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Overview

Marnin J. Heisel is affiliated with the University of Western Ontario in Canada and conducts research primarily within the domain of psychology. Their scholarly work spans several fields, with a focus on clinical psychology, social psychology, general health professions, applied psychology, and health.

The researcher has contributed to the study of important topics including suicide and self-harm studies, COVID-19 and mental health, mental health treatment and access, digital mental health interventions, resilience and mental health, mental health via writing, and death anxiety and social exclusion.

Key recent publications by Marnin J. Heisel include:

  • "Screening for suicide risk among older adults: assessing preliminary psychometric properties of the Brief Geriatric Suicide Ideation Scale (BGSIS) and the GSIS-Screen" (2020, Aging & Mental Health)
  • "Aging and Feeling Valued Versus Expendable During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond: a Review and Commentary of Why Mattering Is Fundamental to the Health and Well-Being of Older Adults" (2020, International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction)
  • "International study of definitions of English-language terms for suicidal behaviours: a survey exploring preferred terminology" (2021, BMJ Open)
  • "The association between Twitter content and suicide" (2020, Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry)
  • "The Relationship Between Suicide-Related Twitter Events and Suicides in Ontario From 2015 to 2016" (2020, Crisis)

Their frequent coauthors include Mark Sinyor, Ayal Schaffer, Gordon L. Flett, Simon Hatcher, and Donald A. Redelmeier. Collaboration with these researchers spans multiple publications, reflecting interdisciplinary work within mental health and psychology.

Marnin J. Heisel's research is often published in venues such as Innovation in Aging, Crisis, Trials, International Psychogeriatrics, and PsycTESTS Dataset. These outlets further position their work at the intersection of aging, mental health, psychology, and clinical research.

Best Publications

  • Purpose in Life, Satisfaction With Life, and Suicide Ideation in a Clinical Sample

    Marnin J. Heisel;Gordon L. Flett

  • Psychometric properties of the 15-item geriatric depression scale in functionally impaired, cognitively intact, community-dwelling elderly primary care patients.

    Bruce Friedman;Marnin J. Heisel;Rachel L. Delavan

  • Perfectionism Cognitions, Rumination, and Psychological Distress

    Gordon L. Flett;Dara Madorsky;Paul L. Hewitt;Marnin J. Heisel

  • The development and initial validation of the geriatric suicide ideation scale.

    Marnin J. Heisel;Gordon L. Flett

  • The Destructiveness of Perfectionism Revisited: Implications for the Assessment of Suicide Risk and the Prevention of Suicide:

    Gordon L. Flett;Paul L. Hewitt;Marnin J. Heisel

  • Reasons for living, hopelessness, and suicide ideation among depressed adults 50 years or older.

    Peter C. Britton;Peter C. Britton;Paul R. Duberstein;Paul R. Duberstein;Kenneth R. Conner;Kenneth R. Conner;Marnin J. Heisel;Marnin J. Heisel;Marnin J. Heisel

  • Affective instability and suicidal ideation and behavior in patients with borderline personality disorder.

    Paul S. Links;Rahel Eynan;Marnin J. Heisel;Aiala Barr

  • Validity of the SF‐36 Five‐Item Mental Health Index for Major Depression in Functionally Impaired, Community‐Dwelling Elderly Patients

    Bruce Friedman;Marnin Heisel;Rachel Delavan

  • Reasons for living, meaning in life, and suicide ideation: investigating the roles of key positive psychological factors in reducing suicide risk in community-residing older adults

    Marnin J. Heisel;Eva Neufeld;Gordon L. Flett

  • Future Orientation and Suicide Ideation and Attempts in Depressed Adults Ages 50 and Over

    Jameson K. Hirsch;Jameson K. Hirsch;Paul R. Duberstein;Kenneth R. Conner;Marnin J. Heisel

  • Psychological Resilience to Suicide Ideation Among Older Adults

    Marnin J. Heisel;Gordon L. Flett

  • Suicide and Its Prevention Among Older Adults.

    Marnin J. Heisel

  • Association of Alexithymia and Depression Symptom Severity in Adults Aged 50 Years and Older

    Patricia M. Bamonti;Marnin J. Heisel;Raluca A. Topciu;Nathan Franus

  • 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

  • Social Hopelessness and College Student Suicide Ideation

    Marnin J. Heisel;Gordon L. Flett;Paul L. Hewitt

  • Personality and reports of suicide ideation among depressed adults 50 years of age or older.

    Marnin J. Heisel;Marnin J. Heisel;Paul R. Duberstein;Kenneth R. Conner;Nathan Franus

  • Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Reasons for Living—Older Adults Scale: A Suicide Risk Assessment Inventory

    Barry A. Edelstein;Marnin J. Heisel;Marnin J. Heisel;Deborah R. McKee;Ronald R. Martin

  • Screening for Suicide Ideation among Older Primary Care Patients

    Marnin J. Heisel;Paul R. Duberstein;Jeffrey M. Lyness;Mitchell D. Feldman

  • Suicide prevention in older adults

    Marnin J. Heisel;Paul R. Duberstein

  • Aging and Feeling Valued Versus Expendable During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond: a Review and Commentary of Why Mattering Is Fundamental to the Health and Well-Being of Older Adults.

    Gordon L. Flett;Marnin J. Heisel

  • Family Connectedness Moderates the Association Between Living Alone and Suicide Ideation in a Clinical Sample of Adults 50 Years and Older

    Bonnie Purcell;Marnin J. Heisel;Marnin J. Heisel;Marnin J. Heisel;Jenny Speice;Nathan Franus

  • Narcissistic personality and vulnerability to late-life suicidality.

    Marnin J. Heisel;Marnin J. Heisel;Paul S. Links;David Conn;Robert van Reekum

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul R. Duberstein
Paul R. Duberstein Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Paul S. Links
Paul S. Links McMaster University
Gordon L. Flett
Gordon L. Flett York University
Kenneth R. Conner
Kenneth R. Conner University of Rochester Medical Center
Jameson K. Hirsch
Jameson K. Hirsch East Tennessee State University
Deborah A. King
Deborah A. King University of Rochester Medical Center
Anthony S. Joyce
Anthony S. Joyce University of Alberta
Steven C. Hayes
Steven C. Hayes University of Nevada Reno
Norm O'Rourke
Norm O'Rourke Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
William E. Piper
William E. Piper University of British Columbia

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