Professor David J Gunnell
FMedSci, DSc, PhD
Current positions
Professor
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
Contact
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Projects and supervisions
Research projects
The impact of COVID-19 on self-harm and suicidal behaviour: a living systematic review
Role
Co-Principal Investigator
Description
The overarching aim of the review is to identify and appraise any newly published evidence from around the world that assesses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on suicide deaths,…Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/05/2020
Project title Suicide prevention for Emergency Department attenders presenting with self-harm and a history of substance misuse
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
30/03/2020 to 01/09/2022
HOPE Project Evaluation
Principal Investigator
Role
Collaborator
Description
To help resolve high suicide rates in Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire, the charity Second Step was commissioned to roll-out the Hope service offering psychosocial intervention for men, supporting…Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/05/2019 to 31/12/2020
NIHR BRC Mental Health
Principal Investigator
Description
Predicting who is most at risk of mental illness and developing novel approaches to prevention and treatment with particular focus on psychosis, depression, addiction, suicidal behaviour and post-traumatic stress disorder.Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/04/2017 to 31/03/2022
HOPE intervention development
Principal Investigator
Description
Development and feasibility of a motivational interviewing based intervention to support individuals at risk of self-harm due to financial difficultiesManaging organisational unit
School for Policy StudiesDates
01/03/2016 to 31/10/2016
Thesis supervisions
An investigation into the spatial epidemiology of suicide in England and Wales
Supervisors
The influence of inter-generational, early life and environmental factors on the development of adiposity in young adulthood.
Supervisors
What influences help-seeking in mentally distressed young adults?
Supervisors
Pubertal timing and self-harm
Supervisors
Publications
0
Recent publications
01/01/2022The Problem of Suicide in the Higher Education Institution Sector
Preventing and Responding to Student Suicide
An ecological study of temporal trends in ‘deaths of despair’ in England and Wales
Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
Barriers to students opting-in to universities notifying emergency contacts when serious mental health concerns emerge
Journal of Affective Disorders Reports
Clinical and psychosocial factors associated with domestic violence among men and women in Kandy, Sri Lanka
PLoS Global Public Health
Gatekeeper training for vendors to reduce pesticide self-poisoning in rural South Asia
BMJ Open
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