David Gunnell

Head of Research and Professor of Epidemiology

Research Interests

Aetiogical epidemiology and in particular the role of early life factors in the development of cardiovascular disease and cancer; psychiatric epidemiology - suicide and attempted suicide; health service research.

Publications

Gunnell D, Harbord R, Singleton N, Jenkins R, Lewis G. Is low IQ associated with an increased risk of developing suicidal thoughts? Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 2009;44(1):34-38.

Chen Y-Y, Gunnell D, and Lu T-H. Descriptive epidemiological study of sites of suicide jumps in Taipei, Taiwan. Inj. Prev., 2009; 15: 41 - 44.

Rowlands M-A, Gunnell D, Harris R, Vatten L, Holly JMP, Martin RM. Circulating insulin-like growth factor peptides and prostate cancer risk: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Int J Cancer 2009; 124, 2416–2429

Chang S-S, Gunnell D, Sterne JAC, Lu T-H, Cheng ATA. Was the economic crisis 1997–1998 responsible for rising suicide rates in East/Southeast Asia? A time–trend analysis for Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore and Thailand. Soc Sci Med 2009; 68:1322-1331

Martin R. Davey Smith G. Gunnell D. Do infants who are breast-fed have an altered risk of developing cancer?. Advances in Experimental Medicine & Biology. 639:167-98, 2009.

Martin RM, Vatten L, Gunnell D, Romundstad P, Nilsen TIL. Components of the metabolic syndrome and risk of prostate cancer: the HUNT 2 cohort, Norway. Cancer Causes and Control 2009 DOI 10.1007/s10552-009-9319-x

Odd D.E, Lewis G, Whitelaw A, Gunnell D, Resuscitation at birth and cognition at 8 years of age: a cohort study. Lancet 2009; 373: 1615-1622

Wheeler B, Metcalfe C, Martin RM, Gunnell D. International impacts of regulatory action to limit antidepressant prescribing on rates of suicide in young people. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety. 2009 DOI: 10.1002/pds.1753

Shrier A, Wolke D, Thomas K, Horwood J, Hollis C, Gunnell D, Lewis G, Thompson A, Zammit S, Duffy L, Salvi G, Harrison G. Prospective study of peer victimization in childhood and psychotic symptoms in a non-clinical population at age 12 years. Arch Gen Psych 2009;66:727-536

Whitley E, Martin R, Davey Smith G, Holly JMP, Gunnell D. Childhood stature and adult cancer risk: the Boyd Orr cohort. Cancer Causes and Control 2009; 20:243-251

Thomas K, Harrison G, Zammit S, Lewis G, Horwood J, Heron J, Hollis C, Wolke D, Thompson A, Gunnell D The association of measures of fetal and childhood growth with non-clinical psychotic symptoms in 12 year olds: the ALSPAC cohort. Br J Psych 2009; 194:521-6

Hawton K, Bergen H, Simkin S, Brock A, Griffiths C, Romeri E, Smith KL, Kapur N, Gunnell D Effect of withdrawal of co-proxamol on prescribing and deaths from drug poisoning in England and Wales: time series analysis. BMJ 2009 338:b2270, doi: 10.1136/bmj.b2270 (Published 18 June 2009) / 339: 435-438

Alati R, Gunnell D, Najman J, Williams G, Lawlor D.Is IQ in Childhood Associated with Suicidal Thoughts and Attempts? Findings from The Mater University Study of Pregnancy and Its Outcomes. Suicide Life Threat Behav 2009; 39(3): 282-93 .
Batty D, Shipley M, Gunnell D, Huxley R, Kivimaki M, Woodward M, Lee C, Davey Smith G. Height, wealth and health: An overview with new data from three longitudinal studies. Economics and Human Biology 2009;7:137-152

Zammit, S.; Odd, D.; Horwood, J.; Thompson, A.; Thomas, K.;
Menezes, P.; Gunnell, D.; Hollis, C.; Wolke, D.; Lewis, G. Investigating whether adverse prenatal and perinatal events are associated with non-clinical psychotic symptoms at age 12 years in the ALSPAC birth cohort. Psychol Med 2009;39: 1457-1468

Gunnell D, Hawton K, Ho D, Evans J, O’Connor S, Potakar J, Donovan J, Kapur N. Hospital admissions for self harm after discharge from psychiatric inpatient care: cohort study. BMJ 2008;337:a2278

Romundstad LB, Romundstad P, Sunde a, von Düring V, R Skjærven, Gunnell D, Vatten LJ. Effects of technology or maternal factors on perinatal outcome after assisted fertilisation: a population-based cohort study. Lancet 2008;372:737-743

Hussain S, Gunnell D, Donovan J, McPhail S, Hamdy F, Neal D, Albertsen P, Verne J, Stephens P, Trotter C, Martin RM. Secular trends in prostate cancer mortality, incidence and treatment: England and Wales, 1975-2004. BJU 2008; 1-9

Rogers PJ, Appleton KM, Kessler D, Peters TJ, Gunnell D, Hayward RC, Heatherley V, Christian LM, McNaughton SA, Ness AR. No effect of n-3 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid (EPA and DHA) supplementation on depressed mood and cognitive function: a randomised controlled trial. Br J Nutr 2008;99:421-431.

Dalman C, Allebeck P, Gunnell D, Harrison G, Kristensson K, Lewis G, Lofving S, Wicks S, Rasmussen F, Karlsson H. Infections in the CNS during childhood and the risk of subsequent psychotic illness. A cohort study of more than one million Swedish subjects. Am J Psychiatry 2008; 165: 59 - 65.

