Thomas Niederkrotenthaler

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Article: WIENER KLINISCHE WOCHENSCHRIFT. 2026;138(15-16):462-469
War orphan age at father loss and resilience in late adolescence.
Kravić N; Pajević I; Hasanović M; de Leon-Martinez S; Niederkrotenthaler T; Voracek M; Dervic K
Article: WIENER KLINISCHE WOCHENSCHRIFT. 2026;138(13-14):391-393
Assisted suicide in Austria: implications for media reporting.
Niederkrotenthaler T; Kapitany T
Article: CRISIS-THE JOURNAL OF CRISIS INTERVENTION AND SUICIDE PREVENTION. 2026;47(3):188-200
Impact of Media Guidelines on Suicide-Related Reporting Quality and Suicides.
Scotti Requena S; Arya V; Niederkrotenthaler T; Sinyor M; Ueda M; Spittal MJ; Pirkis J
Article: ARCHIVES OF SUICIDE RESEARCH. 2026;:1-20
The Association Between X (Formerly Twitter) Content and Suicide Following a National Media Engagement Strategy in Canada.
Sinyor M; Mason SG; Chen MC-S; Chan P; Mitchell RHB; Schaffer A; Pirkis J; Heisel MJ; Goldstein BI; Redelmeier DA; Niederkrotenthaler T
Article: CRISIS-THE JOURNAL OF CRISIS INTERVENTION AND SUICIDE PREVENTION. 2026;47(1):53-56
Papageno Stories Predict Lower Suicide Rates - Analysis of American Feature Films, 1950-2002.
Stack S; Bowman B; Sinyor M; Niederkrotenthaler T
Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2025;35(6):1137-1142
Sickness absence with common mental disorders and antidepressant prescriptions across different employment branches during as compared to before the Covid-19 pandemic-an observational study covering the Swedish population aged 18-65 years
Kirchner S; Gemes K; Josefsson P; Niederkrotenthaler T; Melchior M; Haro JM; Felez-Nobrega M; Sijbrandij M; Witteveen AB; Hecker I; Lora A; Monzio Compagnoni M; Conflitti C; Caggiu G; Bergstrom J; Mittendorfer-Rutz E
Article: BRITISH JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY. 2025;227(6):846-853
'Fair and balanced?': quality of suicide-related reporting on major US cable news networks.
Sinyor M; Men VY; Chan PPM; Rain S; Posel A; Jayakumar N; Mitchell RHB; Schaffer A; Steinberg R; Pirkis J; Heisel MJ; Goldstein BI; Redelmeier DA; Stack S; Niederkrotenthaler T
Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION. 2025;40(6):647-665
Exploring media responses to terrorist attacks: A content analysis of portrayed mitigation strategies to terrorism in German and Austrian newspapers
Naderer B; Niederkrotenthaler T; Till B
Article: JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH. 2025;27:e79917
Effects of a Video of Science Rejection by a Social Media Influencer and User Comments: Randomized Controlled Trial.
Till B; Niederkrotenthaler T; Naderer B
Article: DEATH STUDIES. 2025;:1-9
Popular music and the Papageno effect: Experimental evidence for the beneficial impact of listening to songs with suicide-preventive messages.
Arendt F; Niederkrotenthaler T; Wiedemann I; Till B
Article: SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHIATRIC EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2025;60(8):1871-1882
Investigating the impact of parallel media engagement initiatives on suicide reporting in Canada and Israel.
Sinyor M; Ekstein D; Ming Chan PP; Men YV; Malonek RS; Schaffer A; Niederkrotenthaler T; Heisel MJ; Goldstein BI; Redelmeier DA; Taylor P; Mitchell R; Steinberg R; Levi-Belz Y
Article: MEDIA INTERNATIONAL AUSTRALIA. 2025;196(1):188-200
Jelena Dokic's suicide-related social media post and the worldwide media's portrayal of a story of survival: a natural experiment
Ekstein D; Posel A; Rain S; Nicholas A; Pirkis J; Niederkrotenthaler T; Schaffer A; Sinyor M
Article: JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS. 2025;381:692-699
Impact of media interventions on the quality and quantity of suicide media reporting in Guyana 2013-2023.
Shaw C; Thomas T; Krishnamoorthy S; Clough B; Niederkrotenthaler T; Kõlves K
Article: BMJ OPEN. 2025;15(5):e092652
Progress towards prevention of suicide in India by improving print media reporting of suicide news: a repeat content analysis study in Tamil Nadu.
