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2011

Books and Volumes

SVETICIC J, MILNER A, DE LEO D: Suicide Research: Selected Readings, Volume 5. Australian Academic Press, Brisbane, 2011.

Publications in International Journals

MADGE N, HAWTON K, MCMAHON E, CORCORAN P, DE LEO D, DE WILDE E, FEKETE S, VAN HEERINGEN K, YSTGAARD M, ARENSMAN E: Psychological characteristics, stressful life events and deliberate self-harm: findings from the child and adolescent self-harm in Europe (CASE) study. European Child and Adult Psychiatry, 2011. doi 10.1007/s00787-011-0210-4
INNAMORATI M, DE LEO D, SERAFINI G, RIHMER Z, LESTER D, AMORE M, GIRARDI P, TATARELLI R, POMPILI M. Tobacco smoking and suicidal ideation and planning in schoolchildren 12–15 years old from ten low- and middle-income countries: impact of cultural differences, European Psychiatry, Volume 26, Supplement 1, Abstracts of the 19th European Congress of Psychiatry, 2011, Page 1896, ISSN 0924-9338, DOI: 10.1016/S0924-9338(11)73600-8.
DE LEO D, HAWGOOD J, IDE N: Do we need education on right-to-die issues? Medical Perspectives from Australia. Asia Pacific Journal of Psychiatry, 2011 (in press).
KAPUSTA N, ROCKETT I, NIEDERKROTENTHALER T, SONNECK G, ETZERSDORFER E, DE LEO D, NAYLOR C, VORACEK M, TRAN U: Declining autopsy rates and suicide misclassification: An epidemiological problem. Archives of General Psychiatry, 2011.
KÕLVES K, IDE N, DE LEO D: Marital breakdown, shame and suicidality in men: A direct link? Suicide & Life-Threatening Behavior, 41: 149-159, 2011.
DE LEO D, SVETICIC J, MILNER A: Suicide in Indigenous people in Queensland, Australia: Trends and methods, 1994-2007. Australian and New Zealand of Psychiatry, 2011.
POMPILI M, BALDESSARINI RJ, BERMAN A, LESTER D, WASSERMAN D, DE LEO D, GIRARDI P: Integration of suicidology with general medicine: An obligation to society. Letter to the Editor. Patient Education and Counselling, 2011 doi 10.1016/j.pec.2011.02.024.
KÕLVES, K; VECCHIATO, T; PIVETTI, M; BARBERO, G; CIMITAN, A; TOSATO, F; DE LEO, D: Non-fatal suicidal behaviour in Padua, Italy, in two different periods: 1992-1996 and 2002-2006. Social Psychiatry & Psychiatric Epidemiology 2011 doi:10.1007/s00127-010-0251-x
VÄRNIK, A; SISASK, M; VÄRNIK, P; WU, J; KÕLVES, K; ARENSMAN, E; MAXWELL, M; REISCH, T; GUSMÃO, R; VAN AUDENHOVE, C; SCHEERDER, G; VAN DER FELTZ-CORNELIS, CM; COFFEY, C; KOPP, M; SZEKELY, A; ROSKAR, S; HEGERL, U: Drug suicide: a sex-equal cause of death in 16 European countries. BMC Public Health, 11:61, 2011.
DOESSEL, D.P., WILLIAMS, R.F.G., TONMUKAYAKUL, U: Quantifying the Economic Structure of the Australian Mental Health Sector since 1992-93, International Journal of Mental Health, Vol.40, No.2, 2011.
WILLIAMS, R.F.G., DOESSEL, D.P: An Economic Classification of ‘Health Need’, International Journal of Social Economics, Vol. 38 No. 3, 2011.
DOESSEL, D.P. AND WILLIAMS, R.F.G. Disabled people’s Living Standards: Filling a Policy Vacuum, International Journal of Social Economics, Vol. 38 No. 4, 2011.
DOESSEL, D.P. WILLIAMS, R.F.G., Resource Misallocation in Australia’s Mental Health Sector under Medicare: Evidence from Time-series Data, Economic Papers, Vol. 30 No. 2, 2011.
DOESSEL, D.P. AND WILLIAMS, R.F.G. The ‘Rise and Rise’ of New Professional Groups under Medicare, Australian Bulletin of Labour, Vol. 37 No.1, 2011.
DOESSEL, D.P., WILLIAMS, R.F.G., ROBERTSON, J.R: Changes in the Inequality of Mental Health: Suicide in Australia, 1907-2003, Journal of Health Economics, Policy and Law, Vol. 6 No. 1, pp.23-42, 2011.
MILNER A, MCCLURE R, SUN J & DE LEO D: Globalisation and suicide: An empirical investigation in 35 countries over the period 1980 to 2006. Health and Place, 2011.
JOHANNESSEN H, DIESERUD G, DE LEO D, CLAUSSEN B, ZAHL PH: Chain of care for patients who have attempted suicide: a follow-up study from Baerum, Norway. BMC Public Health, 11:81, 2011.
LAPIERRE S, ERLANGSEN A, WAERN M, DE LEO D, OYAMA H, SCOCCO P, GALLO JJ, SZANTO K, CONWELL Y, DRAPER B, QUINNETT P: A systematic review of elderly suicide prevention programs. Crisis The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention, 32: 88-98, 2011.
ERLANGSEN A, NORDENTOFT M, CONWELL Y, WAERN M, DE LEO D, LINDNER R, OYAMA H, SAKASHITA T, ANDERSEN-RANDBERG K, QUINNETT P, DRAPER B, LAPIERRE S and the International Research Group on Suicide among the Elderly: Key considerations for preventing suicide in older adults: Consensus opinions of an expert panel. Crisis The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention, 32: 106-109, 2011.
BURSZTEIN LIPSICAS C, MÄKINEN IH, APTER A, DE LEO D, KERKHOF A, LÖNNQVIST J, MICHEL K, SALANDER RENBERG E, SAYIL I, SCHMIDTKE A, VAN HEERINGEN C, VÄRNIK A, WASSERMAN D: Attempted suicide among immigrants in European countries: an international perspective. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 1 Jan 2011, DOI: 10.1007/s00127-010-0336-6.
BERTOLOTE J, BOTEGA N, DE LEO, D. (Letter to Editor). Inequities in suicide prevention in Brazil, The Lancet (2011) (in press).

