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Ireland
2026

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D-Index
68
Citations
19670
World Ranking
849
National Ranking
3

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Ireland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Ireland Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Ireland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Ireland Leader Award

Overview

Ella Arensman is affiliated with University College Cork in Ireland and has an extensive research portfolio primarily focused on mental health, with a strong emphasis on suicide and self-harm studies. Their work reflects significant engagement in the fields of psychology and health professions, addressing complex issues at the intersection of mental health treatment, public health emergencies, and societal factors.

Arensman's main areas of study include:

  • Psychology
  • Health Professions

Their research further delves into more specialized subfields such as:

  • Clinical Psychology
  • General Health Professions
  • Social Psychology
  • Health
  • Emergency Medicine

The scientist's published work frequently addresses topics like:

  • Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Workplace Health and Well-being
  • Health Disparities and Outcomes
  • Employment and Welfare Studies
  • Healthcare Professionals' Stress and Burnout

Ella Arensman has several recent papers notable for their focus on suicide risk dynamics during the COVID-19 pandemic and related public health challenges, including:

  • "Suicide risk and prevention during the COVID-19 pandemic" (2020) published in 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) in The Lancet Psychiatry
  • "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) in EClinicalMedicine
  • "The Impact of Infectious Disease-Related Public Health Emergencies on Suicide, Suicidal Behavior, and Suicidal Thoughts" (2020) in Crisis
  • "The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on self-harm and suicidal behaviour: update of living systematic review" (2021) in F1000Research

Their collaborative network includes frequent co-authors such as Paul Corcoran, Eve Griffin, Keith Hawton, David Gunnell, and Navneet Kapur, with whom they have collectively contributed to advancing knowledge in the understanding and prevention of suicidal behavior.

Ella Arensman's research outputs are often featured in journals and venues including:

  • Crisis
  • HRB Open Research
  • Harvard Dataverse
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • BMJ Open

Best Publications

  • Suicide prevention strategies revisited: 10-year systematic review

    Gil Zalsman;Gil Zalsman;Keith Hawton;Danuta Wasserman;Kees van Heeringen

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

    David Gunnell;Louis Appleby;Ella Arensman;Keith Hawton

  • 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

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

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

  • Negative Life Events and Depression in Elderly Persons A Meta-Analysis

    Vivian Kraaij;Ella Arensman;Philip Spinhoven

  • Psychosocial and pharmacological treatments for deliberate self harm

    Keith Ke Hawton;Ellen Townsend;Ella Arensman;David Gunnell

  • Suicide methods in Europe: a gender-specific analysis of countries participating in the “European Alliance Against Depression”

    A Värnik;Kairi Kolves;C M van der Feltz-Cornelis;A Marusic

  • Psychological characteristics, stressful life events and deliberate self-harm: findings from the Child & Adolescent Self-harm in Europe (CASE) Study.

    Nicola Madge;Keith E. Hawton;Elaine M. McMahon;Paul Corcoran

  • A cross-national study on gender differences in suicide intent

    Aislinné Freeman;Roland Mergl;Elisabeth Kohls;András Székely

  • Attempted and completed suicide in older subjects: results from the WHO/EURO multicentre study of suicidal behaviour

    Diego De Leo;Walter Padoani;Paolo Scocco;David Lie;David Lie

  • Interventions for self‐harm in children and adolescents

    Keith Hawton;Katrina G. Witt;Tatiana L. Taylor Salisbury;Ella Arensman

  • Psychosocial interventions for self‐harm in adults

    Keith Hawton;Katrina G Witt;Tatiana L Taylor Salisbury;Ella Arensman

  • The Toll of Stalking The Relationship Between Features of Stalking and Psychopathology of Victims

    Eric Blaauw;Frans W. Winkel;Ella Arensman;Lorraine Sheridan

  • The efficacy of problem­solving treatments after deliberate self­harm: meta­ analysis of randomized controlled trials with respect to depression, hopelessness and improvement in problems

    E. Townsend;Keith E. Hawton;D. G. Altman;E. Arensman

  • Psychosocial interventions following self-harm in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Keith Hawton;Katrina G Witt;Tatiana L Taylor Salisbury;Tatiana L Taylor Salisbury;Ella Arensman

  • Cognitive–behavioural intervention for self-harm: randomised controlled trial

    Nadja Slee;Nadia Garnefski;Rien van der Leeden;Ella Arensman

  • What are reasons for the large gender differences in the lethality of suicidal acts? An epidemiological analysis in four European countries

    Roland Mergl;Nicole Koburger;Katherina Heinrichs;András Székely

  • Public attitudes toward depression and help-seeking in four European countries baseline survey prior to the OSPI-Europe intervention

    Evelien Coppens;Chantal Van Audenhove;Gert Scheerder;Ella Arensman

  • Increasing rates of self-harm among children, adolescents and young adults: a 10-year national registry study 2007–2016

    Eve Griffin;Elaine M. McMahon;Fiona McNicholas;Fiona McNicholas;Paul Corcoran

  • Relation between attempted suicide and suicide rates among young people in Europe.

    Keith E. Hawton;Ella Arensman;Danuta Wasserman;A. Hultén

  • The incidence and repetition of hospital-treated deliberate self harm: findings from the world's first national registry.

    Ivan J. Perry;Paul Corcoran;Anthony P. Fitzgerald;Helen S. Keeley

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul Corcoran
Paul Corcoran University College Cork
Ulrich Hegerl
Ulrich Hegerl Stiftung Deutsche Depressionshilfe
Armin Schmidtke
Armin Schmidtke University of Würzburg
Roger T. Webb
Roger T. Webb University of Manchester
Ellen Townsend
Ellen Townsend University of Nottingham
Kees van Heeringen
Kees van Heeringen Ghent University
David McDaid
David McDaid London School of Economics and Political Science
Kairi Kõlves
Kairi Kõlves Griffith University
James C. Coyne
James C. Coyne University of Groningen

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