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Curriculum Vitae of Thomas NiederkrotenthalerJuly 2015

Education and Training

Habilitation (professorial dissertation, teaching qualification) for Public Health, MedicalApril 2013

University of Vienna. Dissertation title: Public Health Perspectives on Suicide Risk Factorsand Prevention Strategies.Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Graduation with distinction. Track: Mental Health andSeptember 2009

Behavioural Medicine (full-time, 4 years). Title of thesis: Suicide Prevention by Collab-oration with the Mass Media. Medical University of Vienna (Austria), Center for PublicHealth, Institute for Medical Psychology. Supervisor: Gernot Sonneck.Master of Public Health Sciences (M.M.Sc.) Graduation with distinction. Track: Men-June 2009

tal Health Promotion and Suicide Prevention (full-time, 2 years). Title of thesis: ParentalRisk Factors of Suicide and Attempted Suicide. Karolinska Institutet (Stockholm, Swe-den), National Center for Suicide Research and Prevention of Mental Ill-Health (NASP).Supervisor: Ellenor Mittendorfer-Rutz.Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) Special qualification: Crisis intervention and suicide preven-September 2005

tion. Medical University of Vienna (Austria).

Positions and Employment

Head, Suicide Research Unit, Medical University of Vienna (Austria), Center for Publicsince January 2014

Health, Institute of Social Medicine.Associate Professor for Public Health, Medical University of Vienna (Austria), Centersince September 2013

for Public Health, Institute of Social Medicine.Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer (full-time contractor), United States Government,July 2011–Nov. 2012

Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC), National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC), Divisions for InjuryResponse & Violence Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.Assistenzprofessor mit Qualifizierungsvereinbarung [Assistant Professor with qualifi-Oct. 2010–Aug. 2013

cation agreement], Medical University of Vienna, Center for Public Health.Universitätsassistent [Post-doc], Medical University of Vienna, Center for Public Health,June 2009–Sept. 2010

Department of General Practice and Family Medicine.Guest researcher (full-time), Medical University of Vienna, Center for Public Health,June 2006–May 2009

Institute for Medical Psychology.

Other Experience and Professional Memberships

Co-chair of Council of National Representatives to the International Association for Sui-2015–present

cide Prevention (IASP).Training: Postgraduate General Management Program. Executive Academy, Vienna Uni-2015–present

versity of Economics and Business (accredited by EQUIS, AMBA and FIBAA).Independent Contractor, National Suicide Prevention Evaluation (Lifeline chat evalua-2015–present

tion). Principal Investigator: Madelyn Gould. Tasks include reviewing the training man-ual for coders of Lifeline crisis chats, helping to resolve any discrepancies that emergebetween coders, collaborating on the development of the interviews with chat clients, andassisting in analyses and writing up of chat coding and interview data.Guest researcher, Karolinska Institutet, Division of Clinical Neuroscience.*2014–present

* see http://ki.se/en/people/thonie

Academic service: Conflict counselor for personnel of the Medical University of Vienna.2014–present

Responsible for counseling/mediation related to conflict situations at work.Discussant for National Action Alliance Suicide Prevention Prioritization Task Force for2013

Aspirational Goal 10 Increase help-seeking and referrals for at-risk individuals by de-creasing stigma.Member of the Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Alumni Association.2013–present

Co-chair, Media & Suicide Task Force, International Association for Suicide Prevention.2010–present

Responsible for enhancing international cooperation in the topic area of suicide and

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media and for the coordination of symposia/workshop proposals to ESSSB and IASPconferences.*

* for a detailed activity report see http://iasp.info/suicide_and_the_media.php

Member of the International Academy of Suicide Research (IASR).2010–present

Member of the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP).2009–present

Member of the German Association for Suicide Prevention (DGS), Arbeitsgemeinschaft2011–present

zur Erforschung suizidalen Verhaltens. [Task Force for Research on Suicidal Behaviour].Member of the Austrian Association for Suicide Prevention (ÖGS).2009–present

Founding chairman of the Wiener Werkstätte for Suicide Research.*2008–present* http://www.suizidforschung.at

Editorial Board Member of the following journals: Suicidology Online*, PLOS ONE,present

Global Journal of Epidemiology and Public Health.* http://suicidology-online.com

Reviewer for the following journals: Journal of the American Medical Association ( JAMA)present

• British Medical Journal (BMJ) • American Journal of Psychiatry • Journal of AdolescentHealth • Journal of Affective Disorders • European Journal of Public Health • Social Psy-chiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology • Crisis—Journal of Crisis Intervention and SuicidePrevention • Brain Injury • Criminal Justice and Behavior • Injury Prevention • Scienceand Engineering Ethics • International Journal of Environmental Research and PublicHealth.