Book Chapters

SVETICIC J, DE LEO D: Suicidology and missing persons. In: Missing Persons in Australia, Monograph No. 1, Canberra: National Missing Persons Coordination Centre, Australian Federal Police, April 2011.
DE LEO, D and ARNAUTOVSKA, A: Prevention and Treatment of Suicidality in Old Age. In R. O’Connor, S. Platt and J. Gordon (eds) International Handbook of Suicide Prevention: Research, Policy and Practice, Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
MARUSIC A, ROSKAR S, SVETICIC J, ZORKO M (in press). Scales for assessing suicidal risk. In A Shrivastava, M Kimbrell and D Lester (Eds.), Suicidal Behavior: An International Perspective. NY: Nova Science Publishers.

Reports to Governments

KOLVES, K., KUMPULA, E. K., TOO, L. S., SVETICIC, J., MILNER, A., MCKAY, K., IDE, N. & DE LEO, D: Suicidal behaviours in men: determinants and prevention in Australia. Commonwealth of Australia, Department of Health and Ageing, Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, Brisbane, 2011.
MILNER A, KOLVES K, KOLVES KE, DE LEO D on behalf of the START study researchers (2011): WHO Suicide Trends in At-Risk Territories (START) study: Final Report for the Commonwealth of Australia, Department of Health and Ageing, Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, Brisbane, 2011.
KÕLVES K, MILNER A, MCKAY K, & DE LEO D (eds): Suicide in rural and remote areas of Australia. Commonwealth of Australia, Department of Health and Ageing, Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, Brisbane, 2011.
SVETICIC J, DE LEO D: Review of national statistics of suicide mortality following the revisions by Australian Bureau of Statistics. A Report for Commonwealth of Australia, Department of Health and Ageing, Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, Brisbane, 2011.
SVETICIC J, DE LEO D: Suicide mortality data for Queensland: Comparison of the revised data by Australian Bureau of Statistics and Queensland Suicide Register. A Report for Commonwealth of Australia, Department of Health and Ageing, Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, Brisbane, 2011.
HAWGOOD J, IDE N, HALL T, KÕLVES K & DE LEO D: External Evaluation Report: Impacted Children Project, Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, Brisbane, 2011.
ARNAUTOVSKA U, DOESSEL D, IDE N, KÕLVES K & DE LEO D: A mapping exercise of existing suicide prevention programs and services in Queensland: Final Report to Queensland Health, Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, Brisbane, 2011.
KÕLVES K, TOO LS, DE LEO, D: Suicides by locations in Queensland in 1990-2007. Report to Queensland Health, Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, Brisbane, 2011.
SVETICIC J, DE LEO D: Suicide in Queensland, 2005-2007. Mortality Rates and Related Data, Report to Queensland Health, Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, Brisbane (in press).
DE LEO D, SVETICIC J, KLIEVE H, ANDERSEN K, MILNER A, MCKAY K: Indigenous suicides in Queensland, Report to Queensland Health, Australian Academic Press, Brisbane (in press).

Conference Presentations and Posters

2011 XXVI International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) World Congress
Beijing, China
13-17 September 2011
Integrating Cultural Perspectives in the Understanding and Prevention of Suicide

PLENARY 1. SUICIDOLOGY PAST, PRESENT AND FUTUREDIEGO DE LEO. Suicidal Behaviours in DSM-V: Promises, hopes and uncertainties

DIEGO DE LEO. Suicidal Behaviours in DSM-V: Promises, hopes and uncertainties

Oral Presentations

KATHY MCKAY, NAOKO IDE, KAIRI KOLVES, DIEGO DE LEO. Pathways to Care: Tracking the Care Provided to People at Imminent Risk of Suicide
KAIRI KOLVES, KATHY MCKAY, DIEGO DE LEO. Predictors of suicide in rural and remote areas: A psychological autopsy study in Queensland
URSKA ARNAUTOVSKA, NAOKO IDE, DARREL DOESSEL, KAIRI KOLVES, DIEGO DE LEO. Evaluation of suicide prevention programs: A review from Australia
DIEGO DE LEO, BRIAN M. DRAPER, JOHN A. SNOWDON & KAIRI KOLVES. Do elderly suicide victims suffer more from psychiatric problems? A case-control psychological autopsy study in Australia
MILNER A , KOLVES K, DOESSEL D, WILLIAMS R, MCKAY K, ARNAUTOVSKA U, DE LEO D. Contextual influences on suicide in the metropolitan and remote areas of Queensland, Australia
DE LEO D , MILNER A, KOLVES K, POMPILI M, AMADEO S, CHAN S, CHUI H, NADERA D, LILI F, SANIEL B, COLLINGS S, DAVID AM, BENAVENTE BSN, YIP PSF, PHILLIPS M, HUANG Y, BERTOLOTE J, KHISHIGSUREN Z, WANG X. Age and methods of non-fatal suicidal behaviours in Western Pacific countries: Results of the WHO START study
MILNER A , DE LEO D. Developing suicide research and prevention in the Pacific Islands

Poster presentations

10th National Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion 2011
2-4 November 2011, Brisbane

ALLISON MILNER , TIFFANY TOO , JERNEJA SVETICIC AND DIEGO DE LEO Motor vehicle suicides: information from confirmed cases, Queensland, 1990 to 2007
URSKA ARNAUTOVSKA, NAOKO IDE, DARREL DOESSEL, KAIRI KOLVES, DIEGO DE LEO The Mapping Exercise of Existing Suicide Prevention Programs and Services in Queensland: Review and evaluation of suicide prevention programs
KAIRI KOLVES, REBECCA SOOLE AND DIEGO DE LEO. Child Suicides: Evidence from Queensland Suicide Register and Potential for Prevention

