Ms Jeneja Sveticic
BPsyc (Hons), MClinPsyc (Hons), PhD (in progress)
Primary Research Focus:
Suicide Prevention
Works with:
Gold Coast Mental Health and Specialist Services, Queensland health
Ms Sveticic is an experienced researcher in the area of mental health and suicide prevention with a demonstrated history of working in academia, community and government setting. She is skilled in research design, a range of statistical analysis, academic writing and teaching. Since 2008, Ms Sveticic has authored and co-authored over 20 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters, and has a current h-index of 12.
Ms Sveticic works at Gold Coast University Hospital where she is evaluating the Suicide Prevention Strategy following the Zero Suicide Framework. She is also a member of the QLD State Committee of Suicide Prevention Australia, and the Suicide Prevention Research Leaders Network. Ms Sveticic is currently completing a PhD at Griffith University, where she is researching the role of police in responding to mental health related calls.
Research areas:
- Adults
- Children or young people
- Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people
- Target groups (CALD, LGBTI, Rural/remote, Lived experience)
- Suicidal behaviour(suicidal ideation, suicidal risk, suicide attempt)
- Mental health, mental ill health
- Interventions
- Settings (workplaces, mental health services, education, communities)
Available for:
- Research opportunities
- Funding
- Innovative approaches to suicide prevention
- Connecting with post-graduate candidates
- Collaboration with Australian suicide prevention services, programs and resources
- Support for discussions about suicide
Notable Research
The hypothesis of a continuum in suicidality: a discussion on its validity and practical implications.
Sveticic, J., & De Leo, D. (2012)
2012. Mental Illness, 4(2), e15.
View at
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Suicide in the absence of mental disorder? A review of psychological autopsy studies across countries
Milner, A., Sveticic, J., & De Leo, D.
2013. International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 59(6), 545-554.
View at
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Suicide in Indigenous people in Queensland, Australia: trends and methods 1994–2007
• De Leo, D., Sveticic, J., & Milner, A
2011. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 45(7), 532-538.
View at
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Contacts with mental health services before suicide: a comparison of Indigenous with non-Indigenous Australians.
Sveticic, J., Milner, A., & De Leo, D
2012. General Hospital Psychiatry, 34(2), 185-191.
View at
experts.griffith.edu.au
Restricting access to a suicide hotspot does not shift the problem to another location. An experiment of two river bridges in Brisbane
Law, C. K., Sveticic, J., & De Leo, D
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 38(2), 134-138.
View at
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Please note: this is not a complete list of papers this researcher has contributed to. If the research you are interested in is not listed above, please contact the researcher for more information.
Ms Jeneja Sveticic
Primary Research Focus:
Suicide Prevention
Works with:
Gold Coast Mental Health and Specialist Services, Queensland health