Keith Hawton

Biographic Data

ID136741
NAMEKeith Hawton
GIVEN NAMESKeith
FAMILY NAMEHawton
SIGNATUREHAWTON K
AFFILIATIONSWarneford Hospital
ORCID0000-0003-4985-5715
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS52
TOTAL CITATIONS102
AUTHOR COUNT52
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1978
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX6

  • Childhood bullying involvement and later suicidality

    Lauren Marie Campbell-Hansen, A Erlangsen et al.ARTICLEJournal of Epidemiology and…2026References: 39

    BACKGROUND: Bullying involvement (victim or perpetrator role) in childhood is linked to later suicidality. However, findings are inconsistent, and sex may be a moderator. We investigated whether childhood bullying involvement was associated with suicidality in adolescence, and whether this association varied by sex. METHODS: Childhood bullying involvement was collected from self-reports of children and parents during the 11-year follow-up of the …

  • Alcohol restrictions and suicide rates in South Africa during the Covid-19 pandemic

    Open AccessAnthony Fish Hodgson, Jason Bantjes et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2025

    BACKGROUND: Alcohol use is a well-established potentially modifiable risk factor for suicide, yet few studies have investigated the impact of alcohol restrictions on suicide rates, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. METHODS: We used data from nationally representative annual surveys of postmortem investigations in 2017 (n=6117) and 2020/21 (n=6586) to estimate changes in suicide rates associated with the COVID-19 pandemic and relat…

  • Practitioner Review

    Open AccessKatrina Witt, Anne Stewart et al.ARTICLEJournal of Child Psychology and…2025

    BACKGROUND: Self-harm is very common in young people and is associated with suicide. Rates of both self-harm and suicide have increased in young people, particularly in females. There is a clear need to identify new approaches to prevent repeat self-harm. METHOD: We significantly update and build on previous reviews with the aim of identifying issues in research relevant to clinical practice. We identify challenges in developing, implementing and…

  • Loneliness and self-harm in adolescents during the first national Covid-19 lockdown

    Open AccessGalit Geulayov, Karen L Mansfield et al.ARTICLECurrent Psychology2024

    Adolescents’ loneliness and self-harm have received considerable attention during the COVID-19 pandemic with concerns that the socioecological changes taking place would contribute to an escalation of both loneliness and self-harm. However, empirical evidence is scant. We estimated the prevalence of loneliness and self-harm in adolescent school pupils and investigated the association of loneliness and change in loneliness during the UK’s first lo…

  • Research Review

    Open AccessKarima Susi, Francesca Glover‐Ford et al.ARTICLEJournal of Child Psychology and…2023

  • Establishing Self-Harm Registers

    Open AccessEmily Bebbington, Rob Poole et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2023

    Self-harm registers (SHRs) are an essential means of monitoring rates of self-harm and evaluating preventative interventions, but few SHRs exist in countries with the highest burden of suicides and self-harm. Current international guidance on establishing SHRs recommends data collection from emergency departments, but this does not adequately consider differences in the provision of emergency care globally. We aim to demonstrate that process mapp…

  • Utilization and Acceptability of Formal and Informal Support for Adolescents Following Self-Harm Before and During the First Covid-19 Lockdown

    Open AccessGalit Geulayov, Rohan Borschmann et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Psychiatry2022

    More than a third of secondary school students in this sample did not seek any help following self-harm. The majority of those not seeking help did not find this to be a helpful way of coping. Further work needs to determine effective ways of overcoming barriers to help-seeking among adolescents who self-harm and improving perceived helpfulness of the supports accessed

  • Understanding suicide clusters through exploring self-harm

    Open AccessA Johns, Ann John et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2022References: 35

    There was a highly publicised cluster of at least ten suicides in South Wales, United Kingdom, in 2007-2008. We carried out a qualitative descriptive study using cross-case thematic analysis to investigate the experiences and narratives of eight individuals who lived in the area where the cluster occurred and who survived an episode of near-fatal self-harm at the time of the cluster. Interviews were conducted from 01.01.2015 to 31.12.2015. All in…

  • Suicide trends in the early months of the Covid-19 pandemic

    Open AccessJane Pirkis, Ann John et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet Psychiatry2021

  • Risk factors for suicide in prisons

    Open AccessShaoling Zhong, Morwenna Senior et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet Public Health2021

  • Suicide risk and prevention during the Covid-19 pandemic

    Open AccessDavid Gunnell, Louis Appleby et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet Psychiatry2020

  • Parents’ Experience and Psychoeducation Needs When Supporting a Young Person Who Self-Harms

