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Overview

Rory C. O'Connor is affiliated with the University of Glasgow in the United Kingdom. Their research focus lies predominantly within the field of psychology, with a particular concentration on clinical psychology.

Their scholarly work explores several key subfields, including:

  • Clinical Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Health
  • General Health Professions
  • Psychiatry and Mental Health

Main topics investigated by Rory C. O'Connor cover a broad range of mental health issues and related areas:

  • Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Health Disparities and Outcomes
  • Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Ann John (26 coauthored publications)
  • Navneet Kapur (23 coauthored publications)
  • Kathryn A. Robb (20 coauthored publications)
  • Ella Arensman (19 coauthored publications)
  • Keith Hawton (19 coauthored publications)

The majority of Rory C. O'Connor's work appears in established publication venues such as:

  • The British Journal of Psychiatry (8 publications)
  • The Lancet Psychiatry (7 publications)
  • Harvard Dataverse (7 publications)
  • Journal of Affective Disorders (6 publications)
  • British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (5 publications)

Notable recent papers by Rory C. O'Connor include:

  • "Mental health and well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic: longitudinal analyses of adults in the UK COVID-19 Mental Health & Wellbeing study," 2020, The British Journal of Psychiatry
  • "Multidisciplinary research priorities for the COVID-19 pandemic: a call for action for mental health science," 2020, The Lancet Psychiatry
  • "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
  • "Loneliness as a predictor of suicidal ideation and behaviour: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective studies," 2020, Journal of Affective Disorders

Best Publications

  • Multidisciplinary research priorities for the COVID-19 pandemic: a call for action for mental health science.

    Emily A. Holmes;Emily A. Holmes;Rory C O'Connor;V. Hugh Perry;Irene Tracey

  • The Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis

    John F Cryan;Kenneth J O'Riordan;Caitlin S M Cowan;Kiran V Sandhu

  • Self-harm and suicide in adolescents.

    Keith E. Hawton;Kate E. A. Saunders;Rory C. O'Connor

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

    David Gunnell;Louis Appleby;Ella Arensman;Keith Hawton

  • The integrated motivational-volitional model of suicidal behaviour.

    Rory C. O'Connor;Olivia J. Kirtley

  • The psychology of suicidal behaviour

    Rory C O'Connor;Matthew K Nock

  • Mental health and well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic: longitudinal analyses of adults in the UK COVID-19 Mental Health & Wellbeing study.

    Rory C O’Connor;Karen Wetherall;Seonaid Cleare;Heather McClelland

  • Suicide and suicide risk

    Gustavo Turecki;David A. Brent;David Gunnell;David Gunnell;Rory C. O’Connor

  • Subjective experience and the attentional lapse: Task engagement and disengagement during sustained attention

    Jonathan Smallwood;John B. Davies;Derek Heim;Frances Finnigan

  • Towards an integrated motivational-volitional model of suicidal behaviour.

    Rory C. O'connor

  • 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

  • The Lancet Psychiatry Commission on psychological treatments research in tomorrow's science

    Emily A Holmes;Ata Ghaderi;Catherine J Harmer;Catherine J Harmer;Paul G Ramchandani

  • The Integrated Motivational-Volitional Model of Suicidal Behavior

    Rory C O'Connor

  • Predictors of future suicide attempt among adolescents with suicidal thoughts or non-suicidal self-harm: a population-based birth cohort study

    Becky Mars;Becky Mars;Jon Heron;E David Klonsky;Paul Moran;Paul Moran

  • Predicting suicide following self-harm: systematic review of risk factors and risk scales.

    Melissa K Y Chan;Henna Bhatti;Nick Meader;Sarah Stockton

  • When is your head at? An exploration of the factors associated with the temporal focus of the wandering mind.

    Jonathan Smallwood;Louise Nind;Rory C. O’Connor

  • Non-suicidal self-injury v. attempted suicide: new diagnosis or false dichotomy?

    Navneet Kapur;Jayne Cooper;Rory C. O'Connor;Keith E. Hawton

  • Loneliness as a predictor of suicidal ideation and behaviour: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective studies.

    Heather McClelland;Jonathan J. Evans;Rebecca Nowland;Eamonn Ferguson

  • Mind-wandering and dysphoria

    Jonathan Smallwood;Rory C. O'Connor;Megan V. Sudbery;Marc Obonsawin

  • Perceived discrimination and psychological distress: the role of personal and ethnic self-esteem

    Clare Cassidy;Rory O'Connor;Christine Joyce Howe;David Warden

  • Type-D personality mechanisms of effect: the role of health-related behavior and social support.

    Lynn Williams;Rory C. O'Connor;Siobhán Howard;Brian M. Hughes

Frequent Co-Authors

Ronan E. O'Carroll
Ronan E. O'Carroll University of Stirling
Daryl B. O'Connor
Daryl B. O'Connor University of Leeds
Eamonn Ferguson
Eamonn Ferguson University of Nottingham
Derek de Beurs
Derek de Beurs University of Amsterdam
Emily A. Holmes
Emily A. Holmes Uppsala University
Christopher J. Armitage
Christopher J. Armitage University of Manchester
Paul Moran
Paul Moran University of Bristol
Jonathan Smallwood
Jonathan Smallwood Queen's University
Roger T. Webb
Roger T. Webb University of Manchester
Daniel Boduszek
Daniel Boduszek University of Social Sciences and Humanities

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