Seena Fazel
@seenafazel
Prof of Forensic Psychiatry, Oxford University; researching adverse outcomes in mental illness, suicide prevention, forensic mental health
🧵New study alert: We've developed OxSET, a risk model to assess risk of repeat self-harm after someone presents to hospital with a self-harm episode. Developed and validated using Swedish national data from over 50,000 individuals. @BMJMentalHealth #MentalHealth #SelfHarm
📣 New in @BMJMentalHealth 👇🏼 Early Warning Score Predicts #Psychiatric #Hospitalisation Across #Diagnoses with High Accuracy A step forward for timely, #preventative #mentalhealth care. @MaximeTaquet @seenafazel Link: 👇🏼 mentalhealth.bmj.com/content/28/1/e…
Editing a special issue of @BMJMentalHealth on epidemiology of suicide. Incl. evidence syntheses, research on risk factors, risk modelling. With @AmirSariaslan, Angharad de Cates. Deadline 31/12/25. 25% discount on article fees (will be 2557 GPB). mentalhealth.bmj.com/pages/epidemio…
"These conditions have a serious impact on the safety and wellbeing of prisoners, as we continue to see worrying levels of death and self-harm across the prison estate." Read our response to @HMIPrisonsnews report here: iapdeathsincustody.independent.gov.uk/news/iapdc-res….
Today we have published our 2024-25 Annual Report, which details "yet another very difficult year for all those living and working in prisons in England and Wales." ⬇️ Find out more below and read the report: hmiprisons.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/hmipris_report…
Journal impact factors for 2024 out recently (specifically 2-yr IF) New entrants in top 10: Evidence-Based Mental Health, Nature MH. Other relevant: Lancet Public Health 25, PLoS Med 10, BMJ Mental Health=5 but based on 1 yr data (due to name change. I'm a section editor)
Here's a finding you can use in practice now... This online suicide risk calculator for bipolar / schizophrenia is quick, straight-forward, and has decent sensitivity (55-58%) and specificity (70-75%): oxrisk.com/oxmis From new analysis: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40203965
Our new systematic review (led by colleagues in Berlin) examines prevalence of prolonged grief disorder. Open access: link.springer.com/article/10.100…
NEW: Read our @NCISH_UK paper examining the link between domestic violence and suicidality in women. Addressing the impacts of DV is an integral part of #SuicidePrevention sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
This year's FRN summer symposium, hosted at @InstituteMH, focuses on translating evidence into policy in forensic settings, and features Professor Pamela Taylor. Now only weeks away (Fri July 19th). Still places available. institutemh.org.uk/research/foren…
“Chemical castration” hit the headlines after the government published plans to ease prison overcrowding. Ella Hubbard explores this and other proposals bmj.com/content/389/bm…
See the blog by Oxford ethicist Tom Douglas on some media discussion about headline recommendations: publicethics.org/post/is-consen…
The piece discusses other health-related issues: bmj.com/content/389/bm…
Totally agree. The new sentencing guidelines do not address the needs of those those with a serious mental illness leaving prison. They are ignored time and time again. I’m doubtful though that MHS’s have the capacity or the inclination to be involved