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Konrad Michel
Researcher at University of Bern
Publications - 85
Citations - 3989
Konrad Michel is an academic researcher from University of Bern. The author has contributed to research in topics: Suicide prevention & Poison control. The author has an hindex of 31, co-authored 81 publications receiving 3781 citations. Previous affiliations of Konrad Michel include University Hospital of Basel & Universidad Iberoamericana (UNIBE).
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Attempted suicide in Europe: rates, trends and sociodemographic characteristics of suicide attempters during the period 1989-1992. Results of the WHO/EURO Multicentre Study on Parasuicide
Armin Schmidtke,Unni Bille-Brahe,Diego DeLeo,Ad J. F. M. Kerkhof,T. Bjerke,P. Crepet,Christian Haring,Keith Hawton,Jouko Lönnqvist,Konrad Michel,Xavier Pommereau,I. Querejeta,I. Phillipe,E. Salander-Renberg,B. Temesváry,Danuta Wasserman,S. Fricke,B. Weinacker,J. G. Sampaio-Faria +18 more
TL;DR: Attempted suicide in Europe: rates, trends and sociodemographic characteristics of suicide attempters during the period 1989–1992 and the WHO/EURO Multicentre Study on Parasuicide results.
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Parasuicide in Europe: the WHO/EURO multicentre study on parasuicide. I. Introduction and preliminary analysis for 1989.
Stephen Platt,Unni Bille-Brahe,Ad Kerkhof,Armin Schmidtke,T. Bjerke,P. Crepet,Diego De Leo,Christian Haring,Jouko Lönnqvist,Konrad Michel,A. Philippe,Xavier Pommereau,I. Querejeta,E. Salander-Renberg,B. Temesváry,Danuta Wasserman,J. Sampaio Faria +16 more
TL;DR: Findings from the epidemiological monitoring project are presented, based on a preliminary examination of data collected in 15 centres on parasuicides aged 15 years and over treated in health facilities in defined catchment areas during the year 1989, and it is argued that the differences between centres are valid and should be addressed in further research.
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Attempted and completed suicide in older subjects: results from the WHO/EURO multicentre study of suicidal behaviour
Diego De Leo,W. Padoani,Paolo Scocco,David Lie,David Lie,Unni Bille-Brahe,Ella Arensman,Heidi Hjelmeland,Paolo Crepet,Christian Haring,Keith Hawton,Jouko Lönnqvist,Konrad Michel,Xavier Pommereau,Imanol Querejeta,Jean Phillipe,E. Salander-Renberg,Armin Schmidtke,S. Fricke,B. Weinacker,Beata Tamesvary,Danuta Wasserman,Sampaio Faria +22 more
TL;DR: An analysis of findings for the 65 years and over age group from the WHO/EURO Multicentre Study of Suicidal Behaviour (1989–93) is presented.
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Why People Engage in Parasuicide: A Cross-Cultural Study of Intentions
Heidi Hjelmeland,Keith Hawton,Hilmar Nordvik,Unni Bille-Brahe,Diego De Leo,Sándor Fekete,Onja T. Grad,Christian Haring,Ad J. F. M. Kerkhof,Jouko Lönnqvist,Konrad Michel,Ellinor Salander Renberg,Armin Schmidtke,Kees van Heeringen,Danuta Wasserman +14 more
TL;DR: The main finding from this study is that parasuicide patients in different countries tend to indicate that similar types of intentions are involved in their acts of parasuicides, and that the intentions do not vary greatly with gender or age.
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Relation between attempted suicide and suicide rates among young people in Europe.
Keith Hawton,Ella Arensman,Danuta Wasserman,A. Hultén,Unni Bille-Brahe,T. Bjerke,P. Crepet,Eberhard A. Deisenhammer,Ad J. F. M. Kerkhof,Diego De Leo,Konrad Michel,Aini Ostamo,A. Philippe,I. Querejeta,E. Salander-Renberg,Armin Schmidtke,B. Temesváry +16 more
TL;DR: The recent increase in attempted suicide rates in young male subjects in several European countries could herald a further increase in suicide rates.