Dr. Kairi Kõlves

Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention
National Centre of Excellence in Suicide Prevention
WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Suicide Prevention

Griffith University, Australia

Email: k.kolves@griffith.edu.au

Qualifications

2006 Ph.D., University of Tartu, Estonia

2001 M.Sc., University of Tartu, Estonia

1999 B.Sc., University of Tartu, Estonia

Publications (Selected)

1. KÕlves, K; KÕlves, KE; De Leo, D. (2013) Natural disasters and suicidal behaviours: A systematic literature review. Journal of Affective Disorders, 146: 1-14.
2. KÕlves, K; MILNER, A; VÄRNIK, P. (2013) Suicide rates and socioeconomic factors in Eastern European countries after the collapse of the Soviet Union: Time trends between 1990 and 2008. Sociology of Health and Illness, doi: 10.1111/1467-9566.12011
3. De Leo, D; DRAPER, B; SNOWDON, J; KÕlves, K. (2013) Suicides in older adults: A case-control psychological autopsy study in Australia. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 47: 980-988.
4. DE LEO, D; TOO, LS; KÕLVES, K; MILNER, A; IDE, N. (2013) Has the suicide rate risen with the 2011 Queensland floods? Journal of Loss and Trauma, 18: 170-178.
5. KÕLVES, K; IDE, N; DE LEO, D. (2012) Fluctuations of suicidality in the aftermath of a marital separation: 6-month follow-up observations. Journal of Affective Disorders, 142: 256–263.
6. IDE, N; KÕLVES, K; CASSANITI, M; DE LEO, D. (2012) Suicide of first-generation immigrants in Australia, 1974-2006. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 47: 1917-1927.
7. KÕLVES, K; IDE, N; DE LEO, D. (2011) Marital breakdown, shame and suicidality in men: A direct link? Suicide & Life-Threatening Behavior, 41: 149–159.
8. KÕLVES, K; VECCHIATO, T; PIVETTI, M; BARBERO, G; CIMITAN, A; TOSATO, F; DE LEO, D. (2011) Non-fatal suicidal behaviour in Padua, Italy, in two different periods: 1992-1996 and 2002-2006. Social Psychiatry & Psychiatric Epidemiology, 46: 805-11.
9. KÕLVES, K. (2010) Child suicide, family environment and economic crisis (editorial). Crisis, 31: 115-17.
10. KÕLVES, K; IDE, N; DE LEO, D. (2010) Suicidal ideation and behaviour in the aftermath of marital separation: Gender differences. Journal of Affective Disorders,120: 48-53.
11. SCHNEIDER, B; KÕLVES, K; BLETTNER, M; WETTERLING, T; SCHNABEL, A; VÄRNIK A. (2009) Substance use disorders as risk factors for suicide in an Eastern and a Central European city (Tallinn and Frankfurt/Main). Psychiatry Research, 165(3), 263-272.
12. SISASK, M; KÕLVES, K; VÄRNIK, A. (2009) Severity of attempted suicide as measured by the Pierce Suicidal Intent Scale. Crisis, 30(3), 136-43.
13. VÄRNIK, A; KÕLVES, K; VAN DER FELTZ-CORNELIS, C; MARUSIC, A; OSKARSSON, H; PALMER, A; REISCH, T; SCHEERDER, G; ARENSMAN, E; AROMAA, E; GIUPPONI, G; GUSMAO, R; MAXWELL, M; PULL, C; SZEKELY, A; SOLA, VP; HEGERL, U. (2008) Suicide methods in Europe – A gender specific analyses of countries participating in the "European Alliance Against Depression". Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 62(6), 545-551.
14. TALL, K; KÕLVES, K; SISASK, M; VÄRNIK A. (2008) Do survivors respond differently when alcohol abuse complicates suicide? Findings from the psychological autopsy study in Estonia. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 95(1-2), 129–133.
15. KÕLVES, K; TRAN, US; VORACEK, M. (2007) Knowledge about suicide and local suicide prevalence: A comparison of Estonia and Austria. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 105, 3-7.
16. VÄRNIK, A; KÕLVES, K; VÄLI, M; TOODING, LM; WASSERMAN, D. (2007) Do alcohol restrictions reduce suicide mortality? Addiction, 102(2), 251-256.
17. KÕLVES, K; VÄRNIK, A; TOODING, LM; WASSERMAN, D. (2006) The role of alcohol in suicide: a case-control psychological autopsy study. Psychological Medicine, 36(7), 923-930.
18. KÕLVES, K; VÄRNIK, A; SCHNEIDER, B; FRITZE, J; ALLIK, J. (2006) Recent life events: A case-control study in Tallinn and Frankfurt. Social Science & Medicine, 62(11), 2887-2896.
19. KÕLVES, K; SISASK, M; ANION, L; SAMM, A; VÄRNIK, A. (2006) Factors predicting suicides among Russians in Estonia in comparison with Estonians: a case control study. Croatian Medical Journal, 47(6), 869-77.
20. VÄRNIK, A; KÕLVES, K; WASSERMAN, D. (2005) Suicide among Russians in Estonia: database study before and after independence. BMJ, 330(7484), 176-177.