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Overview

David Gunnell is affiliated with the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom and primarily works within the field of Psychology, with a significant focus on Clinical Psychology. Their research spans multiple subfields including General Health Professions, Social Psychology, Health, and Emergency Medicine.

The main topics of David Gunnell's work include:

  • Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity
  • Insect and Pesticide Research
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development

David Gunnell's recent published papers are:

  • "Suicide risk and prevention during the COVID-19 pandemic," 2020, The Lancet Psychiatry
  • "Suicide trends in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic: an interrupted time-series analysis of preliminary data from 21 countries," 2021, The Lancet Psychiatry
  • "Mental health before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in two longitudinal UK population cohorts," 2020, The British Journal of Psychiatry
  • "Trends in suicide during the covid-19 pandemic," 2020, BMJ
  • "Suicide numbers during the first 9-15 months of the COVID-19 pandemic compared with pre-existing trends: An interrupted time series analysis in 33 countries," 2022, EClinicalMedicine

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Ann John
  • Duleeka Knipe
  • Paul Moran
  • Keith Hawton
  • Navneet Kapur

David Gunnell's work is often published in the following venues:

  • Crisis
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Harvard Dataverse
  • Journal of Affective Disorders
  • The Lancet Psychiatry

The scientist has received recognition as a Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom.

Best Publications

  • Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

    Christopher J.L. Murray;Theo Vos;Rafael Lozano;Mohsen Naghavi

  • A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

    Stephen S. Lim;Theo Vos;Abraham D. Flaxman;Goodarz Danaei

  • Years lived with disability (YLDs) for 1160 sequelae of 289 diseases and injuries 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

    Theo Vos;Abraham D. Flaxman;Mohsen Naghavi;Rafael Lozano

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Mohammad H Forouzanfar;Lily Alexander;H Ross Anderson;Victoria F Bachman

  • Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries in 188 countries, 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Theo Vos;Ryan M. Barber;Brad Bell;Amelia Bertozzi-Villa

  • Global, regional, and national age-sex specific all-cause and cause-specific mortality for 240 causes of death, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Mohsen Naghavi;Haidong Wang;Rafael Lozano;Adrian Davis

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013

    Mohammad H. Forouzanfar;Lily Alexander;H. Ross Anderson;Victoria F. Bachman

  • Suicide risk and prevention during the COVID-19 pandemic.

    David Gunnell;Louis Appleby;Ella Arensman;Keith Hawton

  • The global distribution of fatal pesticide self-poisoning: systematic review

    David Gunnell;Michael Eddleston;Michael R Phillips;Flemming Konradsen

  • Suicide and suicide risk

    Gustavo Turecki;David A. Brent;David Gunnell;David Gunnell;Rory C. O’Connor

  • Using natural experiments to evaluate population health interventions: new Medical Research Council guidance

    Peter Craig;Cyrus Cooper;David Gunnell;Sally Haw

  • Impact of 2008 global economic crisis on suicide: time trend study in 54 countries

    Shu-Sen Chang;David Stuckler;David Stuckler;Paul Yip;David Gunnell

  • Childhood obesity and adult cardiovascular mortality: a 57-y follow-up study based on the Boyd Orr cohort.

    D J Gunnell;S J Frankel;K Nanchahal;T J Peters

  • Help-seeking behaviour in men and women with common mental health problems: cross-sectional study

    Maria Isabel Oliver;Nicky Pearson;Nicola Coe;David Gunnell

  • UK health performance: findings of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

    Christopher J L Murray;Michael A Richards;John N Newton;Kevin A Fenton

  • Suicide by intentional ingestion of pesticides: a continuing tragedy in developing countries

    David Gunnell;Michael Eddleston

  • Suicide trends in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic: an interrupted time-series analysis of preliminary data from 21 countries.

    Jane Pirkis;Ann John;Sangsoo Shin;Marcos DelPozo-Banos

  • Global and national burden of diseases and injuries among children and adolescents between 1990 and 2013: findings from the global burden of disease 2013 study.

    Hmwe H. Kyu;Christine Pinho;Joseph A. Wagner;Jonathan C. Brown

  • Prevention of suicide: aspirations and evidence

    David Gunnell;S. Frankel

  • Deliberate self harm: systematic review of efficacy of psychosocial and pharmacological treatments in preventing repetition

    Keith E. Hawton;E. Arensman;E. Townsend;S. Bremner

Frequent Co-Authors

Keith Hawton
Keith Hawton University of Oxford
Richard M. Martin
Richard M. Martin University of Bristol
Michael Eddleston
Michael Eddleston University of Edinburgh
Navneet Kapur
Navneet Kapur University of Manchester
George Davey Smith
George Davey Smith University of Bristol
Shu-Sen Chang
Shu-Sen Chang National Taiwan University
Glyn Lewis
Glyn Lewis University College London
Jenny L Donovan
Jenny L Donovan University of Bristol
Jeffrey M P Holly
Jeffrey M P Holly University of Bristol
Flemming Konradsen
Flemming Konradsen University of Copenhagen

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