Steve Platt

Biographic Data

ID6418511
NAMESteve Platt
GIVEN NAMESSteve
FAMILY NAMEPlatt
SIGNATUREPLATT S
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Edinburgh
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS45
AUTHOR COUNT9
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1997
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2021
H-INDEX3

  • Mental health and well-being during the Covid-19 pandemic

    Open AccessRory C O''Connor, Karen Wetherall et al.ARTICLEThe British Journal of Psychiatry2021

    Background The effects of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on the population's mental health and well-being are likely to be profound and long lasting. Aims To investigate the trajectory of mental health and well-being during the first 6 weeks of lockdown in adults in the UK. Method A quota survey design and a sampling frame that permitted recruitment of a national sample was employed. Findings for waves 1 (31 March to 9 April 2020), 2 (10 Apr…

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

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

  • Suicide risk and prevention during the Covid-19 pandemic

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

  • The social life of self-harm in general practice

    Open AccessAmy Chandler, Caroline King et al.ARTICLESocial Theory & Health2020Cited by: 3References: 18

  • The Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS)

    Sarah Stewart-Brown, SL Stewart-Brown et al.ARTICLEJournal of Epidemiology and…2011Cited by: 7

    Background The outcomes framework for the new public health and mental health strategies in England (Healthy Lives Healthy People and No Health without Mental Health) both propose monitoring positive mental health. The Office of National Statistics is currently consulting on approaches to the measurement of wellbeing. Public mental health projects and interventions at local level require measurement of mental wellbeing The Warwick-Edinburgh Menta…

  • People pull the rug from under your feet

    Open AccessDeborah Ritchie, Wendy Gnich et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2008

    Community-based programmes which rely strongly on partnership processes would benefit from early consideration of the potential risks associated with both expected and unexpected stakeholder change. Building in appropriate contingency plans is necessary for sustaining the theory and culture of the programme. Evaluations of innovative community development initiatives may benefit from a formative approach

  • Trends in smoking behaviour between 1985 and 2000 in nine European countries by education

    Katrina Giskes, Anton E Kunst et al.ARTICLEJournal of Epidemiology and…2005Cited by: 34References: 16

    Objective: To examine whether trends in smoking behaviour in Western Europe between 1985 and 2000 differed by education group. Design: Data of smoking behaviour and education level were obtained from national cross sectional surveys conducted between 1985 and 2000 (a period characterised by intense tobacco control policies) and analysed for countries combined and each country separately. Annual trends in smoking prevalence and the quantity of cig…

  • Reduction in drug related suicide in Scotland 1990-1996

    T Squires, T J Squires et al.ARTICLEJournal of Epidemiology and…1999Cited by: 1

    Deaths in Scotland are coded according to the International Classification of Diseases (Revision 9) (ICD9) by the Registrar General for Scotland (GRO) and published annually. This paper highlights the eVect on the drug related suicide rate (deaths coded as ICD9 E950) caused by drug overdose deaths coded to ICD9 304, "drug dependence"

  • Cost effectiveness of a mass media-led anti-smoking campaign in Scotland

    Julie Ratcliffe, John Cairns et al.ARTICLETobacco Control1997

    Provided that the benefits of smoking cessation are broadly accurate, and the assumed level of quitting can be directly attributed to Smokeline, then this mass media-led anti-smoking campaign appears to have been cost effective