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Volumes from 2001

• De Leo D, Klieve H, Milner A: Suicide in Queensland 2002-2004. Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, Griffith University, 2006.
• De Leo D (ed): Suicide and Euthanasia in Older Adults: A Transcultural Journey. Hogrefe and Huber Publishers, Gottingen, 2001.
• Hawgood J and De Leo D: Suicide Prevention Skills Training: An Accredited Training Program. Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, Brisbane, Griffith University, 2002.
• Schmidtke a, Bille-Brahe U, De Leo D, Kerkhof A (eds): Suicidal Behaviour in Europe: Results from the WHO/EURO Multicentre Study on Suicidal Behaviour, Hogrefe and Huber Publishers, Göttingen, 2004.
• De Leo D, Bille-Brahe U, Kerkhof A, Schmidtke A (eds): Suicidal Behaviour Theories and Research Findings, Hogrefe and Huber Publishers, Göttingen, 2004.
• De Leo D, Evans R: International Suicide Rates and Prevention Strategies, Hogrefe and Huber Publishers, Göttingen, 2004.
• Bezze M, De Leo D, Vecchiato T (eds): La Valutazione di Efficacia degli Interventi con le Persone Anziane [Assessing Efficacy of Interventions with Elderly Persons], Fondazione Emanuela Zancan, Padova, 2005
• De Leo D, Herrman H, Ueda S, Takeshima T (eds) An Australian-Japanese Perspective on Suicide Prevention: Culture, Community, and Care. Selected symposium papers from the 24-26 November Conference, Melbourne, Australia. Commonwealth of Australia, Department of Health and Ageing, Canberra, 2006.

Book chapters

• De Leo D and Schmidtke A: International organizations: The international Academy for Suicide Research. In D Lester (ed) Suicide Prevention. Resources for the Millennium, Brunner-Routledge, Philadelphia, 2001, pp 304-311.
• De Leo D and Meneghel G: The elderly and suicide. In D Wasserman (ed) Suicide. Un Unnecessary Death, Dunitz, London, 2001, pp 195-207.
• De Leo D, Hickey P, Meneghel G: Depression et suicide du sujet age’ [Depression and suicide in the elderly]. In V Camus, L Schmitt (eds) Perspectives en Psychiatrie De La Personne agee: La Depression, Paris, 2001, pp 89-103.
• Padoani W, De Leo D: La morte desiderata [Wishing to die]. In “Il Volto della Gorgone” [The Face of the Gorgon], Mondadori, Milano, 2001, pp258-271.
• Hercek V, De Leo D, Bahro M: Caratteristiche generali della psicoterapia in eta’ avanzata [General characteristics of psychotherapy in old age]. In Manuale di Psicoterapia dell’Anziano [Handbook of Psychotherapy in the Elderly], P Scocco, D De Leo,L Pavan, (eds), Bollati Boringhieri, Torino, 2001, pp 17- 31.
• Dello Buono M, Scocco P, De Leo D: Interventi riabilitativi per pazienti affetti da demenza [Rehabilitative interventions in demented patients]. In Manuale di Psicoterapia dell’Anziano [Handbook of Psychotherapy in the Elderly], P Scocco, D De Leo, L Pavan, (eds), Bollati Boringhieri, Torino, 2001, pp 223-239.
• Dello Buono M, Zanetti O, De Leo D: La terapia di orientamento alla realta’ [Reality orientation therapy]. In Manuale di Psicoterapia dell’Anziano [Handbook of Psychotherapy in the Elderly], P Scocco, L Pavan, D De Leo (eds), Bollati Boringhieri, Torino, 2001, pp 240-259.
• Meneghel G, Scocco P, De Leo D: La gestione dei disturbi comportamentali dell’anziano demente. [Management of behavioural disorders in demented elderly patients] In Manuale di Psicoterapia dell’Anziano [Handbook of Psychotherapy in the Elderly], P Scocco, D De Leo, L Pavan, (eds), Bollati Boringhieri, Torino, 2001, pp 260-287.
• De Leo D: Preface. In Suicide and Euthanasia in Older Adults. D.De Leo (ed), Hogrefe-Huber, Seattle, 2001, pp vii-viii.