World Suicide Prevention Day Forum: Preventing Suicide in Multicultural Societies
8 September 2011, Brisbane

URSKA ARNAUTOVSKA Overview of the Queensland Mapping Exercise,
NAOKO IDE, Suicide in migrants in Australia
DR ALLISON MILNER, WHO START study: Non-fatal suicidal behaviours from the Australian sample area
DR KATHY MCKAY Indigenous suicide research and prevention at the Australian Institute for Suicie Research and Prevention (AISRAP)

2010

Books and Volumes

DE LEO D: Turning Points. An extraordinary Journey into the Suicidal Mind. Australian Academic Press, Brisbane, 2010.
SVETICIC, J. MILNER A, DE LEO, D: Suicide Research: Selected Readings, Volume 4. Australian Academic Press, Brisbane, 2010.
SVETICIC J, MILNER A, DE LEO D: Suicide Research: Selected Readings, Volume 3. Australian Academic Press, Brisbane, 2010.

Publications in International Journals

DE LEO D. Australia Revises its Mortality Data on Suicide (Editorial). Crisis The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention 31(4):169-173, 2010.
KOLVES K, IDE N, DE LEO: Suicidal ideation and behaviour in the aftermath of marital separation: Gender differences. Journal of Affective Disorders, 120: 48–53, 2010.
DE LEO D & MILNER A: The Start Study: Promoting suicide prevention for a diverse range of cultural contexts. Suicide and Life Threatening Behavior, 40: 99-106, 2010.
ANDERSEN K, HAWGOOD J, KLIEVE H, KOLVES K, DE LEO D: Suicide in selected occupations in Queensland: Evidence from the State suicide register. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 44: 243-249, 2010.
DE LEO D & SVETICIC J: Suicides in psychiatric patients: what are we doing wrong? Epidemiologia e Psuchiatria Sociale, 19: 8-15, 2010.
DE LEO, D., DUDLEY, M., AEBERSOLD, C., MENDOZA, J., BARNES, M., HARRISON, J.E., RANSON, D. (2010) Achieving standardised reporting of suicide in Australia: rationale and program for change. Medical Journal of Australia, 192: 452- 456, 2010.
IDE N, WYDER M, KOLVES K, DE LEO D: Separation as an important risk factor for suicide: a systematic review. Journal of Family Issues, online first 26 March 2010, doi: 10.1177/0192513X10365317.
ROCKETT I, WANG S, STACK S, DE LEO D, FROST JL, DUCATMAN AM, WALKER RL, KAPUSTA ND: Race/ethnicity and potential suicide misclassification: Window on a minority suicide paradox? BMC Psychiatry, 19 May 2010, doi 10.1186/1471-244-X-1-35.
KOLVES K, PIVETTI M, CIMITAN A, VECCHIATO T, DE LEO D: Non-fatal suicidal behaviour in Padua, Italy, in two different periods: 1992-1996 and 2002-2006. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 13 June 2010, DOI: 10.1007/s00127-010-0251-x
KÕLVES, K. Child suicide, family environment and economic crisis (editorial). Crisis, 31(3), 115-17, 2010.
WILLIAMS, R.F.G., DOESSEL, D.P., SVETICIC J, DE LEO, D: The accuracy of official suicide mortality data in Queensland, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, Vol.44, pp.815-822, 2010.
SISASK, M; VÄRNIK, A; KÕLVES, K; BERTOLOTE, JM; BOLHARI, J; BOTEGA, NJ; FLEISCHMANN, A; VIJAYAKUMAR, L; WASSERMAN, D: Is religiosity a protective factor against attempted suicide: a cross-cultural case-control study. Archives of Suicide Research, 14:44-55, 2010.
HEIDMETS, L; SAMM, A; SISASK, M; KÕLVES, K; AASVEE, K; VÄRNIK, A: Sexual behavior in relation to depressiveness and suicidality among Estonian schoolchildren aged 13- to 15-years old. Crisis The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention, 31(3): 128-136, 2010.
SAMM, A; TOODING, LM; SISASK, M; KÕLVES, K; AASVEE, K; VÄRNIK, A: Suicidal thoughts and depressive feelings among Estonian schoolchildren in the family-relationship context. European Child and Adolescence Psychiatry, 19(5):457-68, 2010.
KÕLVES, K; VOLMER, D; KÕLVES, K: Ravimite kõrvaltoimete avastamine ja nendest teatamine – Lõuna-Eesti apteekrite hoiakud ja arvamused. (in Estonian) [Detecting and reporting adverse drug reactions – Attitudes and opinions among pharmacists’ in Southern Estonia] Eesti Arst [Estonian Doctor], 89, 400-408, 2010.
WILLIAMS, R.F.G. AND DOESSEL, D.P.: Psychiatry Interacts with Contemporary Western Views: the DSM-III Innovation and Its Adverse Effects, Prometheus, Vol. 28 No.3, pp.245-266, 2010.
DOESSEL, D.P., WILLIAMS, R.F.G. AND WHITEFORD, H: Structural Imbalance and Resource Shortage in Mental Health: Australian Results, Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics, Vol. 13 No. 1, pp. 3-12, 2010.
DOESSEL, D.P., WILLIAMS, R.F.G. AND WHITEFORD, H. The Trend in Mental Health-related Mortality Rates in Australia 1916-2004: Implications for Policy, Australia and New Zealand Health Policy, Vol. 7 No. 3, 2010.
MILNER A, MCCLURE R & DE LEO D: Socio-economic determinants of suicide: an ecological analysis of 35 countries. Social Psychiatry & Psychiatric Epidemiology. DOI: 10.1007/s00127-010-0316-x, 2010.
MILNER A, DE LEO D. Suicide research and prevention in developing and culturally diverse areas of the Pacific. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 88(10), doi: 10.2471/BLT.09.070821, 2010.
MILNER A, DE LEO D: Who seeks treatment where? Suicidal behaviours and Health Care: Evidence from a Community Survey. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 198(6),412-9, 2010.
DE LEO D, MILNER A: The START Study: Designing a methodology for a diverse range of cultural contexts. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 40: 99-106, 2010.
BERTOLOTE JM, FLEISCHMANN A, DE LEO D, PHILLIPS MR, BOTEGA NJ, VIJAYAKUMAR L, DE SILVA D, SCHLEBUSCH L, NGUYEN VT, SISASK M, BOLHARI J, WASSERMAN D: Repetition of suicide attempts: data from emergency care settings in five culturally different low- and middle-income countries participating in the WHO SUPRE-MISS Study. Crisis, 31(4): 194-201, 2010.
ZAHL PH, DE LEO D, EKEBERG Ø, HJELMELAND H, DIESERUD G: The relationship between sales of SSRI, TCA and suicide rates in the Nordic countries. BMC Psychiatry, 6; 10:62, 2010.
ROCKETT IR, HOBBS G, DE LEO D, STACK S, FROST JL, DUCATMAN AM, KAPUSTA ND, WALKER RL: Suicide and unintentional poisoning mortality trends in the United States, 1987-2006: Two unrelated phenomena? BMC Public Health, 10: 705, 2010.
POMPILI M, INNAMORATI M, VICHI M, MASOCCO M, VANACORE N, LESTER D, SERAFINI G, DOMINICI G, GIRARDI P, DE LEO D, TATARELLI R: Suicide prevention among youths. Systematic review of available evidence-based interventions and implications for Italy. Minerva Pediatrica, 62: 507-535, 2010.
POMPILI M, VICHI M, MASOCCO M, VANACORE N, INNAMORATI M, SERAFINI G, GIRARDI P, DE LEO D, TATARELLI R: Il suicidio in Italia. Aspetti epidemiologici e socio-demografici [Suicide in Italy: Epidemiological and demographic features]. Quaderni Italiani di Psichiatria, 2010, DOI:10.1016/j.quip 2010.05.001

