Publications - Centre for Suicide Research

Centre for Suicide Reseach has mainly published in Danish. Articles and working papers in English are listed below.

2025

Psychiatry Research, 2025

Jakobsen, S. G., Reilev, M., Lauritsen, J., Andersen, P. T., Larsen, C. P., Stenager, E., & Christiansen, E. (2025). Contact patterns in health care before and after first registered suicide attempt or self-harm: A nationwide register study. Psychiatry Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2025.01.021

European Psychiatry, 2025

Reilev, M., Møller, J.-J. K., Stenager, E., & Christiansen, E. (2025). Burden of psychiatric and somatic comorbidities in individuals with suicidal behavior: a nationwide Danish registry-based, observational study. European Psychiatry, 68(1), e23. doi:10.1192/j.eurpsy.2024.178

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 2025

Reilev M, Andersen JH, Højlund M, Stenager E, Rasmussen L, Christiansen E. Initiation and Discontinuation of Psychotropic Drugs Relative to Suicidal Behavior: A Danish Registry-Based Study. Acta Psychiatr Scand. 2025 Jun;151(6):698-708. doi: 10.1111/acps.13792. Epub 2025 Feb 25. PMID: 40000022; PMCID: PMC12045657.

Plos One, 2025

Jensen MV, Frandsen SBA, Madsen KU, Østergaard LR, Larsen CP, et al. (2025) The impact of suicide prevention training for nursing assistant students: Knowledge and willingness to intervene. PLOS ONE 20(5): e0323169. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0323169
O’ Brien C, Gallagher K, O’ Driscoll M, Ní Dhálaigh D, Corcoran P, et al. (2025) Suicide prevention curriculum development for health and social care students: A scoping review. PLOS ONE 20(7): e0328776. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0328776

International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 2025

Østervang, C., Lassen, A.T., Stenager, E., Møller, C.L., Hummel, S. and Jensen, M.V. (2025), Improved Mental Health Support for Patients With Self-Harm Injuries in the Emergency Department: Design and Development of a Future Patient Care Pathway. Int J Mental Health Nurs, 34: e70067. https://doi.org/10.1111/inm.70067

Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 2025

Christiansen, E., Hallas, J., Stenager, E., & Reilev, M. (2025). Incidence of suicide and suicide attempts following a diagnosis of cancer: A nationwide study using Danish registry data. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 196, Article 112326. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2025.11232

Suicide Prevention Interventions in the Emergency Department, 2025

Østervang C, Lassen AT, Stenager E, Møller CL, Hummel S, Jensen MV. Improved Mental Health Support for Patients With Self-Harm Injuries in the Emergency Department: Design and Development of a Future Patient Care Pathway. Int J Ment Health Nurs. 2025 Jun;34(3):e70067. doi: 10.1111/inm.70067. PMID: 40437700; PMCID: PMC12120214.

Care home transition and risk of suicidal behaviour, 2025

Reilev M, Ernst MT, Lundby C, Christiansen E. Care home transition and risk of suicidal behaviour: a nationwide Danish registry-based study. Age Ageing. 2025 Nov 28;54(12):afaf350. doi: 10.1093/ageing/afaf350. PMID: 41364627.

Tracking nursing home residents in Denmark: the Danish Nursing Home Resident Database, 2025

Schaller MC, Pottegård A, Lundby C, Hansen L, Toftlund SA, Reilev M. Tracking nursing home residents in Denmark: the Danish Nursing Home Resident Database. Scand J Public Health. 2025 Nov 12:14034948251391588. doi: 10.1177/14034948251391588. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41229101.

An Intensive 1-Week Approach to Training Collaborative Work in Pharmacoepidemiologic Research, 2025

Reilev M, Hallas J; Pharmacoepidemiology Group at Clinical Pharmacology, Pharmacy and Environmental Medicine, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark. Research Sprints: An Intensive 1-Week Approach to Training Collaborative Work in Pharmacoepidemiologic Research. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2025 Nov;34(11):e70238. doi: 10.1002/pds.70238. PMID: 41163479.

