing the NICE Guidelines on Self-Harm. Presented at The NW Suicide Prevention Network, National Institute of Mental Health England. eScholarID:85715
  • Douglas, J., Cooper, J., Amos, T., Webb, R., Guthrie, E. & Appleby, L. (2004). "Near-fatal" deliberate self-harm: characteristics, prevention and implications for the prevention of suicide. Journal of Affective Disorders, 79( 1-3), eScholarID:1d9334 | DOI:10.1016/S0165-0327(02)00391-9
  • Hawton, K., Simkin, S., Deeks, J., Cooper, J., Johnston, A., Waters, K., Arundel, M., Bernal, W., Gunson, B., Hudson, M., Suri, D. & Simpson, K. (2004). UK legislation on analgesic packs: before and after study of long term effect on poisonings. BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL, 329, 7474, eScholarID:1d9682 | DOI:10.1136/bmj.38253.572581.7C
  • Kapur, N., Cooper, J., Hiroeh, U., May, C., Appleby, L. & House, A. (2004). Emergency department management and outcome for self-poisoning: a cohort study. Gen Hosp Psychiatry, 26( 1), eScholarID:1d12531 | DOI:10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2003.06.002
  • Cooper, J., Johnston, A., Healey, M., Donaldson, I., Bickley, H., Kapur, N. & Appleby, L. (2004). Manchester Self-Harm Project (MaSH) Sixth Year Report (01:09:02-31:08:03). Manchester: The University of Manchester. eScholarID:85706

2003

  • Cooper, J. (2003). Suicide in Young Males. Presented at XXII Congress of the International Association for Suicide Prevention. Stockholm, Sweden. eScholarID:85713
  • Cooper, J. (2003). The National Suicide Prevention Strategy for England’. Presented at XXII Congress of the International Association for Suicide Prevention. Stockholm, Sweden. eScholarID:85714
  • Cooper, J., Lawlor, M., Hiroeh, U., Kapur, N. & Appleby, L. (2003). Factors that influence emergency department doctors' assessment of suicide risk in deliberate self-harm patients. European Journal of Emergency Medicine, 10 (4), eScholarID:1d9337 | DOI:10.1097/01.mej.0000103760.80742.63
  • Kelly, J., Cooper, J., Johnston, A., Healey, M., Donaldson, I., Kapur, N. & Appleby, L. (2003). Manchester Self-Harm Project (MaSH) Fifth Year Report (01:09:01 – 31:08:02). Manchester: The University of Manchester. eScholarID:85707

2002

  • Cooper, J. (2002). Exploring the relationship between socio-economic factors and deliberate self-harm: old approaches and new. Presented at 9th British Isles Workshop on Research and Suicidal Behaviour. Green College, Oxford. eScholarID:85724
  • Cooper, J. (2002). Generating the evidence: the antecedents of suicide by young people. Presented at How You Can Make the Difference. South Manchester University Hospitals Trust, Manchester, England. eScholarID:85723
  • Cooper, J., Appleby, L. & Amos, T. (2002). Life events preceding suicide by young people. Soc Psychiatry and Psychiatr Epidemiol, 37 (6), eScholarID:1d3585 | DOI:10.1007/s001270200019
  • Cooper, J., Johnston, A. and Hiroeh, U. (2002). Manchester and Salford Self-Harm Project (MASSH) Fourth Year Report (1.9.00 – 31.8.01). Manchester: The University of Manchester. eScholarID:85708

2001

  • Hawton, K., Townsend, E., Deeks, J., Appleby, L., Gunnell, D., Bennewith, O. & Cooper, J. (2001). Effects of paracetamol and salicylate legislation in the UK: opportunistic before and after study of suicide, liver transplantation, and self-poisoning and its consequences. BMJ, 322 (7296), 1203-1207. eScholarID:1d3588 | DOI:10.1136/bmj.322.7296.1203
  • Cooper, J., Johnston, A. & Appleby, L. (2001). Manchester and Salford Self-Harm Project (MASSH) Third Year Report (1.9.99 – 31.8.00). Manchester: The University of Manchester. eScholarID:85709
  • Cooper, J. (2001). The Antecedents of Suicide by Young People. The University of Manchester. eScholarID:85712

2000

  • Cooper, J. (2000). Preliminary findings of an Audit of A&E Doctors Assessment of Suicide Risk. Presented at Royal College of Psychiatrists, Winter Meeting of the Irish Division. Dublin, Ireland. eScholarID:85725
  • Cooper, J., Johnston, A. & Appleby, L. (2000). Manchester and Salford Self-Harm Project (MASSH) Second Year Report (1.9.98 – 31.8.99). Manchester: The University of Manchester. eScholarID:85710

1999

  • Appleby, L., Cooper, J., Amos, T. & Faragher, B. (1999). A psychological autopsy study of suicides by people under thirty-five years. British Journal Of Psychiatry, 175, eScholarID:1d24048 | DOI:10.1192/bjp.175.2.168
  • Cooper, J. (1999). Ethical issues and their practical application in a psychological autopsy study of suicide. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 8, eScholarID:1d24052 | DOI:10.1046/j.1365-2702.1999.00276.x
  • Taylor, C., Cooper, J. & Appleby, L. (1999). Is suicide risk taken seriously in heavy drinkers who harm themselves? Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavia, 100, eScholarID:1d24051 | DOI:10.1111/j.1600-0447.1999.tb10866.x
  • Cooper, J. & Appleby, L. (1999). Manchester and Salford Self-Harm Project (MASSH) First Year Report (1.9.97 – 31.8.98). Manchester: The University of Manchester. eScholarID:85711

1998

  • Appleby, L. & Cooper, J. (1998). The psychological autopsy approach to studying suicide: a review of methodological issues. Journal of Affective Disorders, 50, eScholarID:1d13462

1997

  • (1997). Ethical Implications of a Psychological Autopsy Study. Presented at 4th British Isles Workshop on Research and Suicidal Behaviour. Green College, Oxford. eScholarID:85722
  • Cooper, J. (1997). A Psychological Autopsy of Suicide by Young Adults. Presented at 2. Social Community and Rehabilitation Section, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Spring Scientific Meeting. London, England.. eScholarID:85721
  • Cooper, J. (1997). The Antecedents of Suicide by Young People. Presented at IX Congress of the International Association for Suicide Prevention. Adelaide, Australia. eScholarID:85719

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