Keith Waters

4.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
59 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Keith Waters is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Emergency Medicine and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Keith Waters has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Clinical Psychology, 26 papers in Emergency Medicine and 14 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Keith Waters's work include Suicide and Self-Harm Studies (52 papers), Poisoning and overdose treatments (22 papers) and Mental Health Treatment and Access (14 papers). Keith Waters is often cited by papers focused on Suicide and Self-Harm Studies (52 papers), Poisoning and overdose treatments (22 papers) and Mental Health Treatment and Access (14 papers). Keith Waters collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Denmark and Australia. Keith Waters's co-authors include Navneet Kapur, Keith Hawton, Jennifer Ness, Jayne Cooper, Helen Bergen, Sarah Steeg, Galit Geulayov, Caroline Clements, Pauline Turnbull and Keith Hawton and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, PLoS ONE and The British Journal of Psychiatry.

In The Last Decade

Keith Waters

57 papers receiving 3.1k citations

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Suicide following self-harm: Findings from the Multicentre Study of self-harm in England, 2000–2012

2015 275 citations Keith Hawton, Helen Bergen et al. Journal of Affective Disorders profile →

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Keith Waters

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Jennifer Ness United Kingdom

Jayne Cooper United Kingdom

Joan Fagg United Kingdom

Sarah Steeg United Kingdom

Sue Simkin United Kingdom

Judith Horrocks United Kingdom

Deborah Casey United Kingdom

Pauline Turnbull United Kingdom

Alison Bond United Kingdom

S. Lee Hong Kong

Jennifer Ness United Kingdom

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Keith Waters

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Clements, Caroline, Harriet Bickley, Keith Hawton, et al.. (2025). Self-harm in women in midlife: rates, precipitating problems and outcomes following hospital presentations in the multicentre study of self-harm in England. The British Journal of Psychiatry. 227(1). 456–462. 1 indexed citations

Ness, Jennifer, et al.. (2024). A much-needed focus on self-harm in older adults. International Psychogeriatrics. 36(5). 332–335.

Ness, Jennifer, Samantha Kelly, Keith Waters, et al.. (2023). The characteristics, life problems and clinical management of older adults who self‐harm: Findings from the multicentre study of self‐harm in England. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 38(3). e5895–e5895. 6 indexed citations

Clements, Caroline, Keith Hawton, Galit Geulayov, et al.. (2023). Self-harm in university students: A comparative analysis of data from the Multicentre Study of Self-harm in England. Journal of Affective Disorders. 335. 67–74. 3 indexed citations

Geulayov, Galit, David Casey, Casey M. Clements, et al.. (2023). Variation in the clinical management of self-harm by area-level socio-economic deprivation: findings from the multicenter study of self-harm in England. Psychological Medicine. 54(5). 1004–1015. 1 indexed citations

Casey, Deborah, Galit Geulayov, Elizabeth Bale, et al.. (2020). Paracetamol self-poisoning: Epidemiological study of trends and patient characteristics from the multicentre study of self-harm in England. Journal of Affective Disorders. 276. 699–706. 19 indexed citations

Tsiachristas, Apostolos, Galit Geulayov, Deborah Casey, et al.. (2020). Incidence and general hospital costs of self-harm across England: estimates based on the multicentre study of self-harm. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences. 29. e108–e108. 27 indexed citations

Geulayov, Galit, Deborah Casey, Liz Bale, et al.. (2019). Suicide following presentation to hospital for non-fatal self-harm in the Multicentre Study of Self-harm: a long-term follow-up study. The Lancet Psychiatry. 6(12). 1021–1030. 119 indexed citations

Steeg, Sarah, Matthew Carr, Richard Emsley, et al.. (2018). Suicide and all-cause mortality following routine hospital management of self-harm: Propensity score analysis using multicentre cohort data. PLoS ONE. 13(9). e0204670–e0204670. 14 indexed citations

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Geulayov, Galit, Deborah Casey, Keltie McDonald, et al.. (2017). Incidence of suicide, hospital-presenting non-fatal self-harm, and community-occurring non-fatal self-harm in adolescents in England (the iceberg model of self-harm): a retrospective study. The Lancet Psychiatry. 5(2). 167–174. 220 indexed citations

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Geulayov, Galit, Navneet Kapur, Pauline Turnbull, et al.. (2016). Epidemiology and trends in non-fatal self-harm in three centres in England, 2000–2012: findings from the Multicentre Study of Self-harm in England. BMJ Open. 6(4). e010538–e010538. 133 indexed citations

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Clements, Caroline, Pauline Turnbull, Keith Hawton, et al.. (2016). Rates of self-harm presenting to general hospitals: a comparison of data from the Multicentre Study of Self-Harm in England and Hospital Episode Statistics. BMJ Open. 6(2). e009749–e009749. 80 indexed citations

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Townsend, Ellen, Jennifer Ness, Keith Waters, et al.. (2015). Self-harm and life problems: findings from the Multicentre Study of Self-harm in England. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 51(2). 183–192. 25 indexed citations

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Bergen, Helen, Keith Hawton, Keith Waters, et al.. (2012). How do methods of non-fatal self-harm relate to eventual suicide?. Journal of Affective Disorders. 136(3). 526–533. 97 indexed citations

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Bergen, Helen, Keith Hawton, Keith Waters, et al.. (2012). Premature death after self-harm: a multicentre cohort study. The Lancet. 380(9853). 1568–1574. 193 indexed citations

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Hawton, Keith, Helen Bergen, Sue Simkin, et al.. (2011). Impact of different pack sizes of paracetamol in the United Kingdom and Ireland on intentional overdoses: a comparative study. BMC Public Health. 11(1). 460–460. 32 indexed citations

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Bergen, Helen, Keith Hawton, Keith Waters, Jayne Cooper, & Navneet Kapur. (2010). Psychosocial assessment and repetition of self-harm: The significance of single and multiple repeat episode analyses. Journal of Affective Disorders. 127(1-3). 257–265. 65 indexed citations

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Hodgson, Richard, et al.. (2006). Trends and characteristics of deliberate self-harm hospital presentations in an English County. International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice. 10(1). 59–63. 4 indexed citations

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Hawton, Keith, Sue Simkin, Jonathan J Deeks, et al.. (2004). UK legislation on analgesic packs: before and after study of long term effect on poisonings. BMJ. 329(7474). 1076–1076. 187 indexed citations

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Kirk, Chris, et al.. (2000). Deliberate self-harm and antidepressant drugs. The British Journal of Psychiatry. 177(6). 551–556. 49 indexed citations

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