Peer Reviewed Publications(first- and senior-authored on top)

Till B, Strauss M, Sonneck G, Niederkrotenthaler T. Determining the Effects of Films with1

Suicidal Content: A Laboratory Experiment. British Journal of Psychiatry. Apr 2015.DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.114.152827 (IF: 7.34).Niederkrotenthaler T, Arendt F, Till B. Predicting Intentions to Read Suicide Awareness2

Stories: The Role of Depression and Characteristics of the Suicidal Role Model. Crisis.(in press, IF: 1.78).Arendt F, Till B, Niederkrotenthaler T. Effects of suicide awareness material on implicit3

suicide cognition: A laboratory experiment. Health Communication. (in press, IF: 1.28).Niederkrotenthaler T, Reidenberg DJ, Till B, Gould M. Increasing help-seeking and re-4

ferrals for individuals at risk for suicide by decreasing stigma–The role of mass media.American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2014;47:S235–43. (IF: 4.28).Eisenwort B, Till B, Hinterbuchinger B, Niederkrotenthaler T. Sociable, mentally disturbed5

women and angry, rejected men: Cultural scripts for the suicidal behavior of women andmen in the Austrian print media. Sex Roles. 2014;71:246–60. (IF: 1.70). DOI: 10.1007/s11199-

014-0395-3.

Niederkrotenthaler T, Tinghög P, Alexanderson K, Dahlin M, Wang M, Beckman K, Gould6

M, Mittendorfer-Rutz E. Future risk of labour market marginalization in young suicideattempters—a population-based prospective cohort study. International Journal of Epi-demiology (in press). Published online first: Aug. 7, 2014. (IF: 9.20). DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyu155.

Till B, Niederkrotenthaler T. Surfing for suicide methods and help: Content analysis of7

websites retrieved with search engines in Austria and in the United States. Journal ofClinical Psychiatry. 2014;75:886–92. (IF: 5.82).Till B, Tran US, Voracek M, Sonneck G, Niederkrotenthaler T. Associations between film8

preferences and risk factors for suicide: An online survey. PLOS ONE. 2014;9:e102293.(IF: 3.53). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0102293.

Till B, Sonneck G, Baldauf G, Steiner E, Niederkrotenthaler T. Effects of a suicide-9

awareness campaign on the utilization of a telephone emergency line in Austria. Crisis.2013;34:382–9. (IF: 1.76). DOI: 10.1027/0227-5910/a000212.

Niederkrotenthaler T, Logan JE, Karch DL, Crosby A. Characteristics of U.S. Suicide10

decedents in 2005–2010 who had received mental health treatment. Psychiatric Services.2014;65:387–90. (IF: 2.01).Niederkrotenthaler T, Parker EM, Ovalle F, Noe RE, Bell J, et al. (2013) Injuries and11

post-traumatic stress following historic tornados: Alabama, April 2011. PLOS ONE. 8(12):e83038. (IF: 3.73). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083038.

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Niederkrotenthaler T, Xu L, Parks Brown SE, Sugerman DE. Descriptive factors of abusive12

head trauma in young children - United States, 2000–2009. Child Abuse & Neglect.2013;37:446–55. (IF: 2.47).Dorner TE, Stronegger WJ, Hoffmann K, Stein KV, Niederkrotenthaler T. Socio-economic13

determinants of health behaviours across age groups: results of a cross-sectional survey.Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift. 2013;125:261–9. (IF: 0.81).Till B, Herberth A, Voraceck M, Sonneck G, Vitouch P, Niederkrotenthaler T. Die Wirkung14

