Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Jen-Yang Lin, Ti-Chi Yuan, Chi-Feng Chen
Summary: This study monitored three field sites in Taipei city, Taiwan, and found that the water retention rate is influenced by infiltration capacity and rainfall intensity. The water retention rate at each site almost reached 50% when the cumulative rainfall was lower than 20 mm, and decreased to 40% at 60 mm rainfall.
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Psychology, Clinical
Yi-Jen Su, Hsiu-Ting Yu, Ting-Yu Liu, Kuan-Hung Lu, Chung-Chieh Tu, Yu-Ching Lin, Ran-Chou Chen
Summary: The COVID-19 pandemic has had different impacts on suicide attempts and deaths in New Taipei City, Taiwan, with a significant increasing trend in suicide attempts and no change in suicide deaths.
PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE
(2023)
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Clinical Neurology
Shu-Sen Chang, Chien-Yu Lin, Chia-Yueh Hsu, Ying-Yeh Chen, Paul S. F. Yip
Summary: The charcoal restriction program in New Taipei City did not show a significant reduction in charcoal-burning or overall suicide rates. Future suicide prevention strategies should focus on optimizing program sustainability, ensuring comprehensive means restriction, and monitoring long-term intervention effectiveness.
JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS
(2021)
Article
Psychiatry
Chien-Yu Lin, Chia-Yueh Hsu, Ying-Yeh Chen, Shu-Sen Chang, David Gunnell
Summary: In Taipei City, there are associations between different suicide methods and indicators of accessibility. The proportion of single-person households is associated with charcoal-burning suicide rates, while the proportion of households living on the sixth floor or above is associated with jumping suicide rates. However, neighborhoods' adjacency to rivers does not show any statistical evidence of an association with drowning suicide rates.
CRISIS-THE JOURNAL OF CRISIS INTERVENTION AND SUICIDE PREVENTION
(2022)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Hiroshi Habu, Soshi Takao, Ryohei Fujimoto, Hiromichi Naito, Atsunori Nakao, Takashi Yorifuji
Summary: The study found that the number and proportion of emergency dispatches related to suicide attempts increased in 2020 compared to the previous two years, especially among women and those aged 25-49, possibly due to hardships brought about by the COVID-19 outbreak.
JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Wen-Ray Su, Yong-Jun Lin, Chun-Hung Huang, Chun-Hung Yang, Yuan-Fan Tsai
Summary: Wargames have been promoted by local governments in Taiwan since 2009 as they require fewer resources than full-scale exercises. The creation of a 3D GIS-based Flood Wargame Assistance Platform (FWGAP) has enabled rapid spatial analyses of flood scenarios, aiding in more effective disaster response and resource allocation. The integration of various technologies in FWGAP has been found to improve coordination among departments and identify problems in standard operating procedures during flooding wargames.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Nargis Asad, Shahina Pirani, Summaiya Tariq, Asra Qureshi, Mohammad Zaman, Mustafa Aslam, Farhat Mirza, Murad M. Khan
Summary: Suicide is a major global public health problem, and Pakistan lacks official statistics on suicides at the national level. This study aims to retrospectively examine the patterns of suicides and self-harm in patients registered with medicolegal centers in Karachi, Pakistan.
Article
Engineering, Geological
Jiun-Shiang Wang, Jin-Hung Hwang, Chih-Chieh Lu, Yuan-Chang Deng
Summary: This study investigates the widely used field seismic methods for site investigations in seismic design. Thirteen alluvium sites were selected to measure velocity profiles using five common seismic methods. The differences between methods were quantified as calibrated measurement uncertainty. The study also examines the impact of measurement uncertainty on seismic site classification and soil liquefaction potential evaluations based on shear wave velocity.
SOIL DYNAMICS AND EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Hong Qiu, Chyi-Huey Bai, Kai-Jen Chuang, Yen-Chun Fan, Ta-Pang Chang, Steve Hung-Lam Yim, Kin-Fai Ho
Summary: Exposure to volatile organic compounds (VOCs) poses short-term health risks for cardiorespiratory diseases. Different VOC species are significantly associated with hospitalizations for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, and heart failure, providing important reference for VOC regulations and ozone control strategies.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Yung-Jaan Lee, Shih-Ying Lin
Summary: This study examines the correlations between place attachment and individual attributes in different vulnerable areas of Taipei, Taiwan. The results show no consistent correlations between place attachment and individual attributes in areas with different vulnerabilities, and none of the factors within place attachment are significantly related to overall place attachment. Further research could focus on factor analyses of place attachment and the impact of geographical scale on place attachment.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2021)
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Clinical Neurology
Yi-Hsien Chen, Wei-Ming Wang, Chi-Hsiang Chung, Chang-Huei Tsao, Wu-Chien Chien, Chih-Tsung Hung
Summary: The study found no increased risk of psychiatric disorders among Taiwanese patients with acne who were taking isotretinoin. Higher dosage or longer duration of isotretinoin treatment did not increase the risk for developing a psychiatric disorder.
JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Chen-Hua Wang, Hsin-Tien Lin
Summary: Packaging accounts for the largest demand in global plastic consumption, with around 60% used for food and beverage packaging. Our study quantified the food packaging generation from major supermarket and convenience store chains in Taipei, Taiwan, and found that 64.99% of the packaging was recycled. Identifying limitations in different stages and designing corresponding strategies is crucial to promote plastic food packaging recycling.
Article
Oncology
Gemma A. Bilkey, Richard W. Trevithick, Emily P. Coles, Jennifer Girschik, Kristen J. Nowak
Summary: This study analyzes the incidence and survival rates of rare, less common, and common cancers in Western Australia, finding that rare cancers make up 21.5% of all cancer diagnoses with a significantly poorer five-year survival compared to common cancers. Rare and less common cancers collectively represent 48.4% of all cancer diagnoses.
Article
Clinical Neurology
Fu-Hsuan Liu, Jing-Yang Huang, Che Lin, Tsu-Jen Kuo
Summary: A study conducted in Taiwan on patients with head and neck cancer (HNC) found that they did not have a higher risk of all-cause mortality compared to patients with other cancers. However, the risk of suicide mortality in HNC patients was higher than that of patients without cancer and patients with other cancers.
JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Tzu-Ling Chen, Hung Lin, Yin-Hao Chiu
Summary: Global climate change has intensified extreme climate events, and this study used remote sensing and principal component analysis to analyze the spatial distribution of extreme heat and heat vulnerability in the Taipei metropolitan area. The findings indicate that the most vulnerable villages are clustered in downtown Taipei.
Article
Psychiatry
Ying-Yeh Chen, Sun Yu, Ya-Hui Hu, Chung-Yi Li, Fanny Artaud, Laure Carcaillon-Bentata, Alexis Elbaz, Pei-Chen Lee
Summary: The study found that patients with Parkinson's disease have a significantly higher risk of suicide compared to control participants, even after adjusting for markers of socioeconomic position, medical comorbidities, dementia, and mental disorders.
Article
Clinical Neurology
Shu-Sen Chang, Chien-Yu Lin, Chia-Yueh Hsu, Ying-Yeh Chen, Paul S. F. Yip
Summary: The charcoal restriction program in New Taipei City did not show a significant reduction in charcoal-burning or overall suicide rates. Future suicide prevention strategies should focus on optimizing program sustainability, ensuring comprehensive means restriction, and monitoring long-term intervention effectiveness.
JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS
(2021)
Article
Toxicology
Shu-Sen Chang, Chien-Yu Lin, Ming-Been Lee, Lih-Jong Shen, David Gunnell, Michael Eddleston
Summary: The ban on the import and production of paraquat in Taiwan resulted in a decrease in pesticide and paraquat suicides as well as suicides among the elderly population. The impact of the ban was more significant in rural areas, males, and the elderly.
CLINICAL TOXICOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Psychiatry
Mark Sinyor, Duleeka Knipe, Guilherme Borges, Michiko Ueda, Jane Pirkis, Michael R. Phillips, David Gunnell
Summary: Data from high and upper-middle-income countries suggest that suicide rates did not increase during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, but the impact of the pandemic on suicide is complex. Governments and societies must take specific steps to mitigate harm and prevent suicides in the late stages and aftermath of the pandemic.
ARCHIVES OF SUICIDE RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Jacks Bennett, Jon Heron, David Gunnell, Sarah Purdy, Myles-Jay Linton
Summary: This study investigated changes in mental health and wellbeing outcomes for UK university students since the global COVID-19 pandemic began. The results showed worsened levels of anxiety and subjective wellbeing in 2021 compared to 2019. However, students from different racial backgrounds and those previously diagnosed with a mental health difficulty showed improved outcomes in 2021.
JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Psychiatry
Ping Qin, Sadia Syeda, Silvia Sara Canetto, Vikas Arya, Baopeng Liu, Vikas Menon, Bob Lew, Stephen Platt, Paul Yip, David Gunnell
Summary: Midlife suicide is strongly associated with socioeconomic difficulties and common physical and psychiatric illnesses in this age group. Investigations in the future should consider interactions between risk factors, as well as sex and ethnicity intersectionality and data from low- and middle-income countries.
JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Psychiatry
I-Ting Hwang, Fortune Fu-Tsung Shaw, Wen-Yau Hsu, Guang-Yi Liu, Chen- Kuan, David Gunnell, Shu-Sen Chang
Summary: This study explored the experiences of suicidal individuals who sought help through a suicide prevention hotline during the COVID-19 pandemic. The findings revealed the impact of the pandemic on society and individuals' mental health, and identified factors and psychological responses that may increase suicide risk.
