Research
Our main research projects are:
- development and evaluation of strategies for suicide prevention
- cooperation regarding the Austrian Suicide Prevention Action Plan
- monitoring of Austrian suicide data
- and the development of guidelines for media reporting about suicide
Main fields of research include:
- suicide epidemiology
- suicide and the media, Werther and Papageno effects
- public health and basic psychological research relating to suicide research
- psychiatric epidemiology with a special focus on mental disorders
- suicidality in children, adolescents, and the elderly
- gun control laws
- and quantitative and qualitative research methodology