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Onie S; Armstrong SO; Josifovski N; Berlinquette P; Livingstone N; Holland S; Finemore C; Gale N; Elder E; Laggis G; Heffernan C; Theobald A; Torok M; Shand F; Larsen M, 2024, 'The Effect of Explicit Suicide Language in Engagement With a Suicide Prevention Search Page Help-Seeking Prompt: Nonrandomized Trial.', JMIR Ment Health, 11, pp. e50283, http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/50283

Josifovski N; Torok M; Batterham P; Wong Q; Beames JR; Theobald A; Holland S; Huckvale K; Riley J; Cockayne N; Christensen H; Larsen M, 2024, 'Efficacy of BrighterSide, a Self-Guided App for Suicidal Ideation: Randomized Controlled Trial.', JMIR Ment Health, 11, pp. e55528, http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/55528

Zbukvic I; McKay S; Cooke S; Anderson R; Pilkington V; McGillivray L; Bailey A; Purcell R; Tye M, 2024, 'Evidence for Targeted and Universal Secondary School-Based Programs for Anxiety and Depression: An Overview of Systematic Reviews', Adolescent Research Review, 9, pp. 53 - 73, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40894-023-00211-1

Kade SA; du Toit SA; Danielson CT; Schweizer S; Morrison AS; Ong DC; Prasad A; Holder LJ; Han J; Torok M; Wong QJJ, 2024, 'Aberrant cognitive empathy in individuals with elevated social anxiety and regulation with emotional working memory training', Cognition and Emotion, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2024.2314981

Rheinberger D; Baffsky R; McGillivray L; Z Q Gan D; Larsen M; Torok M, 2024, 'Digital therapeutics in the hospital for suicide crisis – content and design recommendations from young people and hospital staff', Digital Health, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/20552076241230072

Povey J; Raphiphatthana B; Torok M; Nagel T; Mills PPJR; Sells JRH; Shand F; Sweet M; Lowell A; Dingwall K, 2023, 'An emerging framework for digital mental health design with Indigenous young people: a scoping review of the involvement of Indigenous young people in the design and evaluation of digital mental health interventions', Systematic Reviews, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13643-023-02262-w

Baffsky R; Ivers R; Cullen P; McGillivray L; Werner-Seidler A; Calear AL; Batterham PJ; Toumbourou JW; Stokes R; Kotselas P; Prendergast T; Torok M, 2023, 'Co-design and Development of Implementation Strategies: Enhancing the PAX Good Behaviour Game in Australian Schools', Journal of Prevention, 44, pp. 679 - 704, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10935-023-00749-9

Torok M; Passioura J; Konings P; Wong Q; Qian J; Larsen ME, 2023, 'A Spatial Analysis of Suicide Displacement at a High-Risk Cliff-Based Location Following Installation of a Means Restriction Initiative', Prevention Science, 24, pp. 1292 - 1301, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11121-023-01504-6

John JR; Thavalingam V; Tye M; Dean K; Barzman D; Sorter M; Lin PI, 2023, 'Appraising risk factors of aggression in children and adolescents at psychiatric inpatient units', Psychiatry Research, 327, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2023.115368

Chen NA; Mok K; McGillivray LJ; Konings P; Passioura J; Torok MH, 2023, 'Hotel Suicides in Australia 2006-2017: Examining the Frequency, Characteristics, and Spatial Clustering', Crisis, 44, pp. 380 - 388, http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/0227-5910/a000888

Werner-Seidler A; Li SH; Spanos S; Johnston L; O'Dea B; Torok M; Ritterband L; Newby JM; Mackinnon AJ; Christensen H, 2023, 'The effects of a sleep-focused smartphone application on insomnia and depressive symptoms: a randomised controlled trial and mediation analysis', Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines, 64, pp. 1324 - 1335, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13795