Book Chapters

DE LEO D, KRYSINSKA K: Suicide and Self-Directed Violence. In Mental and Neurological Public Health: A Global Perspective, edited by Vikram Patel, Alistair Woodward, Valery L. Feigin, H.K. Heggenhougen, and Stella Quah, Academic Press, San Diego, 2010, pp 357-364.
DE LEO D: The World Health Organization approach to evidence-based suicide prevention. In M Pompili and R Tatarelli (eds) Evidence-Based Practice in Suicidology: A Source Book, Hogrefe, Goettingen, 2010.

Reports to Governments

MCKAY K, KÕLVES K, DE LEO D: Literature review supporting the mhGAP: Indigenous people. World Health Organization, Geneva, February, 2010.
SVETICIC J, DE LEO D: Observations on the so-called ‘continuum’ of suicidality. Commonwealth of Australia, Department of Health and Ageing, Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, Brisbane, 2010.
HAWGOOD J, ARNAUTOVSKA U & DE LEO D: Guidelines for Referring ‘at Risk’ Individuals. Commonwealth of Australia, Department of Health and Ageing, Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, Brisbane, 2010.
MCKAY K, KÕLVES K & DE LEO D: Suicide in Veterans: A psychological autopsy study. Commonwealth of Australia, Department of Veteran Affairs; Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, Brisbane, 2010.
SVETICIC J, DE LEO D: Suicide mortality data for North & Far North Queensland between the years 1996 and 2007. Commonwealth of Australia, Department of Health and Ageing, Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, Brisbane, 2010.
SVETICIC J, DE LEO D: Suicides by children and youth following parental separation and / or divorce. Commonwealth of Australia, Department of Health and Ageing, Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, Brisbane, 2010

2009

Books and Volumes

SVETICIC J, ANDERSEN K, DE LEO D: Suicide Research: Selected Readings, Volume 2. Australian Academic Press, Brisbane, 2009.
ANDERSEN K, SVETICIC J, DE LEO, D: Suicide Research: Selected Readings, Volume 1. Australian Academic Press, Brisbane, 2009.

