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Kairi Kõlves

Researcher at Griffith University

Publications -  177
Citations -  4725

Kairi Kõlves is an academic researcher from Griffith University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Suicide prevention & Poison control. The author has an hindex of 33, co-authored 151 publications receiving 3161 citations. Previous affiliations of Kairi Kõlves include World Health Organization & University of Tartu.

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Suicide trends in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic: an interrupted time-series analysis of preliminary data from 21 countries.

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TL;DR: In this article, the early effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on suicide rates around the world was assessed using real-time suicide data from countries or areas within countries through a systematic internet search and recourse to our networks and the published literature.
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Suicide methods in Europe: a gender-specific analysis of countries participating in the “European Alliance Against Depression”

TL;DR: Research on suicide methods could lead to the development of gender-specific intervention strategies, and in all countries, males had a higher risk than females of using firearms and hanging and a lower risk of poisoning by drugs, drowning and jumping.
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Natural disasters and suicidal behaviours: A systematic literature review

TL;DR: There seems to be a drop in non-fatal suicidal behaviours in the initial post-disaster period, which has been referred to as the 'honeymoon' phase, and there is a need for further studies using proper designs.
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The role of alcohol in suicide: a case-control psychological autopsy study

TL;DR: Overall, the proportion of male suicides affected by alcohol was the same in the present psychological autopsy study as in the previous findings for Estonia on the aggregate level, while the share of female suicides with an AAD diagnosis was dramatically higher on the individual level.
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Real-time suicide mortality data from police reports in Queensland, Australia, during the COVID-19 pandemic: an interrupted time-series analysis.

TL;DR: There does not yet appear to be an overall change in the suspected suicide rate in the 7 months since Queensland declared a public health emergency, which reinforces the need for governments to maintain the monitoring and reporting of suicide mortality in real time.