David While

2.9k total citations
64 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

David While is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, David While has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Clinical Psychology, 16 papers in Social Psychology and 12 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in David While's work include Suicide and Self-Harm Studies (30 papers), Mental Health Treatment and Access (16 papers) and Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending (8 papers). David While is often cited by papers focused on Suicide and Self-Harm Studies (30 papers), Mental Health Treatment and Access (16 papers) and Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending (8 papers). David While collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Japan. David While's co-authors include Navneet Kapur, Jenny Shaw, Louis Appleby, Kirsten Windfuhr, Patricia Sloper, Nicola Swinson, E Andrea Nelson, Bill Boyle, Alison Roscoe and Isabelle M. Hunt and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and The British Journal of Psychiatry.

In The Last Decade

David While

63 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David While United Kingdom 26 1.2k 523 467 230 225 64 2.0k
Stacey Freedenthal United States 20 1.5k 1.2× 289 0.6× 651 1.4× 365 1.6× 208 0.9× 33 2.1k
Massimiliano Orri Canada 30 1.5k 1.3× 286 0.5× 422 0.9× 391 1.7× 411 1.8× 126 2.6k
Richard E. Tremblay Canada 7 1.1k 0.9× 399 0.8× 498 1.1× 291 1.3× 189 0.8× 8 2.2k
Angela Bucciarelli United States 11 1.2k 1.0× 443 0.8× 246 0.5× 306 1.3× 69 0.3× 15 2.0k
Ruth S. Shim United States 25 780 0.6× 316 0.6× 561 1.2× 692 3.0× 243 1.1× 65 2.1k
Kathryn Puskar United States 23 846 0.7× 257 0.5× 447 1.0× 585 2.5× 89 0.4× 106 1.8k
Michel Perreault Canada 25 816 0.7× 234 0.4× 415 0.9× 847 3.7× 298 1.3× 151 2.0k
Norah Mulvaney‐Day United States 17 1.1k 0.9× 763 1.5× 599 1.3× 731 3.2× 119 0.5× 32 2.2k
Alisa K. Lincoln United States 25 1.5k 1.2× 893 1.7× 366 0.8× 820 3.6× 162 0.7× 85 2.5k
Nicholas Procter Australia 23 1.1k 0.9× 399 0.8× 407 0.9× 748 3.3× 167 0.7× 143 1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by David While

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Fields of papers citing papers by David While

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David While

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ibrahim, Said A., Alison Roscoe, Harriet Bickley, et al.. (2016). The timing of general population and patient suicide in England, 1997–2012. Journal of Affective Disorders. 197. 175–181. 28 indexed citations
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Saini, Pooja, Khatidja Chantler, David While, & Navneet Kapur. (2016). Do GPs want or need formal support following a patient suicide?: a mixed methods study. Family Practice. 33(4). 414–420. 15 indexed citations
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Windfuhr, Kirsten, David While, Navneet Kapur, et al.. (2016). Suicide risk linked with clinical consultation frequency, psychiatric diagnoses and psychotropic medication prescribing in a national study of primary-care patients. Psychological Medicine. 46(16). 3407–3417. 25 indexed citations
4.
Kapur, Navneet, Said A. Ibrahim, David While, et al.. (2016). Mental health service changes, organisational factors, and patient suicide in England in 1997–2012: a before-and-after study. The Lancet Psychiatry. 3(6). 526–534. 61 indexed citations
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Hassan, Lamiece, Jane Senior, Roger T. Webb, et al.. (2016). Prevalence and appropriateness of psychotropic medication prescribing in a nationally representative cross-sectional survey of male and female prisoners in England. BMC Psychiatry. 16(1). 346–346. 34 indexed citations
6.
Carr, Matthew, Darren M. Ashcroft, Evangelos Kontopantelis, et al.. (2016). Clinical management following self-harm in a UK-wide primary care cohort. Journal of Affective Disorders. 197. 182–188. 26 indexed citations
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Clements, Caroline, Steven Jones, Richard Morriss, et al.. (2014). Self-harm in bipolar disorder: Findings from a prospective clinical database. Journal of Affective Disorders. 173. 113–119. 11 indexed citations
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Rodway, Cathryn, Sandra Flynn, David While, et al.. (2014). Patients with mental illness as victims of homicide: a national consecutive case series. The Lancet Psychiatry. 1(2). 129–134. 25 indexed citations
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While, David, Harriet Bickley, Alison Roscoe, et al.. (2012). Implementation of mental health service recommendations in England and Wales and suicide rates, 1997–2006: a cross-sectional and before-and-after observational study. The Lancet. 379(9820). 1005–1012. 203 indexed citations
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Gunnell, David, Chris Metcalfe, David While, et al.. (2012). Impact of national policy initiatives on fatal and non-fatal self-harm after psychiatric hospital discharge: time series analysis. The British Journal of Psychiatry. 201(3). 233–238. 20 indexed citations
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Swinson, Nicola, Sandra Flynn, David While, et al.. (2011). Trends in rates of mental illness in homicide perpetrators. The British Journal of Psychiatry. 198(6). 485–489. 21 indexed citations
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Hunt, Isabelle M., Nicola Swinson, Ben Palmer, et al.. (2010). Method of Suicide in the Mentally Ill: A National Clinical Survey. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior. 40(1). 22–34. 12 indexed citations
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Windfuhr, Kirsten, Harriet Bickley, David While, et al.. (2010). Nonresident Suicides in England: A National Study. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior. 40(2). 151–158. 13 indexed citations
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Saini, Pooja, Kirsten Windfuhr, Anna Pearson, et al.. (2010). Suicide prevention in primary care: General practitioners' views on service availability. BMC Research Notes. 3(1). 246–246. 33 indexed citations
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Galea, Karen S., Martie van Tongeren, Anne Sleeuwenhoek, et al.. (2009). Trends in Wood Dust Inhalation Exposure in the UK, 1985–2005. The Annals of Occupational Hygiene. 53(7). 657–67. 32 indexed citations
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Windfuhr, Kirsten, David While, Isabelle M. Hunt, et al.. (2008). Suicide in juveniles and adolescents in the United Kingdom. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 49(11). 1155–1165. 119 indexed citations
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Charlton, Anne, et al.. (1999). Saying “no” to cigarettes: a reappraisal of adolescent refusal skills. Journal of Adolescence. 22(5). 695–707. 21 indexed citations
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While, David, S. Kelly, Wei‐Chun Huang, & Andrew Charlton‐Perez. (1996). Cigarette advertising and onset of smoking in children: questionnaire survey. BMJ. 313(7054). 398–399. 39 indexed citations
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Sloper, Patricia & David While. (1996). Risk Factors in the Adjustment of Siblings of Children with Cancer. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 37(5). 597–607. 78 indexed citations
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While, David, et al.. (1995). The diet and body weight of British teenage smokers at 16-17 years.. PubMed. 49(12). 904–14. 23 indexed citations

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