Publications in International Journals

DE LEO D: WHO Research and Intervention Projects into Suicidal Behaviours: The WHO/SUPRE-MISS and the WHO/START Studies. Clinical Neuropsychiatry 6: 192-196, 2009.
DE LEO D, HOGREFE GJ: New Developments: Hogrefe’s New Open Access Program and Crisis Moving to Six Issues per Year (Editorial). Crisis The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention 30: 113-114, 2009.
KLIEVE H, SVETICIC J, DE LEO D. Who uses firearms as a means of suicide? A population study exploring firearm accessibility and method choice. BMC Medicine 7: 52, 2009.
NINER S, PIRKIS J, KRYSINSKA K, ROBINSON J, DUDLEY M, SCHINDELER E, DE LEO D, WARR D: Research priorities in suicide prevention: A qualitative study of stakeholders’ views. Australian e-Journal for the Advancement of Mental Health (AeJAMH), Volume 8, Issue 1, 2009 ISSN: 1446-7984.
JOHANNESSEN HA, DIESERUD G, JAKHELLN F, ZAHL PH, DE LEO D: Changes in institutional psychiatric care and suicidal behaviour: a follow-up study of inpatient suicide attempters in Baerum, Norway. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 44, 845-851, 2009.
DE LEO D, MILNER A, WANG X: Suicidal behavior in the Western Pacific region: characteristics and trends. Suicide and Life Threatening Behavior. 2009 39: 72-81, 2009.
DE LEO D: Cross-cultural research widens suicide prevention horizons (Editorial). Crisis The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention, 30, 59-62, 2009.WYDER M, WARD P, DE LEO D: Separation as a suicide risk factor. Journal of Affective Disorders, 116, 208-213, 2009.
MALAKOUTI SK, NOJOMI M, BOLHARI J, HAKISHOOSHTARI M, POSHTMASHHHADI M, DE LEO D: Prevalence of Suicide Thoughts, Plans and Attempts in a Community Sample from Karaj, Iran. Community Mental Health Journal, 45, 37-41, 2009.
KLIEVE H, BARNES M, DE LEO D: Controlling firearms use in Australia: has the 1996 gun law reform produced the decrease in rates of suicide with this method? Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 44: 285-292, 2009.
VÄRNIK, A; KÕLVES, K; ALLIK, J; ARENSMAN, E; AROMAA, E; VAN AUDENHOVE, C; BOULEAU, JH; VAN DER FELTZ-CORNELIS, C; GIUPPONI, G; GUSMÃO, R; KOPP, M; MARUSIC, A; MAXWELL, M; OSKARSSON, H; PALMER, A; PULL, C; REALO, A; REISCH, T; SCHMIDTKE, A; SOLA, VP; WITTENBURG, L; HEGERL, U: Gender issues in suicide rates, trends and methods among youths aged 15-24 in 15 European countries. Journal of Affective Disorders, 113(3), 216-226, 2009.
SCHNEIDER, B; KÕLVES, K; BLETTNER, M; WETTERLING, T; SCHNABEL, A; VÄRNIK A: Substance use disorders as risk factors for suicide in an Eastern and a Central European city (Tallinn and Frankfurt/Main). Psychiatric Research, 165(3), 263-272, 2009.
SISASK, M; KÕLVES, K; VÄRNIK, A: Severity of attempted suicide as measured by the Pierce Suicidal Intent Scale. Crisis The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention, 30(3), 136-43, 2009.
HEIDMETS, L; SAMM, A; SISASK, M; KÕLVES, K; AASVEE, K; VISNAPUU, P; VÄRNIK, A: Depressiivsete ja suitsidaalsete kooliõpilaste seksuaalkäitumine. (in Estonian) [Sexual behaviour of depressive and suicidal schoolchildren.] Eesti Arst [Estonian Doctor], 88, 156-63, 2009.
DOESSEL, D.P., WILLIAMS, R.F.G., AND WHITEFORD, H: The New Public Management and Public Psychiatric Institutions in Queensland: Some Empirical Results, Australian Journal of Public Administration, Vol. 68 No.4, pp.459-483, 2009.
SCOLIERS G, PORTZKY G, MADGE N, HEWITT A, HAWTON K, DE WILDE EJ, YSTGAARD M, ARENSMAN E, DE LEO D, FEKETE S, VAN HEERINGEN C: Reasons for adolescent deliberate self-harm: a cry of pain and/or a cry for help? Findings from the child and adolescent self-harm in Europe (CASE) study. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 44: 601-607, 2009.
YSTGAARD M, ARENSMAN E, HAWTON K, MADGE N, VAN HEERINGEN K, HEWITT A, DE WILDE J, DE LEO D, FEKETE S: Deliberate self-harm in adolescents: comparison between those who receive help following self-harm and those who do not. Journal of Adolescence, 32: 875-891, 2009.

Book Chapters

DE LEO D, KRYSINSKA K, BERTOLOTE JM, FLEISCHMANN A, WASSERMAN D: Suicidal behaviours on all the continents among the elderly. In D Wasserman and C Wasserman (eds) Oxford Textbook of Suicidology and Suicide Prevention: a global perspective, 2009 Part 13, pp 693-701.
DE LEO D, DRAPER B, KRYSINSKA K: Suicidal elderly people in clinical and community settings:risk factors, treatment and suicide prevention. In D Wasserman and C Wasserman (eds) Oxford Textbook of Suicidology and Suicide Prevention: a global perspective, 2009 Part 13, pp 703-719.
DE LEO D, KRYSINSKA K: Suicide prevention in Australia. In D Wasserman and C Wasserman (eds) Oxford Textbook of Suicidology and Suicide Prevention: a global perspective, 2009, Part 15C, pp783-784.
BERTOLOTE JM, FLEISCHMANN A, DE LEO D, WASSERMAN D: Suicidal thoughts, suicide plans and attempts in the general population on different continents. In In D Wasserman and C Wasserman (eds) Oxford Textbook of Suicidology and Suicide Prevention: a global perspective, 2009, Part 2, pp 99-104.
FLEISCHMANN A, BERTOLOTE JM, DE LEO D, WASSERMAN D: Instruments used in SUPRE-MISS: the WHO Multisite Intervention Study on Suicidal behaviours. In In D Wasserman and C Wasserman (eds) Oxford Textbook of Suicidology and Suicide Prevention: a global perspective, 2009, Part 7, pp 313-318.
DE GIOANNIS A, DE LEO D: Leczenle pacjentow ze sklonnosciami samobojczymi w praktyce klinicznej [Managing suicidal patients in clinical practice]. In J Krzyzowski, Trudne Problemy W Praktyce Psychiatrycznej [Difficult Problems in Psychiatric Practice], Medik, Warsaw, 2009, pp 538-567.

