Books
O’Connor, R. C. (2021). When It Is Darkest: Why People Die by Suicide and What We Can Do to Prevent It. Publisher: Vermilion. TO ORDER.
O’Connor, D.B., & O’Connor, R.C. (2017). Health Psychology. Publisher: Routledge. TO ORDER.
O’Connor, R.C., & Pirkis, J. (Eds.) (2016). The International Handbook of Suicide Prevention (2nd ed.). Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN- 118903277. TO ORDER
Hawton, K., & O’Connor R.C. (Eds.) (2012). Suicide. Publisher: Routledge. ISBN: 0415597722. TO ORDER
O’Connor, R.C., Platt, S., & Gordon, J. (Eds.) (2011). The International Handbook of Suicide Prevention: Research, Evidence and Practice. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN: 0470683848. TO ORDER
O’Connor, R.C. & Sheehy, N.P. (2000). Understanding Suicidal Behaviour. Reprinted 2001 ISBN: 1854332902. TO ORDER
Journal Articles & Book Chapters
2025
McClelland, H., & O’Connor, R. C. (2025). Exploring young people’s experiences of a text-based support service: A qualitative analysis of the support that young people think is important in a suicidal crisis. Cogent Psychology, 12(1), 2552542. https://doi.org/10.1080/23311908.2024.2552542. PDF
Rodgers, J., Bhattarai, N., Goodwin, J., Gordon, I., Heslop, P., Nielsen, E., O’Connor, R. C., Ogundimu, E., Pelton, M., Ramsay, S., Townsend, E., Vale, L., Wagnild, J., Wilson, C., & Cassidy, S. (2025). Adapted safety plans to address self-harm and suicide behaviours in autistic adults: Single-arm feasibility trial and external pilot RCT. Public Health Research, 13(10). https://doi.org/10.3310/CGDF8525. PDF
Wyllie, J. M., Robb, K. A., Belkadi, N., & O’ Connor, R. C. (2025). “I still think there’s like a huge stigma”: Understanding suicide-related stigma among those with lived experiences. Death Studies, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2025.2556106. PDF
Ernst, M., Beutel, M. E., & O’Connor, R. C. (2025). Falling into nothingness: Modeling suicidal ideation as the person × situation interaction of personality functioning and loneliness. Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/abn0001063. PDF
Wetherall, K., Cleare, S., Belkadi, N., Etherson, M.E., Loney, K.J., Mathew, S., Munro, J., Townsend, E., Nock, M.K., Ferguson, E., O’Connor, R.C. (2025). Emotion processing and electrodermal activity in young people who self-harm. Nature Mental Health. PDF
Kyron, M. J., McCullough, M. H., Hooke, G. R., Delgadillo, J., Small, M., Kyron, D., Hehlmann, M., Bryan, C. J., Chen, W., Hasking, P., O’Connor, R. C., & Page, A. C. (2025). Dynamic prediction of inpatient self-harm and suicide attempts using machine learning: Toward data-driven clinical monitoring. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 93(11), 761–776. https://doi.org/10.1037/ccp0000971. PDF
García-Ramos, A., Doval, S., O’Connor, R., Innamorati, M., Pemau, A., Sanchez, A., Ayad-Ahmed, W., Suárez-Soto, E., Ayuso-Mateos, J. L., & de la Torre-Luque, A. (2025). Understanding suicidal behavior and gender-specific pathways in an adolescent community sample: A structural model approach. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-025-02877-5. PDF
Mills, R., Di Angelantonio, E., Wetherall, K., Cleare, S., Masser, B., McClelland, H., Melson, A. J., Niedzwiedz, C., O’Connor, D. B., O’Carroll, R., Robb, K. A., Scowcroft, E., Watson, B., Wood, A., Zortea, T., O’Connor, R., Desai, R., Brailsford, S. R., & Ferguson, E. (2025). The prosocial phenotype and co-operative health protective behaviors: Insights from COVID-19. Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association, 10.1037/hea0001561. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/hea0001561. PDF
Komura, Y., Kondo, N., Takahashi, K., Nakaya, T., O’Connor, R. C., & Ito, Y. (2025). Area-level socioeconomic deprivation and suicide by restrictable method of death: Trends in Japan, 1995-2022. Journal of affective disorders, 393(Pt B), 120442. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2025.120442. PDF
Wyllie, J. M., Robb, K. A., & O’Connor, R. C. (2025). Understanding the relationship between suicide-related stigma and suicidal thoughts through the lens of the Integrated Motivational-Volitional (IMV) model of suicide. BMC Psychiatry, 25, 985. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-025-07449-0. PDF
Cummins, T. M., Maltby, O., Bellander, M., Pontén, M., Bjureberg, J., Stahl, D., O’Connor, R. C., McMahon, S. B., Millar, S., Mathews, I., Minnis, H., & Ougrin, D. (2025). Associations between childhood maltreatment, self-harm, and pain sensitivity in care-experienced adolescents living in the UK: A cross-sectional study. Journal of Affective Disorders Reports, 22, 100975. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadr.2025.100975. PDF
Sivertsen, B., Skogen, J. C., Petrie, K. J., O’Connor, R. C., Knudsen, A. K. S., Kirkøen, B., Reneflot, A., Lønning, K. J., & Hysing, M. (2025). Mental health and suicidal ideation from 2010 to 2023 among university students: national repeated cross-sectional analysis. The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science, 1–9. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2025.10435. PDF
Clark, K.A., Cleare, S., Brausch, A.M., Wetherall, K., Branstrom, R., Hatzenbuehler, M.L., Pachankis, J.E., & O’Connor, R.C. (2025). Sexual orientation and exposure to close others’ self-injurious thoughts and behaviors. JAMA Network Open. PDF
Sivertsen, B., O’Connor, R. C., O’Connor, D. B., Kjørstad, K., Dovran, A., Hafstad, G. S., & Hysing, M. (2025). Non-suicidal self-harm among adolescents with substantiated childhood maltreatment: Findings from the Norwegian Triple-S Study. Child Abuse & Neglect, 167, 107598. PDF
Etherson, M. E., Lee, S., Loney, K. J., Steward, I., Ward, J., McClelland, H., Kandola, A., De Alcantara Mendes, J., HollisC., Townsend, E., Auer, D. P., & O’Connor, R. C. on behalf of the Digital Youth Team (2025). Exploring risk and protective factors which distinguish suicidal and self-harm behaviours from suicidal and self-harm ideation in young people: A systematic review. PloS One, 20(9): e0326381. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0326381 PDF
Epelbaum, V., Engels, S., O’Connor, R., Borsboom, D., De Beurs, D., & Krzhizhanovskaya, V. (2025). Uncertainties in modeling psychological symptom networks: The case of suicide. In M. Paszynski, A. S. Barnard, & Y. J. Zhang (Eds.), Computational Science – ICCS 2025 Workshops (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 15912). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-97573-8_10. PDF
Kose, G., Evans, J.J., & O’Connor, R.C. (2025). The Relationship between Positive Future Thinking, Entrapment, Defeat and Death-Related Mental Imagery in Individuals with and without a Suicidal History: An Experimental Study. Frontiers in Psychology. PDF
O’Connor, D. B., Branley-Bell, D., Green, J. A., Ferguson, E., O’Carroll, R. E., & O’Connor, R. C. (2025). Effects of childhood trauma on sleep quality and stress-related variables in adulthood: evidence from two multilevel studies. Psychology & Health, 40(6), 975–996. https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2023.2281712 PDF
Østergaard, L. R., Bast, L. S., O’Connor, R. C., & Christiansen, E. (2025). Feasibility of a School-Based Suicide Prevention Gatekeeper Intervention and an Implementation Intervention (Project ROS): Study Protocol. Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 19(5), e70050. https://doi.org/10.1111/eip.70050 PDF
Melson, A. J., Wetherall, K., O’Neill, K., Maxwell, M., Calveley, E., McCoy, M., & O’Connor, R. C. (2025). Development of a national Distress Brief Intervention: a multi-agency service to provide connected, compassionate support for people in distress. BMC Health Services Research, 25(1), 478. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-025-12469-3 PDF
Bhattarai, N., Goodwin, J., Pelton, M., Gordon, I., Rodgers, J., Cassidy, S., Wagnild, J., Wilson, C., Heslop, P., Ogundimu, E., O’Connor, R. C., Ramsay, S. E., Townsend, E., & Vale, L. (2025). Health economic evaluation of Autism Adapted Safety Plans: findings on feasibility of tools from a pilot randomised controlled trial. BMC Health Services Research, 25(1), 473. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-025-12642-8 PDF
Gallagher, K., Phillips, G., Corcoran, P., Platt, S., McClelland, H., O’Driscoll, M., & Griffin, E. (2025). The social determinants of suicide: an umbrella review. Epidemiologic Reviews, 47(1), mxaf004. https://doi.org/10.1093/epirev/mxaf004
Wyllie, J. M., Robb, K. A., Sandford, D., Etherson, M. E., Belkadi, N., & O’Connor, R. C. (2025). Suicide-related stigma and its relationship with help-seeking, mental health, suicidality and grief: scoping review. BJPsych Open, 11(2), e60. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2024.857 PDF
Keyworth, C., Leather, J. Z., Quinlivan, L., O’Connor, R. C., & Armitage, C. J. (2025). Randomised controlled trial of a brief theory-based online intervention to reduce self-harm. BJPsych Open, 11(2), e63. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2025.2 PDF
Bennett, S., Robb, K.A., & O’Connor, R.C. (2025). Psychosocial factors distinguishing men who have attempted suicide from men with suicidal ideation and non-suicidal men: Findings from a global survey.Journal of Men’s Studies, 33, 30-61. https://doi.org/10.1177/10608265241256258 PDF
Bennett, S., Robb, K.A., Adán, R., Zortea, T.C., & O’Connor, R.C. (2025). Exploring Childhood Challenges and Male Suicide Risk: Findings From a Global Survey. Journal of Men’s Studies https://doi.org/10.1177/10608265251329358 PDF
Wright-Hughes, A., Farrin, A. J., Fonagy, P., Ougrin, D., Stahl, D., Wright, J., Irving, D., Mughal, F., Truscott, A., Diggins, E., Chanen, A., Cooney, E., Carter, G., Clover, K., Dadds, M., Diamond, G., Esposito-Smythers, C., Green, J., Griffiths, H., Hassanian-Moghaddam, H., …O’Connor, R.C., Santamarina-Perez, P., Tyrer, P., Walwyn, R., Cottrell, D. (2025). Systematic Review and Individual Participant Data Meta-analysis: Reducing Self-harm in Adolescents: Pooled Treatment Effects, Study, Treatment, and Participant Moderators. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, S0890-8567(25)00047-4. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2025.01.017. PDF
