Rate My Professor Annette Erlangsen

Erlangsen’s research focuses on suicide prevention among high-risk populations, including older adults, individuals bereaved by suicide, suicide attempt survivors, and socially stigmatized groups such as sexual minorities, asylum-seekers, prisoners, and homeless people. Her work also examines suicide in those with chronic disorders and evaluates psychosocial and eHealth interventions like apps and avatars using register-based epidemiological methods. She has authored or co-authored over 130 peer-reviewed papers in prestigious journals including Science, JAMA, BMJ, and The Lancet, accumulating more than 14,000 citations, an h-index of 53, and an i10-index of 112. Key publications include “Effects of suicide bereavement on mental health and suicide risk” (Lancet Psychiatry, 2014), “Short and long term effects of psychosocial therapy provided to persons after deliberate self-harm” (Lancet Psychiatry, 2015), “Parents Bereaved by Offspring Suicide: A Population-Based Longitudinal Case-Control Study” (JAMA Psychiatry, 2013), “Psychiatric disorders and mortality among people in homeless shelters in Denmark” (Lancet, 2011), and “Schizophrenia - a predictor of suicide during the second half of life?” (Schizophrenia Research, 2012). Her contributions have been recognized with awards such as the Alexander Gralnick Award from the American Association of Suicidology (2014), the Danish Nordentoft Award (2014), the Young Lecturer Award at the European Symposium for Suicide and Suicidal Behaviour (2003), the Mens Health Award by the Danish National Board of Health (2006), and multiple Blue Ribbon Awards from the Population Association of America (2002, 2003, 2005).