Reports to Governments

KOLVES K, IDE N, DE LEO D: Literature review supporting the mhGAP: dementia. World Health Organization, Geneva, 2009.
KOLVES K, IDE N, DE LEO D: Literature review supporting the mhGAP: medication. World Health Organization, Geneva, 2009.
SVETICIC J, KOLVES K, IDE N, DE LEO D: Literature review supporting the mhGAP: pesticides. World Health Organization, Geneva, 2009.
KOLVES K, IDE N, DE LEO D: Literature review supporting the mhGAP: hanging. World Health Organization, Geneva, 2009.
SVETICIC J, KOLVES K, IDE N, DE LEO D: Literature review supporting the mhGAP: firearms. World Health Organization, Geneva, 2009.
SVETICIC J,KOLVES K, IDE N, DE LEO D: Literature review supporting the mhGAP: Jumping from high places. World Health Organization, Geneva, 2009.
KOLVES K, IDE N, DE LEO D: Literature review supporting the mhGAP: Controlling the media. World Health Organization, Geneva, 2009.
KOLVES K, IDE N, DE LEO D: Literature review supporting the mhGAP: Alcohol Restrictions. World Health Organization, Geneva, 2009.
KOLVES K, MILNER A, DE LEO D: Suicide risk in different sub-populations in Australia (Queensland). A report to the Commonwealth of Australia Department of Health and Ageing. Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, Brisbane, 2009.
MCKAY, K; KÕLVES, K; KLIEVE, H; DE LEO, D. Building Bridges: Learning from Experts. Building bridges to implement successful life promotion and suicide prevention expertise across Aboriginal communities. Evaluation Report. Queensland Centre for Rural and Remote Mental Health, 2009.

Congress Proceedings

DE LEO D: Quando la prevenzione del suicidio incontra le questioni del diritto alla morte: alla ricerca della prospettiva medica. [When suicide prevention meets the-righ- to- die problem : the search for a medical perspective]. In L. Baccaro & R. Pegoraro (eds) Salute Mentale e Garanzia dei Diritti [Mental Health and and Guaranteed Rights]. CLEUP, Padova, 2009, pp 15-24.

2008

Publications in International Journals

DE LEO D: Crisis: The road ahead (Editorial). Crisis The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention, 29, 171-172, 2008.
MADGE N, HEWITT A, HAWTON K, DE WILDE EJ, CORCORAN P, FEKETE S, VAN HEERINGEN K, DE LEO D, YSTGAARD M. Deliberate self-harm within an international community sample of young people: comparative findings from the Child & Adolescent Self-harm in Europe (CASE) Study. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 49, 667-677, 2008.
PIVETTI M, CIMITAN A, TOSATO F, DE LEO D, VECCHIATO T: I tentativi di suicidio a Padova: criteri per riconoscerli e dimensioni del fenomeno. Studi Zancan, 9: 45-57, 2008.
DE LEO D, HAWGOOD JL. Impact of specialty on attitudes of Australian medical practitioners to end-of-life decisions. Medical Journal of Australia, 189, 349-50, 2008.
DE LEO D, KRYSINSKA K: Suicide in old age: an international perspective. Acta Suicidologica Slovenica, 4, 28-40, 2008.
ROBINSON J, PIRKIS J, KRYSINSKA K, NINER S, JORM AF, DUDLEY M, SCHINDELER E, DE LEO D, HARRIGAN S: Research priorities in suicide prevention in Australia. Crisis, 29, 180-190, 2008.
KRYSINSKA K, DE LEO D: Suicide on railway networks: epidemiology, risk factors and prevention. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 42, 763-771, 2008.
DE LEO D, KRYSINSKA K: Suicidal behaviour by train collision in Queensland, 1990-2004. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 42, 772-779, 2008.
FLEISCHMANN A, BERTOLOTE JM, WASSERMAN D, DE LEO D, BOLHARI J, BOTEGA NJ, DE SILVA D, PHILLIPS M, VIJAYAKUMAR L, VARNIK A, SCHLEBUSCH L, HUONG TTT: Effectiveness of brief intervention and contact for suicide attempters: a randomized controlled trial in five countries. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 86, 703-709, 2008.
HAWGOOD JL, KRYSINSKA KE, IDE N, DE LEO D: Is suicide prevention properly taught in medical schools? Medical Teacher, 30: 287-295, 2008.
DE LEO D, HELLER T: Social modelling in the transmission of suicidality. Crisis The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention 29: 11-19, 2008.
ANTRETTER E, D. DUNKEL D,HARING C, CORCORAN P, DE LEO D, FEKETE S, HAWTON K, KERKHOF A, LONNQVIST J, E. SALANDER RENBERG E, SCHMIDTKE A, VAN HEERINGEN K, WASSERMAN D: The factorial structure of the Suicide Intent Scale: a comparative study in clinical samples from 11 European regions. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 17, 63-79, 2008.
HAWGOOD J, DE LEO D: Anxiety disorders and suicidal behaviour: an update. Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 21: 51-64, 2008.

Book Chapters

DE LEO D, KRYSINSKA K: Suicide and Self-Directed Violence. In International Encyclopedia of Public Health, K Heggenhougen & S Quah, Vol 6, San Diego: Academic Press, pp 267-275, 2008.
DE LEO D, KRYSINSKA K: Appendix D: Review of suicide risk factors. In Living Is For Everyone: Research and Evidence in Suicide Prevention. Commonwealth of Australia, Department of Health and Ageing, Canberra, pp. 64-69, 2008.

Reports to Governments

DE LEO D, HAWGOOD JL, IDE N, ANDERSEN K, KLIEVE H: Post-discharge care in psychiatric patients at high-risk of suicide. A report to the Commonwealth of Australia, Department of Health and Ageing. Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, Brisbane, 2008.