McClelland, H., O’Connor, R. C., Gibson, L., & MacIntyre, D. J. (2025). Exploring Web-Based Support for Suicidal Ideation in the Scottish Population: Usability Study. JMIR Formative Research, 9, e55932. https://doi.org/10.2196/55932 PDF
2024
Moran, P., Chandler, A., Dudgeon, P., Kirtley, O. J., Knipe, D., Pirkis, J., Sinyor, M., Allister, R., Ansloos, J., Ball, M. A., Chan, L. F., Darwin, L., Derry, K. L., Hawton, K., Heney, V., Hetrick, S., Li, A., Machado, D. B., McAllister, E., McDaid, D., … O’Connor, R.C., Christensen, H. (2024). The Lancet Commission on self-harm. Lancet, 404(10461), 1445–1492. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(24)01121-8
O’Connor, R. C., Kirtley, O. J., & de Beurs, D. (2024). Preventing suicide: understanding the complex interplay between individual and societal factors. Lancet Public health, 9(10), e714–e715. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(24)00217-2
Winstone, L., Heron, J., John, A., Kirtley, O. J., Moran, P., Muehlenkamp, J., O’Connor, R. C., & Mars, B. (2024). Ecological Momentary Assessment of Self-Harm Thoughts and Behaviors: Systematic Review of Constructs From the Integrated Motivational-Volitional Model. JMIR Mental Health, 11, e63132. https://doi.org/10.2196/63132 PDF
Pyle, M., Loftus, L., Emsley, R., Freeman, D., Gillard, S., Gumley, A., Sierpatowska, J., Wood, L., O’Connor, R. C., Pfeiffer, P., Simpson, S. A., Cockayne, N., Shields, G., Beckley, A., Beckwith, H., Filippidou, M., Glen, C., Allan, S., Hazzard, R., . . . Morrison, A. P. (2024). Study protocol for an adaptive, multi-arm, multi-stage (MAMS) randomised controlled trial of brief remotely delivered psychosocial interventions for people with serious mental health problems who have experienced a recent suicidal crisis: Remote Approaches to Psychosocial Intervention Delivery (RAPID). Trials, 25(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-024-08293-5 PDF
Schwinn, T., Paul, R. H., Hirschmiller, J., Brähler, E., Wiltink, J., Zwerenz, R., O’Connor, R. C., Wild, P. S., Münzel, T., König, J., Geschke, K., Moehler, M., Konstantinides, S., Justenhoven, C., Lackner, K. J., Pfeiffer, N., Beutel, M. E., & Ernst, M. (2024). Prevalence of current suicidal thoughts and lifetime suicide attempts in individuals with cancer and other chronic diseases in Germany: Evidence for differential associations from a representative community cohort. Journal of Affective Disorders, 367, 193–201. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2024.08.093 Format:
Ernst, M., Gemke, T. J., Olivi, L. J., & O’Connor, R. C. (2024). Ambulatory assessment of suicidal ambivalence: The temporal variability of the wish to live and the wish to die and their relevance in the concurrent and prospective prediction of suicidal desire. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 54, 831-843 https://doi.org/10.1111/sltb.13120. PDF
Sigel, A.N., Udupa, N.S., Wetherall, K., Cleare, S., O’Connor, R.C., Joiner, T.E. and Jeon, M.E. (2024) Measurement invariance of the 4-item entrapment scale short-form (E-SF): a transnational examination across race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, and suicide attempt history among minoritized adults. Assessment, https://doi.org/10.1 177/10731911241273444 PDF
Rodgers, J., Cassidy, S., Pelton, M., Goodwin, J., Wagnild, J., Bhattarai, N., Gordon, I., Wilson, C., Heslop, P., Ogundimu, E., O’Connor, R. C., Ramsay, S. E., Townsend, E., & Vale, L. (2024). Feasibility and acceptability of autism adapted safety plans: an external pilot randomised controlled trial. EClinicalMedicine, 73, 102662. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2024.102662 PDF
Dougall, N., Savinc, J., Maxwell, M., Karatzias, T., O’Connor, R. C., Williams, B., John, A., Cheyne, H., Fyvie, C., Bisson, J. I., Hibberd, C., Abbott-Smith, S., Nolan, L., & Murray, J. (2024). Childhood adversity and mental health admission patterns prior to young person suicide (CHASE): a case-control 36 year linked hospital data study, Scotland UK 1981-2017. BJPsych open, 10(4), e124. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2024.69 PDF
McLean, J., Shields, J., Wildman, J. M., Hamid, A., MacGregor, A., Best, C., Duncan, E., McNicol, S., Fenocchi, L., Mason, H., MacIntyre, D., Melson, A. J., & O’Connor, R. (2024). Impact of a Distress Brief Intervention on Suicidal Ideation, Suicide Attempts and Self-harm in the immediate, short and longer term: a mixed method evaluation study protocol. NIHR Open Research, 4, 33. https://doi.org/10.3310/nihropenres.13592.1 PDF
de Beurs, D., Giltay, E. J., Nuij, C., O’Connor, R., de Winter, R. F. P., Kerkhof, A., van Ballegooijen, W., & Riper, H. (2024). Symptoms of a feather flock together? An exploratory secondary dynamic time warp analysis of 11 single case time series of suicidal ideation and related symptoms. Behaviour research and therapy, 178, 104572. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2024.104572 PDF
Reynolds-Cowie, P., Kirkwood, K., & O’Connor, R. (2024). Post-ICU psychology support during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nursing in critical care, 29(4), 640–645. https://doi.org/10.1111/nicc.13087 In Press
Bennett, S., Robb, K. A., Andoh-Arthur, J., Chandler, A., Cleary, A., King, K., Oliffe, J., Rice, S., Scourfield, J., Seager, M., Seidler, Z., Zortea, T. C., & O’Connor, R. C. (2024). Establishing research priorities for investigating male suicide risk and recovery: A modified Delphi study with lived-experience experts. Psychology of Men & Masculinities, 25(1), 85–98. https://doi.org/10.1037/men0000448 PDF
Etherson, M. E., Rizeq, J., & O’Connor, R. (2024, May 7). A longitudinal investigation of perfectionism, social rank, and suicidal ideation through the lens of the IMV model. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/4V2KE
Rogerson, O., O’Connor, R. C., & O’Connor, D. B. (2024). The effects of childhood trauma on stress-related vulnerability factors and indicators of suicide risk: An ecological momentary assessment study. Journal of Affective Disorders, 352, 479–489. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2024.02.029 PDF
Bennett, S., Robb, K.A. & O’Connor, R.C. “Male suicide and barriers to accessing professional support: a qualitative thematic analysis”. Current Psychology 43, 15125–15145 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-023-05423-1 PDF
Bennett, S., Robb, K. A., Adán-González, R., Zortea, T. C., & O’Connor, R. C. (2024). Psychosocial Factors Distinguishing Men Who Have Attempted Suicide From Men With Suicidal Ideation and Non-suicidal Men: Findings From a Global Survey. Journal of Men’s Studies, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/10608265241256258 PDF
Goodwin, J., Gordon, I., O’Keeffe, S., Carling, S., Berresford, A., Bhattarai, N., Heslop, P., Nielsen, E., O’Connor, R. C., Ogundimu, E., Pelton, M., Ramsay, S. E., Rodgers, J., Townsend, E., Vale, L., Wilson, C., & Cassidy, S. (2024). Adapting Safety Plans for Autistic Adults with Involvement from the Autism Community. Autism in Adulthood. https://doi.org/10.1089/aut.2023.0124 PDF
Ernst, M., Schwinn, T., Hirschmiller, J., Cleare, S., Robb, K. A., Brähler, E., Zwerenz, R., Wiltink, J., O’Connor, R. C. and Beutel, M. E. (2024). To what extent are psychological variables considered in the study of risk and protective factors for suicidal thoughts and behaviours in individuals with cancer? A systematic review of 70 years of research. Clinical Psychology Review, 102413. PDF
Etherson, M. E., Smith, M. M., Hill, A. P., Sherry, S. B., Curran, T., Flett, G. L., & Hewitt, P. L. (2024). Perfectionism, Feelings of Not Mattering, and Suicide Ideation: An Integrated Test of the Perfectionism Social Disconnection Model and the Existential Model of Perfectionism. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 07342829241237421. PDF
Cleare, S., Belkadi, N., & O’Connor, R.C. (unpublished report). Understanding the Relationship between ADHD, Mental Health and Suicide Risk: Exploring experiences of ADHD and suicidal thoughts and behaviours. PDF
Williams, A. J., Cleare, S. , Borschmann, R., Tench, C. R., Gross, J., Hollis, C., Chapman-Nisar, A., Naeche, N., Townsend, E. and Slovak, P. (2024) Enhancing emotion regulation with an in-situ socially assistive robot among LGBTQ+ youth with self-harm ideation: Protocol for a randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open, 14(1), e079801. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-079801) (PMID:38195171). PDF
2023
Sinyor M., Hawton, K., Appleby, L.,Armstrong, G., Ueda, M., Gunnell, D., Kapur, N., Chang, S.,Arensman, E., O’Connor, R.C., John, A., Knipe D.,Phillips, M.P., Pirkis, J., Dandona, R., Chan, L.F., Bantjes, J., Borges, G., McKeon Ph.D., R., Niederkrotenthaler, T. (2023). The Coming Global Economic Downturn and Suicide: A Call to Action. Nature Mental Health, 1, 233-235.
McClelland, H., Loney, K. J., & Platt, S. (2023). Psychological factors associated with suicide attempt and suicide death in Scotland: A systematic review. Journal of Affective Disorders Reports, 100711. PDF
Cleare, S., & O’Connor, R.C. (unpublished report). Understanding the Relationship between ADHD, Mental Health and Suicide Risk: The Role of Psychological Factors. PDF
Mughal, F., Burton, F. M., Fletcher, H., Lascelles, K., O’Connor, R. C., Rae, S., Thomson, A. B., & Kapur, N. (2023). New guidance for self-harm: an opportunity not to be missed. British journal of psychiatry, 223, 501-503. PDF
Nuij, C., van Ballegooijen, W., Smit, A. C., de Beurs, D., de Winter, R. F. P., O’Connor, R. C., Kerkhof, A., Smit, J. H., & Riper, H. (2023). A Proof of Concept Study on Individual Trends in Suicidal Ideation: An Ecological Momentary Assessment Study of 5 Patients Over Three Months. Journal for Person-Oriented Research, 9(1), 42–50.
McClelland, H., Cleare, S., & O’Connor, R. C. (2023). Suicide Risk in Personality Disorders: A Systematic Review. Current psychiatry reports, 25(9), 405–417.
