em. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Gernot Sonneck
Gernot is full professor emeritus of medical psychology. He is psychiatrist and psychotherapist affilated with the Vienna Crisis Intervention Center. He is the honorary chair of the Wiener Werkstaette for Suicide Research.
Selected Publications
Niederkrotenthaler T, Voracek M, Herberth A, Till B, Strauss M, Etzersdorfer E, Eisenwort B, Sonneck G.
(2010).
Role of media reports in completed and prevented suicide: Werther v. Papageno effects.
British Journal of Psychiatry, 197(3), 234-243.
10.1192/bjp.bp.109.074633.
Sonneck G, Etzersdorfer E, Nagel-Kuess S.
(1994).
Imitative suicide on the Viennese subway.
Social Science and Medicine, 38, 453-457.
10.1016/0277-9536(94)90447-2.
Wiener Werkstætte Publications
2023
Arendt F, Till B, Voracek M, Kirchner S, Sonneck G, Naderer B, Pürcher P, Niederkrotenthaler T.
(2023).
ChatGPT, artificial intelligence, and suicide prevention: A call for a targeted and concerted research effort.
Crisis 44(5):367-370.
10.1027/0227-5910/a000915.
2017
Laido Z, Voracek M, Till B, Pietschnig J, Eisenwort B, Dervic K, Sonneck G, Niederkrotenthaler T.
(2017).
The epidemiology of suicide among children and youth in Austria, 2001-2014.
Wiener klinische Wochenschrift – The Central European Journal of Medicine, 129(3), 121-128.
10.1007/s00508-016-1092-8.
Strauss MJ, Klimek P, Sonneck G, Niederkrotenthaler T.
(2017).
Suicides on the Austrian railway network: hotspot analysis and effect of proximity to psychiatric institutions.
Royal Society Open Science, 4(3), 160711.
10.1098/rsos.160711.
2016
Laido Z, Voracek M, Till B, Pietschnig J, Eisenwort B, Dervic K, Sonneck G, Niederkrotenthaler T.
(2016).
Epidemiology of suicides among children and adolescents in Austria, 2001-2014.
Wiener klinische Wochenschrift, 2016 Oct 14.
10.1007/s00508-016-1092-8.
Niederkrotenthaler T, Gould M, Sonneck G, Stack S, Till B.
(2016).
Predictors of psychological improvement on non-professional suicide message boards: Content analysis.
Psychological Medicine, 46(16), 3429-3442.
10.1017/S003329171600221X.
2015
Ajdacic-Gross V, Tran US, Bopp M, Sonneck G, Niederkrotenthaler T, Kapusta ND, Rössler W, Seifritz E, Voracek M.
(2015).
Understanding weekly cycles in suicide: An analysis of Austrian and Swiss data over 40 years.
Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, 24(4), 315-321.
10.1017/S2045796014000195.
Ajdacic-Gross V, Tran US, Bopp M, Sonneck G, Niederkrotenthaler T, Kapusta ND, Rössler W, Seifritz E, Voracek M.
(2015).
Understanding weekly cycles in suicide: An analysis of Austrian and Swiss data over 40 years – CORRIGENDUM.
Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, 24(4), 322-322.
10.1017/S2045796014000389.
Till B, Strauss M, Sonneck G, Niederkrotenthaler T.
(2015).
Determining the effects of films with suicidal content: a laboratory experiment.
British Journal of Psychiatry, 207(1), 72-78.
10.1192/bjp.bp.114.152827.
2014
Till B, Tran US, Voracek M, Sonneck G, Niederkrotenthaler T.
(2014).
Associations between film preferences and risk factors for suicide: An online survey.
PLOS ONE, 9(7), e102293.
10.1371/journal.pone.0102293.
2013
Kapusta ND, Tran US, Etzersdorfer E, Sonneck G.
(2013).
Firearm restriction, more precise [Letter to the editor].
Archives of Suicide Research, 17(3), 319-320.
10.1080/13811118.2013.805633.
Nader IW, Niederkrotenthaler T, Schild AHE, Koller I, Tran US, Kapusta ND, Sonneck G, Voracek M.
(2013).
Development of a scale to assess knowledge about suicide postvention using item response theory.
Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 43(2), 174-184.
10.1111/sltb.12006.
Till B, Herberth A, Sonneck G, Vitouch P, Niederkrotenthaler T.
(2013).
Who identifies with suicidal film characters? Determinants of identification with suicidal protagonists of drama films.
Psychiatria Danubina, 25(2), 158-162.
