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Martin Voracek
Univ.-Prof. MMag. DDDr. Martin Voracek

Martin is Full Professor of Psychological Research Methods - Research Synthesis at the Department of Cognition, Emotion and Methods in Psychology, School of Psychology, University of Vienna.

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.
2022
Niederkrotenthaler T, Till B, Kirchner S, Sinyor M, Braun M, Pirkis J, Tran US, Voracek M, Arendt F, Ftanou M, Kovacs R, King K, Schlichthorst M, Stack S, Spittal MJ. (2022). Effects of media stories of hope and recovery on suicidal ideation and help-seeking attitudes and intentions: Systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. Lancet Public Health, 7(2), e156-e168. 10.1016/S2468-2667(21)00274-7.
Niederkrotenthaler T, Tran US, Baginski H, Sinyor M, Strauss MJ, Sumner SA, Voracek M, Till B, Murphy S, Gonzalez F, Gould M, Garcia D, Draper J, Metzler H. (2022). Association of 7 million+ tweets featuring suicide-related content with daily calls to the Suicide Prevention Lifeline and with suicides, United States, 2016-2018. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. Online ahead of print. 10.1177/00048674221126649.
2021
Capron DW, Andel R, Voracek M, Till B, Niederkrotenthaler T, Bauer BW, Anestis MD, Tran US. (2021). Time-series analyses of firearm-related Google searches and United States suicide rates 2004-2016. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior. 10.1111/sltb.12728.
Niederkrotenthaler T, Tran US, Gould M, Sinyor M, Sumner S, Strauss MJ, Voracek M, Till B, Murphy S, Gonzalez F, Spittal MJ, Draper J. (2021). Association of Logic’s Hip Hop Song 1-800-273-8255 with Lifeline Calls and Suicides in the United States: Interrupted Time-Series Analysis. BMJ 375:e067726. 10.1136/bmj-2021-067726.
2020
Eskin M, Tran US, Carta MG, Poyrazli S, Flood C, Mechri A, Hamdan M, Janghorbani M, Khader Y, Yoshimasu K, Sun JM, Kujan O, Abuidhail J, Aidoudi K, Bakhshi S, Harlak H, Moro MF, Phillips L, Shaheen A, Taifour S, Tsuno K, Voracek M. (2020). Is individualism suicidogenic? Findings from a multi-national study with young adults from 12 countries. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 11, Article 259. 10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00259.
Niederkrotenthaler T, Braun M, Pirkis J, Till B, Stack S, Sinyor M, Tran US, Voracek M, Cheng Q, Arendt F, Scherr S, Yip PSF, Spittal M. (2020). Association between suicide reporting in the media and suicide: systematic review and meta-analysis. British Medical Journal, 368:m575. 10.1136/bmj.m575.
Sinyor M, Tran US, Garcia D, Till B, Voracek M, Niederkrotenthaler T. (2020). Suicide mortality in the United States following the suicides of Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain_. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. Advance online publication. 10.1177/0004867420976844.
2019
Eskin M, Poyrazli S, Janghorbani M, Bakhshi S, Carta MG, Moro MF, Tran US, Voracek M, Mechri A, Aidoudi K, Hamdan M, Nawafleh H, Sun JM, Flood C, Phillips L, Yoshimasu K, Tsuno K, Kujan O, Harlak H, Khader Y, Shaheen A, Taifour S. (2019). The role of religion in suicidal behavior, attitudes and psychological distress among university students: A multinational study. Transcultural Psychiatry, 56(5), 853-877. 10.1177/1363461518823933.
Till B, Fraissler M, Voracek M, Tran US, Niederkrotenthaler T. (2019). Associations between suicide risk factors and favorite songs: Content analysis and cross-sectional study. Crisis – The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention, 40(1), 7-14. 10.1027/0227-5910/a000523.
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.
Till B, Tran US, Voracek M, Niederkrotenthaler T. (2017). Beneficial and harmful effects of educative suicide prevention websites: randomised controlled trial exploring Papageno _v_. Werther effects. British Journal of Psychiatry, 211(2), 109-115." 10.1192/bjp.bp.115.177394.
Tran US, Andel R, Niederkrotenthaler T, Till B, Ajdacic-Gross V, Voracek M. (2017). Low validity of Google Trends for behavioral forecasting of national suicide rates. PLoS ONE, 12(8), e0183149. 10.1371/journal.pone.0183149.
2016
Eskin M, Kujan O, Voracek M, Shaheen A, Carta MG, Sun JM, Flood C, Poyrazli S, Janghorbani M, Yoshimasu K, Mechri A, Khader Y, Aidoudi K, Bakhshi S, Harlak H, Hmead M, Moro MF, Nawafleh H, Phillips L, Taifour S, Tran US, Tsuno K. (2016). Cross-national comparisons of attitudes towards suicide and suicidal persons in university students from 12 countries. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 57(6), 554-563. 10.1111/sjop.12318.
Eskin M, Sun JM, Abuidhail J, Yoshimasu K, Kujan O, Janghorbani M, Flood C, Carta MG, Tran US, Mechri A, Hamdan M, Poyrazli S, Aidoudi K, Bakhshi S, Harlak H, Moro MF, Nawafleh H, Phillips L, Shaheen A, Taifour S, Tsuno K, Voracek M. (2016). Suicidal behavior and psychological distress in university students: A 12-nation study. Archives of Suicide Research, 20(3), 369-388. 10.1080/13811118.2015.1054055.
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.
Till B, Tran US, Voracek M, Niederkrotenthaler T. (2016). Music and suicidality: A study on associations between music preferences and risk factors of suicide. Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, 72(4), 340-356. 10.1177/0030222815575284.
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.
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
Amiri L, Voracek M, Yousef S, Galadari A, Yammahi S, Sadeghi MR, Eskin M, Dervic K. (2013). Suicidal behavior and attitudes among medical students in the United Arab Emirates. Crisis, 34(2):116-23.
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.
Schild AHE, Pietschnig J, Tran US, Voracek M. (2013). Genetic association studies between SNPs and suicidal behavior: A meta-meta-analysis. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry, 46, 36-42. 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2013.06.014.
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, 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.
Nader IW, Tran US, Baranyai P, Voracek M. (2012). Investigating dimensionality of Eskin’s Attitudes toward Suicide Scale with Mokken scaling and confirmatory factor analysis. Archives of Suicide Research, 16(3), 226-237. 10.1080/13811118.2012.695271.
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, 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.
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
Loibl LM, Tran US, Hirner A, Voracek M. (2008). Lay theories of suicide: Test-retest reliability and further validation of Lester and Bean’s Attribution of Causes to Suicide scale. Psychiatria Danubina, 20(1), 26-30.
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
Kõlves K, Tran US, Voracek M. (2007). Knowledge about suicide and local suicide prevalence: Comparison of Estonia and Austria. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 105(1), 3-7. 10.2466/PMS.105.1.3-7.
Voracek M, Tran US. (2007). Dietary tryptophan intake and suicide rate in industrialized nations. Journal of Affective Disorders, 98(3), 259-262. 10.1016/j.jad.2006.07.019.
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.