2024

Wiley Online Library, 2024

Østergaard, L. R., Larsen, C. P., Bast, L. S., & Christiansen, E. (2024). Exploring the readiness of youth education institutions with high-risk students to implement a suicide prevention gatekeeper intervention: A nationwide observational survey study in Denmark. Psychology in the Schools, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1002/pits.23172

ScienceDirect, 2024

Christiansen, E., Reilev, M., Larsen, C. P., Bilenberg, N., & Agerbo, E. (2024). The joint effect of mental illness and parental suicide attempt on offspring suicide attempt and death: A Danish nationwide, registry-based study using multistate modeling. Psychiatry Research, 334, 115824. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2024.11582

Nordic Journal Of Psychiatry, 2024

Singh, G., Hansen, J. P., Hulgaard, D., Damkjær, M., & Christiansen, E. (2024). Impact of COVID-19 restrictions on self-poisoning behaviour with mild analgesics in Danish youth. Nordic Journal of Psychiatry, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1080/08039488.2024.233943

BMC Primary Care, 2024

Jakobsen, S.G., Andersen, P.T., Lauritsen, J. et al. Opening the black box of registration practice for self-harm and suicide attempts in emergency departments: a qualitative study. BMC Prim. Care 25, 139 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-024-02393-6

2023

PLOS ONE, 2023

Konieczna, A., Larsen, C. P., Jakobsen, S. G., Okuda, T., Moriyama, K., Mere, W. S., & Christiansen, E. (2023). Suicide trends in Denmark-An ecological study exploring suicide methods from 1995 to 2019. PloS one, 18(12), e0296324. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0296324

Journal of Psychiatric Research , 2023

Jakobsen, S., Nielsen, T., Larsen, C. P., Andersen, P. T., Lauritsen, J., Stenager, E., & Christiansen, E. (2023). Definitions and incidence rates of self-harm and suicide attempts in Europe: A scoping review. Journal of Psychiatric Research.

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica, 2023

d’Andrade, T. B., Larsen, C. P., Stenager, E., Stenager, E. N., & Christiansen, E. (2023). Multiple Sclerosis and Suicide Attempts: A Review including a Meta-Analysis of Prevalence. Acta Neurologica Scandinavica, 2023.

2022

Jakobsen, S., Larsen, C. P., Stenager, E., & Christiansen, E. (2022). Risk of repeated suicide attempt after redeeming prescriptions for antidepressants: A register-based study in Denmark. Psychological Medicine, 1-8. doi:10.1017/S0033291722002719

2021

Konieczna A, Grube Jakobsen S, Petrea Larsen C, Christiansen E: “Recession and risk of suicide in Denmark during the 2009 global financial crisis: an ecological register-based study”. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, 2021.

2018

Zoellner, during the international cooperation with NATO The Research Task Group on Military Suicide (RTG-2018) Military Suicide Prevention: Report Prepared for NATO Leadership. STO/NATO 2018. The report is available for free download.

2015

Ejdesgaard BA, Zøllner L, Jensen BF, Jørgensen HO, Kähler H. “Risk and Protective Factors for Suicidal Ideation and Suicide Attempts among Deployed Danish Soldiers from 1990 to 2009“. Military Medicine, 2015, pp. 61-67.

2014

Zoellner L, Joergensen HO. Risk and protective factors influencing suicidal ideation and suicidal behaviour among Danish veterans. Psihologia Militara – multiplicator al eficientei operationale. Part II Personality – Assessment and Development. Coordonator: Dr. Cristian Dobre. Bucuresti, 2014, s. 152-157

2011

Stenager EN, Jensen BF, Stenager M, Stenager K, Stenager E. “Suicide attempts in multiple sclerosis“. Multiple Sclerosis Journal, 2011.

2009

Zoellner, L. Future challenges in suicide research. Public Service Review: European Union, issue 17.

2008

Christiansen E, Jensen BF. A nested case-control study of the risk of suicide attempts after discharge from psychiatric care: The role of co-morbid substance use disorder. Nordic Journal of Psychiatry, 2008.

2007

Christiansen E, Jensen BF. Risk of repetition of suicide attempt, suicide or all deaths after an episode of attempted suicide: A register-based survival analysis. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 2007, vol. 41, no. 3.

2006

Sundaram V, Qin P, Zoellner L. Suicide Risk Among Persons with Foreign Background in Denmark. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior 2006, vol. 36(4).
Zoellner L, Moeller S, Jensen BF. Intra-monthly Distribution of Suicides in Denmark 1970-1998. Journal of UOEH The 6th ICOH International Conference on Occupational Health for Health Care Workers, Japan 2004.