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Dr David While 

NCI, Statistician

Centre for Suicide Prevention
University of Manchester
Community Based Medicine
University Place
Oxford Road
Manchester
M13 9PL

 

Research

David While (Ph.D., Southampton, 1991) joined the National Confidential Inquiry in July 2005 as a statistician.

 

Publications

2011

  • 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
  • Williams A, While D, Windfuhr K, Bickley H, Hunt IM, Shaw J, Appleby L, Kapur N. (2011). Birthday blues: Examining the association between birthday and suicide in a national sample. The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention, 32(3), 134-142. eScholarID:127286 | DOI:10.1027/0227-5910/a000067
  • 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
  • Appleby L, Kapur L, Shaw J, Hunt IM, Flynn S, While D, Windfuhr K, Williams A, Rahman MS. (2011). Suicide and Homicide in Nor thern Ir eland. eScholarID:127277

2010

  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • National Confidential Inquiry. (2010). Annual Report: England and Wales. eScholarID:127275

2009

  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Roscoe A, Rodway C, Mehta H, While D, Amos T, Shaw J. (2009). Psychiatric recommendations to the court in homicide perpetrators. Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology, 20(3), 366-377. eScholarID:38569 | DOI:10.1080/14789940802396528
  • 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

2008

  • While D, Kapur N, Blatchley N,Bray I, Harrison K. (2008). Suicide after leaving the UK Armed Froces - a cohort study (2008). eScholarID:123750

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