Werner-Seidler A; Maston K; Calear AL; Batterham PJ; Larsen ME; Torok M; O’Dea B; Huckvale K; Beames JR; Brown L; Fujimoto H; Bartholomew A; Bal D; Schweizer S; Skinner SR; Steinbeck K; Ratcliffe J; Oei JL; Venkatesh S; Lingam R; Perry Y; Hudson JL; Boydell KM; Mackinnon A; Christensen H; O'Dea B, 2023, 'The Future Proofing Study: Design, methods and baseline characteristics of a prospective cohort study of the mental health of Australian adolescents', International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 32, pp. e1954, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mpr.1954

Torok M; Burnett ACR; McGillivray L; Qian J; Gan DZQ; Baffsky R; Wong Q, 2023, 'Self-harm in 5-to-24 year olds: Retrospective examination of hospital presentations to emergency departments in New South Wales, Australia, 2012 to 2020', PLoS ONE, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0289877

Onie S; Li X; Glastonbury K; Hardy RC; Rakusin D; Wong I; Liang M; Josifovski N; Brooks A; Torok M; Sowmya A; Larsen ME, 2023, 'Understanding and detecting behaviours prior to a suicide attempt: A mixed-methods study', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 57, pp. 1016 - 1022, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00048674231152159

Qian J; Zeritis S; Larsen M; Torok M, 2023, 'The application of spatial analysis to understanding the association between area-level socio-economic factors and suicide: a systematic review', Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 58, pp. 843 - 859, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00127-023-02441-z

Gan DZQ; McGillivray L; Larsen ME; Torok M, 2023, 'Promoting engagement with self-guided digital therapeutics for mental health: Insights from a cross-sectional survey of end-users', Journal of Clinical Psychology, 79, pp. 1386 - 1397, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jclp.23486

Burnett ACR; Wong Q; Zeritis S; Deady M; Torok M, 2023, 'Occupational class suicide risk: 12-year study of national coronial data', British Journal of Psychiatry, 43, http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2023.22

Wong QJJ; Boulton KA; Reyes N; Han J; Torok M, 2023, 'The English Version of the Schema Inventory for Children: Psychometric Evaluation of a Measure of Early Maladaptive Schemas in a Primary School-Aged Sample', Assessment, 30, pp. 251 - 263, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10731911211051281

Sharwood LN; Calear AL; Batterham PJ; Torok M; McGillivray L; Rheinberger D; Zeritis S; Esgin T; Shand F, 2023, 'Exploring Sociodemographic Correlates of Suicide Stigma in Australia: Baseline Cross-Sectional Survey Findings from the Life-Span Suicide Prevention Trial Studies', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20032610

Baffsky R; Ivers R; Cullen P; Wang J; McGillivray L; Torok M, 2023, 'Strategies for Enhancing the Implementation of Universal Mental Health Prevention Programs in Schools: A Systematic Review', Prevention Science, 24, pp. 337 - 352, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11121-022-01434-9

Qian J; Wong Q; Burnett A; McGillivray L; Han J; Larsen M; Torok M, 2023, 'Risk of repeat self-harm and suicide death following an episode of hospital self-harm presentation among adolescents and young adults', Journal of Affective Disorders, 321, pp. 191 - 200, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2022.10.032

Rheinberger D; Baffsky R; McGillivray L; Zbukvic I; Dadich A; Larsen ME; Lin PI; Gan DZQ; Kaplun C; Wilcox HC; Eapen V; Middleton PM; Torok M, 2023, 'Examining the Feasibility of Implementing Digital Mental Health Innovations Into Hospitals to Support Youth in Suicide Crisis: Interview Study With Young People and Health Professionals', JMIR Formative Research, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/51398

Beames JR; Werner-Seidler A; Hodgins M; Brown L; Fujimoto H; Bartholomew A; Maston K; Huckvale K; Zbukvic I; Torok M; Christensen H; Batterham PJ; Calear AL; Lingam R; Boydell KM, 2023, 'Implementing a Digital Depression Prevention Program in Australian Secondary Schools: Cross-Sectional Qualitative Study', JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/42349