• De Leo D, Bille-Brahe U, Arensman E, Hjelmeland H, Haring C, Hawton C, Lonnqvist J, Michel K, Salander-Renberg E, Schmidtke A, Wasserman D: Suicidal behaviour in elderly Europeans. In Suicide and Euthanasia in Older Adults. D.De Leo (ed), Hogrefe-Huber, Seattle, 2001, pp 21-36.
• Neulinger K, De Leo D: Suicide in elderly and youth populations. How do they differ? In Suicide and Euthanasia in Older Adults. D.De Leo (ed), Hogrefe-Huber, Seattle, 2001, pp 137-154.
• Meneghel G and De Leo D: Il comportamento suicidario negli adulti e negli anziani [Suicidal behaviour in adult and elderly people]. In “Il Suicidio: Aspetti Biologici, Psicologici e Sociali [Suicide: Biological, Psychological, and Social Aspects], S De Risio, M Sarchiapone (eds), Masson, Milano, 2002, pp 121-143.
• De Leo D, Bertolote JM, Lester D: Self Directed Violence. In EG Krug, LL Dahlberg, JA Mercy, et al (eds) World Report on Violence and Health, World Health Organization, Geneva, 2002, pp 185-212.
• De Leo D: Suicide over the life span: the elderly. In R.Kastenbaum (ed) Encyclopedia of Death and Dying. MacMillan, New York, 2003, pp.837-843.
• De Leo D: The interface of schizophrenia, culture and suicide. In L.Vijayakumar (ed) Suicide Prevention. Meeting the Challenge Together. Orient Longman, Hyderabad, 2003, pp 11-41.
• Schmidtke A, Bille-Brahe U, De Leo D, Kerkhof A: The WHO/EURO Multicentre Study on Suicidal Behaviour. History and aims of the study. In A Schmidtke, U Bille-Brahe, D De Leo, A Kerkhof (eds) Suicidal Behaviour in Europe. Results from the WHO/EURO Multicentre Study on Suicidal Behaviour, Hogrefe/Huber, Göttingen, 2004, pp 7-10.
• Bille-Brahe U, Kerkhof A, De Leo D, Schmidtke A: Definitions and terminoly used in the WHO/EURO Multicentre Study on Suicidal Behaviour. In A Schmidtke, U Bille-Brahe, D De Leo, A Kerkhof (eds) Suicidal Behaviour in Europe. Results from the WHO/EURO Multicentre Study on Suicidal Behaviour, Hogrefe/Huber, Göttingen, 2004, pp 11-14.
• Schmidtke A, Weinacker B, Lohr C, Bille-Brahe U, De Leo D, Kerkhof A, Apter A, Batt A, Crepet P, Fekete S, Grad O, Haring C, Hawton K, Van Heeringen C, Hjelmeland H, Kelleher M, Lonnqvist J, Michel K, Pommerau X, Querejeta I, Philippe A, Salander-Renberg E, Sayil I, Temesvary B, Varnik A, Wasserman D, Rutz W: Suicide and suicide attemyts in Europe. An overview. In A Schmidtke, U Bille-Brahe, D De Leo, A Kerkhof (eds) Suicidal Behaviour in Europe. Results from the WHO/EURO Multicentre Study on Suicidal Behaviour, Hogrefe/Huber, Göttingen, 2004, pp 15-28.
• Schmidtke A, Bille-Brahe U, De Leo D, Kerkhof A, Lohr C, Weinacker B, Batt A, Crepet P, Fekete S, Grad O, Haring C, Hawton K, Van Heeringen C, Hjelmeland H, Lonnqvist J, Michel K, Pommerau X, Querejeta I, Salander-Renberg E, Temesvary B, Varnik A, Wasserman D, Rutz W: Socio-demographic characteristics of suicide attempters in Europe. Combined results of the monitoring part of the WHO/EURO Multicentre Study on Suicidal Behaviour. In A Schmidtke, U Bille-Brahe, D De Leo, A Kerkhof (eds) Suicidal Behaviour in Europe. Results from the WHO/EURO Multicentre Study on Suicidal Behaviour, Hogrefe/Huber, Göttingen, 2004, pp 29-48.