von Filmen mit Suiziddarstellungen auf die emotionale Befindlichkeit der Zuschauer undder Einfluß von Rezeptionsmodalitäten und Coping-Strategien. [Effect of films with sui-cide portrails on the emotional state of the audience and the influence of reception modal-ities and coping strategies]. Suizidprophylaxe. 2013;40:107–17.Till B, Herberth A, Sonneck G, Vitouch P, Niederkrotenthaler T. Who identifies with sui-15

cidal film characters? Determinants of identification with suicidal protagonists of dramafilms. Psychiatria Danubina. 2013;25:158–62.Niederkrotenthaler T, Rasmussen F, Mittendorfer-Rutz E. Perinatal conditions and16

parental age at birth as risk markers for subsequent suicide attempt and suicide: a pop-ulation based case–control study. European Journal of Epidemiology. 2012;27:729–38.(IF: 5.12).Niederkrotenthaler T, Fu KW, Yip P, Fong DYT, Stack S, Cheng Q, Pirkis J. Changes in17

suicide rates following media reports on celebrity suicides: a meta-analysis. Journal ofEpidemiology and Community Health. 2012;66:1037–42. (IF: 2.98).Niederkrotenthaler T, Sonneck G, Dervic K, Nader IW, Voracek M, Kapusta ND, Etzers-18

dorfer E, Mittendorfer-Rutz E, Dorner T. Predictors of suicide and suicide attempt in sub-way stations: a population-based ecological study. Journal of Urban Health. 2012;89:339–353. (IF: 2.07).Eisenwort B, Hermann A, Till B, Niederkrotenthaler T. Darstellung von Suizidalität in19

deutschsprachigen Jugendmedien in Österreich und ihr Einfluß auf die Suizidprävalenz.[Suicide reporting in German-speaking print and online media for adolescents in Austriaand possible effects on suicide prevalence]. Zeitschrift für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrieund Psychotherapie. 2012;40:251-92. (IF: 1.29).Till B, Vitouch P, Herberth A, Sonneck G, Niederkrotenthaler T. Personal suicidality in20

reception and identification with suicidal film characters. Death Studies. 2012;37:383-92.(IF: 1.02).Niederkrotenthaler T, Dorner T, Maier M. Development of a practical tool to measure21

the impact of publications on the society based on focus group interviews with scientists.BMC Public Health. 2011;11:588. (IF: 2.36). DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-588.

Niederkrotenthaler T, Voracek M, Herberth A, Till B, Strauss M, Etzersdorfer E, Eisen-22

wort B, Sonneck G. Role of media reports in completed and prevented suicide–Werther v.Papageno effects. British Journal of Psychiatry. 2010;197:234–243. (IF: 5.95).Niederkrotenthaler T, Floderus B, Alexanderson K, Rassmusen F, Mittendorfer-Rutz E.23

Exposure to parental mortality and markers of morbidity, and the risks of attempted andcompleted suicide in offspring: an analysis of sensitive life periods. Journal of Epidemiol-ogy and Community Health. 2012;66:233–239. (IF: 2.98). DOI: 10.1136/jech.2010.109595.

Eisenwort B, Schlanitz F, Niederkrotenthaler T. Schwerhörigkeit. Gelungene Kommunika-24

tion als Hauptquelle positiver Erfahrungen. [Hearing impairment. Successful communi-cation as main source of positive experience]. HNO. 2010;58:459–464. (IF: 0.54).Niederkrotenthaler T, Till B, Voracek M, Dervic K, Kapusta ND, Sonneck G. Copycat25

effects after media reports on suicide: A population-based ecologic study. Social Science& Medicine. 2009;69:1085–1090. (IF: 2.74).Niederkrotenthaler T, Sonneck G. Assessing the impact of media guidelines for reporting26

on suicides in Austria: interrupted time-series analysis. Australian and New ZealandJournal of Psychiatry. 2007;41:419–428. (IF: 2.42).Niederkrotenthaler T, Till B, Herberth A, Kapusta ND, Voracek M, Dervic K, Etzersdorfer27

E, Sonneck G. Can media effects counteract legislation reforms? The case of adolescentfirearm suicides in the wake of the Austrian firearm legislation. Journal of AdolescentHealth. 2009;44,90–93. (IF: 3.12).Niederkrotenthaler T, Till B, Herberth A, Voracek M, Kapusta ND, Etzersdorfer E, Strauss28