2007

Publications in International Journals

ROSSOW I, YSTGAARD M, HAWTON K, MADGE N, HEWITT A, VAN HEERINGEN C, DE WILDE EJ, DE LEO D, FEKETE S, SULLIVAN C: Cross-national comparisons of the association between alcohol consumption and deliberate self-harm in adolescents. Suicide & Life-Threatening Behavior; 37: 605-615, 2007.
DELEO D, HELLER T: Intensive case management in suicide attempters following discharge from inpatient psychiatric care. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 13: 49-59, 2007.
DE LEO D, KLIEVE H, BARNES M : Austrian firearms: data require cautious approach. British Journal of Psychiatry, 191: 562-563, 2007.
WYDER M, DE LEO D: Behind impulsive suicide attempts: Indications from a community study. Journal of Affective Disorders, 104: 167-173, 2007.
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.
CRANE C, WILLIAMS MG, HAWTON K, ARENSMAN E, BILLE-BRAHE U, CORCORAN P, DE LEO D, FEKETE S, GRAD O, HARING C, KERKHOF A, LONNQVIST J, MICHEL K, SALANDER-RENBERG E, SCHMIDTKE A, VAN HEERINGEN C, WASSERMAN D: The association between life events and suicide intent in self-poisoners with and without a history of deliberate self-harm: a preliminary study. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 37: 367- 378, 2007.
KRYSINSKA K, DE LEO D: Telecommunication and suicide prevention: hopes and challenges for the new century. Omega, Journal of Death and Dying, 55: 237-253, 2007.
MURRAY D, DE LEO D: Suicidal behavior by motor vehicle collision. Traffic Injury Prevention, 8: 244-247, 2007.
DE LEO D: Suicide mortality data need revision. (letter to Editor) . Medical Journal of Australia, 186: 157-158, 2007.
HELLER TS, HAWGOOD JL, DE LEO D: Correlates of suicide in the building industry workers. Archives of Suicide Research 11: 105-117, 2007.

Book Chapters

DE LEO D, KIEMO K: Suicidio [Suicide]. In F Barale, M Bertani V, Gallese et al. Psiche: Dizionario Storico di Psicologia, Psichiatria, Psicoanalisi, neuroscienze [Psiche: Historical Dictionnary of Psychology, Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis, Neurosciences], Einaudi, Torino, pp 1069-1073, 2007.

Reports to Governments

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.

2006

Books and Volumes

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.

Publications in International Journals

POULIOT L, DE LEO D: Critical issues in psychological autopsy studies. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 36 : 491-510, 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.
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.
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.
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.
KRYSINSKA K, HELLER T, DE LEO D: Suicide and deliberate self-harm in personality disorders. Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 18: 95-101, 2006.

Book Chapters

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.

Reports to Governments

DE LEO D, KLIEVE H, MILNER A: Suicide in Queensland, 2002-2004. Mortality Rates and Related Data, Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, Brisbane, 2006.
HAWGOOD J, IDE N, IRWIN 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.
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 Ageing. Melbourne, University of Melbourne, 2006.
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 Ageing. Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, Brisbane, 2006.

Congress Proceedings

DE LEO D: Suicide in Australia: What we know and are seeking to discover. In D De Leo, H Herrman, S Ueda, et al (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 Aging, Canberra, 2006.

2005

Books and Volumes

BEZZE M, DE LEO D, VECCHIATO T (eds): La Valutazione di Efficacia degli Interventi con le Persone Anziane [Assessing Efficacy of Intervention with Elderly Persons], Fondazione Emanuela Zancan, Padova, 2005.

Publications in International Journals

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.
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.
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.
DE LEO D, CERIN 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.

Book Chapters

DE LEO, T. VECCHIATO, 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.
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. In A Bezze, D. De Leo, T. Vecchiato, La Valutazione 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. 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 aspectsand future perspectives] . In A Bezze, D. De Leo, T. Vecchiato, La Valutazione diEfficacia degli Interventi con le Persone Anziane [Assessing efficacy of interventions with elderly persons], Fondazione Emanuela Zancan, Padova, 2005, pp7-37.
PADOANI W, SCOCCO P, DE LEO D. Le Alterazioni Delle Funzioni Cognitive in Corso di Malattie Psichiatriche. In Trabucchi M, Le demenze[The Dementias], 4th Edition Utet S.p.A., Divisione Scienze Mediche, Milano, 2005, pp 471-512.
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 & Sons, Chichester, 2005, pp 145-188.

Reports to Governments

DE LEO D, VECCHIATO T: La depressione dell’anziano: profili di assistenza, 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.

2004

Books and Volumes

DE LEO D, EVANS R: International Suicide Rates and Prevention Strategies, Hogrefe & Huber Publishers, Göttingen, 2004.
DE LEO D, BILLE-BRAHE U, KERKHOF A, SCHMIDTKE A (eds): Suicidal Behaviour Theories and Research Findings, Hogrefe & Huber; Publishers, Göttingen, 2004.
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 & Huber Publishers, Göttingen, 2004.

Publications in International Journals

DE LEO D, SPATHONIS K: Suicide Among the Elderly in Italy: An Epidemiological Focus in the Light of International Trends. Zeitschrift für Gerontopsychologie & 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.
DELLO BUONO M, BEZZE M, DE LEO D, VECCHIATO T: La depressione dell’anziano: profili assistenziali, soluzioni interprofessionali, indicatori di efficacia. Studi Zancan, 5: 35-64, 2004.

Book Chapters

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.
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.
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.
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 attempts 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.
DE LEO D, BURGIS S, BERTOLOTE JM, KERKHOF A, BILLE-BRAHEU: 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, pp 139-164.
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) Suicidal Behaviour: Theories and Research Findings, Hogrefe/Huber, Göttingen, 2004, pp 253-286.

Reports to Governments

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.

2003

Publications in International Journals

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 & C.Rich. (letter). British Journal of Psychiatry 182: 457-458, 2003.
DE LEO D, CERIN E: More than antidepressants are needed to avert suicide. Bmj.com Rapid responses (for Hall et al), http://bmj.com/cgi/eletters/326/7397/1008
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.

Book Chapters

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.

Congress Proceedings

DE LEO D: Suicide in the elderly and youth population: How do they differ? Proceeedings of the Eight Annual Conference of the Irish Association of Suicidology, Limerick, Ireland, September 2003, pp.15-25. (Michael Kelleher Memorial Lecture).
DE LEO D, EVANS R: International Suicide Rates. Recent Trends and Implications for Australia. Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, Canberra, 2003.

2002

Books and Volumes

HAWGOOD J & DE LEO D: Suicide Prevention Skills Training: An Accredited Training Program. Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, Brisbane, Griffith University, 2002.

Publications in International Journals

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.
SCOCCO P, DE LEO D : 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.