Gan DZQ; McGillivray L; Larsen ME; Bloomfield T; Torok M, 2023, 'Promoting Engagement With Smartphone Apps for Suicidal Ideation in Young People: Development of an Adjunctive Strategy Using a Lived Experience Participatory Design Approach', JMIR Formative Research, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/45234

Onie S; Berlinquette P; Holland S; Livingstone N; Finemore C; Gale N; Elder E; Laggis G; Heffernan C; Armstrong SO; Theobald A; Josifovski N; Torok M; Shand F; Larsen M, 2023, 'Suicide Prevention Using Google Ads: Randomized Controlled Trial Measuring Engagement', JMIR Mental Health, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/42316

McGillivray L; Hui NKM; Wong QJJ; Han J; Qian J; Torok M, 2023, 'The Effectiveness of a Smartphone Intervention Targeting Suicidal Ideation in Young Adults: Randomized Controlled Trial Examining the Influence of Loneliness', JMIR Mental Health, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/44862

Rasmussen V; Spangaro J; Steel Z; Briggs N; Torok M, 2023, 'Trajectories to Suicide Following Intimate Partner Violence Victimization: Using Structural Equation Modelling to Examine Suicide and PTSD in Female Emergency Department Users', Journal of Family Violence, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10896-023-00640-5

Long JC; Ruane C; Ellis LA; Lake R; Le Roux A; Testa L; Shand F; Torok M; Zurynski Y, 2022, 'Networks to strengthen community social capital for suicide prevention in regional Australia: the LifeSpan suicide prevention initiative', International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13033-022-00524-z

McGillivray L; Rheinberger D; Wang J; Burnett A; Torok M, 2022, 'Non-disclosing youth: a cross sectional study to understand why young people do not disclose suicidal thoughts to their mental health professional', BMC Psychiatry, 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12888-021-03636-x

Kusuma K; Larsen M; Quiroz JC; Gillies M; Burnett A; Qian J; Torok M, 2022, 'The performance of machine learning models in predicting suicidal ideation, attempts, and deaths: A meta-analysis and systematic review', Journal of Psychiatric Research, 155, pp. 579 - 588, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2022.09.050

Rosebrock HY; Batterham PJ; Chen NA; McGillivray L; Rheinberger D; Torok MH; Shand FL, 2022, 'Nonwillingness to Return to the Emergency Department and Nonattendance of Follow-Up Care Arrangements Following an Initial Suicide-Related Presentation', Crisis, 43, pp. 442 - 451, http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/0227-5910/a000812

Baffsky R; Ivers R; Cullen P; Batterham PJ; Toumbourou J; Calear AL; Werner-Seidler A; McGillivray L; Torok M, 2022, 'A cluster randomised effectiveness-implementation trial of an intervention to increase the adoption of PAX Good Behaviour Game, a mental health prevention program, in Australian primary schools: Study protocol', Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications, 28, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.conctc.2022.100923

Rheinberger D; Wang J; McGillivray L; Shand F; Torok M; Maple M; Wayland S, 2022, 'Understanding Emergency Department Healthcare Professionals' Perspectives of Caring for Individuals in Suicidal Crisis: A Qualitative Study', Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.918135

Shand F; Torok M, 2022, 'Schools are important for preventing suicide, but more needs to be done', Medical Journal of Australia, 216, pp. 516 - 517, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja2.51540

McGillivray L; Gan DZQ; Wong Q; Han J; Hetrick S; Christensen H; Torok M, 2022, 'Three-arm randomised controlled trial of an m-health app and digital engagement strategy for improving treatment adherence and reducing suicidal ideation in young people: study protocol', BMJ Open, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-058584

Josifovski N; Shand F; Morley K; Chia J; Henshaw R; Petrie K; Reda B; Li E; Theobald A; Onie S; Torok M; Berrouiguet S; Batterham PJ; Carter G; Haber P; Christensen H; Larsen ME, 2022, 'A pilot study of a text message and online brief contact intervention following self-harm or a suicide attempt: A mixed methods evaluation', General Hospital Psychiatry, 76, pp. 1 - 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2022.03.002