Wilks MF, Fernando R, Ariyananda PL, Eddleston M, Berry DJ, Tomeson JA, Buckley NA, Jayamanne S, Gunnell D, Dawson A. Improvement in survival after paraquat following introduction of a new formulation in Sri Lanka. PloS Medine 2008; PLoS Med 5(2): e49 doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0050049

Tu Y-K, Gunnell D, Gilthorpe MS Simpsons Paradox, Lord's Paradox, and Suppression Effects are the same phenomenon - the reversal paradox Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2008, 5:2 (22 Jan 2008)

Odd DE, Rasmussen F, Gunnell D, Lewis G, Whitelaw A. A cohort study of low Apgar scores and cognitive outcomes Arch. Dis. Child. Fetal Neonatal Ed., 2008; 93: F115 - F120

Manuel C, Gunnell D, van der Hoek W, Dawson A, Wijeratne IK, Konradsen F. Self-poisoning in Rural Sri Lanka: small-area variations in incidence.BMC Public Health 2008; 8(1): 26

Biddle L, Brock A, Brookes S, Gunnell D. Why are young men's suicides declining in England and Wales in the 21st Century? A time trend study. BMJ 2008;336 539-542

Wheeler B, Gunnell D, Metcalfe C, Martin R. The population impact on incidence of suicide and non-fatal self harm of regulatory action against the use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors in under 18s in the United Kingdom: ecological study. BMJ 2008;336:542-5.

Bjerkeset O, Romundstad P, Evans J, Gunnell D. The association of adult body mass index and height with anxiety, depression, and suicide in the general population: The HUNT study. Am J Epid 2008; 167: 193-202.

Judge A, Evan S, Gunnell DJ, Albertsen PC, Verne J, Martin RM. Patient outcomes and length of hospital stay after radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer: analysis of Hospital Episode Statistics for England. BJU International doi 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2007.07118.x

Nilsen TI, Romundstad P, Petersen H, Gunnell D, Vatten L. Recreational Physical Activity and Cancer Risk in Subsites of the Colon (the HUNT Study) Cancer Epi Biomarkers Prev 2008; 17: 183-188.

Abeyasinghe R, Gunnell D. Psychological autopsy study of suicide in three rural and semi-rural districts of Sri Lanka. Soc Psych Psych Epi 2008; 43: 280-5

Middleton N, Sterne J, Gunnell D. An atlas of suicide mortality: England and Wales 1988-1994. Health and Place 2008;14:492-506.

Biddle L, Donovan J, Hawton K, Kapur N, Gunnell D. Suicide and the Internet: BMJ 2008;336:800-802

Collin SM, Martin RM, Metcalfe C, Gunnell D, Albertsen PC, Neal D, Hamdy F, Stephens P, Lane JA, Moore R, Donovan J. Prostate-cancer mortality in the USA and UK in 1975–2004: an ecological study. Lancet Oncology 2008 doi:10.1016/S1470-2045(08)70104-9

Martin R, Gunnell D, Whitley E, Nicolaides AN, Griffin M, Georgiou N, Davey Smith G, Holly JMP. Associations of Insulin-Like Growth Factor (IGF)-I, IGF-II, IGF Binding Protein (IGFBP)-2 and IGFBP-3 with Ultrasound Measures of Atherosclerosis and Plaque Stability in an Older Adult Population. J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. 2008; 93: 1331 - 1338.

Åsvold BO, Bjøro T, Nilsen TIL; Gunnell D, Vatten LJ Thyrotropin levels and risk of fatal coronary heart disease: the HUNT study. Arch Int Med 2008;168:855-860.

Vatten L, Holly J, Gunnell D, Tretli S. Nested case control study of the association of circulating levels of serum IGF-I and IGFBP-3 with breast cancer in young women in Norway. Can Epi Biom Prev 2008

Bjerkeset O, Romundstad P, Gunnell D. Gender-specific associations of mixed anxiety and depression with suicide. BJ Psych 2008; 192: 474-5

Scazufca M, Menezes PR, Araya R, Di Rienzo VD, Almeida OP, Gunnell D, Lawlor DA. Risk factors across the life course and dementia in a Brazilian population: results from the Sao Paulo Ageing & Health Study (SPAH) International Journal of Epidemiology 2008;1–12 doi:10.1093/ije/dyn125

Odd DE, Doyle P, Gunnell D, Lewis G, Whitelaw A, Rasmussen F. Risk of low Apgar score and socioeconomic position: a study of Swedish male births. Acta Pædiatrica. Early View, Date: May 2008 DOI 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2008.00862.x

Appleton K, Gunnell D, Peters TJ, Ness AR, Kessler D, Rogers P. No clear evidence of an association between plasma concentrations of n-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids and depressed mood in a non-clinical population. Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids 2008;78: 337–342

Andersson L, Allebeck P, Gustafsson J-E, Gunnell D. The Association of IQ Scores and School Achievement With Suicide in a 40-year Follow-Up of a Swedish Cohort Act Psych Scand 2008; 118: 98-105

Vatten LJ, Holly JM, Gunnell D, Tretli S. Nested Case-Control Study of the Association of Circulating Levels of Serum Insulin-like Growth Factor I and Insulin-like Growth Factor Binding Protein 3 with Breast Cancer in Young Women in Norway CEBP 2008;17:2097-2100.

Zuccolo L, Harris R, Gunnell D, Oliver S, Lane JA, Davis M, Donovan J, Neal D, Hamdy F, Beynon R, Savovic J, Martin RM Height and Prostate Cancer Risk: A Large Nested Case-Control Study (ProtecT) and Meta-analysis. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008;17:2325–36

Martin RM, Vatten L, Gunnell D, Romundstad P, Nilsen TIL. Lower urinary tract symptoms and risk of prostate cancer: The HUNT 2 Cohort, Norway. Int. J. Cancer: 2008;123: 1924–1928

Horwood J, Salvi G, Thomas K, Duffy L, Gunnell D, Hollis C, Lewis G, Wolke D, Thompson A, Zammit S, Harrison G IQ and non-clinical psychotic symptoms in 12 year olds: results from the ALSPAC birth cohort. Br J Psych 2008;193:185-191

Zammit S, Horwood J, Thompson A, Thomas K, Menezes P, Gunnell D, Hollis C, Wolke C, Lewis G, Harrison Gl. Investigating if psychosis-like symptoms (PLIKS) are associated with family history of schizophrenia or paternal age in the ALSPAC birth cohort. Schizophrenia Research 2008;104: 279-286

Whitley E, Gunnell D, Davey Smith G, Holly JMP, Martin R. Childhood circumstances and anthropometry: the Boyd Orr cohort Ann Hum Biol 2008; 35:518-534