Armstrong G; Haregu T; Jayaseelan M; Niederkrotenthaler T; Cherian A; Menon V; Arya V; Vijayakumar L
Article: SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE. 2025;371:117934
Suicide rates in South Korea and internationally following release of the Netflix series 'Squid Game'.
Sinyor M; Shin S; Lee J; Stack S; Men VY; Niederkrotenthaler T
Article: SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE. 2025;370:117852
Social media influencers and the Papageno effect: Experimental evidence for the suicide-preventive impact of social media posts on hope, healing, and recovery.
Arendt F; Till B; Gutsch A; Niederkrotenthaler T
Article: BMJ PUBLIC HEALTH. 2025;3(1):e001206
Towards development of guidelines for harnessing implementation science for suicide prevention: an international Delphi expert consensus study.
Krishnamoorthy S; Armstrong G; Ross V; Reifels L; Purdon H; Francis J; Hawgood J; Mathieu S; Kasal A; Crawford A; Gustavson AM; Székely A; Baran A; Erlangsen A; Nemiro A; Curnow C; Reidenberg D; Biechowska D; Arensman E; Quarshie EN-B; Shand F; Ramirez CM; Zbukvic I; Gullestrup J; McGill K; King K; Vijayakumar L; White L; Barnaby L; Sinyor M; Sokół-Szawłowska M; Van Zyl M; Sisask M; Phillips M; Rezaeian M; Yonemoto N; Pollock N; Jain N; Yip PSF; Qin P; Toczyski P; Dandona R; Gusmão R; Jabr S; Spafford S; Hwang T-Y; Niederkrotenthaler T; Hegerl U; Poštuvan V; Motohashi Y; Kõlves K
Article: CRISIS-THE JOURNAL OF CRISIS INTERVENTION AND SUICIDE PREVENTION. 2025;46(1):50-55
Evaluating Population-Level Interventions and Exposures for Suicide Prevention.
Spittal MJ; Gunnell D; Sinyor M; Clapperton A; Roberts L; Pirkis J; Niederkrotenthaler T
Article: FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY. 2025;16:1617602
Media portrayals of assisted suicide before, during, and after legalization changes: content analysis of the reporting in Austrian newspapers.
Pürcher P; Till B; Niederkrotenthaler T
Article: BMC WOMENS HEALTH. 2024;24(1):657
Associations between health-related quality of life, infertility-related psychological well-being, and relationship quality in individuals with endometriosis: A cross-sectional study.
Jaeger M; Niederkrotenthaler T; Till B; Werneck H
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Review: JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS. 2026;407:121829
Research on media and suicide in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review, narrative synthesis and meta-analysis.
Moniri R; Haregu T; Spittal MJ; Vijayakumar L; Niederkrotenthaler T; Calais-Ferreira L; Armstrong G
Letter: AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY. 2026;60(2):191-194
The impact of the suicide of 'Parasite' actor Lee Sun Kyun on suicide rates in South Korea: A time-series analysis.
Lee J; Shin S; Spittal MJ; Niederkrotenthaler T; Schaffer A; Sinyor M
Editorial: CRISIS-THE JOURNAL OF CRISIS INTERVENTION AND SUICIDE PREVENTION. 2025;46(3):123-131
Suicide Prevention in Changing Environments.
Niederkrotenthaler T; Arensman E; Armstrong G; Keyes K; Pitman A; Till B
Editorial: CRISIS-THE JOURNAL OF CRISIS INTERVENTION AND SUICIDE PREVENTION. 2025;46(2):69-71
Handing Over the Reins.
Pirkis J; Niederkrotenthaler T
Review: BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL. 2024;386:e078964
Suicide rates among physicians compared with the general population in studies from 20 countries: gender stratified systematic review and meta-analysis.
Zimmermann C; Strohmaier S; Herkner H; Niederkrotenthaler T; Schernhammer E
Letter: SUICIDE AND LIFE-THREATENING BEHAVIOR. 2024;54(1):173-176
Letter to the Editor Re: Romer D. Seasonal suicide trends in adolescents in the United States: Did they explain the apparent effect of the Netflix show 13 Reasons Why? Suicide Life Threat Behav. 2023 Apr;53(2):207-218.
Niederkrotenthaler T; Tran US; Till B; Pirkis J; Sinyor M
Editorial: CRISIS-THE JOURNAL OF CRISIS INTERVENTION AND SUICIDE PREVENTION. 2024;45(1):1-7
The Kenneth Law Media Event - A Dangerous Natural Experiment.
