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Piumee Bandara

University of Bristol
Verified email at bristol.ac.uk
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[HTML][HTML] Psychiatric morbidity and suicidal behaviour in low-and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis

D Knipe, AJ Williams, S Hannam-Swain, S Upton… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background Psychiatric disorders are reported to be present in 80% to 90% of suicide
deaths in high-income countries (HIC), but this association is less clear in low-and middle …

Domestic violence and self-poisoning in Sri Lanka

P Bandara, A Page, L Senarathna, J Kidger… - Psychological …, 2022 - cambridge.org
BackgroundThere is increasing evidence that domestic violence (DV) is an important risk
factor for suicidal behaviour. The level of risk and its contribution to the overall burden of …

Cost‐effectiveness of media reporting guidelines for the prevention of suicide

A Flego, L Reifels, C Mihalopoulos… - Suicide and Life …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Media guidelines for the responsible reporting of suicide are a recognized
universal suicide prevention intervention. While implemented in numerous countries …

Early impacts of the 'National Suicide Prevention Trial'on trends in suicide and hospital admissions for self-harm in Australia

A Page, J Pirkis, P Bandara… - Australian & New …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Objectives: The National Suicide Prevention Trial was announced by the Australian
Government in 2016 and aimed to prevent suicidal behaviour in 12 trial sites (representing a …

Socioeconomic and geographic correlates of intimate partner violence in Sri Lanka: Analysis of the 2016 Demographic and Health Survey

P Bandara, D Knipe, S Munasinghe… - Journal of …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a serious public health issue and violation of human rights.
The prevalence of IPV in South Asia is especially pronounced. We examined the …

Cost-effectiveness of installing barriers at bridge and cliff sites for suicide prevention in Australia

P Bandara, J Pirkis, A Clapperton, S Shin… - JAMA network …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Installation of barriers has been shown to reduce suicides. To our knowledge, no
studies have evaluated the cost-effectiveness of installing barriers at multiple bridge and cliff …

[HTML][HTML] Childhood adversity and self-poisoning: A hospital case control study in Sri Lanka

T Rajapakse, AE Russell, J Kidger, P Bandara… - PLoS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Adverse childhood experiences (ACE) have been recognized as an important
risk factor for suicidal behaviour among adults, but evidence from low and middle-income …

Situation analysis of suicide and self-harm in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region

A Erlangsen, M Khan, W Su, K Alateeq… - Archives of suicide …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Objective An estimated 41,000 lives are lost to suicide each year in World Health
Organization Eastern Mediterranean Region Office (WHO EMRO) countries. The objective of …

[HTML][HTML] Intimate partner violence, suicide and self-harm in Sri Lanka: Analysis of national data

P Bandara, A Page, T Rajapakse, D Knipe - PLoS one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
There is increasing evidence from South Asia and internationally that intimate partner
violence (IPV) is strongly associated with self-harm, however its association with suicide and …

[HTML][HTML] Banning highly hazardous pesticides saves the lives of young people, particularly females, in low-and middle-income countries

L Schölin, D Knipe, P Bandara, M Eddleston, A Sethi - BMC public health, 2023 - Springer
Pesticide self-poisoning is a public health problem mostly affecting low-and middle-income
countries. In Sri Lanka, India and China suicide rates have reduced among young people …