Author

Lakshmi Vijayakumar

Observed names: Dr Lakshmi Vijayakumar, L Vijayakumar, L. Vijayakumar, LAKSHMI VIJAYAKUMAR, Vijayakumar, Lakshmi Dr

Institutions: The University of Melbourne, Voluntary Health Services Hospital, Society for Nutrition Education and Health Action

Observed institutions: Griffith University, Madras Medical College, The University of Melbourne, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, Voluntary Health Services Hospital, University of Bristol, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Society for Nutrition Education and Health Action, World Health Organization, Public Health Foundation of India, Central Institute of Psychiatry

ORCID: 0000-0003-2471-9004

Observed ORCID: 0000-0003-2471-9004

OpenAlex ID: A5046625771

Suicide risk and prevention during the COVID-19 pandemic

2020 · David Gunnell, Louis Appleby, et al. · The Lancet Psychiatry · 1,571

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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

2021 · Jane Pirkis, Ann John, et al. · The Lancet Psychiatry · 778

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The Healthy Activity Program (HAP), a lay counsellor-delivered brief psychological treatment for severe depression, in primary care in India: a randomised controlled trial

2016 · Vikram Patel, Benedict Weobong, et al. · The Lancet · 457

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Suicide attempts, plans, and ideation in culturally diverse sites: the WHO SUPRE-MISS community survey

2005 · JOSÉ M. BERTOLOTE, ALEXANDRA FLEISCHMANN, et al. · Psychological Medicine · 404

Are risk factors for suicide universal? A case‐control study in India

1999 · L. Vijayakumar, S. Rajkumar · Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica · 284

Suicide in women

2015 · Lakshmi Vijayakumar · Indian Journal of Psychiatry · 273

Suicide in Developing Countries (2)

2005 · Lakshmi Vijayakumar, Sujit John, et al. · Crisis · 261

Substance use and suicide

2011 · Lakshmi Vijayakumar, M Suresh Kumar, et al. · Current Opinion in Psychiatry · 174

International study of definitions of English-language terms for suicidal behaviours: a survey exploring preferred terminology

2021 · Diego De Leo, Benjamin Goodfellow, et al. · BMJ Open · 169

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Indian research on suicide

2010 · Lakshmi Vijayakumar · Indian Journal of Psychiatry · 145

Characteristics of attempted suicides seen in emergency-care settings of general hospitals in eight low- and middle-income countries

2005 · ALEXANDRA FLEISCHMANN, JOSÉ M. BERTOLOTE, et al. · Psychological Medicine · 142

Sustained effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the Healthy Activity Programme, a brief psychological treatment for depression delivered by lay counsellors in primary care: 12-month follow-up of a randomised controlled trial

2017 · Benedict Weobong, Helen A. Weiss, et al. · PLoS Medicine · 140

Gone Too Soon: priorities for action to prevent premature mortality associated with mental illness and mental distress

2023 · Rory C O'Connor, Carol M Worthman, et al. · The Lancet Psychiatry · 138

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Suicide in Developing Countries (1)

2005 · Lakshmi Vijayakumar, K. Nagaraj, et al. · Crisis · 128

Is Religiosity a Protective Factor Against Attempted Suicide: A Cross-Cultural Case-Control Study

2010 · Merike Sisask, Airi Värnik, et al. · Archives of Suicide Research · 125

Assessing the quality of media reporting of suicide news in India against World Health Organization guidelines: A content analysis study of nine major newspapers in Tamil Nadu

2018 · Gregory Armstrong, Lakshmi Vijayakumar, et al. · Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry · 120

Repetition of Suicide Attempts

2010 · José M. Bertolote, Alexandra Fleischmann, et al. · Crisis · 120

Suicide prevention: the urgent need in developing countries.

2004 · Lakshmi Vijayakumar · PubMed Central · 91

World Health Organization Guidelines for Management of Acute Stress, PTSD, and Bereavement: Key Challenges on the Road Ahead

2014 · Wietse A. Tol, Corrado Barbui, et al. · PLoS Medicine · 90

Challenges and opportunities in suicide prevention in South-East Asia

2017 · Lakshmi Vijayakumar · WHO South-East Asia Journal of Public Health · 89

Attitudes towards suicide among medical students: comparison between Madras (India) and Vienna (Austria)

1998 · E. Etzersdorfer, L. Vijayakumar, et al. · Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology · 86

Suicidal ideation and behavior in youth in low- and middle-income countries: A brief review of risk factors and implications for prevention

2022 · Johanne Renaud, Sasha Leigh MacNeil, et al. · Frontiers in Psychiatry · 81

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Suicide and mental disorders in Asia

2005 · Lakshmi Vijayakumar · International Review of Psychiatry · 74

Suicide Prevention in the Southeast Asia Region

2020 · Lakshmi Vijayakumar, Caroline Daly, et al. · Crisis · 73

Overview evidence on interventions for population suicide with an eye to identifying best-supported strategies for LMICs

2016 · A. Fleischmann, E. Arensman, et al. · Cambridge Prisms Global Mental Health · 70

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Works count: 136

Citation count: 7,826

H-index: 40

I10-index: 75