Keyworth, C., Quinlivan, L., Leather, J. Z., O’Connor, R. C., & Armitage, C. J. (2023). Does refining an intervention based on participant feedback increase acceptability? An experimental approach. BMC public health, 23(1), 1598. PDF
Bennett, S., Robb, K. A., Zortea, T. C., Dickson, A., Richardson, C., & O’Connor, R. C. (2023). Male suicide risk and recovery factors: A systematic review and qualitative metasynthesis of two decades of research. Psychological Bulletin, 149(7-8), 371–417. PDF
Wetherall, K., & O’Connor, R.C. (2023). Suicide prevention targeting middle-aged males: the role of primary care. British Journal of General Practice, 73(732), 292–294. PDF
Turner, F., Kainth, G., MacDonald, S., O’Connor, R., Crawford, K., & Minnis, H. (2023). “I will commit to this child as much as I can for the time that they are with me:” A qualitative examination of how foster carer commitment relates to short-term foster care for young children following abuse and neglect. Child abuse & neglect, 135, 105983. PDF
Moore, F.R., Allott, C., & O’Connor, R.C. (2023). Impulsivity, aggression, and impulsive aggression in suicidality. Personality and Individual Differences, 202, 111971. PDF
McClelland, H., Evans, J. J., & O’Connor, R. C. (2023). The association of family, social and romantic loneliness in relation to suicidal ideation and self-injurious behaviours. Journal of psychiatric research, 158, 330–340. PDF
Marzetti, H., McDaid, L., & O’Connor, R. (2023). A qualitative study of young people’s lived experiences of suicide and self-harm: intentionality, rationality and authenticity. Child and adolescent mental health, 10.1111/camh.12641. Advance online publication. PDF
Rodgers, J., Goodwin, J., Nielsen, E., Bhattarai, N., Heslop, P., Kharatikoopaei, E., O’Connor, R. C., Ogundimu, E., Ramsay, S. E., Steele, K., Townsend, E., Vale, L., Walton, E., Wilson, C., & Cassidy, S. (2023). Adapted suicide safety plans to address self-harm, suicidal ideation, and suicide behaviours in autistic adults: protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial. Pilot and feasibility studies, 9(1), 31. PDF
van Eijk, N. L., Wetherall, K., Ferguson, E., O’Connor, D. B., & O’Connor, R. C. (2023). A latent class analysis using the integrated motivational-volitional model of suicidal behaviour: Understanding suicide risk over 36 months. Journal of affective disorders, 336, 9–14. PDF
O’Connor, R. C., Worthman, C. M., Abanga, M., Athanassopoulou, N., Boyce, N., Chan, L. F., Christensen, H., Das-Munshi, J., Downs, J., Koenen, K. C., Moutier, C. Y., Templeton, P., Batterham, P., Brakspear, K., Frank, R. G., Gilbody, S., Gureje, O., Henderson, D., John, A., Kabagambe, W., … Yip, P. S. F. (2023). Gone Too Soon: priorities for action to prevent premature mortality associated with mental illness and mental distress. The Lancet Psychiatry, 10(6), 452–464. PDF
Cassidy, S., McLaughlin, E., McGranaghan, R., Pelton, M., O’Connor, R., & Rodgers, J. (2023). Is camouflaging autistic traits associated with defeat, entrapment, and lifetime suicidal thoughts? Expanding the Integrated Motivational Volitional Model of Suicide. Suicide & life-threatening behavior, 10.1111/sltb.12965. Advance online publication. PDF
Robb, K. A., Kotzur, M., Young, B., McCowan, C., Hollands, G. J., Irvine, A., Macdonald, S., McConnachie, A., O’Carroll, R. E., O’Connor, R. C., & Steele, R. J. C. (2023). Increasing uptake of FIT colorectal screening: protocol for the TEMPO randomised controlled trial testing a suggested deadline and a planning tool. BMJ open, 13(5), e066136. PDF
Sinyor M., Hawton, K., Appleby, L.,Armstrong, G., Ueda, M., Gunnell, D., Kapur, N., Chang, S.,Arensman, E., O’Connor, R.C., John, A., Knipe D.,Phillips, M.P., Pirkis, J., Dandona, R., Chan, L.F., Bantjes, J., Borges, G., McKeon Ph.D., R., Niederkrotenthaler, T. (2023). The Coming Global Economic Downturn and Suicide: A Call to Action. Nature Mental Health, Nat. Mental Health 1, 233–235 (2023). PDF
Seidler, Z. E., Wilson, M. J., Oliffe, J. L., Fisher, K., O’Connor, R., Pirkis, J., & Rice, S. M. (2023). Suicidal ideation in men during COVID-19: an examination of protective factors. BMC psychiatry, 23(1), 46. PDF
Sandford, D. M., Kirtley, O. J., Thwaites, R., & O’Connor, R. C. (2023). Exploring the impact on primary care mental health practitioners of the death of a patient by suicide: An IPA study. Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, 96(1), 56-82. PDF
Sivertsen, B., O’Connor, R.C., Nilsen, S.A. et al. (2023). Mental health problems and suicidal behavior from adolescence to young adulthood in college: linking two population-based studies. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry. PDF
2022
Richardson, C., Robb, K. A., McManus, S., & O’Connor, R. C. (2022). Psychosocial factors that distinguish between men and women who have suicidal thoughts and attempt suicide: findings from a national probability sample of adults. Psychological medicine, 53(7), 1–9. Advance online publication. PDF
Wetherall, K., Cleare, S., Zortea, T., O’Connor, R.C. (2022). Suicide and Suicidal Ideation During the COVID-19 Pandemic. In: Pompili, M. (eds) Suicide Risk Assessment and Prevention. Springer, Cham. PDF
Pirkis, J., Gunnell, D., Shin, S., Del Pozo-Banos, M., Arya, V., Aguilar, P. A., Appleby, L., Arafat, S. M. Y., Arensman, E., Ayuso-Mateos, J. L., Balhara, Y. P. S., Bantjes, J., Baran, A., Behera, C., Bertolote, J., Borges, G., Bray, M., Brečić, P., Caine, E., Calati, R., …O’Connor, R.C….. Spittal, M. J. (2022). Suicide numbers during the first 9-15 months of the COVID-19 pandemic compared with pre-existing trends: An interrupted time series analysis in 33 countries. EClinicalMedicine, 51, 101573. PDF
Wilding, S., O’Connor, D. B., Ferguson, E., Cleare, S., Wetherall, K., O’Carroll, R., … O’Connor, R. (2022, June 7). Probable COVID-19 infection is associated with subsequent poorer mental health and greater loneliness in the UK COVID-19 Mental Health & Wellbeing study, Scientific Reports, 12, 20795. PDF
Ernst, M., Tibubos, A. N., Kubiak, T., O’Connor, R. C., & Beutel, M. E. (2022). Study Protocol for an Ecological Momentary Assessment Study: TempRes “Temporal Variability of Risk and Resilience Factors for Suicidal Ideation”. Frontiers in psychiatry, 13, 877283. PDF
Cleare, S., & O’Connor, R.C. (unpublished report). Suicide Risk and Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): A Review of Recent Evidence. PDF
Nuij, C., van Ballegooijen, W., de Beurs, D., de Winter, R. F. P., Gilissen, R., O’Connor, R. C., Smit, J. H., Kerkhof, A., & Riper, H. (2022). The feasibility of using smartphone apps as treatment components for depressed suicidal outpatients. Frontiers in psychiatry, 13, 971046. PDF
Nuij, C., van Ballegooijen, W., de Beurs, D., Juniar, D., Erlangsen, A., Portzky, G., O’Connor, R. C., Smit, J. H., Kerkhof, A., & Riper, H. (2021). Safety planning-type interventions for suicide prevention: meta-analysis. The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science, 219(2), 419–426. PDF
Wetherall, K., Cleare, S., McClelland, H., Melson, A. J., Niedzwiedz, C. L., O’Carroll, R. E., O’Connor, D. B., Platt, S., Scowcroft, E., Watson, B., Zortea, T., Ferguson, E., Robb, K. A., & O’Connor, R. C. (2022). Mental health and well-being during the second wave of COVID-19: longitudinal analyses of the UK COVID-19 Mental Health and Wellbeing study (UK COVID-MH). BJPsych open, 8(4), e103. PDF
McClelland, H., Evans, J. J., & O’Connor, R. C. (2022). A Qualitative Exploration of the Experiences and Perceptions of Interpersonal Relationships Prior to Attempting Suicide in Young Adults. International journal of environmental research and public health, 19(13), 7880. PDF
Nisbet, M., O’Connor, R., Mason, A., & Hunter, E. (2022). A qualitative study utilizing Interpretative phenomenological analysis to explore disclosure in adolescents with turner syndrome. British journal of health psychology, 27(3), 990–1010. PDF
Dougall, N., Savinc, J., Maxwell, M., Karatzias, T., O’Connor, R. C., Williams, B., Grandison, G., John, A., Cheyne, H., Fyvie, C., Bisson, J. I., Hibberd, C., Abbott-Smith, S., & Nolan, L. (2019). Childhood adversity, mental health and suicide (CHASE): a methods protocol for a longitudinal case-control linked data study. International journal of population data science, 5(1), 1338. LINK
Wilding, S., O’Connor, D. B., Ferguson, E., Wetherall, K., Cleare, S., O’Carroll, R. E., Robb, K. A., & O’Connor, R. C. (2022). Information seeking, mental health and loneliness: Longitudinal analyses of adults in the UK COVID-19 mental health and wellbeing study. Psychiatry research, 317, 114876. PDF
Kotzur, M., Macdonald, S., O’Carroll, R. E., O’Connor, R. C., Irvine, A., Steele, R. J. C., & Robb, K. A. (2022). What are common barriers and helpful solutions to colorectal cancer screening? A cross-sectional survey to develop intervention content for a planning support tool. BMJ open, 12(9), e062738. PDF
Wilding, S., O’Connor, D. B., Ferguson, E., Cleare, S., Wetherall, K., O’Carroll, R. E., Robb, K. A., & O’Connor, R. C. (2022). Probable COVID-19 infection is associated with subsequent poorer mental health and greater loneliness in the UK COVID-19 Mental Health and Wellbeing study. Scientific reports, 12(1), 20795. PDF
Pirkis, J., Gunnell, D., Shin, S., Del Pozo-Banos, M., Arya, V., Aguilar, P. A., Appleby, L., Arafat, S. M. Y., Arensman, E., Ayuso-Mateos, J. L., Balhara, Y. P. S., Bantjes, J., Baran, A., Behera, C., Bertolote, J., Borges, G., Bray, M., Brečić, P., Caine, E., Calati, R., … Spittal, M. J. (2022). Suicide numbers during the first 9-15 months of the COVID-19 pandemic compared with pre-existing trends: An interrupted time series analysis in 33 countries. EClinicalMedicine, 51, 101573. PDF
Sandford, D. M., Thwaites, R., Kirtley, O. J., & O’Connor, R. C. (2022). Utilising the Integrated Motivational Volitional (IMV) model to guide CBT practitioners in the use of their core skills to assess, formulate and reduce suicide risk factors. The Cognitive Behaviour Therapist, 15, e36. PDF
O’Connor, R. C., Smillie, S., McClelland, H., Lundy, J.-M., Stewart, C., Syrett, S., Gavigan, M., McConnachie, A., Stanley, B., Smith, M., Brown, G. K., Stanley, B., & Simpson, S. A. (2022). SAFETEL: A pilot randomised controlled trial to assess the feasibility and acceptability of a safety planning and telephone follow-up intervention to reduce suicidal behaviour. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 8(1), 156. PDF
O’Connor, D.B., Wilding, S., Ferguson, E., Cleare, S., Wetherall, K., McClelland, H., Melson, A.J., Niedzwiedz, C., O’Carroll, R.E., Platt, S., Scowcroft, E., Watson, B., Zortea, T., Robb, K.A., & O’Connor, R.C. (2022). Effects of COVID-19-related worry and rumination on mental health and loneliness during the pandemic: Longitudinal analyses of adults in the UK COVID-19 Mental Health & Wellbeing Study. Journal of Mental Health, 1-12. PDF
Wetherall, K., Cleare,S., McClelland, H., Melson, A.J., Niedzwiedz, C.L., O’Carroll, R.E., O’Connor, D.B., Platt, S., Scowcroft, E., Watson, B., Zortea, T., Ferguson, E., Robb, K.A., & O’Connor, R.C. (2022). Mental health and well-being during the second wave of COVID-19: longitudinal analyses of the UK COVID-19 Mental Health and Wellbeing study (UK COVID-MH). BJPsych Open, 8(4), Article e103. PDF
Sivertsen, B., Knapstad, M., Petrie, K., O’Connor, R., Lønning, K. J., & Hysing, M. (2022). Changes in mental health problems and suicidal behaviour in students and their associations with COVID-19-related restrictions in Norway: a national repeated cross-sectional analysis. BMJ open, 12(2), e057492. PDF
Cassidy, S., Au-Yeung, S., Robertson, A., Cogger-Ward, H., Richards, G., Allison, C., … & Baron-Cohen, S. (2022). Autism and autistic traits in those who died by suicide in England. The British Journal of Psychiatry, 1-9. PDF
Keyworth, C., Quinlivan, L., Leather, J. Z., O’Connor, R. C., & Armitage, C. J. (2022). The association between COVID-19-related fear and reported self-harm in a national survey of people with a lifetime history of self-harm. BMC psychiatry, 22(1), 1-8. PDF
Richardson, C., Robb, K. A., McManus, S., & O’Connor, R. C. (2022). Psychosocial factors that distinguish between men and women who have suicidal thoughts and attempt suicide: findings from a national probability sample of adults. Psychological medicine, 1-9. PDF
Zortea, T. C., Cleare, S., Wetherall, K., Melson, A. J., & O’Connor, R. C. (2022). On Suicide Risk: From Psychological Processes to Clinical Assessment and Intervention. Journal: Comprehensive Clinical Psychology, 406-425. PDF
Kotzur, M., O’Connor, R.C., & Robb, K.A. (2022). How has physical distancing impacted on health and well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic? A Scottish longitudinal qualitative study. BMJ Open. PDF
Marzetti, H., McDaid, L., & O’Connor, R. (2022). “Am I really alive?”: Understanding the role of homophobia, biphobia and transphobia in young LGBT+ people’s suicidal distress. Social Science & Medicine, 298, 114860. PDF
Moore, F. R., Doughty, H., Neumann, T., McClelland, H., Allott, C., & O’Connor, R. C. (2022). Impulsivity, aggression, and suicidality relationship in adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis. EClinicalMedicine, 45, 101307. PDF
Turner, F., Venturini, E., Kainth, G., Crawford, K., O’Connor, R., Balestrieri, M., MacDonald, S., & Minnis, H. (2022). The expected and the unexpected in recovery and development after abuse and neglect: The role of early foster carer commitment on young children’s symptoms of attachment disorders and mental health problems over time. Child Abuse & Neglect, 127, 105585. PDF
2021
Borthwick, C., O’Connor, R., & Kennedy, L. (2021). Predicting and understanding seasonal influenza vaccination behaviour among forensic mental health inpatients. Psychology & health, 36(10), 1235–1259. PDF
O’Connor, D. B., Branley-Bell, D., Green, J. A., Ferguson, E., O’Carroll, R. E., & O’Connor, R. C. (2021). Resilience and vulnerability factors influence the cortisol awakening response in individuals vulnerable to suicide. Journal of psychiatric research, 142, 312-320. PDF
Cleare, S., Wetherall, K., Eschle, S., Forrester, R., Drummond, J., & O’Connor, R. C. (2021). Using the integrated motivational-volitional (IMV) model of suicidal behaviour to differentiate those with and without suicidal intent in hospital treated self-harm. Preventive medicine, 152, 106592. PDF
Pirkis, J., John, A., Shin, S., DelPozo-Banos, M., Arya, V., Analuisa-Aguilar, P., … & Spittal, M. J. (2021). Suicide trends in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic: an interrupted time-series analysis of preliminary data from 21 countries. The Lancet Psychiatry, 8(7), 579-588. PDF
Zortea, T. C., & O’Connor, R. C. (2021). Understanding Katie’s Experiences From the Perspective of the Integrated Motivation Volitional Model of Suicidal Behavior. In Perspectives on a Young Woman’s Suicide (pp. 57-72). Routledge.