CRISIS-THE JOURNAL OF CRISIS INTERVENTION AND SUICIDE PREVENTION
(2023)
Article
Psychiatry
Guang-Yi Liu, Yi-Han Chang, I-Ting Hwang, Fortune Fu-Tsung Shaw, Wen-Yau Hsu, Chia-Yueh Hsu, David Gunnell, Shu-Sen Chang
Summary: We investigated the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on call volumes and call characteristics using data from a national crisis helpline. The study found that call volumes significantly increased during the early period of the pandemic, with higher-than-expected calls from non-suicidal and male callers. Calls related to COVID-19 were more likely to be from male and first-time callers, last less than 5 minutes, and were more focused on information-seeking.
ARCHIVES OF SUICIDE RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Psychiatry
Guilherme Borges, Ricardo Orozco, David Gunnell, Raul A. Gutierrez-Garcia, Yesica Albor, Guillermo E. Quevedo E. Chavez, Praxedis Cristina Hernandez Uribe, Sergio Cruz Hernandez, Maria Anabell Covarrubias Diaz Couder, Jordi Alonso, Maria-Elena Medina-Mora, Corina Benjet
Summary: The COVID-19 pandemic has had a negative impact on the mental health of populations worldwide, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. This study examined the longitudinal effects of the pandemic on suicidal thoughts and behaviors among first-year university students in Mexico. The findings suggest that there was an increase in the incidence of suicidal ideation during the COVID-19 period, especially among students with risk conditions and positive coping strategies.
ARCHIVES OF SUICIDE RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Hein Heuvelman, Neil M. Davies, Yoav Ben-Shlomo, Alan Emond, Jonathan Evans, David Gunnell, Rachel Liebling, Richard Morris, Rupert Payne, Claire Storey, Maria Viner, Dheeraj Rai
Summary: This study examines the associations between the use of antidepressants during pregnancy and outcomes using multiple methods to strengthen causal inference. The results show that women who initiate or continue antidepressants during pregnancy are more likely to have contact with healthcare services and continue antidepressant use after pregnancy. However, there is little evidence for substantial associations between antidepressant use and autism, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or intellectual disability in children.
HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
(2023)
Article
Psychiatry
Sze Chim Lee, Olivier Y. Rouquette, Keith Hawton, Louise Cleobury, Sarah Spencer, Keith Lloyd, David Gunnell, Jonathan Scourfield, Ann John
Summary: This study compares individuals who self-harmed during a suicide cluster with those who self-harmed prior to the cluster. The findings suggest that individuals who self-harmed during the cluster were less likely to be hospitalized or have a mental health history. There were no significant differences in 10-year self-harm outcomes, but males had a higher all-cause mortality rate.
CRISIS-THE JOURNAL OF CRISIS INTERVENTION AND SUICIDE PREVENTION
(2023)
Article
Psychiatry
Fang-Wen Lu, Erica Conway, Ya-Lun Liang, Ying-Yeh Chen, David Gunnell, Shu-Sen Chang
Summary: This study used emergency department data from Taipei City and New Taipei City to identify clusters of self-harm and suicide using space-time permutation scan statistics. It found that cluster-related episodes of self-harm and suicide were more likely to be male and young people aged 10-29 years.
EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRIC SCIENCES
(2023)
Article
Psychiatry
Prianka Padmanathan, Rachel Cohen, David Gunnell, Lucy Biddle, Emma Griffith, Katie Breheny, Matt Hickman, Nik Munien, Anish Patel, Elaine Crocker, Paul Moran
Summary: This study aimed to develop a brief psychosocial intervention for individuals presenting to the emergency department with self-harm and co-occurring substance use problems. Through a modified Delphi method, expert consensus was achieved for 22 items, resulting in an intervention that includes weekly follow-up phone calls and support for accessing community services.
CRISIS-THE JOURNAL OF CRISIS INTERVENTION AND SUICIDE PREVENTION
(2023)
Article
Psychiatry
Annette Erlangsen, Elene Fleischer, David Gunnell, Merete Nordentoft
Summary: The study found that the majority of survivors seeking counseling in Denmark had lost a spouse or first-degree relative, with female users outnumbering males. One third sought counseling within 6 months of the death. Geographic proximity to counseling centers was found to impact usage rates, suggesting potential lack of support in certain areas.
ARCHIVES OF SUICIDE RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Psychiatry
Joanna C. McLaughlin, David Gunnell
Summary: This study aimed to identify risk factors for suicide among university students in a UK city and found that male students who were experiencing academic difficulties and financial needs were more likely to be at risk. The study suggests that markers of academic and financial difficulty should be considered to identify high-risk students, and improved disclosure of mental health issues at university registration could facilitate targeted support for vulnerable students.
CRISIS-THE JOURNAL OF CRISIS INTERVENTION AND SUICIDE PREVENTION
(2021)