Till B, Herberth A, Voracek M, Sonneck G, Vitouch P, Niederkrotenthaler T.
(2013).
Die Wirkung von Filmen mit Suiziddarstellungen auf die emotionale Befindlichkeit der Zuschauer und der Einfluss von Rezeptionsmodalitäten und Coping-Strategien [The impact of suicide portrayals in films on viewers‘ emotional well-being and the mediating effects of emotional modes of reception and coping strategies].
Suizidprophylaxe, 40(3), 107-117.
Till B, Sonneck G, Baldauf G, Steiner E, Niederkrotenthaler T.
(2013).
Reasons to love life: Effects of a suicide awareness campaign on the utilization of a telephone emergency line in Austria.
Crisis – The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention, 34(6), 382-389.
10.1027/0227-5910/a000212.
Till B, Vitouch P, Herberth A, Sonneck G, Niederkrotenthaler T.
(2013).
Personal suicidality in the reception of and identification with suicidal film characters.
Death Studies, 37(4), 383-392.
10.1080/07481187.2012.673531.
Till B, Voracek M, Herberth A, Strauss M, Etzersdorfer E, Eisenwort B, Sonneck G, Niederkrotenthaler T.
(2013).
The role of interviews with health professionals in the media in suicide prevention.
Archives of Suicide Research, 17(1), 88-89. (letter).
10.1080/13811118.2013.748419.
2012
Dervic K, Amiri L, Niederkrotenthaler T, Yousef S, Salem MO, Voracek M, Sonneck G.
(2012).
Suicide rates in the national and expatriate population in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
The International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 58(6), 652–656.
10.1177/0020764011430038.
Niederkrotenthaler T, Sonneck G, Dervic K, Nader IW, Voracek M, Kapusta ND, Etzersdorfer E, Mittendorfer-Rutz E, Dorner T.
(2012).
Predictors of suicide and suicide attempt in subway stations: A population-based ecological study.
Journal of Urban Health, 89(2):339-53.
Niederkrotenthaler T, Sonneck G, Dervic K, Nader IW, Voracek M, Kapusta ND, Etzersdorfer E, Mittendorfer-Rutz E, Dorner T.
(2012).
Predictors of suicide and suicide attempt in subway stations: a population-based ecological study.
Journal of Urban Health : Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine, 89(2), 339–353.
10.1007/s11524-011-9656-4.
2011
Dervic K, Amiri L, Niederkrotenthaler T, Yousef S, Salem MO, Voracek M, Sonneck G.
(2011).
Suicide rates in the national and expatriate population in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 58(6):652-6.
Kapusta ND, Tran US, Rockett IRH, De Leo D, Naylor CPE, Niederkrotenthaler T, Voracek M, Etzersdorfer E, Sonneck G.
(2011).
Declining autopsy rates and suicide misclassification: A cross-national analysis of 35 countries.
Archives of General Psychiatry, 68(10), 1050-1057.
10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2011.66.
Nader IW, Pietschnig J, Niederkrotenthaler T, Kapusta ND, Sonneck G, Voracek M.
(2011).
Suicide seasonality: complex demodulation as a novel approach in epidemiologic analysis.
PloS One, 6(2), e17413.
10.1371/journal.pone.0017413.
Till B, Niederkrotenthaler T, Herberth A, Voracek M, Sonneck G, Vitouch P.
(2011).
Coping and film reception: A study on the impact of film dramas and the mediating effects of emotional modes of film reception and coping strategies.
Journal of Media Psychology, 23(3), 149-160.
10.1027/1864-1105/a000048.
2010
Fajkic A, Lepara O, Voracek M, Kapusta ND, Niederkrotenthaler T, Amiri L, Sonneck G, Dervic K.
(2010).
Child and adolescent suicides in Bosnia and Herzegovina before and after the war (1992-1995).
Crisis, 31(3):160-4.
10.1027/0227-5910/a000021.
Kapusta ND, Posch M, Niederkrotenthaler T, Fischer-Kern M, Etzersdorfer E, Sonneck G.
(2010).
Availability of mental health service providers and suicide rates in Austria: a nationwide study.
Psychiatric Services (Washington, D.C.), 61(12), 1198–1203.
10.1176/ps.2010.61.12.1198.
Kapusta ND, Voracek M, Niederkrotenthaler T, Dervic K, Etzersdorfer E, Plener PL, Schneider E, Stein C, Sonneck G.
(2010).