• Meneghel G, Scocco P, Colucci E, Marini M, Marietta P, Padoani W, Dello Buono M, De Leo D: Suicidal behaviour in Italy. In A Schmidtke, U Bille-Brahe, D De Leo, A Kerkhof (eds) Suicidal Behaviour in Europe. Results from the WHO/EURO Multicentre Study on Suicidal Behaviour, Hogrefe/Huber, Göttingen, 2004, pp 211-218.
• Bille-Brahe U, Schmidtke A, Kerkhof A, De Leo D: The WHO/EURO Multicentre Study on Suicidal Behaviour. Its background, history, aims and design. In D De Leo, U Bille-Brahe, A Kerkhof, A Schmidtke (eds) Suicidal Behaviour: Theories and Research Findings, Hogrefe/Huber, Göttingen, 2004, pp 5-16.
• De Leo D, Burgis S, Bertolote JM, Kerkhof A, Bille-Brahe U: Definitions of suicidal behaviour. In D De Leo, U Bille-Brahe, A Kerkhof, A Schmidtke (eds) Suicidal Behaviour: Theories and Research Findings, Hogrefe/Huber, Göttingen, 2004, pp 17-40.
• Hawgood J, Spathonis K, De Leo D: Physical illness and suicidal behaviour. In D De Leo, U Bille-Brahe, A Kerkhof, A Schmidtke (eds) Suicidal Behaviour: Theories and Research Findings, Hogrefe/Huber, Göttingen, 2004, pp139-164.
• Schmidtke A, Lohr C, De Leo D: Imitation of suicidal behaviour. In D De Leo, U Bille-Brahe, A Kerkhof, A Schmidtke (eds) Suicidal Behaviour: Theories and Research Findings, Hogrefe/Huber, Göttingen, 2004, pp 209-218.
• De Leo D, Spathonis K: Suicide and suicidal behaviour in late life. In D De Leo, U Bille-Brahe, A Kerkhof, A Schmidtke (eds) SuicidalBehaviour: Theories and Research Findings, Hogrefe/Huber, Göttingen, 2004, pp 253-286.
• De Leo D: Bilan des politiques de prevention: pourquoi si peu d’avancees? [Concluding remarks on prevention practices: Why so little progress?] in A Batt-Moillo, A Jourdain (eds) Le Suicide et sa Prevention [Suicide and its prevention], ENSP, Rennes, 2005, pp. 237-258.
• De Leo D, Spathonis, K. Suicidal Behaviour. In E.J.L. Griez, C. Faravelli, D.J. Nutt, J. Zohar (eds) Mood Disorders: Clinical Management and Research Issues J Wiley and Sons, Chichester, 2005, pp 145-188.
• Padoani W, Scocco P, De Leo D. Le Alterazioni Delle Funzioni Cognitive in Corso di Malattie Psichiatriche [Cognitive disorders in Psychiatric Conditions]. In Trabucchi M, Le demenze [The Dementias], 4th Edition Utet S.p.A., Divisione Scienze Mediche, Milano, 2005, pp 471-512.
• De Leo D. La valutazione degli outcome degli interventi con persone anziane affette da depressione: aspetti teorici e prospettive future [The assessment of outcomes from interventions with depressed elderly persons: Theoretical aspects and future perspectives] . In A Bezze, D. De Leo, T. Vecchiato (eds), La Valutazione di Efficacia degli Interventi con le Persone Anziane [Assessing efficacy of interventions with elderly persons], Fondazione Emanuela Zancan, Padova, 2005, pp7-37.
• Bezze M, Dello Buono M, De Leo D, Vecchiato T. La depressione dell’anziano: profili assistenziali, soluzioni interprofessionali, indicatori di efficacia. [Depression in old age: assistance profiles, inter-professional solutions,efficacy indexes] . In A Bezze, D. De Leo, T. Vecchiato (eds), La Valutazione di Efficacia degli Interventi con le Persone Anziane [Assessing efficacy of interventions with elderly persons], Fondazione Emanuela Zancan, Padova, 2005,pp 50-68.
