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Matthew J Spittal is a researcher affiliated with the University of Melbourne in Australia. Their academic work spans several fields including Psychology, Health Professions, and Medicine, with particular focus areas within subfields such as Clinical Psychology, General Health Professions, Health, Social Psychology, and Sociology and Political Science.

The main topics of their research cover Suicide and Self-Harm Studies, Employment and Welfare Studies, Mental Health Treatment and Access, Health Disparities and Outcomes, COVID-19 and Mental Health, Homelessness and Social Issues, and Workplace Health and Well-being.

Spittal's recent papers include:

  • 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)
  • Association between suicide reporting in the media and suicide: systematic review and meta-analysis (2020, BMJ)
  • Handgun Ownership and Suicide in California (2020, New England Journal of Medicine)
  • 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)
  • Association of Logic's hip hop song "1-800-273-8255" with Lifeline calls and suicides in the United States: interrupted time series analysis (2021, BMJ)

Frequent co-authors with whom Spittal has collaborated include Jane Pirkis, Angela Clapperton, Stuart A. Kinner, Mark Sinyor, and Rohan Borschmann.

Regarding publication venues, Spittal has contributed multiple papers to journals such as the Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, Journal of Affective Disorders, Crisis, SSRN Electronic Journal, and EClinicalMedicine.

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 by occupation: systematic review and meta-analysis

    Allison Milner;Matthew J. Spittal;Jane Pirkis;Anthony D. LaMontagne

  • Impact of Tobacco Control Policies and Mass Media Campaigns on Monthly Adult Smoking Prevalence

    Melanie A. Wakefield;Sarah Durkin;Matthew J. Spittal;Mohammad Siahpush

  • Predicting suicidal behaviours using clinical instruments: systematic review and meta-analysis of positive predictive values for risk scales

    Gregory Carter;Allison Milner;Katie McGill;Jane Pirkis

  • Happiness and Life Satisfaction Prospectively Predict Self-Rated Health, Physical Health, and the Presence of Limiting, Long-Term Health Conditions

    Mohammad Siahpush;Matt Spittal;Gopal K. Singh

  • Association between suicide reporting in the media and suicide: systematic review and meta-analysis

    Thomas Niederkrotenthaler;Marlies Braun;Jane Pirkis;Benedikt Till

  • The association between mental disorders and suicide: A systematic review and meta-analysis of record linkage studies.

    Lay San Too;Matthew J. Spittal;Lyndal Bugeja;Lennart Reifels

  • 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

  • Masculinity and suicidal thinking.

    Jane Pirkis;Matthew J Spittal;Louise Keogh;Tass Mousaferiadis

  • 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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  • 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

  • Handgun Ownership and Suicide in California

    David M. Studdert;Yifan Zhang;Sonja A. Swanson;Lea Prince

  • Identification of doctors at risk of recurrent complaints: a national study of healthcare complaints in Australia

    Marie M Bismark;Matthew J Spittal;Lyle C Gurrin;Michael Ward

  • Weekend sun protection and sunburn in Australia trends (1987-2002) and association with SunSmart television advertising

    Suzanne Jane Dobbinson;Melanie A Wakefield;Kris Jamsen;Natalie L Herd

  • Prevalence and Characteristics of Physicians Prone to Malpractice Claims

    David M. Studdert;Marie M. Bismark;Michelle M. Mello;Harnam Singh

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

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

  • Relationship Between Stressfulness of Claiming for Injury Compensation and Long-term Recovery: A Prospective Cohort Study

    Genevieve Meredyth Grant;Genevieve Meredyth Grant;Meaghan O'Donnell;Matthew J Spittal;Mark C Creamer

  • Predictors of Two Types of Earthquake Preparation Survival Activities and Mitigation Activities

    Matthew J. Spittal;John McClure;Richard J. Siegert;Frank H. Walkey

  • Suicide by health professionals: a retrospective mortality study in Australia, 2001–2012

    Allison J Milner;Humaira Maheen;Marie M Bismark;Matthew J Spittal

  • Effects of mass media campaign exposure intensity and durability on quit attempts in a population-based cohort study

    Wakefield Ma;Spittal Mj;Yong Hh;Durkin Sj

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

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Jane Pirkis
Jane Pirkis University of Melbourne
Allison Milner
Allison Milner University of Melbourne
Stuart A. Kinner
Stuart A. Kinner University of Melbourne
Rohan Borschmann
Rohan Borschmann University of Melbourne
Jo Robinson
Jo Robinson University of Melbourne
Sarah Durkin
Sarah Durkin Cancer Council Victoria
Anthony D. LaMontagne
Anthony D. LaMontagne Deakin University
Gregory Carter
Gregory Carter University of Newcastle Australia
Mohammad Siahpush
Mohammad Siahpush University of Nebraska Medical Center
Andrew Page
Andrew Page Western Sydney University

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