Gunnell D, Eddleston M, Phillips M, Konradsen F. The global burden of fatal pesticide self-poisoning: Systematic review. BMC Public Health 2007, 7:357doi:10.1186/1471-2458-7-357

Biddle L, Donovan J, Sharp D, Gunnell D. Explaining non-help-seeking amongst young adults with mental distress: a dynamic interpretive model of illness behaviour
Sociol Health Illness 2007; 29:983-1002

Humphreys V; Martin RM; Ratcliffe B; Duthie S; Wood S; Gunnell D; Collins AR Age-related increases in DNA repair and antioxidant protection: A comparison of the Boyd Orr Cohort of elderly subjects with a younger population sample. Age and Ageing 2007; 36: 521-526

Gunnell D, Fernando R, Hewagama M, Priyangika WDD, Konradsen F, Eddleston M The impact of pesticide regulations on suicide in Sri Lanka. In J Epid 2007;36:1235-42

van der Pols JC, Bain C, Gunnell D, Davey Smith G, Frobisher C, Martin RM Childhood Dairy Intake and Adult Cancer Risk: 65-Year Follow-Up of the Boyd Orr Cohort. Am J Clin Nutr 2007;86:1722-29

Zammit S, Rasmussen F, Farahmand B, Gunnell D, Lewis G, Tynelius P, Brobert, G P Height and body mass index in young adulthood and risk of schizophrenia: a longitudinal study of 1 347 520 Swedish men. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica 2007:116:5:378-385

Gunnell D, Lewis S, Wilkinson J, Georgieva L, Davey Smith G, Day INM, Holly JMP O'Donovan MC, Owen MJ, Kirov G, Zammit S IGF1 and growth pathway polymorphisms and schizophrenia: a pooling study. American Journal of Medial Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics 2007;144b:117-120.

Agerbo E, Sterne J, Gunnell D. Combining individual and ecological data to determine compositional and contextual socioeconomic risk factors for suicide. Soc Sci Med 2007;64:451-461

Bennewith O, Nowers M, Gunnell D. The effect of the barriers on the Clifton Suspension Bridge, England on local patterns of suicide: implications for prevention. B J Psych 2007;190:266-7

Martin RM, Goodhall SH, Davey Smith G, Gunnell D. Breastfeeding in infancy and social mobility: 60 year follow-up of the Boyd Orr cohort. Arch Dis Childhood 2007 doi:10.1136/adc.2006.105494

Kivimaki M, Gunnell D, Lawlor DA, Davey Smith G, Pentti J, Virtanen M, Elovainio M, Klaukka T, Vahtera J. Social Inequalities in antidepressant treatment and mortality: a longitudinal register study. Psychol Med 2007; 37:373-382

Martin RM, Holly JMP, Nicos Middleton, Davey Smith G, Gunnell D. Childhood diet and insulin-like growth factors in adulthood: 65-year follow-up of the Boyd Orr Cohort. Eur J Clin Nutr 2007; 1-12 Advanced on-line publication

Kapur N, Turnbull P, Hawton K, Simkin S, MacKway-Jones K, Gunnell D. The Hospital Management of Fatal Self-Poisoning in Industrialized Countries: An Opportunity for Suicide Prevention. Suicide and Life Threatening Behaviour. 2006; 36: 302-311

Bray I, Gunnell D. Suicide rates, life satisfaction and happiness as markers for population mental health Soc Psych Psych Epi 2006;41:333-337

Rogers I, Metcalfe C, Gunnell D, Emmett P, Dunger D, Holly J and the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children Study Team. Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I and Growth in Height, Leg Length, and Trunk Length between Ages 5 and 10 Years. J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab 2006; 91: 2514 - 2519.

Eddleston M, Dissanayake M, Sherrif R, Warrell D, Gunnell D. Increased physical vulnerability as a cause of fatal deliberate self-harm in the elderly. Br J Psych 2006;189:278-9

Martin R, Gunnell D, Hamdy F, Neal D, Lane A, Donovan J. Continuing controversy over managing men with localized prostate cancer: a systematic review of programmes in the prostate specific antigen era. J Urol 2006; 176: 439-449

Eddleston M, Buckley NA, Gunnell D, Dawson AH, Konradsen F. Identification of Strategies to Prevent Deaths from Pesticide Self- Poisoning using a Haddon Matrix. Injury Prevention 2006;12:333-337

Middleton N, Sterne J, Gunnell D The geography of despair amongst 15-44 year old males in England and Wales: Putting suicide on the map. J Epidemiol Comm Health 2006;60:1040-1047

Harrison G, Whitely E, Rasmussen F, Lewis G, Dalman C Gunnell D. Risk of schizophrenia and other non-affective psychosis among individuals exposed to head injury: case control study. Sz Res 2006;88: 119-126

Biddle L, Donovan JL, Gunnell D, Sharp D. Young adults' perceptions of the GP as a help source for mental distress: a qualitative study Br J GP 2006;56:924-931

Batty D, Gunnell D, Langenberg C, Davey Smith G, Marmot M, Shipley M. Adult height and lung function as markers of lifecourse exposures: associations with risk factors and cause-specific mortality. E J Epid 2006; 21:795-801

Appleton KM, Hayward RC, Gunnell D, Peters TJ, Rogers PJ, Kessler D, Ness AR Effects of n-3 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids on depressed mood: Systematic review of published trials. Am J Clin Nutr 2006;84:1308-16

Martin R, Holly JM, Davey Smith G, Gunnell D Associations of adiposity from childhood into adulthood with insulin resistance and the insulin-like growth factor (IGF) system: 65 year follow-up of the Boyd Orr Cohort JECM 2006; 91: 3287-3295

Stark C, Belbin A, Hopkins P, Gibbs D, Hay A, Gunnell D Male suicide and occupation in Scotland. Health Statistics Quarterly 2006; 29:26-29

Magnusson P, Rasmussen F, Lawlor D, Tynelius P, Gunnell D. Association of body mass index with suicide mortality - a prospective cohort study of more than one million men. Am J Epid 2006;163:1-8

Eddleston M, Karunaratne A, Weerakoon M, Kumarasinghe S, Rajapakshe M, Rezvi Sheriff MH, Buckley NA, Gunnell D . Choice of poison for intentional self-poisoning in rural Sri Lanka. Clin Toxicol 2006;44:283-6.