• De Leo D, Zanetti O: Demenza [Dementia]. In A Zamperini, F Barale, V Gallese et al. Psiche: Dizionario Storico di Psicologia, Psichiatria, Psicoanalisi, Neuroscienze [Psiche: Historical Dictionnary of Psychology, Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis, Neurosciences], Einaudi, Torino, pp 303-308, 2006.

Peer reviewed journals from 2001

• De Leo D, Padoani W, Scocco P, Lie D, Bille-Brahe U, Arensman E, Hjelmeland H, Crepet P, Haring C, Hawton K, Lonnqvist J, PHILLIPE J, Salander-Remberg E. Schmidtke A, Fricke S, Weinacker B, Temesvary B, Wasserman D, Faria S: Attempted and completed suicide in older subjects: Results from the WHO/EURO Multicentre Study of Suicidal Beahaviour International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 16: 1-11, 2001.
• Scocco P, Meneghel G, Caon F, Dello Buono M, De Leo D: Death ideation and its correlates: Survey of an over-65-year-old population. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease 189: 219-218, 2001.
• Dello Buono M, Urciuoli O, Marietta P, Padoani W, De Leo D: Alternative medicine in a sample of 655 community-dwelling elderly. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 50: 147-154, 2001.
• Hulten A, Jiang GX, Wasserman D, Hawton K, Hjelmeland H, De Leo D,  Ostamo A, Salander-Renberg E, Schmidtke A: Repetition of attempted suicide among teenagers in Europe: frequency, timing and risk factors. European Child Adolescent Psychiatry. 10: 161-9, 2001.
• Metitieri T, Zanetti O, Geroldi C, Frisoni GB, De Leo D, Buono M, Bianchetti A, Trabucchi M: Reality Orientation Therapy to delay outcomes of progression in patients with dementia. A retrospective study. Clinical Rehabilitiation. 15: 471-8, 2001.
• Scocco P, Meneghel G, Dello Buono M, De Leo D: Hostility as a feature of elderly suicidal ideators. Psychological Reports. 88: 863-8, 2001.
• Padoani W, Marini M, De Leo D: Cognitive impairment, insight, depression and suicidial ideation. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics. 1:295-298, 2001.
• Cantor C, MC Taggart P, De Leo D: Misclassification of suicide: the contribution of opiates. Psychopathology. 34:140-6, 2001.
• Mariotto A, De Leo D, Realdon P, Callegaro G: What’s in a name. Lancet. 7;357:1133, 2001.
• Burless C, De Leo D: Methodological issues in community surveys of suicide ideators and attempters. Crisis, 22: 109-124, 2001.
• Scocco P, De Leo D, Frank E: Is interpersonal psychotherapy in group  format a therapeutic option in late-life depression? Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 9: 68-75, 2002.
• De Leo D: Struggling against suicide: The need for an integrative approach. Crisis, 23:23-31, 2002.
• De Leo D, Evans R, Neulinger K: Hanging, firearm, and non-domestic gas suicides among males: A comparative study. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 36: 183-189, 2002.
• De Leo D, Dello Buono M, Dwyer J: Suicide among the elderly: the long-term impact of a telephone support and assessment intervention in northern Italy. British Journal of Psychiatry, 181: 226-229, 2002.
• De Leo D: Why are we not getting any closer to preventing suicide? (Editorial) British Journal of Psychiatry, 181: 372-374, 2002.
• De Leo D, Scocco P: One-year prevelance of death thoughts, suicide ideation and behaviours in an elderly population. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 17: 842-846, 2002.
• Hjelmeland H, Hawton K, Nordvik H, Bille-Brahe U, De Leo D, Fekete S, Grad O, Haring C, Kerkhof AJFM, Lonnqvist J, Michel K, Salander-Remberg E, Schmidtke A, Van Heeringen K, Wasserman D:  Why people engage in parasuicide: A cross-cultural study of intentions. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 32: 380-393, 2002.
• De Leo D, Padoani W, Lonnqvist J, Kerkhof AJFM, Bille-Brahe U, Michel K, Salander-Renberg E, Schmidtke A, Wasserman D, Caon F, Scocco P: Repetition of suicidal behaviour in elderly Europeans: a prospective longitudinal study.  Journal of Affective Disorders 72:291-295, 2002.