Characteristics of police officer suicides in the federal Austrian police corps.
Crisis, 31(5):265-71.
10.1027/0227-5910/a000033.
Niederkrotenthaler T, Voracek M, Herberth A, Till B, Strauss M, Etzersdorfer E, Eisenwort B, Sonneck G.
(2010).
Role of media reports in completed and prevented suicide: Werther v. Papageno effects.
British Journal of Psychiatry, 197(3), 234-243.
10.1192/bjp.bp.109.074633.
Niederkrotenthaler T, Voracek M, Herberth A, Till B, Strauss M, Etzersdorfer E, Eisenwort B, Sonneck G.
(2010).
Papageno v Werther effect.
British Medical Journal, 341, 5841. (letter).
10.1136/bmj.c5841.
Till B, Niederkrotenthaler T, Herberth A, Vitouch P, Sonneck G.
(2010).
Suicide in films: The impact of suicide portrayals on non-suicidal viewers’ well-being and the effectiveness of censorship.
Suicide & Life-Threatening Behavior, 40(4), 319-327.
10.1521/suli.2010.40.4.319.
2009
Kapusta ND, Niederkrotenthaler T, Etzersdorfer E, Voracek M, Dervic K, Jandl-Jager E, Sonneck G.
(2009).
Influence of psychotherapist density and antidepressant sales on suicide rates.
Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 119(3):236-42.
10.1111/j.1600-0447.2008.01314.x.
Niederkrotenthaler T, Till B, Herberth A, Kapusta ND, Voracek M, Dervic K, Etzersdorfer E, Sonneck G.
(2009).
Can media effects counteract legislation reforms? The case of adolescent firearm suicides in the wake of the Austrian firearm legislation.
Journal of Adolescent Health, 44(1), 90-93.
10.1016/j.jadohealth.2008.05.010.
Niederkrotenthaler T, Till B, Herberth A, Voracek M, Kapusta ND, Etzersdorfer E, Strauss M, Sonneck G.
(2009).
The gap between suicide characteristics in the print media and in the population.
European Journal of Public Health, 19(4), 361-364.
10.1093/eurpub/ckp034.
Niederkrotenthaler T, Till B, Kapusta ND, Voracek M, Dervic K, Sonneck G.
(2009).
Copycat effects after media reports on suicide: A population-based ecologic study.
Social Science & Medicine, 69(7), 1085-1090.
10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.07.041.
Voracek M, Loibl LM, Dervic K, Kapusta N, Niederkrotenthaler T, Sonneck G.
(2009).
Consistency of immigrant suicide rates in Austria with country-of-birth suicide rates: A role for genetic risk factors for suicide?
Psychiatry Research, 170 (2-3):286-9.
10.1016/j.psychres.2008.10.032.
2008
Voracek M, Loibl LM, Kapusta ND, Niederkrotenthaler T, Dervic K, Sonneck G.
(2008).
Not carried away by a moonlight shadow: no evidence for associations between suicide occurrence and lunar phase among more than 65,000 suicide cases in Austria, 1970-2006.
Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift, 120(11–12), 343–349.
10.1007/s00508-008-0985-6.
Voracek M, Tran US, Sonneck G.
(2008).
Psychometric properties of the Revised Facts on Suicide Quiz in Austrian medical and psychology undergraduates.
Death Studies, 32(10), 937-950.
10.2466/pms.105.1.3-7.
2007
Dervic K, Friedrich MH, Sonneck G.
(2007).
Suicidal behavior in Austrian children and adolescents.
Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, 4:133-139.
Niederkrotenthaler T, Herberth A, Sonneck G.
(2007).
[The “Werther-effect”: legend or reality?].
Neuropsychiatrie : Klinik, Diagnostik, Therapie und Rehabilitation : Organ der Gesellschaft Osterreichischer Nervenarzte und Psychiater, 21(4), 284–290.
Niederkrotenthaler T, Sonneck G.
(2007).
Assessing the impact of media guidelines for reporting on suicides in Austria: interrupted time series analysis.
The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 41(5), 419–428.
10.1080/00048670701266680.
Voracek M, Tran US, Sonneck G.
(2007).
Facts and myths about seasonal variation in suicide.
Psychological Reports, 100(3), 810-814.
10.2466/pr0.100.3.810-814.
1994
Sonneck G, Etzersdorfer E, Nagel-Kuess S.
(1994).
Imitative suicide on the Viennese subway.
Social Science and Medicine, 38, 453-457.
10.1016/0277-9536(94)90447-2.