Book Chapters

MENEGHEL G & 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 Organisation, Geneva, 2002, pp 185-212.

Congress Proceedings

DE LEO D, DELLO BUONO M, DWYER J: Long-term impact of a telephone support and assessment intervention on elderly suicide rates: An eleven-year follow-up, 9th European Symposium on Suicide and Suicidal Behaviour, England, 2002, pp 84.
DE LEO D, EVANS R: Completed suicide and canabis use: A psychological autopsy study, 9th European Symposium on Suicide and Suicidal Behaviour, England, 2002, pp 72.
DE LEO D, SWANTON K, HARPER C, FIRMAN D, LEORIN C, BURGIS S, POLLARD G: Suicidal ideation and behaviour, help seeknig , and treatment complience within an Australian community sample, 9th European Symposium on Suicide and Suicidal Behaviour, England, 2002, pp 66.
DE LEO D, EVANS R: Youth Suicide, Annual Gold Coast International Mental Health Conference. Book of Abstracts, Gold Coast, 2002, pp 17.
DE LEO D, DELLO BUONO M, DWYER J: The long-term impact of a tele-help-telecheck service on elderly suicide, In The Mind: The Final Frontier. RANZCP 37th Congress Book of Abstracts, Brisbane, 2002, pp 12.
DE LEO D, SWANTON K, HARPER C, FIRMAN D, LEORIN C, BURGIS S, MORRIS P, POLLARD G: The Gold Coast Suicide Prevention Community study: Interim Report, In The Mind: The Final Frontier; RANZCP 37th Congress Book of Abstracts, Brisbane, 2002, pp 12.
DE LEO D: Il Suicidio negli Anziani in Italia. Epidemiologia e trend internazionali [Suicide in Italian Elderly. Epidemiology and international trends], In Esiste la Buona Morte in Geriatria? A. Cester (ed), Atti di convegno, Lubiana, 2002, pp 61-70.
DE LEO D, EVANS R: Suicide in Queensland, 1996-1998. Mortality Rates and Related Data, Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, Brisbane, 2002.

2001

Books and Volumes

DE LEO D (editor): Suicide and Euthanasia in Older Adults: A Transcultural Journey. Hogrefe & Huber Publishers, Goettinghen, 2001.
SCOCCO P, DE LEO D, PAVAN L (eds): Manuale di Psicoterapia dell’Anziano [Handbook of Psychotherapy in Old Age], Bollati Boringhieri, Torino, 2001.
DE GIROLAMO G, RUCCI P, SCOCCO P, BECCHI A, DE LEO D (eds): Qualita’ della Vita e Salute [Quality of Life and Health], Centro Edizioni Scientifiche, Roma, 2001.

Publications in International Journals

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 Behaviour 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.
DE LEO D, MENEGHEL G: The impact of culture and religion on suicide in Italian society. Listening, Journal of Religion and Culture, 36: 160-173, 2001.
SCOCCO P, MENEGHEL G, DULLO 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.

Book Chapters

DE LEO D & 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 & 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, L Pavan, D De Leo (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’Anzian o [Handbook of Psychotherapy in the Elderly], P Scocco, L Pavan, D De Leo (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, L Pavan, D De Leo (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.

Congress Proceedings

WEINACKER B, SCHMIDTKE A, LOHR C, BILLE-BRAHE U, DE LEO D, HARING C, HAWTON K, HJELMELAND H, LOONQVIST J, MICHEL K, SALANDER-RENBERG E, VAN HEERINGEN C, WASSERMAN D: Rates and trends in attempted suicide and relationship with suicides in Europe: WHO/EURO Multicentre Study of Suicidal Behaviour, 1989-1997/1998. In“Suicide Risk and Protective Factors in the New Millennium”, O.T.Grad (ed), Tiskarna Plesko, Lubiana, 2001, pp 289-294.
SCHMIDTKE A, LOHR C, WEINACKER B, BILLE-BRAHE U, DE LEO D, KERKHOF AJFM, CREPET P, HJELMELAND H, LONNQVIST J, MICHEL K, SALANDER-REMBERG E, WASSERMAN D: Imitation of suicidal behaviour: A cross-cultural study. In “Suicide Risk and Protective Factors in the New Millennium”, O.T.Grad (ed), Tiskarna Plesko, Lubiana, 2001, pp 273-276.
MICHEL K, SALANDER-RENBERG E, VAN HEERINGEN K, WASSERMAN D: Marital quality in suicide attempters.In “Suicide Risk and Protective Factors in the New Millennium”, O.T.Grad (ed), Tiskarna Plesko, Lubiana, 2001, pp 207-210.
SCHMIDTKE A, LOHR C, WEINACKER B, BILLE-BRAHE U, DE LEO D, KERKHOF AJFM, CREPET P, HJELMELAND H, LONNQVIST J, MICHEL K, SALANDER-REMBERG E, WASSERMAN D: Imitation of suicidal behaviour: A cross-cultural study. In “Suicide Risk and Protective Factors in the New Millennium”, O.T.Grad (ed), Tiskarna Plesko, Lubiana, 2001, pp 273-276.
LOHR C, SCHMIDTKE A, BILLE-BRAHE U, CREPET P, DE LEO D, FEKETE S, GRAD OT, HARING C, HAWTON K, HJELMELAND H, KERKHOF AJFM, LONNQVIST J, MICHEL K, SALANDER-RENBERG E, VAN HEERINGEN K, WASSERMAN D: Marital quality in suicide attempters. In “Suicide Risk and Protective Factors in the New Millennium”, O.T.Grad (ed), Tiskarna Plesko, Lubiana, 2001, pp 207-210.
DE LEO D: Towards more effective anti-suicide strategies: Integrating risk-factors with protective factors. Preface to the book “Suicide Risk and Protective Factors in the New Millennium”, O.T.Grad (ed), Tiskarna Plesko, Lubiana, 2001,Pp XIX-XXI.