• Mariotto A, Dello Buono M, Meneghel G, De Leo D: Patient-doctor relationship: duet or duel? A physicians' perspective. British Journal of General Practice. 52: 855, 2002.
• Caon F, Meneghel G, Zaghi P, De Leo D:  Applicability of neural networks to suicidological research: a pilot study. Archives of Suicide Research 6: 285-289, 2002.
• De Leo D: Psichiatria in Italia e Australia [Psychiatry in Italy and Australia]. Convivio, Journal of Ideas in Italian Studies 8: 147-152, 2002.
• Mariotto A, Dello Buono M, De Leo D:  Elderly people and the Public Health Service: A much desirable marriage. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 57:1-2, 2003.
• Meltzer HY, Conley RR, De Leo D, Green AI, Kane JM, Knesevich MA, Lieberman JA, Lindenmayer JP, Potkin SG: Intervention strategies for suicidality. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, Audiograph Series, 6: 1-18, 2003
• De Leo D:  Preventing suicide. Reply to S.Pridmore (letter). British Journal of Psychiatry 182: 365, 2003.
• De Leo D: Preventing Suicide. Reply to B.Ravi Shankar (letter). British Journal of Psychiatry 182: 365-366, 2003.
• DE LEO: Getting closer to suicide prevention. Reply to G.Isacsson and C.Rich. (letter). British Journal of Psychiatry 182: 457-458, 2003.
• De Leo D, CERIN E:  More than antidepressants are needed to avert suicide. British Medical Journal website Rapid responses (for Hall et al).
  
• De Leo D, Spathonis K: Culture and suicide in late life. Psychiatric Times, 20, 14-17, 2003.
• De Leo D, Dwyer J, Firman D, Neulinger K: Trends in hanging and firearm suicide rates in Australia: substitution of method? Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior 33: 151-164, 2003.
• De Leo D, Spathonis K: Suicide and euthanasia in late life. Aging  Clinical and Experimental Research, 15: 99-110, 2003.
• De Leo D, Spathonis K: Do psychopharmacological and psychsocial treatments reduce suicide risk in schizophrenia and schizophrenia spectrum disorders? Archives of Suicide Research 7: 354-373, 2003.
• Bertolote JM, Fleischmann A, De Leo D, Wasserman D: Suicide and mental disorders: do we know enough? (Editorial) British Journal of Psychiatry, 183: 382-383, 2003.
• Condello C, Padoani W, Uguzzoni U, Caon F, De Leo D: Personality  disorders and self-perceived quality of life in an elderly psychiatric outpatient population. Psychopathology, 36: 78-83, 2003.
• De Leo D, Spathonis K: Suicide Among the Elderly in Italy: An Epidemiological Focus in the Light of International Trends. Zeitschrift für Gerontopsychologie and Psychiatrie, 17: 13-22, 2004.
• De Leo D:  Suicide prevention is far more than a psychiatric business. World Psychiatry, 3: 155-156, 2004.
• De Leo D, Heller T: Who are the kids who self-harm? An Australian self-report school survey. Medical Journal of Australia, 181: 140-144, 2004.
• Heller T, De Leo D: Depression in old age: co-morbid conditions and their management. International Psychogeriatric Association Bulletin, 21: 10-15, 2004.
• Bertolote JM, Fleischmann A, De Leo D, Wasserman D: Psychiatric diagnoses and suicide: revisiting the evidence. Crisis, 25:147-55, 2004.
• De Leo D, Cerine E, Spathonis K, Burgis S: Lifetime risk of suicide ideation and attempts in an Australian Community: Prevalence, suicidal process, and help-seeking behaviour. Journal of Affective Disorders, 86: 215-225, 2005
• De Leo D, Dello Buono M: Selvmordsforebygging blant elder: Erfaringer med TeleHelp/TeleCheck-tjenesten I Nord-Italia. [Suicidal behaviour among the elderly: prevention through a tele-help/tele-check system in Northern Italy] Suicidologi 10;23-26, 2005.
