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Overview

Kairi Kõlves is affiliated with Griffith University in Australia and has a research focus primarily in the fields of psychology and health professions. The work centers around clinical psychology, general health professions, social psychology, health, and public health, environmental, and occupational health.

The research topics cover a range of areas including:

  • Suicide and self-harm studies
  • Mental health treatment and access
  • Child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development
  • Health policy implementation science
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Resilience and mental health
  • Maternal mental health during pregnancy and postpartum

Kairi Kõlves has contributed extensively to a variety of academic journals with frequent publications in:

  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • Journal of Affective Disorders
  • Archives of Suicide Research
  • The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Kairi Kõlves include:

  • Assessment of Suicidal Behaviors Among Individuals With Autism Spectrum Disorder in Denmark, 2021, JAMA Network Open
  • 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
  • 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
  • Real-time suicide mortality data from police reports in Queensland, Australia, during the COVID-19 pandemic: an interrupted time-series analysis, 2020, The Lancet Psychiatry
  • International study of definitions of English-language terms for suicidal behaviours: a survey exploring preferred terminology, 2021, BMJ Open

Frequent collaborators in research include the following co-authors:

  • Victoria Ross
  • Sharna Mathieu
  • Diego De Leo
  • Jacinta Hawgood
  • Ella Arensman

Best Publications

  • 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

  • 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

  • Natural disasters and suicidal behaviours: A systematic literature review

    Kairi Kõlves;Keili E. Kõlves;Diego De Leo

  • 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

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  • The role of alcohol in suicide: a case-control psychological autopsy study

    Kairi Kolves;Airi Varnik;Liina-Mai Tooding;Danuta Wasserman

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

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

  • Suicide in Children: A Systematic Review.

    Rebecca Soole;Kairi Kõlves;Diego De Leo

  • Suicide in selected occupations in Queensland: evidence from the State suicide register

    Kirsty Lee Janet Irene Andersen;Jacinta Hawgood;Helen Margaret Klieve;Kairi Kolves

  • Gender issues in suicide rates, trends and methods among youths aged 15-24 in 15 European countries

    Airi Värnik;Kairi Kõlves;Kairi Kõlves;Jüri Allik;Ella Arensman

  • Assessment of Suicidal Behaviors Among Individuals With Autism Spectrum Disorder in Denmark

    Kairi Kõlves;Cecilie Fitzgerald;Merete Nordentoft;Merete Nordentoft;Stephen James Wood;Stephen James Wood

  • Real-time suicide mortality data from police reports in Queensland, Australia, during the COVID-19 pandemic: an interrupted time-series analysis.

    Stuart Leske;Kairi Kõlves;David J Crompton;Ella Arensman;Ella Arensman

  • Is Religiosity a Protective Factor Against Attempted Suicide: A Cross-Cultural Case-Control Study

    Merike Sisask;Airi Värnik;Kairi Kolves;José Manoel Bertolote

  • Subjective psychological well-being (WHO-5) in assessment of the severity of suicide attempt.

    Merike Sisask;Airi Värnik;Kairi Kõlves;Kenn Konstabel

  • International study of definitions of English-language terms for suicidal behaviours: a survey exploring preferred terminology

    Diego De Leo;Benjamin Goodfellow;Morton Silverman;Alan Berman

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

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

  • Suicide in older adults: differences between the young-old, middle-old, and oldest old.

    Yu Wen Koo;Kairi Kõlves;Diego De Leo

  • Adolescent Suicide Rates Between 1990 and 2009: Analysis of Age Group 15-19 Years Worldwide.

    Kairi Kõlves;Diego De Leo

  • Suicide postvention service models and guidelines 2014-2019: a systematic review

    Karl Andriessen;Karolina Krysinska;Karolina Krysinska;Kairi Kõlves;Nicola Reavley

  • Recent life events and suicide: a case-control study in Tallinn and Frankfurt.

    Kairi Kõlves;Airi Värnik;Airi Värnik;Airi Värnik;Barbara Schneider;Jürgen Fritze

  • Do alcohol restrictions reduce suicide mortality

    Airi Värnik;Airi Värnik;Airi Värnik;Kairi Kõlves;Kairi Kõlves;Marika Väli;Liina-Mai Tooding

  • Suicide rates and socioeconomic factors in Eastern European countries after the collapse of the Soviet Union: trends between 1990 and 2008

    Kairi Kõlves;Allison Milner;Peeter Värnik

  • Suicide rates in children aged 10-14 years worldwide: changes in the past two decades

    Kairi Kõlves;Diego De Leo

  • Suicidal thoughts and depressive feelings amongst Estonian schoolchildren: effect of family relationship and family structure

    Algi Samm;Liina-Mai Tooding;Merike Sisask;Kairi Kõlves;Kairi Kõlves

Frequent Co-Authors

Susan H. Spence
Susan H. Spence Griffith University
Merete Nordentoft
Merete Nordentoft University of Copenhagen
Gil Zalsman
Gil Zalsman Tel Aviv University
Martin Voracek
Martin Voracek University of Vienna
Paul L. Plener
Paul L. Plener Medical University of Vienna
Augustine Osman
Augustine Osman The University of Texas at San Antonio
Brian Kelly
Brian Kelly University of Newcastle Australia
Jüri Allik
Jüri Allik University of Tartu
Philip J. Batterham
Philip J. Batterham Australian National University

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