Burnett A; Chen N; Zeritis S; Ware S; McGillivray L; Shand F; Torok M, 2022, 'Machine learning algorithms to classify self-harm behaviours in New South Wales Ambulance electronic medical records: A retrospective study', International Journal of Medical Informatics, 161, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2022.104734

Burnett ACR; Wong Q; Rheinberger D; Zeritis S; McGillivray L; Torok MH, 2022, 'Suicide among hospitality workers in Australia, 2006–2017', Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 57, pp. 1039 - 1047, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00127-022-02229-7

Torok M; Han J; McGillivray L; Wong Q; Werner-Seidler A; O'Dea B; Calear A; Christensen H, 2022, 'The effect of a therapeutic smartphone application on suicidal ideation in young adults: Findings from a randomized controlled trial in Australia', PLoS Medicine, 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003978

Simmons ML; Lee S; Torok M; Papalia N, 2022, 'A call to implement a multi-systems approach to suicide prevention in the justice system', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 56, pp. 201, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00048674211013098

Beames JR; Johnston L; O’Dea B; Torok M; Boydell K; Christensen H; Werner-Seidler A, 2022, 'Addressing the mental health of school students: Perspectives of secondary school teachers and counselors', International Journal of School and Educational Psychology, 10, pp. 128 - 143, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21683603.2020.1838367

Shand F; Duffy L; Torok M, 2022, 'Can government responses to unemployment reduce the impact of unemployment on suicide? A systematic review', Crisis, 43, pp. 59 - 66, http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/0227-5910/a000750

McGillivray L; Shand F; Calear AL; Batterham PJ; Chen NA; Rheinberger D; Rosebrock H; Torok M, 2022, 'Profiles of Passive and Active Suicidal Ideation and Attempts Among Secondary School Students in Australia: A Cross-Sectional Analysis', Archives of Suicide Research, 26, pp. 1880 - 1894, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13811118.2021.1945983

Gan DZQ; McGillivray L; Larsen ME; Christensen H; Torok M, 2022, 'Technology-supported strategies for promoting user engagement with digital mental health interventions: A systematic review', Digital Health, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/20552076221098268

Povey J; Raphiphatthana B; Torok M; Nagel T; Shand F; Sweet M; Lowell A; Mills PPJR; Dingwall K, 2021, 'Involvement of Indigenous young people in the design and evaluation of digital mental health interventions: a scoping review protocol', Systematic Reviews, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13643-021-01685-7

McGillivray L; Shand F; Calear AL; Batterham PJ; Rheinberger D; Chen NA; Burnett A; Torok M, 2021, 'The Youth Aware of Mental Health program in Australian Secondary Schools: 3- and 6-month outcomes', International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13033-021-00503-w

Gan DZQ; McGillivray L; Han J; Christensen H; Torok M, 2021, 'Effect of Engagement With Digital Interventions on Mental Health Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis', Frontiers in Digital Health, 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fdgth.2021.764079

Werner-Seidler A; Spanos S; Calear AL; Perry Y; Torok M; O'Dea B; Christensen H; Newby JM, 2021, 'School-based depression and anxiety prevention programs: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis', Clinical Psychology Review, 89, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2021.102079

Torok M; Konings P; Passioura J; Chen NA; Hewett M; Phillips M; Burnett A; Shand F; Christensen H, 2021, 'Spatial Errors in Automated Geocoding of Incident Locations in Australian Suicide Mortality Data', Epidemiology, 32, pp. 896 - 903, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/EDE.0000000000001403

Rheinberger D; Macdonald D; McGillivray L; Maple M; Torok M; Nicolopoulos A; Shand F, 2021, '“A sustained, productive, constructive relationship with someone who can help”—A qualitative exploration of the experiences of help seekers and support persons using the emergency department during a suicide crisis', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18, pp. 10262, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph181910262


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