Browsing NTNU Open by Author "Gunnell, David"
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Antidepressants in pregnancy: applying causal epidemiological methods to understand service-use outcomes in women and long-term neurodevelopmental outcomes in exposed children
Heuvelman, Hein; Davies, Neil Martin; Ben-Shlomo, Yoav; Emond, Alan; Evans, Jonathan; Gunnell, David; Liebling, Rachel; Morris, Richard; Payne, Rupert; Storey, Claire; Viner, Maria; Rai, Dheeraj (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023) -
Association of body mass index with depression, anxiety and suicide - An instrumental variable analysis of the HUNT study
Bjørngaard, Johan Håkon; Carslake, David; Nilsen, Tom Ivar Lund; Linthorst, Astrid C E; Smith, George Davey; Gunnell, David; Romundstad, Pål Richard (Journal article, 2015)Objective: While high body mass index is associated with an increased risk of depression and anxiety, cumulative evidence indicates that it is a protective factor for suicide. The associations from conventional observational ... -
Maternal Age at Child Birth, Birth Order, and Suicide at a Young Age: A Sibling Comparison
Bjørngaard, Johan Håkon; Bjerkeset, Ottar; Vatten, Lars Johan; Janszky, Imre; Gunnell, David; Romundstad, Pål Richard (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Previous studies have reported strong associations between birth order, maternal age, and suicide, but these results might have been confounded by socioeconomic and other factors. To control for such factors, we compared ... -
Risk factors for suicidal thoughts in adolescence-a prospective cohort study:the Young-HUNT study
Strandheim, Arve; Bjerkeset, Ottar; Gunnell, David; Bjørnelv, Sigrid; Holmen, Turid Lingaas; Bentzen, Niels (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Objectives: Examining the associations between health and lifestyle factors recorded in the participants’ early teens and development of suicidal thoughts recorded 4 years later. Design: Population-based prospective ... -
Suicidal behaviour across the African continent: A review of the literature
Mars, B; Burrows, SM; Hjelmeland, Heidi Marie; Gunnell, David (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Background: Suicide is a major cause of premature mortality worldwide, but data on its epidemiology in Africa, the world’s second most populous continent, are limited. Methods: We systematically reviewed published ... -
The causal role of smoking in anxiety and depression: a Mendelian randomization analysis of the HUNT study
Bjørngaard, Johan Håkon; Gunnell, David; Gabrielsen, Maiken Elvestad; Davey Smith, George; Skorpen, Frank; Krokan, Hans Einar; Vatten, Lars Johan; Romundstad, Pål Richard (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Cigarette smoking is strongly associated with mental illness but the causal direction of the association is uncertain. We investigated the causal relationship between smoking and symptoms of anxiety and depression in the ...