    Open AccessKarolina Krysinska, Sophie Curtis et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2020

    The study highlights the need for support for parents and carers of young people who engage in self-harm, including development and adaptation of resources, such as the "Coping with Self-Harm" booklet, of which an Australian version has now been developed

  • Self-Harm, Suicidal Behaviours, and Cyberbullying in Children and Young People

    Open AccessAnn John, Alexander Charles Glendenning et al.ARTICLEJournal of Medical Internet…2018

  • Vendor-based restrictions on pesticide sales to prevent pesticide self-poisoning - a pilot study

    Open AccessManjula Weerasinghe, Flemming Konradsen et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2018

    Our study suggests that vendor-based sales restriction in regions with high rates of self-poisoning has the potential to reduce access to pesticides for self-poisoning. A large-scale study of the effectiveness and sustainability of this approach is needed

  • Suicide in prisons

    Open AccessSeena Fazel, Taanvi Ramesh et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet Psychiatry2017

    BACKGROUND: Prison suicide rates, rate ratios, and associations with prison-related factors need clarification and updating. We examined prison suicide rates in countries where reliable information was available, associations with a range of prison-service and health-service related factors, how these rates compared with the general population, and changes over the past decade. METHODS: We collected data for prison suicides in 24 high-income coun…

  • A systematic review of the relationship between internet use, self-harm and suicidal behaviour in young people

    Open AccessAmanda Marchant, Keith Hawton et al.ARTICLEPLoS ONE2017

  • Making Sense of an Unknown Terrain

    Open AccessNicholas D Hughes, Louise Locock et al.ARTICLEQualitative Health Research2017Cited by: 6References: 50

    Self-harm is common in young people, and can have profound effects on parents and other family members. We conducted narrative interviews with 41 parents and other family members of 38 young people, aged up to 25, who had self-harmed. Most of the participants were parents but included one sibling and one spouse. This article reports experiences of the parent participants. A cross-case thematic analysis showed that most participants were bewildere…

  • Suicide prevention strategies revisited

    Open AccessGil Zalsman, Keith Hawton et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet Psychiatry2016

  • Economic recession and suicidal behaviour

    Open AccessCamilla Haw, Keith Hawton et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of Social…2015

    BACKGROUND: A growing body of research evidence from countries around the world indicates that economic recession is associated with increases in suicide, particularly in males of working age. AIMS: To explore contributory and ameliorating factors associated with economic recession and suicide and thereby stimulate further research in this area and encourage policy makers to consider how best to reduce the impact of recession on mental health and…

  • Taboo and the different death? Perceptions of those bereaved by suicide or other traumatic death

    Open AccessAlison Chapple, Sue Ziebland et al.ARTICLESociology of Health & Illness2015Cited by: 16References: 18

    Views differ on how far the subject of death has ever been taboo in Western Society. Walter (1991) criticised the way the 'taboo thesis' has been presented, arguing that it has often been 'grossly overdrawn and lacking in subtlety'. Research suggests that suicide and other traumatic death may be particularly difficult for people to talk about or even acknowledge. We interviewed 80 people bereaved due to suicide, or other traumatic death and used …

  • Suicide and the 2008 economic recession

    Open AccessCaroline Coope, David Gunnell et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2014Cited by: 12References: 26

    The negative impacts of previous economic recessions on suicide rates have largely been attributed to rapid rises in unemployment in the context of inadequate social and work protection programmes. We have investigated trends in indicators of the 2008 economic recession and trends in suicide rates in England and Wales in men and women of working age (16-64 years old) for the period 2001-2011, before, during and after the economic recession, our a…

  • Risk factors for suicide in individuals with depression

    Open AccessKeith Hawton, Carolina Casañas i Comabella et al.ARTICLEJournal of Affective Disorders2013

  • The Power of the Web

    Open AccessKate Daine, Keith Hawton et al.ARTICLEPLoS ONE2013

  • Self-harm and suicide in adolescents

    Open AccessKeith Hawton, Kate Saunders et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2012

  • A community-based cluster randomised trial of safe storage to reduce pesticide self-poisoning in rural Sri Lanka

    Open AccessMelissa Pearson, Flemming Konradsen et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2011

    This paper describes a large effectiveness study of a community intervention to reduce the burden of intentional poisoning in rural Sri Lanka. The study builds on a strong partnership between provincial health services, local and international researchers, and local communities. We discuss issues in relation to randomisation and contamination, engaging control villages, the intervention, and strategies to improve adherence