Reseland S, Bray I, Gunnell D. Relationship between antidepressant sales and secular trends in suicide rates in the Nordic countries. Br J Psych 2006; 188:354-358

Eddleston M, Sudarshan K, Senthilkumaran M, Reginald K, Karalliedde L, Senarathna L, de Silva D, Rezvi Sheriff MH, Buckley NA, Gunnell D . Patterns of hospital transfer for self-poisoned patients in rural Sri Lanka: implications for estimating the incidence of self-poisoning in the Developing World. WHO Bulletin 2006;84: 276-282

Maynard M , Gunnell D , Ness AR, Abraham L, Bates CJ, Blane D. What influences diet in early old age? Prospective and cross-sectional analyses of the Boyd Orr cohort Eur J Public Health, 2006; 16:829-827

Rogers I, Emmett P, Gunnell D , Dunger D, Holly JMP. Milk as a food for growth? The IGF link. J Pub Health Nutrition 2006;9:359-368

Lawlor DA, Martin RM, Gunnell D , Ben-Shlomo Y, McCarron P, Davey Smith G. The association of body mass index measured in childhood, adolescence and young adulthood with coronary heart disease and stroke risk: findings from three historical cohort studies. Am J Clin Nutr 2006;83:767-773

Gunnell D , Saperia J, Ashby D. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and suicide in adults: a meta-analysis of drug company data from placebo-controlled randomised controlled trials submitted to the MHRA's safety review. BMJ 2005;330:385-9

Lewis S. Zammit S, Gunnell D , Davey Smith G. A meta-analysis of MTHFR C677T polymorphism and schizophrenia risk American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics 2005;135B; 2-4

Martin R, Ebrahim S, Griffin M, Davey Smith G, Nicolaides AN, Georgiou N, Watson S, Frankel S, Holly J, Gunnell D . Breastfeeding and atherosclerosis: intima-media thickness and plaques at 65 year follow up of the Boyd Orr Cohort. ATVB 2005;25: 1-7.

Martin R, Holly J, Davey Smith G, Ness AR, Emmett P, Rogers I, Gunnell D . Could associations between breastfeeding and insulin-like growth factors underlie associations of breastfeeding with adult chronic disease? The Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children. Clin Endocrinol 2005;62:728-737

Martin RM, Gunnell D , Pemberton J, Frankel S, Davey Smith G. Cohort Profile: The Boyd Orr cohort-an historical cohort study based on the 65 year follow-up of the Carnegie Survey of Diet and Health (1937-39) Int. J. Epidemiol. 2005; 34: 742-749

Martin RM, Gunnell D , Pemberton J, Watson S, Frankel S, Davey Smith G. The Boyd Orr cohort: an historical cohort study based on the 65 year follow-up of the Carnegie Survey of Diet and Health (1937-39) Int. J. Epidemiol. 2005;34: 755-757

Martin RM, Middleton N, Gunnell D , Owen CG, Davey Smith G. Breastfeeding and cancer: the Boyd Orr cohort and a systematic review with meta-analysis. JNCI 2005;97:1446-1457

Martin R, May M, Gunnell D . Did intense adverse media publicity impact on the prescribing of paroxetine and the notification of suspected adverse drug reactions? Analysis of routine databases 2001-2004. Br J Clin Pharmcol 2005; e-pub ahead of paper publication

Martin RM , Gunnell D , Owen CG, Davey Smith G. Breastfeeding and childhood cancer: a systematic review with meta-analysis. Int J Cancer 2005;117:1020-1031

Eddleston M, Gunnell D , Karunaratne A, de Silva D, Rezvi Sheriff MH, Buckley NA Epidemiology of Intentional Self-Poisoning in Sri Lanka. B J Psych 2005;187:497-499

Gunnell D , Miller L, Rogers I, Holly JMP. The association of IGF-I and IGFBP-3 with IQ among 8-to-9-year-old children in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) Pediatrics 2005;116:681-686

Martin R, Ben-Shlomo Y, Gunnell D, Elwood P, Yarnell J, Davey Smith G. Breastfeeding and cardiovascular disease risk factors, incidence and mortality: the Caerphilly Study JECH 2005;59:121-129

Magnusson P, Gunnell D, Tynelius P, Davey Smith G, Rasmussen F. Strong inverse association between height and suicide in a large cohort of Swedish males. Evidence of early life origins of suicidal behaviour? Am J Psychiatry 2005;162:1373-1375

Bennewith O, Gunnell D, Kapur N, Turnbull P, Simkin S, Sutton L, Hawton K. Suicide by hanging: a multi-centre study based on coroners' records in England. Br J Psych 2005;186:260-1

Simkin S, Hawton K, Sutton L, Gunnell D, Bennewith O, Turnbull P, Kapur N. Co-proxamol and suicide: a review to inform initiatives to prevent the continuing toll of overdose deaths Quarterly Journal of Medicine 2005;98:159-170

Gunnell D , Lewis G. Studying suicide from the lifecourse perspective: implications for prevention. Br J Psychiatry 2005;187:206-8.