• Bertolote JM, Fleischmann A, De Leo D, Bolhari J, Botega N, De Silva D, Huong TTT, Phillips M, Schlebusch L, Varnik A, Vijayakumar L, Wasserman D: Suicide attempts, plans, and ideation in culturally diverse sites: the WHO SUPRE-MISS community survey. Psychological Medicine, 35: 1457-1465, 2005.
• Fleischmann A, Bertolote JM,  De Leo D, Botega N, Phillips M, Sisak M, Vijayakumar L, Malakouti K, Schlebusch L, De Silva D, Van Tuong N, Wasserman D: Characteristics of attempted suicides seen in emergency-care settings of general hospitals in eight low- and middle-income countries. Psychological Medicine, 35: 1467-1474, 2005.
• PENN D, Simpson L, Edie G, Leggett S, Wood L, Hawgood J, Krysinska K, Yellowlees P, De Leo D: Development of ACROSSnet: an online support system for rural and remote community suicide prevention workers in Queensland, Australia. Health Informatics Journal, 11: 259-278, 2005.
• Krysinska K, Heller T, De Leo D: Suicide and deliberate self-harm in personality disorders. Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 18: 95-101, 2006.
• Colombo G, Dello Buono M, Smania K, Raviola R, De Leo D: Pet therapy and institutionalized elderly: A study on 114 cognitively unimpaired subjects. Archives of Geronotology and Geriatrics.:42: 207-216, 2006.
• De Leo D, Burgis S, Bertolote JM, Kerkhof AJM, Bille-Brahe U: Definitions of suicidal behaviour. Lessons learned from the WHO/EURO Multicentre Study on Suicidal behaviour. Crisis, 27: 4-15, 2006
• Mc Auliffe C, Corcoran P, Keeley HS, Arensman E, Bille-Brahe U, De Leo D, Fekete S, Hawton K, Hjelmeland H, Kelleher M, Kerkhof A, Lonnqvist J, Michel K, Salander-Renberg E, Schmidtke A, Van Heeringen K, Wasserman D: Problem-solving ability and repetition of deliberate self-harm: a multicentre study. Psychological Medicine, 36: 45-56, 2006.
• Pouliot L, De Leo D: Critical issues in psychological autopsy studies. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 36 : 491-510, 2006.
• De Leo D, Klieve H: Communication of suicide intent by schizophrenic subjects: data from the Queensland Suicide Register. International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 1: 6-14, 2007.
• De Leo D, Klieve H, Barnes M: Australian firearms: data require cautious approach. British Journal of Psychiatry, 191: 562-563, 2007.
• Heller TS, Hawgood JL, De Leo D: Correlates of suicide in the building industry workers. Archives of Suicide Research 11: 105-117, 2007.
• Hawgood J, De Leo D: Anxiety disorders and suicidal behaviour: an update. Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 21: 51-64, 2008.
• Hawgood J, Krysinska, K, Ide N, De Leo D: Is suicide prevention properly taught in Medical Schools? Medical Teacher, In press, 2008.

Reports to Government

• Bille-Brahe U, Bjerke T, Crepet P, De Leo D, Haring C, Hawton K, Kerkhof A, Lonnqvist J, Michel K, Philippe A, Pommereau X, Querejeta I, Salander-Renberg E, Temesvary B, Wasserman, Sampaio Faria J: WHO/EURO Multicentre Study on Parasuicide. Facts and Figures. Technical Report, WHO Regional Office forEurope, Copenhagen, 1993.
• De Leo D, Diekstra RFW, Cleiren MPHD, Sampaio Faria JG: Quality of life assessment - instrument to measure self-perceived functioning and wellbeing in the elderly. (LIEPAD Project). WHO Report. WHO Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen, 1994.
• De Leo D, Dello Buono M, Scocco P, Padoani W: Patterns d’uso degli psicofarmaci negli anziani di Padova [ Patterns of psychotropic use in the Padua elderly population] Ricerca finalizzata 449/05/1994 [Research grant #449/05/1994] Rapporto finale [Final report], Regione Veneto, Venice, 1997.
