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Citations
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2333
National Ranking
168

Overview

Jo Robinson is affiliated with the University of Melbourne in Australia and specializes in the field of Psychology, with a primary focus on Clinical Psychology. Their research encompasses various subfields including General Health Professions, Social Psychology, Applied Psychology, and Sociology and Political Science.

The scientist's work primarily centers on topics related to mental health, with significant contributions in:

  • Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Digital Mental Health Interventions
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Health Policy Implementation Science
  • Impact of Technology on Adolescents
  • Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare

Jo Robinson has published extensively in a range of established academic venues. Their frequent publication platforms include:

  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The Lancet Public Health
  • PLoS ONE
  • Autism

Among their recent published papers are:

  • The health of adolescents in detention: a global scoping review, 2020, The Lancet Public Health
  • Association of suicidal behavior with exposure to suicide and suicide attempt: A systematic review and multilevel meta-analysis, 2020, PLoS Medicine
  • Developing a Suicide Prevention Social Media Campaign With Young People (The #Chatsafe Project): Co-Design Approach, 2020, JMIR Mental Health
  • Understanding the Needs of Young People Who Engage in Self-Harm: A Qualitative Investigation, 2020, Frontiers in Psychology
  • The Mental Health and Social Media Use of Young Australians during the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2022, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

The scientist collaborates regularly with a group of frequent co-authors including Michelle Lamblin, Nicole T. M. Hill, Katrina Witt, Simon Rice, and Eleanor Bailey, with these partnerships reflected in numerous joint publications.

Best Publications

  • Social media and suicide prevention: a systematic review.

    Jo Robinson;Georgina Cox;Eleanor Bailey;Sarah Hetrick

  • Suicide in mental health in-patients and within 3 months of discharge. National clinical survey.

    Janet Meehan;Navneet Kapur;Isabelle M. Hunt;Pauline Turnbull

  • A systematic review of school-based interventions aimed at preventing, treating, and responding to suicide- related behavior in young people

    Jo Robinson;Georgina Cox;Georgina Cox;Aisling Malone;Michelle Williamson

  • What Works in Youth Suicide Prevention? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

    Jo Robinson;Eleanor Bailey;Katrina Witt;Nina Stefanac

  • Letters, green cards, telephone calls and postcards: systematic and meta-analytic review of brief contact interventions for reducing self-harm, suicide attempts and suicide

    Allison J. Milner;Greg Carter;Jane Pirkis;Jo Robinson

  • Rates of mental disorder in people convicted of homicide. National clinical survey.

    Jenny Shaw;Isabelle M. Hunt;Sandra Flynn;Janet Meehan

  • Preventing suicide in young people: systematic review

    Jo Robinson;Sarah E. Hetrick;Cathy Martin

  • Effectiveness of online and mobile telephone applications (‘apps’) for the self-management of suicidal ideation and self-harm: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Katrina Witt;Matthew J. Spittal;Gregory Carter;Jane Pirkis

  • Interventions to reduce suicides at suicide hotspots: A systematic review and meta-analysis

    Jane Pirkis;Lay San Too;Matthew J Spittal;Karolina Krysinska

  • Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists clinical practice guideline for the management of deliberate self-harm.

    Gregory Carter;Andrew Page;Matthew Large;Sarah Hetrick

  • Youth Codesign of a Mobile Phone App to Facilitate Self-Monitoring and Management of Mood Symptoms in Young People With Major Depression, Suicidal Ideation, and Self-Harm

    Sarah Elisabeth Hetrick;Jo Robinson;Eloise Burge;Ryan Blandon

  • Effectiveness of interventions for people bereaved through suicide: A systematic review of controlled studies of grief, psychosocial and suicide-related outcomes

    Karl Andriessen;Karl Andriessen;Karolina Krysinska;Karolina Krysinska;Nicole T. M. Hill;Lennart Reifels

  • Interventions to reduce symptoms of common mental disorders and suicidal ideation in physicians: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Katherine Petrie;Joanna Crawford;Simon T E Baker;Kimberlie Dean

  • Interventions to reduce suicides at suicide hotspots: a systematic review

    Georgina R Cox;Christabel Owens;Jo Robinson;Angela Nicholas

  • Validity of the 12-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) in detecting depressive and anxiety disorders among high school students

    Gennady Nickolaevich Baksheev;Jo Robinson;Elizabeth Mary Cosgrave;Kathryn Baker

  • The health of adolescents in detention: a global scoping review.

    Rohan Borschmann;Emilia Janca;Annie Carter;Melissa Willoughby

  • Preventive digital mental health interventions for children and young people: a review of the design and reporting of research

    Aislinn D. Bergin;Elvira Perez Vallejos;E. Bethan Davies;David Daley

  • Clustering of suicides in children and adolescents

    Keith Hawton;Keith Hawton;Nicole T M Hill;Madelyn Gould;Ann John

  • The effectiveness of structural interventions at suicide hotspots: a meta-analysis

    Jane Pirkis;Matthew J Spittal;Georgina Cox;Jo Robinson

  • Suicide in current psychiatric in-patients: a case-control study The National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Homicide.

    Isabelle M. Hunt;Navneet Kapur;Roger Webb;Jo Robinson

  • The role of alcohol and drugs in homicides in England and Wales.

    Jenny Shaw;Isabelle M. Hunt;Sandra Flynn;Tim Amos

  • Can an Internet-based intervention reduce suicidal ideation, depression and hopelessness among secondary school students: results from a pilot study

    Jo Robinson;Sarah Hetrick;Georgina Cox;Sarah Bendall

Frequent Co-Authors

Jane Pirkis
Jane Pirkis University of Melbourne
Simon M Rice
Simon M Rice University of Melbourne
Matthew J Spittal
Matthew J Spittal University of Melbourne
Alison R. Yung
Alison R. Yung Deakin University
Allison Milner
Allison Milner University of Melbourne
Jenny Shaw
Jenny Shaw University of Manchester
Nicola J. Reavley
Nicola J. Reavley University of Melbourne
Christopher G. Davey
Christopher G. Davey University of Melbourne
Gregory Carter
Gregory Carter University of Newcastle Australia
Debra Rickwood
Debra Rickwood University of Canberra

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