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Overview

John Snowdon is affiliated with the University of Sydney in Australia. Their research spans several intersecting fields, primarily focusing on medicine and psychology. Within these areas, they have substantial work in clinical psychology, emergency medicine, sociology and political science, public health, environmental and occupational health, and neurology.

The main research topics addressed in their publications include suicide and self-harm studies, homicide, infanticide, and child abuse, poisoning and overdose treatments, opioid use disorder treatment, restraint-related deaths, forensic toxicology and drug analysis, and cardiac arrest and resuscitation.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with John Snowdon include Namkee G. Choi, Alice Powell, David Graham, Rosemarie Portley, and Michael W. Hayes. Their work has appeared in multiple scholarly venues with notable publication frequency in Australasian Psychiatry, Global Public Health, International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, Journal of Psychiatric Research, and Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology.

Recent papers authored by John Snowdon include:

  • Undercounting of suicides: Where suicide data lie hidden (2020, Global Public Health)
  • Drug overdose death rates in different countries: Who should be alarmed? (2022, Australasian Psychiatry)
  • Unanticipated Changes in Drug Overdose Death Rates in Canada During the Opioid Crisis (2022, International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction)
  • Spain's suicide statistics: do we believe them? (2020, Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology)

This selection of publications illustrates a focus on suicide epidemiology and overdose mortality rates across different contexts. Their research highlights the complexities in data reporting and changes in public health trends related to opioid crises and suicide statistics.

Best Publications

  • A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial of Risperidone for the Treatment of Aggression, Agitation, and Psychosis of Dementia

    Henry Brodaty;David Ames;John Snowdon;Michael Woodward

  • Long-term effects of childhood abuse on the quality of life and health of older people : results from the Depression and early prevention of suicide in general practice project

    Brian Draper;Jon J Pfaff;Jane E Pirkis;John Snowdon

  • Depressive symptoms in older adults with hearing impairments: the Blue Mountains Study.

    Bamini Gopinath;Jie Jin Wang;Jie Jin Wang;Julie Schneider;George Burlutsky

  • Factors associated with suicidal thoughts in a large community study of older adults

    Osvaldo P Almeida;Brian Draper;John Snowdon;Nicola T Lautenschlager

  • Falls, depression and antidepressants in later life: a large primary care appraisal

    Ngaire Kerse;Leon Flicker;Jon J. Pfaff;Brian Draper

  • Early dementia diagnosis and the risk of suicide and euthanasia

    Brian Draper;Carmelle Peisah;John Snowdon;John Snowdon;Henry Brodaty

  • Suicides in older adults: a case-control psychological autopsy study in Australia.

    Diego De Leo;Brian M. Draper;John Snowdon;Kairi Kõlves

  • Anxiety, depression, and comorbid anxiety and depression: risk factors and outcome over two years

    Osvaldo P. Almeida;Brian Draper;Jane Pirkis;John Snowdon

  • Multifaceted shared care intervention for late life depression in residential care: randomised controlled trial.

    Robert H Llewellyn-Jones;Karen A Baikie;Heather Smithers;Jasmine Cohen

  • Is Depression More Prevalent in Old Age

    John Snowdon

  • The Use of the Cohen-Mansfield Agitation Inventory in the Assessment of Behavioral Disorders in Nursing Homes

    Robert J. Miller;John Snowdon;Rosemary Vaughan

  • The community prevalence of depression in older Australians

    Jane Pirkis;Jon Pfaff;Michelle Williamson;Orla Tyson

  • Contacts with health professionals before suicide: missed opportunities for prevention?

    Diego De Leo;Brian M. Draper;John Snowdon;Kairi Kõlves

  • Case-controlled study of nursing home residents referred for treatment of vocally disruptive behavior.

    Brian Draper;John Snowdon;Susanne Meares;Jane Turner

  • Severe domestic squalor: a review.

    John Snowdon;Ajit Shah;Graeme Halliday

  • A STUDY OF DEPRESSION IN NURSING HOMES

    John Snowdon;Neil Donnelly

  • Recognising depression in residential facilities: an Australian challenge.

    John Snowdon;Richard Fleming

  • Qual é a prevalência de depressão na terceira idade

    John Snowdon

  • A randomized trial to reduce the prevalence of depression and self-harm behavior in older primary care patients

    Osvaldo P. Almeida;Jane Pirkis;Ngaire Kerse;Moira Sim

  • A comparison of written and postbox forms of the Leyton Obsessional Inventory

    John Snowdon

Frequent Co-Authors

Brian Draper
Brian Draper University of New South Wales
Nicola T. Lautenschlager
Nicola T. Lautenschlager University of Melbourne
David Ames
David Ames University of Melbourne
Henry Brodaty
Henry Brodaty University of New South Wales
Gerard J. Byrne
Gerard J. Byrne University of Queensland
Jane Pirkis
Jane Pirkis University of Melbourne
Kairi Kõlves
Kairi Kõlves Griffith University
Gordon Parker
Gordon Parker University of New South Wales
Jie Jin Wang
Jie Jin Wang University of Sydney
Ian G Wilson
Ian G Wilson University of Wollongong

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