Cleare, S., McClelland, H., Sandford, D., Zortea, T. C., O’Connor, R. C. (2021). The integrated motivational-volitional (IMV) model and suicide risk in students: the role of perfectionism. In: Mallon, S. and Smith, J. (eds.) Preventing and Responding to Student Suicide. Jessica Kingsley Publishers: London, 138-154.
Wetherall, K., Cleare, S., Eschle, S., Ferguson, E., O’Connor, D. B., O’Carroll, R. E., & O’Connor, R. C. (2021). Predicting suicidal ideation in a nationally representative sample of young adults: a 12-month prospective study. Psychological medicine, 1-8. PDF
Eyles, E., Moran, P., Okolie, C., Dekel, D., Macleod-Hall, C., Webb, R. T., Schmidt, L., Knipe, D., Sinyor, M., McGuinness, L. A., Arensman, E., Hawton, K., O’Connor, R. C., Kapur, N., O’Neill, S., Olorisade, B., Cheng, H. Y., Higgins, J., John, A., & Gunnell, D. (2021). Systematic review of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on suicidal behaviour amongst health and social care workers across the world. Journal of affective disorders reports, 6, 100271. PDF
Keyworth, C., O’Connor, R., Quinlivan, L., & Armitage, C. J. (2021). Acceptability of a Brief Web-Based Theory-Based Intervention to Prevent and Reduce Self-harm: Mixed Methods Evaluation. Journal of medical Internet research, 23(9), e28349. PDF
Sandford, D. M., Kirtley, O. J., Thwaites, R., Dagnan, D., & O’Connor, R. C. (2021). The adaptation of a measure of confidence in assessing, formulating, and managing suicide risk. Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention. PDF
McClelland, H., Evans, J. J., & O’Connor, R. C. (2021). Exploring the role of loneliness in relation to self-injurious thoughts and behaviour in the context of the integrated motivational-volitional model. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 141, 309-317. PDF
Cummins, T.M., English, O., Minnis, H., Stahl, D., O’Connor, R.C., Bannister, K., McMahon, S.B., & Ougrin, D. (2021). Assessment of somatosensory function and self-harm in adolescents. JAMA Network Open, 4(7):e2116853. PDF
Webb, R. T., McManus, S., & O’Connor, R. C. (2021). Evidencing the detrimental impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health across Europe. The Lancet Regional Health-Europe, 2. PDF
Sandford, D.M., Kirtley, O.J., & O’Connor, R.C. (2021). The impact on mental health practitioners of the death of a patient by suicide: A systematic review. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 28, 261-294. PDF
Nuij, C., van Ballegooijen, W., de Beurs, D., Juniar, D., Erlangsen, A., Portzky, G., … & Riper, H. (2021). Safety planning-type interventions for suicide prevention: meta-analysis. The British Journal of Psychiatry, 1-8. PDF
Demkowicz, O., Panayiotou, M., Parsons, S., Feltham, A., Arseneault, L., Ingram, B., … & Qualter, P. (2021). Looking back to move forward: reflections on the strengths and challenges of the COVID-19 UK mental health research response. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12, 391. PDF
Richardson, C., Dickson, A., Robb, K. A., & O’Connor, R. C. (2021). The male experience of suicide attempts and recovery: an interpretative phenomenological analysis. International journal of environmental research and public health, 18(10), 5209. PDF
O’Connor, R.C., Wetherall, K., Cleare, S., McClelland, H., Melson, A.J., Niedzwiedz, C.L., O’Carroll, R.E., O’Connor, D.B., Platt, S., Scowcroft, E., Watson, B., Zortea, T., Ferguson, E., & Robb, K.A. (2021). Mental health and wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic: longitudinal analyses of adults in the UK COVID-19 Mental Health & Wellbeing study. British Journal of Psychiatry, 218(6), 326-333. PDF
Zortea, T. C., O’Connor, R. C., Platt, S. (2021). Interventions to mitigate suicide risk among veterans and military personnel: A rapid review of the latest evidence. Scottish Government’s National Suicide Prevention Leadership Group, Edinburgh. PDF
Richardson, C., Robb, K. A., & O’Connor, R. C. (2021). A systematic review of suicidal behaviour in men: A narrative synthesis of risk factors. Social Science & Medicine, 113831. PDF
De Beurs, D., Bockting, C., Kerkhof, A., Scheepers, F., O’Connor, R., Penninx, B., & van de Leemput, I. (2021). A network perspective on suicidal behavior: Understanding suicidality as a complex system. Suicide and Life‐Threatening Behavior, 51(1), 115-126. PDF.
Zortea, T. C., Gray, C. M., & O’Connor, R. C. (2021). The Relationship Between Adult Attachment and Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors: A Systematic Review. Archives of Suicide Research, 25(1), 38–73. PDF
2020
Niederkrotenthaler, T., Gunnell, D., Arensman, E., Pirkis, J., Appleby, L., Hawton, K., John, A., Kapur, N., Khan, M., O’Connor, R. C., Platt, S., & The International COVID-19 Suicide Prevention Research Collaboration. (2020). Suicide research, prevention, and COVID-19: Towards a global response and the establishment of an international research collaboration [Editorial]. Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention, 41(5), 321–330. PDF
Zortea, T. C., Brenna, C. T. A., Joyce, M., McClelland, H., Tippett, M., Tran, M. M., Arensman, E., Corcoran, P., Hatcher, S., Heisel, M. J., Links, P., O’Connor, R. C., Edgar, N. E., Cha, Y., Guaiana, G., Williamson, E., Sinyor, M., & Platt, S. (2020). The Impact of Infectious Disease-Related Public Health Emergencies on Suicide, Suicidal Behavior, and Suicidal Thoughts. Crisis, Early view, 1–14. PDF
Sandford, D. M., Kirtley, O. J., Lafit, G., Thwaites, R., & O’Connor, R. C. (2020). An Investigation Into the Factor Structure of the Attitudes to Suicide Prevention Scale. Crisis, 41(2), 97–104. PDF
John, A., Okolie, C., Eyles, E., Webb, R. T., Schmidt, L., McGuiness, L. A., Olorisade, B. K., Arensman, E., Hawton, K., Kapur, N., Moran, P., O’Connor, R. C., O’Neill, S., Higgins, J., & Gunnell, D. (2020). The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on self-harm and suicidal behaviour: a living systematic review. F1000Research, 9, 1097. PDF
Cassidy, S. A., Robertson, A., Townsend, E., O’Connor, R. C., & Rodgers, J. (2020). Advancing Our Understanding of Self-harm, Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviours in Autism. Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 50(10), 3445–3449. PDF
Favril, L., O’Connor, R. C., Hawton, K., & Vander Laenen, F. (2020). Factors associated with the transition from suicidal ideation to suicide attempt in prison. European psychiatry, 63(1), 1-7. PDF
Dougall, N. J., Abbott-Smith, S., Hibberd, C., Bisson, J. I., Fyvie, C., Cheyne, H., John, A., Grandison, G., Williams, B., O’Connor, R. C., Karatzias, T., Maxwell, M., Savinc, J. and Nolan, L. (2020) “Childhood adversity, mental health and suicide (CHASE): a protocol for a longitudinal case-control linked data study”. International Journal of Population Data Science, 5(1), 1-19. PDF
Leather, J. Z., O’Connor, R. C., Quinlivan, L., Kapur, N., Campbell, S., & Armitage, C. J. (2020). Healthcare professionals’ implementation of national guidelines with patients who self-harm. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 130, 405–411. PDF
Young-Southward, G., Eaton, C., O’Connor, R., & Minnis, H. (2020). Investigating the causal relationship between maltreatment and cognition in children: a systematic review. Child Abuse & Neglect, 107, 104603. PDF
Helbich, M., O’Connor, R.C., Nieuwenhuijsen, Hagedoorn, P. (2020). Greenery exposure and suicide mortality later in life: a longitudinal register-based case-control study. Environment International, 143, 105982. PDF
O’Connor, R.C., Hotopf, M., Worthman, C.M., Perry, V.H., Tracey, I., Wessely, S., Arseneault, L., Ballard, C., Christensen, H., Cohen Silver, R., Ford, T., John, A., Kabir, T., King, K., Simpson, A., Madan, I., Cowan, K., Bullmore, E., & Holmes, E.A. (2020). Multidisciplinary research priorities for the COVID-19 pandemic: authors’ reply. Lancet Psychiatry, 7, e44-e45. PDF
Hotopf, M., Bullmore, E., O’Connor, R. C., & Holmes, E. A. (2020). The scope of mental health research during the COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath. The British Journal of Psychiatry, 217(4), 540-542. PDF
Holmes, E.A., O’Connor, R.C.,Perry, V.H., Wesseley, S., Arseneault, L., Ballard, C., Christensen, H., Cohen Silver, R., Everall, I., Ford, T., John, A., Kabir, T., King, K., Madan, I., Michie, S., Przybylski, A.K., Shafran, R., Sweeney, A., Worthman, C.M., Yardley, L., Cowan, K., Cope, C., Hotopf, M & Bullmore, E. (2020). Multidisciplinary research priorities for the COVID-19 pandemic: a call for action for mental health science. Lancet Psychiatry, 7, 547-60. PDF
Gunnell, D., Appleby, L., Arensman, E., Hawton, K., John, A., Kapur, N., Khan, M., O’Connor, R.C., Pirkis, J. and the COVID-19 Suicide Prevention Research Collaboration. (2020). Suicide risk and prevention during the COVID-19 pandemic. Lancet Psychiatry, 7, 468-471. PDF
van Mens, K., de Schepper, C.W.M., Wijnen, B., Koldijk, S. J., Schnack, H., de Looff, P., Lokkerbol, J., Wetherall, K., Cleare, S., O’Connor, R.C., & De Beurs, D. (2020). Predicting future suicidal behaviour in young adults, with different machine learning techniques: a population-based longitudinal study. Journal of Affective Disorders, 271, 169-177. PDF
McClelland, H., Evans, J., Nowland, R., Ferguson, E., O’Connor, R.C. (2020). Loneliness as a predictor of suicidal ideation and behaviour: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective studies. Journal of Affective Disorders, 274, 880–896. PDF