Evans J, Evans M, Morgan HG, Hayward A, Gunnell D. Crisis card following self-harm: 12 month follow-up of a randomized controlled trial. Br J Psych 2005;187:186-7

Gunnell D , Harrison G, Whitley E, Lewis G, Tynelius P, Rasmussen F. The association of fetal and childhood growth with risk of schizophrenia. Cohort study of 720,000 Swedish men and women. Schizophrenia Research 2005;79:315-322

Oliver I, Pearson N, Coe N, Gunnell D. Help-seeking behaviour in men and women with common mental health problems: a cross-sectional study. Br J Psych 2005;186:297-301

Gunnell D, Bennewith O, Peters TJ, House AO, Hawton K. The epidemiology and management of self-harm amongst adults in England. J Pub Health Med 2005;27(1):67-73

Gunnell D, Bennewith O, Hawton K, Simkin S, Kapur N. The epidemiology and prevention of suicide by hanging: a systematic review. International Journal of Epidemiology 2005; 34:433-442

Hollinghurst S, Kessler D, Peters TJ, Gunnell D The opportunity cost of antidepressant prescribing in England. BMJ 2005; 330:999-1000

Gunnell D, Magnusson P, Rasmussen F. Low intelligence test scores in 18 year old men and risk of suicide: cohort study. BMJ 2005; 330:167-170

Rogers I, Gunnell D, Emmett P, Dunger D, Holly JM and the ALSPAC Study Team. Cross-sectional associations of diet and IGF levels in 7-8 year old children. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention 2005; 14(1):204-212

Konradsen F, van der Hoek W, Gunnell D, Eddleston M. Missing Deaths from Pesticide Self-Poisoning in the Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical Safety's Fourth Meeting Report. Bull WHO 2005;83(2):157-158

Hawton K, Simkin S, Gunnell D, Sutton L, Bennewith O, Turnbull P, Kapur N A multicentre study of co-proxamol poisoning suicides based on coroners' records in England. Br J Clin Pharmacol 2005;59:207-212

Martinez C, Rietbrock S, Wise L, Ashby D, Chick J, Moseley J, Evans S, Gunnell D Antidepressant treatment and the risk of fatal and non-fatal self-harm in first episode depression- a nested case-control study. BMJ 2005;330:389-393

Gunnell D, Saperia J, Ashby D, Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and suicide in adults: meta-analysis of drug company data from placebo controlled randomised controlled trials submitted to the MHRA's safety review. BMJ; 2005;330:385-393

Martin RM, Gunnell D, Davey Smith G. Breastfeeding in infancy and blood pressure in later life: systematic review and meta analysis. Am J Epid 2005; 161:15-26

Gunnell D, Oliver SE, Donovan JL, Peters TJ, Gillatt D, Persad R, Hamdy FC, Neal DE, Holly JMP. Do height-related variations in insulin-like growth factors underlie the associations of stature with adult chronic disease? J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2004 89: 213-218

Cullum A, McCarthy A, Gunnell D, Davey Smith G, Sterne JAC Ben Shlomo Y Dietary restraint and the mis-reporting of anthropometric measures by middle aged adults, Int J Obes 2004;28:426-433

Gunnell D, Holly JMP. Do insulin-like growth factors underlie associations of birth complications, fetal and pre-adult growth with schizophrenia? Schizophrenia Research 2004;67: 309-311

Gunnell D, Martin R Patterns of GP consultation for mental illness by young people in rural areas. A cross-sectional study. Health Stats Quarterly. 2004;21:30-33

Martin R, Ness A, Gunnell D, Emmett P, Davey Smith G. Does breast feeding in infancy lower blood pressure in childhood? The Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children. Circulation 2004;109:1259-1266.

Biddle L, Gunnell D, Sharp D, Donovan J. Factors influencing help-seeking in mentally distressed young adults: a cross-sectional survey. Br J Gen Pract 2004; 54:248-25

Martin R, Davey Smith G, Frankel S, Gunnell D. Parents growth in childhood and the birthweight of their offspring. Epidemiology 2004;15: 308-316.

Martin R, Davey Smith G, Frankel S, Tilling K, Gunnell D. Breastfeeding and Cardiovascular mortality: the Boyd Orr cohort and a systematic review with meta-analysis. Eur Heart Journal 2004;25:778-786.

Bennewith O, Gunnell D, Peters TJ, Hawton K, House A. Variations in the hospital management of self-harm in adults in England: observational study. BMJ 2004;328:1108-1109

Evans J, Middleton N, Gunnell D. Social fragmentation, severe mental illness and suicide. Soc Psych Psych Epi 2004;39:165-170

Gunnell D, Ashby D. Antidepressants and suicide: what is the balance of benefit and harm? BMJ 2004;329:34-38

Lawlor DA, Taylor M, Davey Smith G, Gunnell D, Ebrahim S. Associations of components of adult height with coronary heart disease in postmenopausal women: the British women's heart and health study. Heart. 2004; 90: 745 - 749.

Oliver SE, Holly JMP, Peters TJ, Donovan JL, Persad R, Gillatt D, Pearce A, Hamdy FC, Neal DE, Gunnell D. Measurement of the insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-axis does not enhance the specificity of PSA-based prostate cancer screening. Urology 2004; 64:317-322

Jeffreys M, Davey Smith G, Martin RM, Frankel S, Gunnell D Childhood body mass index and later cancer risk: a 50 year follow up of the Boyd Orr study. Int J Cancer 2004;112:348-451

Thompson A, Shaw M, Harrison G, Verne J, Ho D, Gunnell D. Patterns of hospital admission for adult psychiatric illness in England: analysis of Hospital Episode Statistics data. Br J Psychiatry 2004;185:334-341

Gunnell D, Harbord R, Singleton N, Jenkins R, Lewis G. Factors influencing the development and amelioration of suicidal thoughts in the general population. Br J Psychiatry 2004;185:385-393

Sipos A, Rasmussen F, Harrison G, Tynelius P, Lewis G, Leon DA, Gunnell D Paternal Age and schizophrenia: A population based cohort study. BMJ 2004;329:1070-3

Haw C, Sutton L, Simkin S, Gunnell D, Kapur N, Nowers M, Hawton K. Suicide by Gunshot in the United Kingdom:a Review of the Literature. Med Sci and Law 2004;44:295-310

Jeffreys M, Warren R, Gunnell D, McCarron P, Davey Smith G. Life course breast cancer risk factors and adult breast density. Cancer Causes and Control 2004; 15:947-955.