• De Leo D, Neulinger K, Hickey PA, Kosky R, Cantor CH, Baume P: Hanging as a means of suicide amongst young Australians, a report to the Commonwealth Department of Health and Family Services, Canberra, 1999.
• De Leo D, Hickey PA, Neulinger K, Cantor CH: A hidden problem: Suicide in older men in Queensland. A report to Families, Youth and Community Care, Brisbane, 1999.
• De Leo D: Reporting on Suicide. Guidelines for Media Professionals. WHO, DMH, Mental and Behavioural Disorders Team, Geneva, 2000.
• De Leo D and Broers M: Intervention study. Background document to the meeting of principal investigators of the WHO/SUPRE-MISS Project, 5-7 April 2000, Geneva, Switzerland. WHO, Geneva.
• De Leo D, Burless C, Broers M: Community survey. Background document to the meeting of principal investigators of the WHO/SUPRE-MISS Project, 5-7 April 2000, Geneva Switzerland. WHO, Geneva.
• De Leo D, Hickey PA, Neulinger K, Cantor CH: Ageing and suicide..A report to Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care, Canberra, 2001.
• De Leo D, Evans R: Suicide in Queensland, 1996-1998. Mortality Rates and Related Data, Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, Brisbane, 2002.
• De Leo D, Evans R: International Suicide Rates. Recent Trends and Implications for Australia. Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, Canberra, 2003.
• Parkyn M, Kiemo K, Heller T, De Leo D: Suicide from the Story Bridge: Characteristics and Potential for Prevention. A report to the Brisbane City Council, Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, Brisbane, 2004.
• De Leo D, Heller T: Suicide in Queensland, 1999-2001. Mortality Rates and Related Data, Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, Brisbane, 2004.
• De Leo D: Comportamenti suicidari nei minori Italiani. Scheda 16 [Suicidal Behaviours in Italian Minors. Dossier #16]. Rapporto Nazionale sulla Condizione dell’Infanzia e dell’Adolescenza [National Report on Childhood and Adolescence]. Eurispes-Telefono Azzurro, Roma, 2004.
• De Leo D, Hawgood J, Heller TS: Suicide in Queensland’s Commercial Building and Construction Industry. An investigation of its incidence and associated factors. Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, Brisbane, 2004.
• De Leo D, Vecchiato T: La depressione dell’anziano: profili di assistenz soluzioni interprofessionali, indicatori di efficacia [Depression in old age: profiles of care, inter-professional solutions, efficacy indexes]. Final Report to the Ministry of Health, Rome, Italy, Fondazione Zancan, Padua, December 2005.
• Hawgood J, Krysinska K, De Leo D: A study examining the feasibility of developing, piloting and evaluating a suicide prevention curriculum for undergraduate medical students. A report to the Commonwealth of Australia, Department of Health and Aging .Australian Institute for Suicide Research Prevention, Brisbane, 2006.
• Pirkis J, Robinson J, Krysinska K, Niner S, Jorm A, Dudley M, Schindeler E, De Leo D, Harringan S: Identifying research priorities to be addressed in the are of suicide prevention. A report to the Commonwealth of Australia, Department of Health and Aging. Melbourne, University of Melbourne, 2006.
• Hawgood J, Ide N, Irving R, De Leo D: Design, delivery and evaluation of an online training course in suicide prevention and mental health. A report to the Commonwealth of Australia, department of health and Ageing. Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, Brisbane, 2006.
• De Leo D, Klieve H, Milner A: Suicide in Queensland, 20022004.Mortality Rates and Related Data, Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, Brisbane, 2006.
• De Leo D, Krysinska K: Investigation into Queensland Rail suicide and prevention strategies: A report to Queensland Rail, Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, Brisbane, 2007.
• De Leo D, Hawgood J, Ide N, Andersen K, Klieve, H: Post-Discharge Care in Psychiatric Patients at High Risk of Suicide. A report to the Commonwealth of Australia, Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, Griffith University, Brisbane, 2008.
• Hawgood J, Klieve H, Harris K and De Leo D: Investigation into New South Wales police suicide: A review of the Lake Macquarie Local Area Command. Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, Griffith University: Brisbane, 2008.