Melissa Pearson

1.8k total citations
41 papers, 688 citations indexed

About

Melissa Pearson is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Plant Science and Emergency Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Melissa Pearson has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 688 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Clinical Psychology, 16 papers in Plant Science and 12 papers in Emergency Medicine. Recurrent topics in Melissa Pearson's work include Suicide and Self-Harm Studies (22 papers), Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity (16 papers) and Poisoning and overdose treatments (12 papers). Melissa Pearson is often cited by papers focused on Suicide and Self-Harm Studies (22 papers), Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity (16 papers) and Poisoning and overdose treatments (12 papers). Melissa Pearson collaborates with scholars based in Sri Lanka, United Kingdom and Denmark. Melissa Pearson's co-authors include Flemming Konradsen, Michael Eddleston, David Gunnell, Duleeka Knipe, Chris Metcalfe, Shaluka Jayamanne, Manjula Weerasinghe, Won Jin Lee, Shu‐Sen Chang and Andrew Dawson and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Journal of Affective Disorders and BMC Public Health.

In The Last Decade

Melissa Pearson

36 papers receiving 682 citations

Peers

Melissa Pearson

Manjula Weerasinghe Sri Lanka

Emma J. Mew Canada

R Fernando Sri Lanka

S. Simkin United Kingdom

Dong Haur Phua Singapore

Susan H. Weaver United States

Yu Zeng China

Jack K. Leiss United States

Maria de Lourdes Denardin Budó Brazil

Ednaldo Cavalcante de Araújo Brazil

Manjula Weerasinghe Sri Lanka

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Countries citing papers authored by Melissa Pearson

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Melissa Pearson

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20 of 20 papers shown

Petticrew, Mark, Jeff Collin, Duleeka Knipe, et al.. (2025). Mapping commercial practices of the pesticide industry to shape science and policymaking: a scoping review. Health Promotion International. 40(1). 2 indexed citations

Agampodi, Thilini Chanchala, Michael Eddleston, Flemming Konradsen, et al.. (2024). Exploring fidelity of enactment in a cluster randomised controlled trial testing the effectiveness of ‘gatekeeper’ training for pesticide vendors in reducing self-poisoning in rural Sri Lanka: protocol for a multimethod qualitative study. BMJ Open. 14(7). e082688–e082688.

Taylor, Peter, Keith Hawton, Rob Poole, et al.. (2024). Financial Stress Amongst People Who Self-Harm in Sri Lanka. Archives of Suicide Research. 29(3). 700–717.

Pearson, Melissa, et al.. (2023). Alcohol use, self-harm and suicide: a scoping review of its portrayal in the Sri Lankan literature. Heliyon. 9(7). e17566–e17566.

Pearson, Melissa, Andrew Dawson, Jacques Raubenheimer, et al.. (2023). Community-based alcohol education intervention (THEATRE) study to reduce harmful effects of alcohol in rural Sri Lanka: design and adaptation of a mixed-methods stepped wedge cluster randomised control trial. BMJ Open. 13(6). e064722–e064722.

Weerasinghe, Manjula, Flemming Konradsen, Michael Eddleston, et al.. (2023). Differences in the characteristics of people who purchase pesticides from shops for self‐harm versus those who use pesticides available in the domestic environment in Sri Lanka. Tropical Medicine & International Health. 28(12). 901–911. 1 indexed citations

Weerasinghe, Manjula, Melissa Pearson, David Gunnell, et al.. (2021). Risk factors for deliberate self-harm in young people in rural Sri Lanka: a prospective cohort study of 22,000 individuals. Ceylon Medical Journal. 66(2). 87–87. 3 indexed citations

Pearson, Melissa, et al.. (2020). A Qualitative Analysis of Self-Harm and Suicide in Sri Lankan Printed Newspapers. Crisis. 42(1). 56–63. 8 indexed citations

Weerasinghe, Manjula, Melissa Pearson, Flemming Konradsen, et al.. (2020). Emerging pesticides responsible for suicide in rural Sri Lanka following the 2008–2014 pesticide bans. BMC Public Health. 20(1). 780–780. 18 indexed citations

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Konradsen, Flemming, Thilini Chanchala Agampodi, Birgitte Refslund Sørensen, et al.. (2019). A qualitative exploration of rural and semi-urban Sri Lankan men’s alcohol consumption. Global Public Health. 15(5). 678–690. 4 indexed citations

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Knipe, Duleeka, D. Gunnell, Manuj C. Weerasinghe, et al.. (2019). Socioeconomic position and suicidal behaviour in rural Sri Lanka: a prospective cohort study of 168,000+ people. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 54(7). 843–855. 10 indexed citations

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Knipe, Duleeka, D. Gunnell, Manjula Weerasinghe, et al.. (2017). Is socioeconomic position associated with risk of attempted suicide in rural Sri Lanka? A cross-sectional study of 165 000 individuals. BMJ Open. 7(3). e014006–e014006. 27 indexed citations

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Gunnell, David, Duleeka Knipe, Shu‐Sen Chang, et al.. (2017). Prevention of suicide with regulations aimed at restricting access to highly hazardous pesticides: a systematic review of the international evidence. The Lancet Global Health. 5(10). e1026–e1037. 153 indexed citations

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Eddleston, Michael, Kristian Schultz Hansen, Melissa Pearson, et al.. (2015). Cost-effectiveness analyses of self-harm strategies aimed at reducing the mortality of pesticide self-poisonings in Sri Lanka: a study protocol. BMJ Open. 5(2). e007333–e007333. 10 indexed citations

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Weerasinghe, Manjula, Flemming Konradsen, Michael Eddleston, et al.. (2015). Risk factors associated with purchasing pesticide from shops for self-poisoning: a protocol for a population-based case–control study. BMJ Open. 5(5). e007822–e007822. 6 indexed citations

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Rheinländer, Thilde, Birgitte Refslund Sørensen, Melissa Pearson, et al.. (2014). An investigation into the role of alcohol in self-harm in rural Sri Lanka: a protocol for a multimethod, qualitative study. BMJ Open. 4(10). e005860–e005860. 4 indexed citations

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Knipe, Duleeka, Melissa Pearson, Manjula Weerasinghe, et al.. (2014). Challenges and opportunities of a paperless baseline survey in Sri Lanka. BMC Research Notes. 7(1). 452–452. 12 indexed citations

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Knipe, Duleeka, Chris Metcalfe, Ravindra Fernando, et al.. (2014). Suicide in Sri Lanka 1975–2012: age, period and cohort analysis of police and hospital data. BMC Public Health. 14(1). 839–839. 65 indexed citations

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Pearson, Melissa, Anthony B. Zwi, & Nicholas A. Buckley. (2010). Prospective policy analysis: how an epistemic community informed policymaking on intentional self poisoning in Sri Lanka. Health Research Policy and Systems. 8(1). 19–19. 20 indexed citations

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Prager, Richard W., et al.. (1999). Practical segmentation of 3D ultrasound. Cambridge University Engineering Department Publications Database. 2 indexed citations

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