Berardelli, I., Serafini, G., Cortese, N., Fiaschè, F., O’Connor, R. C., & Pompili, M. (2020). The Involvement of Hypothalamus–Pituitary–Adrenal (HPA) Axis in Suicide Risk. Brain sciences, 10(9), 653. PDF
O’Neill, S. & O’Connor, R. C. (2020). Suicide in Northern Ireland: epidemiology, risk factors, and prevention. The Lancet Psychiatry, 7, 538–46. PDF
Zortea, T. C., Cleare, S. Melson, A. J., Wetherall, K., & O’Connor, R. C. (2020). Understanding and managing suicide risk. British Medical Bulletin, 134(1), 73–84. PDF
O’Connor, R.C., & Robb, K.A. (2020). Identifying suicide risk factors in children is essential for developing effective prevention interventions. Lancet Psychiatry. PDF
Grandison, G., Karatzias, T., Fyvie, C., Hyland, P., O’Connor, R.C. & Dickson, A. (2020) Suicidal histories in adults experiencing psychological trauma: exploring vulnerability and protective factors. Archives of Suicide Research. PDF
O’Connor, D. B., Gartland, N., & O’Connor, R. C. (2020). Stress, cortisol and suicide risk. International Review of Neurobiology, 152, 101-130. PDF
De Beurs, D., Cleare, S., Wetherall, K., Eschle-Byrne, S., Ferguson, E., O’Connor, D.B., & O’Connor, R.C. (2020). Entrapment and suicide risk: the development of the 4-item Entrapment Scale Short-Form (E-SF). Psychiatry Research, 284, 112765. PDF
Siddaway, A. P., Quinlivan, L., Kapur, N., O’Connor, R. C., & de Beurs, D. (2020). Cautions, concerns, and future directions for using machine learning in relation to mental health problems and clinical and forensic risks: A brief comment on “Model complexity improves the prediction of nonsuicidal self-injury” (Fox et al., 2019). Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 88(4), 384–387. PDF
Pompili, M., O’Connor, R.C., and van Heeringen, K. (2020) Suicide prevention in the European region. In Arensman, E., De Leo, D., & Pirkis, J. (Eds). Suicide and suicide prevention from a global perspective. Hogrefe. ISBN: 9780889375734
Kirtley, O. J., & O’Connor, R. C. (2020). Suicide prevention is everyone’s business: Challenges and opportunities for Google. Social Science & Medicine, 262, 112691. PDF
Zortea, T. C. , Gray, C. M. and O’Connor, R. C. (2020). Perceptions of past parenting and adult attachment as vulnerability factors for suicidal ideation in the context of the integrated motivational-volitional model of suicidal behaviour. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 50, 515-533. PDF
O’Connor, D. B., Branley-Bell, D., Green, J. A., Ferguson, E., O’Carroll, R. E., & O’Connor, R. C. (2020). Effects of childhood trauma, daily stress, and emotions on daily cortisol levels in individuals vulnerable to suicide. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 129(1), 92–107. PDF
Favril, L., & O’Connor, R. C. (2021). Distinguishing prisoners who think about suicide from those who attempt suicide. Psychological medicine, 51(2), 228-235. PDF
2019
Turecki, G., Brent, D. A., Gunnell, D., O’Connor, R. C., Oquendo, M. A., Pirkis, J., & Stanley, B. H. (2019). Suicide and suicide risk. Nature reviews Disease primers, 5(1), 1-22. PDF
Richards, G., Kenny, R., Griffiths, S., Allison, C., Mosse, D., Holt, R., O’Connor, R.C., Cassidy, S., Baron-Cohen, S. (2019) Autistic Traits in Adults who have Attempted Suicide. Molecular Autism, 10, 26. PDF
Wilson, K.M., Millner, A.J., Auerbach, R.P., Glenn, C.R., Kearns, J.C., Kirtley, O.J., Najmi, S., O’Connor, R.C., Stewart, J.G., Cha, C.B. (2019). Investigating the psychometric properties of the Suicide Stroop task. Psychological Assessment, 31(8), 1052-1061. PDF
Zortea, T. C., Gray, C. M., O’Connor, R. C. (2019). Adult attachment: Investigating the factor structure of the Relationship Scales Questionnaire. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 75 (12), 2169-2187. PDF
Melson, A.J., & O’Connor, R.C. (2019). Differentiating adults who think about self-harm from those who engage in self-harm: the role of volitional alcohol factors. BMC Psychiatry, 19(319), 1-9. PDF
Wetherall, K., Cleare, S., Zortea, T., & O’Connor, R.C. (2019). Status of the integrated motivational-volitional model of suicidal behaviour. In: De Leo, D. and Poštuvan, V. (eds.) Reducing the Toll of Suicide: Resources for Communities, Groups, and Individuals. Hogrefe Publishing: Göttingen, pp. 169-184. PDF
De Beurs, D., Fried, E. I., Wetherall, K., Cleare, S., O’ Connor, D. B., Ferguson, E. , O’Carroll, R.E., O’ Connor, R. C. (2019). Exploring the psychology of suicidal ideation: a theory driven network analysis. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 120, 103419. PDF
Branley-Bell, D., O’Connor, D. B., Green, J. A., Ferguson, E., O’Carroll, R. E., & O’Connor, R. C. (2019). Distinguishing suicide ideation from suicide attempts: Further test of the Integrated Motivational-Volitional Model of Suicidal Behaviour. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 117, 100–107. PDF
Zortea, T. C., Dickson, A., Gray, C. M., O’Connor, R. C. (2019). Associations between experiences of disrupted attachments and suicidal thoughts and behaviours: An interpretative phenomenological analysis. Social Science & Medicine, 235, 112408. PDF
Sivertsen, B., Hysing, M., Knapstad, M., Harvey, A. G., Reneflot, A., Lønning, K. J., & O’Connor, R. C. (2019). Suicide attempts and non-suicidal self-harm among university students: prevalence study. BJPsych open, 5(2), 1–8. PDF
Siddaway, A. P., Wood, A. M., O’Carroll, R. E., & O’Connor, R. C. (2019). Characterizing self-injurious cognitions: Development and validation of the Suicide Attempt Beliefs Scale (SABS) and the Nonsuicidal Self-Injury Beliefs Scale (NSIBS). Psychological assessment, 31(5), 592-608. PDF
Cleare, S., Gumley, A., & O’Connor, R. C. (2019). Self‐compassion, self‐forgiveness, suicidal ideation, and self‐harm: A systematic review. Clinical psychology & psychotherapy, 26(5), 511-530. PDF
Mars, B., Heron, J., Klonsky, E. D., Moran, P., O’Connor, R. C., Tilling, K., Wilkinson, P. and Gunnell, D. (2019). Predictors of future suicide attempt among adolescents with suicidal thoughts or non-suicidal self-harm: a population-based birth cohort study. The Lancet Psychiatry, 6(4), 327-337. PDF
O’Connor, R.C., Lundy, J-M., Stewart, C., Smillie, S., McClelland, H., Syrett, S., Gavigan, M., McConnachie, A., Smith, M., Smith, D.J., Brown, G., Stanley B., & Simpson, S.A. (2019). Study Protocol for the SAFETEL randomised controlled feasibility trial of a Safety Planning Intervention with Follow-up Telephone Contact to Reduce Suicidal Behaviour. BMJ Open. 9 (2). PDF
Alexopoulos, C.E., Kavalidou, K., Messolora, F., (2019). Suicide Mortality Patterns in Greek Work Force before and during the Economic Crisis. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 16, 469. PDF
Kavalidou, K., Smith, D. J., Der, G., & O’Connor, R. C. (2019). The role of physical and mental multimorbidity in suicidal thoughts and behaviours in a Scottish population cohort study. BMC psychiatry, 19(1), 1-9. PDF
Wetherall, K., Robb, K. A., & O’Connor, R. C. (2019). Social rank theory of depression: A systematic review of self-perceptions of social rank and their relationship with depressive symptoms and suicide risk. Journal of affective disorders, 246, 300-319. PDF
Wetherall, K., Robb, K. A., & O’Connor, R. C. (2019). An examination of social comparison and suicide ideation through the lens of the integrated motivational–volitional model of suicidal behavior. Suicide and Life‐Threatening Behavior, 49(1), 167-182. PDF
2018
Barnes, M., Haase, A., Scott, L., Linton, M-J., Bard, A., Donovan, J., Davies, R., Dursley, S., Williams, S., Elliott, D., Potokar, J., Kapur, N., Hawton, K., O’Connor, R. C., Hollingworth, W., Metcalfe, C., & Gunnell, D. (2018). The help for people with money, employment or housing problems (HOPE) intervention: pilot randomised trial with mixed methods feasibility research. Pilot and feasibility studies, 4(1), 1-12. PDF
O’Connor, R. C., & Portzky, G. (2018). Looking to the future: a synthesis of new developments and challenges in suicide research and prevention. Frontiers in Psychology, 9, 2139. PDF
Wetherall, K., Cleare, S., Eschle, S., Ferguson, E., O’Connor, D.B., O’Carroll, R., O’Connor, R.C. (2018). From ideation to action: differentiating between those who think about suicide and those who attempt suicide in a national study of young adults. Journal of Affective Disorders, 241, 475 – 483. PDF
Nuij, C., Van Ballegooijen, W., Ruwaard, J., de Beurs, D., Mokkenstorm, J., van Duijn, E., de Winter, R.F.P., O’Connor, R.C., Smit, J.H., Riper, H., Kerkhof, A. (2018) Smartphone-Based Safety Planning and Self-Monitoring for Suicidal Patients: rationale and study protocol of the CASPAR (Continuous Assessment for Suicide Prevention and Research) Study. Internet Interventions, 13, 16 – 23. PDF
Cha, C.B., O’Connor, R.C., Kirtley, O., Cleare, S., Wetherall, K., Eschle, S., Tezanos, K.M., & Nock, M.K. (2018). Testing mood-activated psychological markers for suicidal ideation. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 127(5) 448 – 457. PDF
MacLeod, A.K., & O’Connor, R.C. (2018). Positive future-thinking, wellbeing and mental health. In G. Oettingen, A.T. Sevincer, & Gollwitzer, P. (Eds.). The Psychology of Thinking about the Future (pp 199 – 213). New York: Guilford Publications Inc.