Sinyor M; Fraser L; Reidenberg D; Yip PSF; Niederkrotenthaler T
Editorial: CRISIS-THE JOURNAL OF CRISIS INTERVENTION AND SUICIDE PREVENTION. 2023;44(5):367-370
ChatGPT, Artificial Intelligence, and Suicide Prevention.
Arendt F; Till B; Voracek M; Kirchner S; Sonneck G; Naderer B; Pürcher P; Niederkrotenthaler T
Review: LANCET PSYCHIATRY. 2023;10(6):452-464
Gone Too Soon: priorities for action to prevent premature mortality associated with mental illness and mental distress.
O'Connor RC; Worthman CM; Abanga M; Athanassopoulou N; Boyce N; Chan LF; Christensen H; Das-Munshi J; Downs J; Koenen KC; Moutier CY; Templeton P; Batterham P; Brakspear K; Frank RG; Gilbody S; Gureje O; Henderson D; John A; Kabagambe W; Khan M; Kessler D; Kirtley OJ; Kline S; Kohrt B; Lincoln AK; Lund C; Mendenhall E; Miranda R; Mondelli V; Niederkrotenthaler T; Osborn D; Pirkis J; Pisani AR; Prawira B; Rachidi H; Seedat S; Siskind D; Vijayakumar L; Yip PSF
Editorial: CRISIS-THE JOURNAL OF CRISIS INTERVENTION AND SUICIDE PREVENTION. 2023;44(2):85-92
A Public Health, Whole-of-Government Approach to National Suicide Prevention Strategies.
Pirkis J; Gunnell D; Hawton K; Hetrick S; Niederkrotenthaler T; Sinyor M; Yip PSF; Robinson J
Review: CAMBRIDGE PRISMS-GLOBAL MENTAL HEALTH. 2023;10:e15
Facilitators and barriers to implementation of suicide prevention interventions: Scoping review.
Kasal A; Táborská R; Juríková L; Grabenhofer-Eggerth A; Pichler M; Gruber B; Tomášková H; Niederkrotenthaler T
Published conference paper: LGBT HEALTH. 2022;9(6):436-446
Effects of "It Gets Better" Suicide Prevention Videos on Youth Identifying as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, or Other Sexual or Gender Minorities: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Kirchner S; Till B; Plöderl M; Niederkrotenthaler T
Review: LANCET PUBLIC HEALTH. 2022;7(2):e156-e168
Effects of media stories of hope and recovery on suicidal ideation and help-seeking attitudes and intentions: systematic review and meta-analysis.
Niederkrotenthaler T; Till B; Kirchner S; Sinyor M; Braun M; Pirkis J; Tran US; Voracek M; Arendt F; Ftanou M; Kovacs R; King K; Schlichthorst M; Stack S; Spittal MJ
Editorial: FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY. 2022;13:932117
Editorial: The Role of Media in Suicide and Self-Harm: Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives.
Cheng Q; Seko Y; Niederkrotenthaler T
Editorial: BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL. 2021;375:e067726
Association of Logic's hip hop song "1-800-273-8255" with Lifeline calls and suicides in the United States: interrupted time series analysis.
Niederkrotenthaler T; Tran US; Gould M; Sinyor M; Sumner S; Strauss MJ; Voracek M; Till B; Murphy S; Gonzalez F; Spittal MJ; Draper J
Review: ECLINICALMEDICINE. 2021;36:100922
Systematic review and meta-analyses of suicidal outcomes following fictional portrayals of suicide and suicide attempt in entertainment media.
Niederkrotenthaler T; Kirchner S; Till B; Sinyor M; Tran US; Pirkis J; Spittal MJ
Corrigendum: BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL. 2021;372:n417
Researchers must contribute to responsible reporting of suicide.
Letter: BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL. 2021;372:n351
Researchers must contribute to responsible reporting of suicide.
Knipe D; Hawton K; Siynor M; Niederkrotenthaler T
Letter: WORLD PSYCHIATRY. 2021;20(1):143-144
Suicide-related Internet search queries in India following media reports of a celebrity suicide: an interrupted time series analysis.
Armstrong G; Haregu T; Arya V; Vijayakumar L; Sinyor M; Niederkrotenthaler T; Spittal MJ
Letter: CANADIAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY-REVUE CANADIENNE DE PSYCHIATRIE. 2020;65(10):741-743
Changes in Suicide and Resilience-related Google Searches during the Early Stages of the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Sinyor M; Spittal MJ; Niederkrotenthaler T
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