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Overview

Heidi Hjelmeland is affiliated with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Norway. Their primary field of study is Psychology, with a focus on Clinical Psychology. Additional subfields include General Health Professions, Health, Philosophy, and Social Psychology.

Their research topics cover:

  • Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Mental Health and Patient Involvement
  • Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
  • Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
  • Psychiatric care and mental health services
  • Mental Health and Psychiatry
  • Psychology and Mental Health

Heidi Hjelmeland has frequently published in several venues, including:

  • International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being
  • Current Psychology
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Death Studies
  • Health An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Social Study of Health Illness and Medicine

Some recent papers with their publication year and venue are:

  • "... I felt completely stranded": liminality and recognition of personhood in the experiences of suicidal women admitted to psychiatric hospital (2020, International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being)
  • A call for change from impersonal risk assessment to a relational approach: professionals' reflections on the national guidelines for suicide prevention in mental health care in Norway (2021, International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being)
  • Substance use and suicide among men in Ghana: A qualitative study (2020, Current Psychology)
  • Religion as Meaning-Making Resource in Understanding Suicidal Behavior in Ghana and Uganda (2021, Frontiers in Psychology)
  • Lifesaving turning points: First-person accounts of recovery after suicide attempt(s) (2022, Death Studies)

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

  • Birthe Loa Knizek
  • Julia Hagen
  • Kristin Espeland
  • Johnny Andoh-Arthur
  • Joseph Osafo

Best Publications

  • Why We Need Qualitative Research in Suicidology

    Heidi Hjelmeland;Birthe Loa Knizek

  • 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

  • Psychological Autopsy Studies as Diagnostic Tools: Are They Methodologically Flawed?.

    Heidi Hjelmeland;Gudrun Dieserud;Kari Dyregrov;Birthe L. Knizek

  • Why People Engage in Parasuicide: A Cross-Cultural Study of Intentions

    Heidi Hjelmeland;Keith Hawton;Hilmar Nordvik;Unni Bille-Brahe

  • Suicidal behaviour across the African continent: a review of the literature

    Becky Mars;Stephanie Burrows;Heidi Hjelmeland;David Gunnell

  • Suicide and mental disorders: A discourse of politics, power, and vested interests.

    Heidi Marie Hjelmeland;Birthe Loa Knizek

  • Repetition of attempted suicide among teenagers in Europe: frequency, timing and risk factors.

    A. Hultén;Guo-Xin Jiang;Danuta Wasserman;Keith E. Hawton

  • Attitudes of psychologists and nurses toward suicide and suicide prevention in Ghana: A qualitative study

    J. Osafo;J. Osafo;B. L. Knizek;Charity Sylvia Akotia;H. Hjelmeland;H. Hjelmeland

  • Self-reported suicidal behavior and attitudes toward suicide and suicide prevention among psychology students in Ghana, Uganda, and Norway.

    Heidi Hjelmeland;Charity Sylvia Akotia;Vicki Owens;Birthe Loa Knizek

  • Suicide rates in the world: Update.

    A. Schmidtke;B. Weinacker;A. Apter;A. Batt

  • Mental Health Nurses' Experiences of Caring for Suicidal Patients in Psychiatric Wards: An Emotional Endeavor

    Julia Hagen;Birthe Loa Knizek;Heidi Hjelmeland

  • Problem solving ability and repetition of deliberate self-harm: a multicentre study.

    Carmel McAULIFFE;Paul Corcoran;Helen S. Keeley;Ella Arensman

  • Attempted suicide and major public holidays in Europe: findings from the WHO/EURO Multicentre Study on Parasuicide.

    G. Jessen;B. F. Jensen;Ella Arensman;Unni Bille-Brahe

  • Influence of religious factors on attitudes towards suicidal behaviour in Ghana.

    J. Osafo;J. Osafo;B. L. Knizek;Charity Sylvia Akotia;H. Hjelmeland;H. Hjelmeland

  • Suicide and Culture: Understanding the Context

    Erminia Colucci;David Lester;Heidi Hjelmeland;B. C. Ben Park

  • Cultural context is crucial in suicide research and prevention.

    Heidi Hjelmeland;Heidi Hjelmeland

  • Social-environmental factors and suicide mortality: A narrative review of over 200 articles

    Allison Milner;Heidi Marie Hjelmeland;Ella Arensman;Diego De Leo

  • Repetition of Parasuicide: A Predictive Study

    Heidi Hjelmeland

  • Deliberate self-harm as seen in Kampala, Uganda - a case-control study.

    Eugene Kinyanda;Heidi Hjelmeland;Seggane Musisi

  • “I have sinned”: understanding the role of religion in the experiences of suicide attempters in Ghana

    Charity Sylvia Akotia;Birthe Loa Knizek;Eugene Kinyanda;Heidi Hjelmeland

  • Meaning-making through psychological autopsy interviews: the value of participating in qualitative research for those bereaved by suicide.

    Kari Madeleine Dyregrov;Gudrun Dieserud;Heidi Marie Hjelmeland;Melanie Straiton

Frequent Co-Authors

Armin Schmidtke
Armin Schmidtke University of Würzburg
Ella Arensman
Ella Arensman University College Cork
Ad J. F. M. Kerkhof
Ad J. F. M. Kerkhof Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Seggane Musisi
Seggane Musisi Makerere University
Paul Corcoran
Paul Corcoran University College Cork
Tore C. Stiles
Tore C. Stiles Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Alan Apter
Alan Apter Reichman University
Kees van Heeringen
Kees van Heeringen Ghent University
Catherine Crane
Catherine Crane University of Oxford
David Lester
David Lester Richard Stockton College of New Jersey

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