O’Connor, R. C., & Portzky, G. (2018). The relationship between entrapment and suicidal behavior through the lens of the integrated motivational–volitional model of suicidal behavior. Current opinion in psychology, 22, 12-17. PDF
O’Connor, R. C., & Kirtley, O. J. (2018). The integrated motivational–volitional model of suicidal behaviour. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 373(1754), 20170268. PDF
Cleare, S., Wetherall, K., Clark, A., Ryan, C., Kirtley, O. J., Smith, M., & O’Connor, R. C. (2018). Adverse childhood experiences and hospital-treated self-harm. International journal of environmental research and public health, 15(6), 1235. PDF
O’Connor, R.C.,Wetherall, K., Cleare, S., Eschle, S., J. Drummond, Ferguson, E., O’Connor, D.B., O’Carroll, R. (2018). Suicide attempts and non-suicidal self-harm: a national prevalence study of young adults. British Journal of Psychiatry Open, 4, 142–148. PDF
Steeg, S., Quinlivan, L., Nowland, R., Carroll, R., Casey, D., Clements, C., Cooper, J., Davies, L., Knipe, D., Ness, J., O’Connor, R.C., Hawton, K., Gunnell, D., Kapur, N. (2018) Accuracy of risk scales for predicting repeat self-harm and suicide: a multicentre, population-level cohort study using routine clinical data. BMC Psychiatry, 18:113. PDF
Mars, B., Heron, L., Klonsky, D., Moran, P., O’Connor, R.C., Tilling, K., Wilkinson, P., Gunnell, D. (2018). What distinguishes adolescents with suicidal thoughts from those who have attempted suicide? A population‐based birth cohort study. Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, 60(1), 91-99. PDF
Helbich, M., de Beurs, D., Kwan, M-P., O’Connor, R.C., & Groenewegen, P.P. (2018). Natural environments and suicide mortality in the Netherlands. Lancet Planetary Health, 4 (3) 134-139. PDF
Holmes, E.A., Ghaderi, A., Harmer, C.J., Ramchandani, P.G., Cuijpers, P., Morrison, A.P., Roiser, J.P., Bockting, C.L.H., O’Connor, R.C., Shafran, R., Moulds, M.L., & Craske, M.G. (2018). The Lancet Psychiatry Commission on psychological treatments research in tomorrow’s science. The Lancet Psychiatry, 5(3), 237-286. PDF
Wetherall, K., Robb, K.A., O’Connor, R.C. (2018). An examination of social comparison and suicidal ideation through the lens of the Integrated Motivational-Volitional Model of suicidal behavior. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior. PDF
O’Connor, D.B., Green, J.A., Ferguson, E., O’Carroll, R.E., & O’Connor, R.C. (2018). Effects of childhood trauma on cortisol levels in suicide attempters and ideators. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 88, 9-12. PDF
Cleare, S., Gumley, A., Cleare, C. J., & O’Connor, R. C. (2018). An investigation of the factor structure of the Self-Compassion Scale. Mindfulness, 9(2), 618-628. PDF
2017
Barnes, M.C., Haase, A. M., Bard, A. M., Donovan, J.L., Davies, R., Dursley, S., Potokar, J., Kapur, N., Hawton, K., O’Connor, R.C., Hollingworth, W., Metcalfe, C., Gunnell, D. (2017). HOPE: Help for people with money, employment, benefit or housing problems: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Pilot and feasibility studies, 3(1), 1-9. PDF
Barnes, M.C., Donovan, J.L., Wilson, C., Chatwin, J., Davies, R., Potokar, J., Kapur, N., Hawton, K., O’Connor, R.C., Gunnell, D. (2017). Seeking help in times of economic hardship: access, experiences of services and unmet need. BMC Psychiatry, 17:84. PDF
de Beurs, D.P., van Borkulo, C.D., O’Connor, R.C. (2017). The association between suicidal symptoms and repeat suicidal behaviour within a sample of hospital-treated suicide attempters. British Journal of Psychiatry Open, 3, 120–126. PDF
O’Connor, R.C., Ferguson, E., Scott, F., Smyth, R., McDaid, D., Park, A., Beautrais, A., & Armitage, C.J. (2017). A randomised controlled trial of a brief psychological intervention to reduce repetition of self-harm in patients admitted to hospital following a suicide attempt. Lancet Psychiatry, Jun;4(6):451-460. PDF
O’Connor, D.B., Green, J.A., Ferguson, E., O’Carroll. R.E., & O’Connor, R.C. (2017). Cortisol reactivity and suicidal behavior: investigating the role of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis responses to stress in suicide attempters and ideators. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 75, 183-191. PDF
Kavalidou, K., Smith, D., O’Connor, R.C. (2017). The role of physical and mental health multimorbidity in suicidal ideation. Journal of Affective Disorders, 209, 82-85. PDF
Quinlivan, L., Cooper, J., Meehan, D., Longson, D., Potokar, J., Hulme, T., Marsden, J., Brand, F., Lange, K., Riseborough, E., Page, L., Metcalfe, C., Davies, L., O’Connor, R., Hawton, K., Gunnell, D., Kapur, N. (2017) The predictive accuracy of risk scales following self-harm: multicentre, prospective cohort study. British Journal of Psychiatry, 1-8. PDF
Boahen-Boaten, B.B., White, R.G., & O’Connor, R.C. (2017). Suicide in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. In R.G. White, S Jain, D.M.R. Orr, & U.M. Read (Eds) The Palsgrave Handbook of Sociocultural perspectives on global mental health (pp.351-382). London: Palgrave
2016
O’Connor, R.C., Pirkis, J. (2016). Introduction. In O’Connor, R.C., & Pirkis, J. (Eds.) (2016). The International Handbook of Suicide Prevention (2nd ed.). Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell.
O’Connor, R.C., Cleare, S., Eschle, S., Wetherall, K., Kirtley, O.J. (2016). The Integrated Motivational-Volitional Model of Suicidal Behaviour: An Update. In O’Connor, R.C., & Pirkis, J. (Eds.) (2016). The International Handbook of Suicide Prevention (2nd ed.). Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell. PDF
Robinson, J., Pirkis, J., O’Connor, R.C. (2016) Suicide Clusters. In O’Connor, R.C., & Pirkis, J. (Eds.) (2016). The International Handbook of Suicide Prevention (2nd ed.). Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell.
Armitage, C.J., Abdul Rahim, W., Rowe, R. & O’Connor, R.C. (2016). An exploratory randomized trial of a simple, brief psychological intervention to reduce subsequent suicidal ideation and behaviour in patients hospitalised for self-harm. British Journal of Psychiatry, 208 (3), 1-7. PDF
Armitage, C.J., Abdul Rahim, W., Rowe, R., & O’Connor, R.C. (2016). Trends in self-harm in Kuala Lumpur, 2005-2011. Archives of Suicide Research, 20(1), 22-28.PDF
Chan, M.K.Y., Bhatti, H., Meader, N., Stockton, S., Evans, J., O’Connor, R.C., Kapur, N., & Kendall, T. (2016). Predicting suicide following self-harm: A systematic review of risk factors and risk scales. British Journal of Psychiatry, 1-7. PDF
de Beurs, D.P., Fokkema, M., & O’Connor, R.C. (2016). Optimising the assessment of suicidal behaviour: The application of curtailment techniques. Journal of Affective Disorders, 196, 218-224. PDF
Dhingra, K., Boduszek, D., & O’Connor, R.C. (2016). A Structural Test of the Integrated Motivational-Volitional Model of Suicidal Behaviour. Psychiatry Research, 239, 169-178. PDF
Harris, F., Maxwell, M., O’Connor, R., Coyne, J., Arensman, E., Coffey, C., Koburger, N., Gusmão, R., Costa, S., Székely, A., Cserhati, Z., McDaid, D., van Oudenhove, C., & Hegerl, U. (2016). Exploring Synergistic Interactions And Catalysts In Complex Interventions: Longitudinal, Mixed Methods Case Studies Of An Optimised Multi-Level Suicide Prevention Intervention In Four European Countries (Ospi-Europe). BMC Public Health, 16(1), pp.268. PDF
Kirtley, O.J., O’Carroll, R.E., & O’Connor, R.C. (2016). Pain and self-harm: A systematic review. Journal of Affective Disorders, 203, 347-363. PDF
O’Connor, D.B., Ferguson, E., Green, J., O’Carroll, R.E., & O’Connor, R.C. (2016). Cortisol levels and suicidal behavior: A meta-analysis. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 63, 370–379. PDF
O’Connor, S.M., Ferguson, E., Carney, T., House, E., & O’Connor, R.C. (2016). The development and evaluation of the Paediatric Index of Emotional Distress (PI-ED). Social Psychiatric & Psychiatric Epidemiology, 51(1), 15-26. PDF
Rasmussen, S., Hawton, K., Philpott-Morgan, S., & O’Connor, R.C. (2016). Why do adolescents self-harm? An investigation of motives in a community sample. Crisis, 37(3):176–183. PDF
Tucker, R.P., O’Connor, R.C., & Wingate, L.R. (2016). An investigation of the relationship between rumination styles, hope and suicide ideation through the lens of the Integrated Motivational-Volitional Model of suicidal behavior. Archives of Suicide Research, 20:553–566. PDF
2015
Alexopoulos, E.C., Kavalidou, K. & Messolora, F. (2015). Suicide Mortality Across Broad Occupational Groups in Greece: A Descriptive Study. Safety and Health at Work, 1 – 5. PDF
Dhingra, K., Boduszek, D., & O’Connor, R.C. (2015). Differentiating suicide attempters from suicide ideators using the Integrated Motivational-Volitional Model of Suicidal Behaviour. Journal of Affective Disorders 186, 211-218. PDF
Hysing, M., Sivertsen, B., Morten Stormark, K., & O’Connor, R.C. (2015). Sleep problems and self-harm in adolescence. British Journal of Psychiatry. 207 (4) 306-312. PDF
Hawton, K., O’Connor, R.C., & Saunders, K.E. (2015). Suicidal behavior and self-harm. In Rutter, M., Bishop, D., Pine, D., Scott, S., Stevenson, J.S., Taylor, E.A., & Thapar, A. (Eds.). Rutter’s Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (6th Edition, p.893-910). Wiley Blackwell.
