Advancing Suicide Research

Kairi Kolves, PhD, is Principal Research Fellow/Associate Professor, Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention (AISRAP), and Co-Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Suicide Prevention at Griffith University in Brisbane, Australia. Merike Sisask, PhD, is Professor of Social Health Care, Tallinn University, School of Governance, Law and Society (SOGOLAS), and board member of the Estonian- Swedish Mental Health and Suicidology Institute (ERSI) in Tallinn. Peeter Varnik, PhD, is board member of the Estonian-Swedish Mental Health and Suicidology Institute (ERSI) in Tallinn. Airi Varnik, PhD, is Professor of Mental Health, School of Natural Sciences and Health, Tallinn University, and founder, board member, and principal investigator at the Estonian-Swedish Mental Health and Suicidology Institute (ERSI) in Tallinn. Diego De Leo, MD, PhD, Doctor of Science and Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry, Griffith University, Australia, is the Head of the Slovene Centre for Suicide Research (UP IAM), a world-leading researcher in suicide research and prevention over several decades. He has designed and advised suicide prevention activities, projects, and programs around the world, including his contribution to the World Health Organization.

1 The Roots of Suicide Research: From Historical Underpinnings to Frameworks for Modern Suicide Research by Morton M. Silverman
2 Definitions in Suicide Research by Benjamin Goodfellow
3 Public Health Approach to Suicide Research by Paul Siu-Fai Yip and Lynn Tang
4 Ethical Aspects of Suicide Research by Karl Andriessen, Georgia Dempster, Karolina Krysinska, Eleanor Bailey, and Jo Robinson
5 Measures in Suicide Research by Peeter Varnik and Ella Arensman
6 Observational Studies in Suicide Research by Kairi Kolves, Merike Sisask, and Ian R. H. Rockett
7 Intervention Studies in Suicide Research by Merike Sisask, Kairi Kolves, and Ulrich Hegerl
8 Data Linkage and Studies of Suicidal Behavior by Annette Erlangsen, Ping Qin, and Ellenor Mittendorfer-Rutz
9 The Words to Say It: Qualitative Suicide Research by Ines Testoni, Ciro De Vincenzo, and Adriano Zamperini
10 Mixed Methods in Suicide Research by Victoria Ross and Kairi Kolves
11 Psychological Autopsy: A Tool in Suicide Research by Kairi Kolves, Elice Tucholski, Airi Varnik, and Diego De Leo
12 Pilot and Feasibility Studies in Suicide Research by David Watling and Kairi Kolves
13 Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses in Suicide Prevention Research by Katrina Witt, Allison Milner, and Matthew J. Spittal
14 Evaluating Suicide Prevention Approaches by Jane Pirkis and Keith Hawton
15 Applying a Health Economics Lens to Suicide Research by David McDaid
16 Technology and the Future of Suicide Prevention by Cristian Leorin, Eloisa Stella, and Diego De Leo