Oliver S, Barrass B, 'Gunnell D, Donovan J, Peters TJ, Persad R, Gillatt D, Neal DE, Hamdy FC, Holly J, Serum insulin-like growth factor-I is positively associated with serum prostate-specific antigen in middle-aged men without evidence of prostate cancer. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention 2004;13:163-165

Oliver SE, Gunnell D, Donovan J, Peters TJ, Persad R, Gillatt D, Pearce A, Neal DE, Hamdy FC, Holly J. Screen-detected prostate cancer and the insulin-like growth factor axis: results of a population-based case-control study. International Journal of Cancer 2004;108:887-892

Middleton N, Whitley E, Frankel S, Dorling D, Sterne J, Gunnell D. Suicide risk in small areas in England and Wales, 1991 -1993. Soc Psych Psyci 2004;39:45-52

Gunnell D, Ho D, Murray V, Medical Management of deliberate drug overdose: a neglected area for suicide prevention? Emergency Medical Journal 2004;21:35-38

Gunnell D, Eddleston M. Suicide by intentional ingestion of pesticides: a continuing tragedy in developing countries. International Journal of Epidemiology 2003;32:902-909

Dorling D, Gunnell D. Suicide: the spatial and social components of despair in Britain 1980-2000. Transactions of the Institute of British Georgraphers 2003;442-460

Rasmussen F, Gunnell D, Ekbom A, Hallqvist J, Tynelius P, Birth weight, adult height and testicular cancer: cohort study of 337,249 Swedish young men. Cancer Causes and Control 2003;14:595-598

Jeffreys M, Warren R, Davey-Smith G, Gunnell D, Breast Density: agreement of measures from film and digital image. The British Journal of Radiology 2003;76:561-563

Gunnell D, Oliver S, Peters T, Donovan J, Raj MM, Gillatt D, Pearce A, Hamdy FC, Neal D, & Holly J. Are diet prostate cancer associations mediated by the IGF axis? A cross-sectional analysis of diet, IGF-I and IGFBP-3 in healthy middle-aged men. British Journal of Cancer 2003;88:1682-1686

Okasha M, McCarron P, Gunnell D, Davey-Smith G. Exposures in childhood adolescence and early adulthood and breast cancer risk: a systematic review of the literature - Breast Cancer Research & Treatment 2003;223:276-278

Jeffreys M, McCarron P, Gunnell D, McEwen J, Davey Smith G, Body mass index in early and mid-adulthood, and subsequent mortality: a historical cohort study International Journal of Obesity 2003;27:1391-1397

Gunnell D, Middleton N, Whitley E, Frankel S, Dorling D. Why are suicide rates in young men increasing but falling in the elderly? - a time series analysis of trends in England and Wales 1950-1998. Soc Sci Med 2003;595:611

Maynard M, Gunnell D, Emmett PM, Frankel S, Davey Smith G. Fruit, vegetables, and antioxidants in childhood and risk of adult cancer: the Boyd Orr cohort. Epidemiol Comm Health 2003;57:218-225

Martin R, Sterne J, Gunnell D, Ebrahim S, Davey Smith G, Frankel S. NHS waiting lists: evidence of national or local failure? Analysis of health services data. BMJ 2003;326:188-192

Harrison G, Fouskakis D, Rasmussen F, Tynelius P, Sipos A, Gunnell D. Association between psychotic disorder and urban place of birth is not mediated by obstetric complications or childhood socio-economic position: a cohort study - Psychol Med 2003;33:723-731

Gunnell D, Whitley E, Upton M, McConnachie A, Davey Smith G, Watt GCM. Associations of height, leg length and lung function with cardiovascular risk factorsin the Midspan Family Study. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2003;57:141-146

Middleton N, Gunnell D, Whitley E, Frankel S, Dorling D. Urban-rural differences in suicide trends in young adults: England and Wales, 1981-1998. Soc Science and Medicine 2003;57:1183-1194

Okasha M, McCarron P, Davey Smith G, Gunnell D. Trends in body mass index from 1948 to 1968: results from the Glasgow Alumni Cohort. Int J Obes 2003;27:638-640

Gunnell D, Rasmussen F, Fouskakis D, Tynelius P, Harrison G. Patterns of fetal and childhood growth and the development of psychosis in young males: a cohort study. Gunnell D, Rasmussen F, Fouskakis D, Tynelius P, Harrison G. Am J Epid 2003;158(4):291-300

Gunnell D, Middleton N, Whitley E, Dorling D, Frankel S. The influence of cohort effects on post-war patterns of suicide in England and Wales. Br J Psychiatry 2003;182:164-170

Bennewith O, Stocks N, Gunnell D, Peters T, Evans M, Sharp D. General practice based intervention to prevent repeat episodes of deliberate self harm: cluster randomised controlled trial. BMJ 2002;324:1254-7

Bartlett C, Gunnell D, Harrison G, Moore L. Neurotic Symptoms, stress or deprivation: which is most closely associated with the incidence of suicide: An ecological study of English Health Authorities. Psychol Med 2002, 32:1131-1136

Gunnell D, Bennewith O, Peters TJ, Stocks N, Sharp D. Do patients who self-harm consult their General Practitioner soon after hospital discharge? A cohort study. Soc Psych Psyci Epid 2002;37:599-602

Gunnell D, Rasul F, Stansfeld SA, Hart CL, Davey Smith G. Gender differences in self-reported common mental disorder and their association with suicide: a 20 year follow-up of the Renfrew and Paisley cohort. Soc Psych Psych Epid 2002;37:457-459

Gunnell D, Harrison G, Rasmussen F, Fouskakis D, Tynelius P. Associations between pre-morbid intellectual performance, early life exposures and early onset schizophrenia: a cohort study. Br J Psych 2002;181:298-305

Martin R, Davey Smith G, Mangtani P, Frankel S, Gunnell D. Association between breastfeeding and growth: the Boyd Orr cohort study. Arch Dis Childhood Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2002;87:F193-F201

Martin R, Hemingway H, Gunnell D, Karsch K, Baumbach A, Frankel S. Population need for coronary revascularisation: are national targets credible? Heart 2002;88:627-633

Gunnell D. Can adult anthropometry be used as a 'biomarker' for prenatal and childhood exposures? (Commentary) Int J Epid 2002;31:390-394.