O’Connor, R.C., & Portzky, G. (2015). The association between Goth subculture identification, depression and self-harm. Lancet Psychiatry, 2, 766-767. PDF
O’Connor, R.C., & O’Neill, S.M. (2015). Mental health and suicide risk in Northern Ireland: A legacy of The Troubles? Lancet Psychiatry, 2, 582-584. PDF
de Beurs, D., Kirtley, O., Kerkhof, A., Portzky, G., & O’Connor, R.C. (2015). The role of mobile phone technology in understanding and preventing suicidal behavior. Crisis. 36, 79 – 82. PDF
Armitage, C.J., Panagioti, M., Abdul Rahim, W., Rowe, R., & O’Connor, R.C. (2015). Completed suicides and self-harm in Malaysia: A systematic review. General Hospital Psychiatry, 37, 153-165. PDF
Kirtley, O.J., O’Carroll, R.E., & O’Connor, R.C. (2015). Hurting inside and out? Emotional and physical pain in self-harm ideation and enactment. International Journal of Cognitive Therapy, 8, 156-171. PDF
Kirtley, O.J., O’Carroll, R.E., & O’Connor, R.C. (2015). The role of endogenous opioids in non-suicidal self-injurious behavior: Methodological Challenges. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Review, 48, 186-189. PDF
Wetherall, K., Daly, M., Robb, K.A., Wood, A.M., O’Connor, R.C. (2015). Explaining the income and suicidality relationship: Income rank is more strongly associated with suicidal thoughts and attempts than income. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 50, 929-937 PDF
Smith, M., Bouch, J., Bradstreet, S., Lakey, T., Nightingale, A., & O’Connor, R.C. (2015). Health services, suicide and self-harm: patient distress and system anxiety. Lancet Psychiatry, 2, 275-280 PDF
O’Connor, R.C., Smyth, R., & Williams, J.M.G. (2015). Intrapersonal positive future thinking predicts repeat suicide attempts in hospital treated suicide attempters. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 83, 169-176. PDF
2014
O’Connor, R.C., & Williams, J.M.G. (2014). The relationship between positive future thinking, brooding, defeat and entrapment. Personality and Individual Differences, 70, 29-34. PDF
O’Connor, R.C., Nock, M.K. (2014). The Psychology of Suicidal Behaviour. Lancet Psychiatry, 1, 73-85. PDF
Harper, M., O’Connor, R.C., & O’Carroll. R.E. (2014). The relative importance of avoidance and restoration-oriented stressors for grief and depression in bereaved parents. Psychology, Health and Medicine, 11, 1-10. PDF
O’Connor, R.C., Rasmussen, S., & Hawton, K. (2014). Adolescent Self-harm: A School-based Study in Northern Ireland. Journal of Affective Disorders, 159, 46-52. PDF
Howe, C., Heim, D., & O’Connor, R.C. (2014). Racism, identity and psychological wellbeing: A longitudinal perspective on politically embattled relations. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 37, 2457-2474. PDF
Harper, M., O’Connor, R.C., & O’Carroll, R.E. (2014). Factors associated with grief and depression following the loss of a child: A multivariate analysis. Psychology, Health & Medicine, 9, 247-252. PDF
2013
O’Connor, R.C., Smyth, R., Ferguson, E., Ryan, C., & Williams, J.M.G. (2013). Psychological Processes and Repeat Suicidal Behavior: A Four Year Prospective Study. Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychology, 81, 1137-1143. PDF
Harris, F.M., Maxwell, M., O’Connor, R.C., Coyne, J., Arensman, E., Szekely, A., Gusmao, R., Coffey, C., Costa, S., Cserhati, Z., Koburger, N., van Audenhove, C., McDaid, D., Maloney, J., Varnik, P., & Hegerl, U. (2013). Developing social capital in implementing a complex intervention: a process evaluation of the early implementation of a suicide prevention intervention in four European countries. BMC Public Health, 13, 158. PDF.
Kapur, N., Cooper, J., O’Connor, R.C., & Hawton, K. (2013). Attempted Suicide versus Non-Suicidal Self Injury: New Diagnosis, or False Dichotomy? British Journal of Psychiatry, 202, 326-238. PDF
Coppens E, Van Audenhove C, Scheerder G, Arensman E, Coffey C, Costa S, Koburger N, Gottlebe K, Gusmão R, O’Connor R, Postuvan V, Sarchiapone M,Sisask M, Székely A, van der Feltz-Cornelis C, Hegerl U. (2013). Public attitudes toward depression and help-seeking in four European countries baseline survey prior to the OSPI-Europe intervention. Journal of Affective Disorders, Sep 5;150(2):320-9. PDF
2012
McLaughlin, J., O’Carroll, R.E., & O’Connor, R.C. (2012). Intimate partner abuse and suicidality: A systematic review. Clinical Psychology Review, 32, 677-689. PDF
O’Connor, R.C., O’Carroll, R.E., Ryan, C., & Smyth, R. (2012). Self-Regulation of Unattainable Goals in Suicide Attempters: A Two Year Prospective Study. Journal of Affective Disorders, 142, 248-255. PDF
Williams, L., O’Connor, R.C., Grubb, N.R., & O’Carroll, R.E. (2012). Type D personality and three-month psychosocial outcomes among patients post-myocardial infarction. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 72, 422-426. PDF
Hawton, K., Saunders, KEA, & O’Connor, R.C. (2012). Self-harm and suicide in adolescents. The Lancet, 379, 2373-2382. PDF
Hawton, K., & O’Connor, R.C. (2012). Self-harm in adolescents: implications for future mental health? The Lancet, 379 (9812), 198-199. PDF
O’Connor, R.C., Rasmussen, S., & Hawton, K. (2012). From Thoughts to Action: Distinguishing Adolescents Who Think About Self-harm From Those Who Engage in Self-harm. British Journal of Psychiatry, 200, 330-335. PDF
Rasmussen, S., Elliott, M., & O’Connor, R.C. (2012). Psychological distress and perfectionism in recent suicide attempters: The role of behavioural inhibition and activation. Personality and Individual Differences, 52, 680-685. PDF
2011
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (2011). Longer-term management of self-harm (clinical guidelines)(O’Connor was on the guideline development group).
Harper. M., O’Connor, R.C., & O’Carroll, R.E. (2011). Increased Mortality in Parents Bereaved in the First Year of Their Child’s Life. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care, 1, 306-309. PDF
Van der Feltz-Cornelis, C.M., Sarchiapone, M., Postuvan, V., Volker, D., Roskar, Tancic Grum, A.,Carli, V., McDaid, D., O’Connor, R., Maxwell, M., Ibelshauser, A., Van Audenhove, C., Scheerder, G., Sisask, M., ;Gusmão, R., Hegerl, U. (2011). Best practice elements of multilevel suicide prevention strategies. Review of systematic reviews. Crisis. Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention, 32, 319-333. PDF
Stark, C., Riordan, V., & O’Connor, R. (2011). A Conceptual model of suicide in rural areas. Rural and Remote Health, 11: 1622. LINK
Piko, B.F., Milin, R., O’Connor, R., & Sawyer, M. (2011). Editorial. Multidisciplinary approach to child and adolescent depression. Depression Research and Treatment, Article 8554594. PDF
O’Connor, R.C. (2011). The integrated motivational-volitional model of suicidal behaviour. Crisis, 32, 295-298. PDF
Williams, L., O’Connor, R.C., Grubb, N.R., & O’Carroll, R.E. (2011). Type D personality and illness perceptions in post-myocardial infarction patients. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 70, 141-144. PDF
Harper M, O’Connor RC, Dickson A & O’Carroll RE (2011) Bereaved Mothers Continuing Bonds and Ambivalence to their own Mortality after the Death of Their Child – An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Psychology, Health & Medicine. 16, 203-214. PDF
Smallwood, J., & O’Connor, R.C. (2011). Prisoners of the past: Evidence for a retrospective bias to mind wandering during mild dysphoria. Cognition and Emotion, 25, 1481-1490. PDF
Williams, L., O’Connor, R.C., Grubb, N., & O’Carroll, R. (2011). Type D personality predicts poor medication adherence in myocardial infarction. Psychology and Health, 26, 703-712. PDF
O’Connor, R.C., Platt, S. & Gordon, J. (2011). Introduction. In R O’Connor, S Platt, & J Gordon (Eds.) International Handbook of Suicide Prevention: Research, Policy and Practice. Wiley Blackwell. LINK
O’Connor, R.C. (2011). Towards an Integrated Motivational-Volitional of Suicidal Behaviour. In R O’Connor, S Platt, & J Gordon (Eds.) International Handbook of Suicide Prevention: Research, Policy and Practice. Wiley Blackwell. LINK
O’Connor, R.C., Rasmussen, S., & Beautrais, A. (2011). Psychosocial Interventions in Suicide Prevention: A selective review. In R O’Connor, S Platt, & J Gordon (Eds.) International Handbook of Suicide Prevention: Research, Policy and Practice.Wiley Blackwell. LINK
O’Connor, R.C., Platt, S. & Gordon, J. (2011). Achievements and Challenges in Suicidology: Conclusions and Future Directions. In R O’Connor, S Platt, & J Gordon (Eds.) International Handbook of Suicide Prevention: Research, Policy and Practice. Wiley Blackwell. LINK
2010
O’Connor, S., Carney, T., House, E., Ferguson, E., Caldwell, F., & O’Connor, R.C. (2010). Revision of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) to produce the Paediatric Index of Emotional Distress (PI-ED). Patient Reported Outcomes, 43, 2-4.
Ferguson, E., Williams, L., O’Connor, R.C., Howard, S., Hughes, B.M., Johnston, D.W., Allan, J.L., O’Connor, D.B., Lewis, C.A, Grealy, M., & O’Carroll, R.E. (2010). A Taxometric Analysis of Type-D Personality. Psychosomatic Medicine. 71, 981-986 PDF
O’Connor, R.C., Rasmussen, S., & Hawton, K. (2010).Predicting depression, anxiety and self-harm in adolescents: The role of perfectionism and stress. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 48, 52-59. PDF
Rasmussen, S., Fraser, L., Gotz, M., MacHale, S., Mackie, R., Masterton, G., McConachie, S., & O’Connor, R.C. (2010). Elaborating the Cry of Pain model of suicidality: Testing a psychological model in a sample of first-time and repeat self-harm patients. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 49, 15-30. PDF
O’Connor, R.C. (2010). Psychological Perspectives on Suicidal Behaviour. In U Kumar & M.K. Mandal (Eds.). Suicidal Behaviour: Assessment of People at Risk. Sage. LINK
O’Connor R.C. (2010). My personal reflection on suicidology. In M Pompili (Ed.) Suicide in the Words of Suicidologists. Nova Publishing. Free to download. LINK
2009
O’Connor, R.C., Dixon, D., & Rasmussen, S. (2009). The Structure and Temporal Stability of the Child and Adolescent Perfectionism Scale. Psychological Assessment, 21, 437-443 PDF
O’Connor, R.C., Rasmussen, S., & Hawton, K. (2009) Predicting deliberate self-harm in adolescents: a six month prospective study. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 39, 364-375. PDF
Smallwood, J., Nind, L. & O’Connor, R.C. (2009). When is your head at? An exploration of the factors associated with the temporal focus of the wandering mind. Consciousness and Cognition, 18, 118-125 PDF
O’Connor, R.C., Rasmussen, S., Miles, J., & Hawton, K. (2009). Deliberate self-harm in adolescents: self-report survey in schools in Scotland. British Journal of Psychiatry, 194, 68-72. PDF
O’Connor, R.C., Fraser, L., Whyte, M.C., MacHale, & Masterton, G. (2009). Self-regulation of unattainable goals in suicide attempters: the relationship between goal disengagement, goal reengagement and suicidal ideation. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 47, 164-169. PDF
Williams, L., O’Connor, R.C., & O’Carroll, R.E. (2009). Type D Personality and Cardiac Output in Response to Stress. Psychology and Health, 24, 489-500. PDF
Potter, L.M., Grealy, M.A., & O’Connor, R.C. (2009). Healthy Ageing, Perceived Motor-Efficacy, and Performance on Cognitively Demanding Action Tasks. British Journal of Psychology, 100, 49-70. PDF
2008
Rasmussen, S.A., O’Connor, R.C., & Brodie, D. (2008). Investigating the Role of Perfectionism and Autobiographical Memory in a Sample of Parasuicide Patients: An Exploratory Study. CRISIS – Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention, 29, 64-72. PDF
O’Connor, R.C., Fraser, L., Whyte, M.C., MacHale, S., & Masterton, G.(2008). A comparison of specific positive future expectancies and global hopelessness as predictors of suicidal ideation in a prospective study of repeat self-harmers. Journal of Affective Disorders, 110, 207-214. PDF
Morrison, R., & O’Connor, R.C. (2008). A systematic review of the relationship between rumination and suicidality. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 38, 523-538. PDF
