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1998
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Ping Qin is affiliated with the University of Oslo in Norway and has a research focus primarily within the field of Psychology. Their work is prominently situated in Clinical Psychology, with additional contributions to Economics and Econometrics, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of issues related to mental health and public health. A significant focus is on Suicide and Self-Harm Studies, alongside Mental Health Treatment and Access, COVID-19 and Mental Health, and intersections involving Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies. Other areas of interest include Migration, Health and Trauma, Health disparities and outcomes, as well as Energy and Environment Impacts.

Among their recent papers are several that address suicide trends and risks during the COVID-19 pandemic, highlighting different aspects of this global health challenge. Selected publications include:

  • Suicide risk and prevention during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020, The Lancet Psychiatry)
  • 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)
  • Is energy the golden thread? A systematic review of the impacts of modern and traditional energy use in low- and middle-income countries (2020, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews)
  • Liberation of daidzein by gut microbial β-galactosidase suppresses acetaminophen-induced hepatotoxicity in mice (2023, Cell Host & Microbe)

Ping Qin collaborates frequently with several other researchers in the field. Notable co-authors include Lars Mehlum, Jie-Sheng Tan-Soo, Ella Arensman, Ellenor Mittendorfer-Rutz, and Ingrid Melle.

The scientist's publications appear consistently in certain academic venues that align with their research areas. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • Journal of Affective Disorders (7 publications)
  • Suicidologi/Nytt i suicidologi (6 publications)
  • Journal of Psychiatric Research (5 publications)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal (5 publications)
  • EClinicalMedicine (4 publications)

Best Publications

  • Suicide risk and prevention during the COVID-19 pandemic.

    David Gunnell;Louis Appleby;Ella Arensman;Keith Hawton

  • Suicide risk in relation to socioeconomic, demographic, psychiatric, and familial factors: a national register-based study of all suicides in Denmark, 1981-1997.

    Ping Qin;Esben Agerbo;Preben Bo Mortensen

  • Suicide risk in relation to psychiatric hospitalization : evidence based on longitudinal registers

    Ping Qin;Merete Nordentoft

  • 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

  • Gender differences in risk factors for suicide in Denmark

    Ping Qin;Esben Agerbo;Niels Westergård-Nielsen;Tor Eriksson

  • Psychiatric illness and risk factors for suicide in Denmark.

    P. B. Mortensen;Esben Agerbo;T. Erikson;Ping Qin

  • Suicide risk in relation to family history of completed suicide and psychiatric disorders: a nested case-control study based on longitudinal registers

    Ping Qin;Esben Agerbo;Preben Bo Mortensen

  • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Completed Suicide

    Jaimie L. Gradus;Ping Qin;Alisa K. Lincoln;Matthew Miller

  • The Impact of Parental Status on the Risk of Completed Suicide

    Ping Qin;Preben Bo Mortensen

  • Characteristics of residential energy consumption in China: Findings from a household survey

    Xinye Zheng;Chu Wei;Ping Qin;Jin Guo

  • Risk for schizophrenia and schizophrenia-like psychosis among patients with epilepsy: population based cohort study

    Ping Qin;Huilan Xu;Thomas Munk Laursen;Mogens Vestergaard

  • Suicide Risk in Primary Care Patients With Major Physical Diseases: A Case-Control Study

    Roger T. Webb;Evangelos Kontopantelis;Tim Doran;Ping Qin

  • Will a driving restriction policy reduce car trips?—The case study of Beijing, China

    Lanlan Wang;Jintao Xu;Ping Qin

  • 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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  • Change in suicide rates for patients with schizophrenia in Denmark, 1981-97: nested case-control study

    Merete Nordentoft;Thomas Munk Laursen;Esben Agerbo;Ping Qin

  • Psychological distress and risk for suicidal behavior among university students in contemporary China.

    Fang Tang;Majella Byrne;Ping Qin;Ping Qin

  • The impact of psychiatric illness on suicide: differences by diagnosis of disorders and by sex and age of subjects.

    Ping Qin

  • Paying for Mitigation: A Multiple Country Study

    Fredrik Carlsson;Mitesh Kataria;Alan Krupnick;Elina Lampi

  • Specific characteristics of suicide in China.

    Ping Qin;Preben Bo Mortensen

  • Comorbidity between depression and asthma via immune-inflammatory pathways: A meta-analysis

    Mingdi Jiang;Ping Qin;Xu Yang

  • Household Decision Making in Rural China: Using Experiments to Estimate the Influences of Spouses

    Fredrik Carlsson;Haoran He;Haoran He;Peter Martinsson;Ping Qin;Ping Qin

Frequent Co-Authors

Esben Agerbo
Esben Agerbo Aarhus University
Roger T. Webb
Roger T. Webb University of Manchester
Merete Nordentoft
Merete Nordentoft University of Copenhagen
Annette Erlangsen
Annette Erlangsen Johns Hopkins University
Barbara Stanley
Barbara Stanley Columbia University
Jenny Shaw
Jenny Shaw University of Manchester
Nav Kapur
Nav Kapur University of Manchester
Emily A. Holmes
Emily A. Holmes Uppsala University
Anders D. Børglum
Anders D. Børglum Aarhus University
Ingrid Melle
Ingrid Melle University of Oslo

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