Harrison G, Gunnell D, Glazebrook C, Page K, Kwiecinski R. Association between schizophrenia and social inequality at birth: case control study. Br J Psych 2001;179:346-350

Hawton K, Harriss L, Hodder K, Simkin S, Gunnell D. The influence of the economic and social envrionment on deliberate self harm and suicide: an ecological and person-based study. Psychol Med 2001;31:827-836

Gunnell D, Okasha M, Davey Smith G, Oliver SE, Sandhu J, Holly JMP. Height, leg length and cancer risk: a systematic review. Epidemiol Rev 2001;23:296-325

Middleton N, Gunnell D, Whitley E, Dorling D, Frankel S. Secular trends in antidepressant prescribing in the UK, 1975-1997. J Pub Health Med 2001;23:262-267

Hawton K, Townsend E, Deeks J, Appleby L, Gunnell D, Bennewith O, Cooper J. Effects of change in legislation on pack size of paracetamol and salicylate on self-poisoning in the United Kingdom: before and after study. BMJ 2001;322:1203-7.

Gunnell D, Rogers J, Dieppe P. Height and health - predicting longevity from bone length in archaeological remains. J Epidemiol Community Health 2001;55: 505-507

Dedman DJ, Gunnell D, Davey Smith G, Frankel S. Childhood housing conditions and later mortality in the Boyd Orr cohort. J Epidemiol Community Health 2001;55:10-15.

Oliver S, May M, Gunnell D. International trends in prostate cancer mortality in the 'PSA era'. Int J Cancer 2001;92:893-898.

Davey Smith G, Whitley E, Dorling D, Gunnell D. Area based measures of social and economic circumstances: cause specific mortality patterns depend on the choice of index. J Epidemiol and Community Health 2001;55:149-150.

Davey Smith G, Gunnell D, Holly J. Insulin-like growth factor-I and cancer. Epidemiological insights into a potential mechanism linking environment and cancer risk. BMJ 2000;321:847-8.

Oliver SE, Gunnell D, Donovan J. Comparison of trends in prostate-cancer mortality in England and Wales and the USA. Lancet 2000; 355:1788-9.

Wilkinson D, Gunnell D. Youth suicide trends in Australian metropolitan and non-Metropolitan areas, 1988-1997. Aust New Zealand J Psychiatry 2000;34:822-828.

Gunnell D, Coast J, Richards SH, Peters TJ, Pounsford JC, Darlow M-A. How great a burden does early hospital discharge to hospital at home impose on carers? A randomised controlled trial. Age and Ageing 2000;137-142.

Wilkinson D, Gunnell D. Comparison of trends in method-specific suicide rates in Australia with trends in England and Wales between 1968 and 1997. Aust N Z J Public Health 2000;24:153-157.

Gunnell D, Middleton N, Frankel S. Method availability and the prevention of suicide - a reanalysis of secular trends in England and Wales 1950-1975. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 2000;35:437-444.

Gunnell DJ. The Epidemiology of Suicide. Int Rev Psychiatry 2000; 12:21-26.

Gunnell D. Height and cancer - indirect evidence of the role of IGFs in cancer aetiology. Growth Hormone and IGF Research 1999;9:335.

Frankel S, Davey Smith G, Gunnell D. Childhood socioeconomic position and adult cardiovascular mortality: the Boyd Orr cohort. Am J Epid 1999;150:1081-4.

Holly JMP, Gunnell D, Davey Smith G. Growth hormones, IGF-I and Cancer. Journal of Endocrinology 1999;162:321-330.

Gunnell DJ, Davey Smith G, McConnachie A, Greenwood R, Upton M, Frankel S. Separating in-utero and postnatal influences on later disease. Lancet 1999;354:1526-7.

Whitley E, Gunnell DJ, Dorling S, Davey Smith G. Ecological study of social fragmentation, poverty and suicide. BMJ 1999;319:1034-1037.

Gunnell D, Wehner H, Frankel S. Sex differences in suicide trends in England and Wales Lancet 1999;353:556-7

Evans M, Morgan H, Hayward A, Gunnell D. Crisis telephone consultation for deliberate self harm patients: effects on repetition. Br J Psych 1999;175:23-27

Bray I, Gunnell D , Holly JMP, Middleton N, Davey Smith G, Martin RM. Associations of childhood and adulthood height and the components of height with insulin-like growth factor (IGF) levels in adulthood: 65 year follow-up of the Boyd Orr cohort Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism 2006; 91:1382-1389.

Bennewith, O., Hawton, K., Simkin, S., Sutton, L., Kapur, N., Turnbull, P., Gunnell, D . The usefulness of coroners' data on suicides for providing information relevant to prevention. Suicide and Life Threatening Behaviour 2005;35:607-614

Stark C, Belbin A, Hopkins P, Gibbs D, Hay A, Gunnell D Male suicide and occupation in Scotland. Health Statistics Quarterly 2006; 29:26-29

Magnusson P, Rasmussen F, Lawlor D, Tynelius P, Gunnell D. Association of body mass index with suicide mortality - a prospective cohort study of over one million men. Am J Epid 2006;163:1-8

Kinra S. Davey Smith G. Jeffreys M. Gunnell D . Galobardes B. McCarron P. Association between sibship size and allergic diseases in the Glasgow Alumni Study Thorax. 61(1):48-53, 2006

Reseland S, Bray I, Gunnell D. Relationship between antidepressant sales and secular trends in suicide rates in the Nordic countries. Br J Psych 2006; 188:354-358

Wiles NJ, Peters TJ, Heron J, Gunnell D , Emond A, Lewis G and the ALSPAC Study Team. Fetal growth and childhood behavioural problems: Results from the ALSPAC cohort. Am J Epid 2006;163:829-827

Rogers I, Emmett P, Gunnell D , Dunger D, Holly JMP. Milk as a food for growth? The IGF link. J Pub Health Nutrition 2006;9:359-368

Gunnell D, A conversation with John Pemberton. Epidemiology 2006;17:479-482

Maynard M, Ness A, Abraham L, Blane D, Bates C, Gunnell D . Selecting a healthy diet score: lessons from a study of diet and health in early old age (Boyd Orr cohort). Public Health Nutrition 2005;8: 321-326