Morrison, R., & O’Connor, R.C. (2008). The role of rumination, attentional biases and stress in psychological distress. British Journal of Psychology, 99, 191-209 PDF
O’Connor, R.C., & Noyce, R. (2008). Personality and cognitive processes: Self-criticism and different types of rumination as predictors of suicidal ideation. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 46, 392-401 PDF
Williams, L., O’Connor, R.C., Howard, S., Hughes, B.M., Johnston, D.W., Hay, J.L., O’Connor, D.B., Lewis, C.A., Ferguson, E., Sheehy, N., Grealy, M.A. & O’Carroll, R.E. (2008). Type D Personality Mechanisms of Effect: The Role of Health-Related Behaviour and Social Support. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 64, 63-69 PDF
Sheehy, N., & O’Connor, R.C. (2008). Cognitive style and suicidal behaviour. In Palmer S (Ed.) Suicide Reduction and Prevention: Strategies and Interventions (pp.69-83). Routledge. LINK
2007
O’Connor, R.C. (2007). The relations between perfectionism and suicide risk: A systematic review. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 37, 698-714 PDF
O’Connor, R.C., Whyte, M.C., Fraser, L., Masterton, G., & MacHale, S. Predicting short-term improvement in well-being following presentation to hospital with self-harm: the conjoint effects of social perfectionism and future thinking. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 45, 1543-1555 PDF
O’Connor, R.C., & Cassidy, C. (2007). Predicting hopelessness: The interaction between optimism/pessimism and specific future expectancies. Cognition and Emotion, 21, 596-613 PDF
Smallwood, J.M., O’Connor, R.C., Sudberry, M.V., & Obonsawin, M. (2007). Mind wandering and Dysphoria. Cognition and Emotion, 21, 816-842 PDF
O’Connor, D.B., & O’Connor, R.C. (2007). Trait perfectionism and psychological distress: Evidence of the mediating effects of rumination. European Journal of Personality, 21, 429-452 PDF
O’Connor, R.C., & Forgan, G. (2007). Suicidal thinking and perfectionism: The role of goal adjustment and behavioral inhibition/activation systems (BIS/BAS). Journal of Rational-Emotive & Cognitive Behavior Therapy (Special issue on perfectionism), 25, 321-341 PDF
2006
O’Connor, R.C., Armitage, C.J., & Gray, L. (2006). The role of clinical and social cognitive variables in parasuicide. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 45, 465-481 PDF
2005
Smallwood, J.M., O’Connor, R.C., & Heim, D. (2005). Rumination, dysphoria and subjective experience. Imagination, Cognition and Personality, 24, 355-367. PDF
O’Connor, D.B., Ferguson, E. & O’Connor, R.C. (2005). Intentions to use hormonal male contraception: The role of message framing, attitudes and stress appraisals. British Journal of Psychology, 96, 351-369 PDF
Cassidy, C., O’Connor, R.C., Howe, C.J. & Warden, D. (2005). Perceived discrimination among ethnic minority young people: the role of psychological variables. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 35, 1246-1265 PDF
Rasmussen, S., & O’Connor, R.C. (2005). Factors influencing anticipated decisions about sunscreen use. Journal of Health Psychology, 10, 585-595 PDF
Morrison, R. & O’Connor, R.C. (2005). Predicting psychological distress in college students: the role of rumination and stress. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 61, 447-460 PDF
2004
O’Connor, R.C., O’Connor, D.B., O’Connor, S.M, Smallwood, J.M. &. Miles, J.(2004). Hopelessness, stress and perfectionism: the moderating effects of future thinking. Cognition and Emotion, 18, 1099-1120 PDF
O’Connor, D.B. & O’Connor, R.C. (2004). Perceived changes in food intake in response to stress: the role of conscientiousness. Stress and Health, 20, 279-291 PDF
Cassidy, C., O’Connor, R.C., Howe, C. & Warden, D. (2004). Perceived discrimination and psychological distress: the role of personal and ethnic self-esteem. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 51, 329-339 PDF
Smallwood, J., O’Connor, R.C., Sudberry, M.V., Haskell, C., & Ballantyne, C. The consequences of encoding information on the maintenance of internally generated images and thoughts: The role of meaning complexes. Consciousness and Cognition, 13, 789-820 PDF
Smallwood, J., Davies, J.B., Heim, D., Finnigan, F., Sudberry, M., O’Connor, R.C., & Obonsawin, M. (2004). Subjective experience and the attentional lapse: Task engagement and disengagement during sustained attention. Consciousness and Cognition, 13, 657-690 PDF
O’Connor, R.C. & Armitage, C.J. (2004). Theory of Planned Behaviour and Parasuicide, pp.13-25 Armitage C.J. & Christian, J. (Eds.) From attitudes to behaviour: Basic and applied research on the theory of planned behaviour. Transaction Publishers. LINK
2003
Hunter, E. & O’Connor, R.C. (2003). Hopelessness and future thinking in parasuicide: the role of perfectionism. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 42, 355-365 PDF
O’Connor, R.C. & Armitage, C.J. (2003). Theory of Planned Behaviour and Parasuicide: An Exploratory Study. (Special Issue on Theory of Planned Behaviour), Current Psychology. PDF
O’Connor, R.C. & Leenaars, A.A. (2003). A thematic comparison of suicide notes drawn from Northern Ireland and the United States. Current Psychology, 22, 339-347. LINK
O’Connor, R.C. (2003). Suicidal Behaviour as a cry of pain: test of a psychological model. Archives of Suicide Research, 7, 297-308. PDF
O’Connor, R.C. & O’Connor, D.B. (2003). Predicting hopelessness and psychological distress: the role of perfectionism and coping. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 50, 362-372. PDF
O’Connor, D.B., Cobb, J. & O’Connor, R.C. (2003). Religiosity, stress and psychological distress: no evidence for an association among undergraduate students. Personality and Individual Differences, 34, 211-217. PDF
Smallwood, J.M., Obonsawin, M., Baracaia, S.F., Reid, H., O’Connor, R.C. & Heim, D. (2003). The relationship between rumination, dysphoria and self-referent thinking: some preliminary findings. Imagination, Cognition and Personality, 22, 317–342. PDF
2002
Furnham, A. Li-Ping Tang, T., Lester, D O’Connor, R.C. & Montgomery, R. (2002). Self-estimates of ten multiple intelligences: Sex and National Differences and the perception of famous people. European Psychologist, 7, 245-255. PDF
Sheehy, N.P. & O’Connor, R.C. (2002). Cognitive style and suicidal behaviour: implications for therapeutic intervention, research lacunae and priorities. British Journal of Guidance and Counselling (Special issue on suicide), 30, 353-362. PDF
Bennett, J. & O’Connor, R.C. (2002). Self-harm among lesbians: the role of social support, outness, attack and internalised homophobia. Health Psychology Update, 11, 32-38.
2001
O’Connor, D.B., O’Connor, R.C., White, B.L. & Bundred, P.E. (2001). Are occupational stress levels predictive of ambulatory blood pressure in British GPs? An exploratory study. Family Practice, 18, 92-94. PDF
O’Connor, R.C. & Sheehy, N.P. (2001). State of the art: Suicidal behaviour. The Psychologist, 14, 20-24. PDF
O’Connor, R.C. (2001). Parasuicide: cognitive vulnerability, future directed thinking and perfectionism. Pp. 243-250. In Grad O (Ed.) Suicide Risk and Protective Factors in the new millennium. Cankarjev dom.
Pre 2000
O’Connor, R.C., Sheehy, N.P. & O’Connor, D.B. (2000). Fifty cases of general hospital parasuicide. British Journal of Health Psychology, 5, 83-95. PDF
O’Connor, R.C., Connery, H. & Cheyne,W. (2000). Hopelessness: The role of depression, future directed thinking and cognitive vulnerability. Psychology, Health & Medicine, 5, 155-162. PDF
O’Connor, D.B., O’Connor, R.C., White, B.L.& Bundred, P.E. (2000). The effect of job strain on British general practitioners’ mental health. Journal of Mental Health, 9, 637-653. PDF
O’Connor, D.B., O’Connor, R.C., White, B.L. & Bundred, P.E. (2000). Job strain and ambulatory blood pressure in British general practitioners: A preliminary study. Psychology, Health & Medicine, 5, 241-250. PDF
O’Connor, R.C. (2000). A psychological perspective of suicidal behaviour: a community problem. Primary Nursing Care, 4, 18-20
Furnham, A., Dixon, D., Harrison, T., Rasmussen, S. & O’Connor, R.C. (2000). Gender, social class and estimating IQ: Middle class males think they are the most intelligent. Psychological Reports, 87, 753-758. PDF
O’Connor, R.C., Sheehy, N.P. & O’Connor, D.B. (1999). A Thematic Suicide Note Analysis: some observations on depression and previous suicide attempt. CRISIS – Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention, 20, 106-114. PDF
O’Connor, R.C., Sheehy, N.P. & O’Connor, D.B. (1999). The classification of completed suicide into sub-types. Journal of Mental Health, 8, 629-637. PDF
O’Connor, R.C. (1999). The Boundaries: Health psychology and suicidal behaviour. Health Psychology Update, 36, 4-7.
O’Connor, R. (1998). Northern Ireland suicide and “The Troubles”. British Medical Journal, 316, 1850.
O’Connor, R.C. & Sheehy, N.P (1997). Suicide and Gender. Mortality, 2, 239-254. PDF
Reports
Cankaya Sahin, B., Wyllie, J. M., Belkadi, N., & O’Connor, R. C. (unpublished report). Workplace mental health project: Stop fixing the worker, start fixing the workplace. PDF
Loney, K. J. & O’Connor, R. C. (2025). Suicide Prevention in High-Risk Settings: A Scoping Review. [Unpublished manuscript]. PDF.
McClelland, H. & Platt, S. (2024). Preventing suicide by hanging and self-poisoning in Scotland: Stage two of the Access to Means study. Unpublished manuscript. PDF
Platt, S., Jamieson, M., Etherson, M. E., Niederkrotenthaler, T., O’Connor, R. C. (2024) Effective interventions to prevent suicide: an umbrella review from 2002-2022. PDF
Etherson, M. E., Belkadi, N., Platt, S., & O’Connor, R. C. (2024). Policy interventions to address social determinants of suicide: A scoping review. Scottish Government’s National Suicide Prevention Advisory Group. Unpublished manuscript. PDF
Loney, K. J., McClelland, H., O’Connor, R. C., & Platt, S. (2024). A Rapid Review of the Effectiveness of Interventions for Reducing Suicide Risk in Young People Within Different Settings. Unpublished manuscript. PDF
McClelland, H. (2024). Understanding help giving and help seeking behaviours in Scottish residents when experiencing suicidal ideation: A rapid review. Unpublished manuscript. PDF
McClelland, H. (2023). Social determinants associated with non-accidental self-harm: A rapid umbrella review. Unpublished manuscript. PDF
McClelland, H. & Platt, S. (2022). Preventing Suicide in Scotland Stakeholder Feedback Report. Unpublished manuscript. PDF
McClelland, H. & Platt, S. (2021). Exploring existing literature around social movements. Unpublished manuscript. PDF
McClelland, H. & Platt, S. (2021). Preventing Suicide in Scotland: Comparisons Between Transgender and Non-Transgender Communities. Unpublished manuscript. PDF
McClelland, H. (2021). Exploring unique risk factors for suicidal thoughts, self-harm and suicide in young adults. Unpublished manuscript. PDF
McClelland, H. (2021). Preventative approaches, protective factors and interventions for the reduction of suicide among young people. Unpublished manuscript. PDF
McClelland, H. (2021). Distinguishing between types of suicidality in young people and predicting escalation of suicidality in adulthood. Unpublished manuscript. PDF
McClelland, H., Loney. K., Etherson, M. & Platt, S. (2021). Risk and protective factors associated with suicidal and self-injurious behaviours in the Scottish population. Unpublished manuscript. PDF
McClelland, H. & Platt, S. (2021). Lived Experience Panel Engagement Report n. Unpublished manuscript. PDF
McClelland, H., Zortea, T., Platt, S. & O’Connor R. C. (2020). Identifying and facilitating preventative actions targeted at risk groups: A rapid synthesis of the scientific evidence. Unpublished manuscript. PDF
McClelland, H. & Platt, S. (2020). Exploring Measures for Utilisation by a Suicide Bereavement Service. Unpublished manuscript. PDF
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