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Seena Fazel is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom and has a research profile focused on psychology and medicine, with a substantial number of publications in clinical psychology and related subfields. Their work intersects multiple areas including psychiatry, mental health, sociology, and general health professions.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Psychology
  • Medicine

The subfields of study are:

  • Clinical Psychology
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Psychiatry and Mental Health
  • General Health Professions
  • Social Psychology

Seena Fazel has contributed extensively to topics such as:

  • Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
  • Schizophrenia Research and Treatment
  • Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Homelessness and Social Issues
  • Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints

Frequent co-authors in their research collaborations include:

  • Paul Lichtenstein
  • Rongqin Yu
  • Henrik Larsson
  • Amir Sariaslan
  • Brian M. D'Onofrio

The venues where Seena Fazel frequently publishes are:

  • The Lancet Public Health
  • BMJ Mental Health
  • The Lancet Psychiatry
  • The British Journal of Psychiatry
  • European Psychiatry

Among their recent publications are:

  • Suicide, 2020, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder after infectious disease pandemics in the twenty-first century, including COVID-19: a meta-analysis and systematic review, 2021, Molecular Psychiatry
  • Violence and mental disorders: a structured review of associations by individual diagnoses, risk factors, and risk assessment, 2020, The Lancet Psychiatry
  • Risk factors for suicide in adults: systematic review and meta-analysis of psychological autopsy studies, 2022, Evidence-Based Mental Health
  • Risk factors for self-harm in prison: a systematic review and meta-analysis, 2020, The Lancet Psychiatry

Best Publications

  • Serious mental disorder in 23 000 prisoners: a systematic review of 62 surveys

    Seena Fazel;John Danesh

  • Risks of all-cause and suicide mortality in mental disorders: a meta-review.

    Edward Chesney;Guy M. Goodwin;Seena Fazel

  • The health of homeless people in high-income countries: descriptive epidemiology, health consequences, and clinical and policy recommendations

    Seena Fazel;John R Geddes;Margot Kushel

  • Schizophrenia and Violence: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Seena Fazel;Gautam Gulati;Louise Linsell;John R. Geddes

  • The prevalence of mental disorders among the homeless in western countries: systematic review and meta-regression analysis.

    Seena Fazel;Vivek Khosla;Helen Doll;John Geddes

  • The health of prisoners

    Seena Fazel;Jacques Baillargeon

  • Evidence-based guidelines for treating bipolar disorder: Revised third edition recommendations from the British Association for Psychopharmacology

    G. M. Goodwin;P. M. Haddad;I. N. Ferrier;J. K. Aronson

  • Substance abuse and dependence in prisoners: a systematic review

    Seena Fazel;Parveen Bains;Helen Doll

  • Mental health of prisoners: prevalence, adverse outcomes, and interventions

    Seena Fazel;Adrian J Hayes;Katrina Bartellas;Massimo Clerici

  • Severe mental illness in 33,588 prisoners worldwide: systematic review and meta-regression analysis.

    Seena Fazel;Katharina Seewald

  • A comparative study of violence risk assessment tools: a systematic review and metaregression analysis of 68 studies involving 25,980 participants.

    Jay P. Singh;Martin Grann;Seena Fazel

  • Schizophrenia, substance abuse, and violent crime.

    Seena Fazel;Niklas Långström;Anders Hjern;Martin Grann

  • Mental Disorders Among Adolescents in Juvenile Detention and Correctional Facilities: A Systematic Review and Metaregression Analysis of 25 Surveys

    Seena Fazel;Helen Doll;Niklas Långström

  • Long-term outcomes of childhood sexual abuse: an umbrella review

    Helen P Hailes;Rongqin Yu;Andrea Danese;Seena Fazel

  • Risk factors for violence in psychosis: Systematic review and meta-regression analysis of 110 studies

    Katrina Gisela Witt;Richard van Dorn;Seena Fazel

  • Medication for Attention Deficit–Hyperactivity Disorder and Criminality

    Paul Lichtenstein;Linda Halldner;Johan Zetterqvist;Arvid Sjölander

  • Use of risk assessment instruments to predict violence and antisocial behaviour in 73 samples involving 24 827 people: systematic review and meta-analysis

    Seena Fazel;Jay P Singh;Helen Doll;Martin Grann

  • The population impact of severe mental illness on violent crime.

    Seena Fazel;Martin Grann

  • Substance use disorders in prisoners: an updated systematic review and meta‐regression analysis in recently incarcerated men and women

    Seena Fazel;Isabel A. Yoon;Adrian J. Hayes

  • Suicide in Prisoners: A Systematic Review of Risk Factors

    Seena Fazel;Jennifer Cartwright;Arabella Norman-Nott;Keith E. Hawton

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul Lichtenstein
Paul Lichtenstein Karolinska Institute
Martin Grann
Martin Grann Karolinska Institute
Niklas Långström
Niklas Långström Karolinska Institute
Henrik Larsson
Henrik Larsson Karolinska Institute
Keith Hawton
Keith Hawton University of Oxford
Roger T. Webb
Roger T. Webb University of Manchester
David Challis
David Challis University of Nottingham
Linda Davies
Linda Davies University of Manchester
Guy M. Goodwin
Guy M. Goodwin University of Oxford
Alistair Burns
Alistair Burns University of Manchester

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