Lewis S. Zammit S, Gunnell D , Davey Smith G. A meta-analysis of MTHFR C677T polymorphism and schizophrenia risk American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics 2005;135B; 2-4

Gunnell D , Nowers M, Bennewith O. Suicide by jumping: is prevention possible? Suicidologi 2005; 10:15-17

Martin RM, Middleton N, Gunnell D , Owen CG, Davey Smith G. Breastfeeding and cancer: the Boyd Orr cohort and a systematic review with meta-analysis. JNCI 2005;97:1446-1457

Martin RM , Gunnell D , Owen CG, Davey Smith G. Breastfeeding and childhood cancer: a systematic review with meta-analysis. Int J Cancer 2005;117:1020-1031

Eddleston M, Gunnell D , Karunaratne A, de Silva D, Rezvi Sheriff MH, Buckley NA Epidemiology of Intentional Self-Poisoning in Sri Lanka. B J Psych 2005;187:497-499

Bennewith O, Peters TJ, Hawton K, House A, Gunnell D . Factors associated with the non-assessment of self-harm patients attending an Accident and Emergency Department: Results of a national study. J Affect Dis 2005;89:91-97

Hill SA, Critchard C, Laugharne R, Gunnell D Changing patterns of suicide in a poor, rural county over the 20 th Century- a comparison with national trends. Soc Psych Psych Epi 2005;40:601-4.

Kapur N, Turnbull P, Hawton K, Simkin S, Sutton L, Mackway-Jones K, Bennewith O, Gunnell D. Self-poisoning suicides in England: a multicentre study QJM 2005;98:589-97.

Martin R, Ben-Shlomo Y, Gunnell D, Elwood P, Yarnell J, Davey Smith G. Breastfeeding and cardiovascular disease risk factors, incidence and mortality: the Caerphilly Study JECH 2005;59:121-129

Bennewith O, Gunnell D, Kapur N, Turnbull P, Simkin S, Sutton L, Hawton K. Suicide by hanging: a multi-centre study based on coroners’ records in England. Br J Psych 2005;186:260-1

Gunnell D , Lewis G. Studying suicide from the lifecourse perspective: implications for prevention. Br J Psychiatry 2005;187:206-8.

Wicks S, Hjern A, Gunnell D, Lewis G, Dalman C. Social adversity in childhood and the risk of developing psychosis- a national cohort study. Am J Psychiatry 2005;162:1652-1657

Evans J, Evans M, Morgan HG, Hayward A, Gunnell D. Crisis card following self-harm: 12 month follow-up of a randomized controlled trial. Br J Psych 2005;187:186-7

Ness A, Maynard M, Frankel S, Davey Smith G, Frobisher C, Leary S, Emmett PM, Gunnell D. Diet in childhood and adult cardiovascular and all-cause mortality: the Boyd Orr cohort. Heart 2005;91:894-898

Sutton L, Hawton K, Simkin S, Turnbull P, Kapur N, Bennewith O, Gunnell D. Gunshot Suicides in England: a Multicentre Study based on Coroners’ Records. Soc Psych Psych Epi 2005;40:324-328

Oliver I, Pearson N, Coe N, Gunnell D. Help-seeking behaviour in men and women with common mental health problems: a cross-sectional study. Br J Psych 2005;186:297-301

Gunnell D, Bennewith O, Peters TJ, House AO, Hawton K. The epidemiology and management of self-harm amongst adults in England. J Pub Health Med 2005;27(1):67-73

Gunnell D, Bennewith O, Hawton K, Simkin S, Kapur N. The epidemiology and prevention of suicide by hanging: a systematic review. International Journal of Epidemiology 2005; 34:433-442

Hollinghurst S, Kessler D, Peters TJ, Gunnell D The opportunity cost of antidepressant prescribing in England. BMJ 2005; 330:999-1000

Gunnell D, Magnusson P, Rasmussen F. Low intelligence test scores in 18 year old men and risk of suicide: cohort study. BMJ 2005; 330:167-170

Konradsen F, van der Hoek W, Gunnell D, Eddleston M. Missing Deaths from Pesticide Self-Poisoning in the Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical Safety’s Fourth Meeting Report. Bull WHO 2005;83(2):157-158

Martinez C, Rietbrock S, Wise L, Ashby D, Chick J, Moseley J, Evans S, Gunnell D Antidepressant treatment and the risk of fatal and non-fatal self-harm in first episode depression– a nested case-control study. BMJ 2005;330:389-393

Martin RM, Gunnell D, Davey Smith G. Breastfeeding in infancy and blood pressure in later life: systematic review and meta analysis. Am J Epid 2005; 161:15-26

Gunnell D, Holly JMP. Do insulin-like growth factors underlie associations of birth complications, fetal and pre-adult growth with schizophrenia? Schizophrenia Research 2004;67: 309-311

Biddle L, Gunnell D, Sharp D, Donovan J. Factors influencing help-seeking in mentally distressed young adults: a cross-sectional survey. Br J Gen Pract 2004; 54:248-25

Bennewith O, Gunnell D, Peters TJ, Hawton K, House A. Variations in the hospital management of self-harm in adults in England: observational study. BMJ 2004;328:1108-1109

Gunnell D, Ashby D. Antidepressants and suicide: what is the balance of benefit and harm? BMJ 2004;329:34-38
Thompson A, Shaw M, Harrison G, Verne J, Ho D, Gunnell D. Patterns of hospital admission for adult psychiatric illness in England: analysis of Hospital Episode Statistics data. Br J Psychiatry 2004;185:334-341

Gunnell D, Harbord R, Singleton N, Jenkins R, Lewis G. Factors influencing the development and amelioration of suicidal thoughts in the general population. Br J Psychiatry 2004;185:385-393

Sipos A, Rasmussen F, Harrison G, Tynelius P, Lewis G, Leon DA, Gunnell D Paternal Age and schizophrenia: A population based cohort study. BMJ 2004;329:1070-3

Middleton N, Whitley E, Frankel S, Dorling D, Sterne J, Gunnell D. Suicide risk in small areas in England and Wales, 1991 –1993. Soc Psych Psyci 2004;39:45-52