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M, Sonneck G. The gap between suicide characteristics in the print media and in thepopulation. European Journal of Public Health. 2009;19:361–364. (IF: 2.27).Niederkrotenthaler T, Herberth A, Sonneck G. The Werther-effect: legend or reality?29

Neuropsychiatrie. 2007;21:284–290. (IF 2007: 1.05).Ajdacic-Gross V, Tran US, Bop M, Sonneck G, Niederkrotenthaler T, Kapusta ND, Rössler30

W, Seifritz E, Voracek M. Understanding weekly cycles in suicide: an analysis of Austrianand Swiss data over 40 years. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences. 2014 (in press).Published online first: Apr. 23, 2014. (IF: 2.94). DOI: 10.1017/S2045796014000195.

Nader IW, Niederkrotenthaler T, Schild AH, Koller I, Tran US, Kapusta ND, Sonneck G,31

Voracek M. Development of a scale to assess knowledge about suicide postvention usingitem response theory. Suicide and Life Threatening Behavior. 2013;43:174–84. (IF: 1.76).Dervic K, Amiri L, Niederkrotenthaler T, Yousef S, Salem MO, Voracek M, Sonneck G.32

Suicide rates in the national and expatriate population in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.International Journal of Social Psychiatry. 2012;58:652–6. (IF: 1.11).Kapusta ND, Tran US, Rockett IR, De Leo D, Naylor CP, Niederkrotenthaler T, Voracek33

M, Etzersdorfer E, Sonneck G. Declining autopsy rates and suicide misclassification: across-national analysis of 35 countries. Archives of General Psychiatry. 2011; 68: 1050–7.(IF: 10.78).Nader IW, Pietschnig J, Niederkrotenthaler T, Kapusta ND, Sonneck G, Voracek M. Sui-34

cide seasonality: complex demodulation as a novel approach in epidemiologic analysis.PLOS ONE. 2011;6: e17413. (IF: 4.41).Hutter HP, Kundi M, Moshammer H, Haas W, Weisz U, Niederkrotenthaler T, Wallner P.35

Anpassungsmaßnahmen zur Reduktion von klimawandelinduzierten Gesundheitsrisikenin Österreich: Schwerpunkt Extremwetterereignisse. [Reducing the impact of climate-change on health in Austria: Focus extreme weather events]. Prävention und Gesund-heitsförderung. 2011;6:164–171. DOI: 10.1007/s11553-0100292-8.

Till B, Niederkrotenthaler T, Herberth A, Voracek M, Sonneck G, Vitouch P. Coping36

and film reception—a study on the impact of film dramas and the mediating effects ofemotional modes of film reception and coping strategies. Journal of Media Psychology.2011;23:149–160. (IF: 1.05).Kapusta ND, Voracek M, Etzersdorfer E, Niederkrotenthaler T, Dervic K, Plener PL,37

Schneider E, Stein C, Sonneck G. Characteristics of police officer suicides in the FederalAustrian Police Corps. Crisis. 2010;31:265–271. (IF: 1.38).Kapusta ND, Niederkrotenthaler T, Etzersdorfer E, Fischer-Kern M, Posch M, Sonneck G.38

Availability of mental health service providers and suicide rates in Austria: a nationwidestudy. Psychiatric Services. 2010;61:1198–1203. (IF: 2.39).Fajkic A, Lepara O, Voracek M, Kapusta ND, Niederkrotenthaler T, Amiri L, Sonneck39

G, Dervic K. Suicide in children and adolescents in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Crisis.2010;31;160–164. (IF: 1.38).Till B, Niederkrotenthaler T, Herberth A, Sonneck G, Vitouch P. Suicide in films: The40

impact of suicide portrayals on nonsuicidal viewers’ well-being and the effectiveness ofcensorship. Suicide and Life-threatening Behavior. 2010;40,319–327. (IF: 1.33).Kapusta ND, Niederkrotenthaler T, Etzersdorfer E, Voracek M, Dervic K, Jandl-Jager E,41

Sonneck G. Influence of Psychotherapist Density and Antidepressant Sales on SuicideRates. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. 2009;119:236–242. (IF: 3.80).Voracek M, Loibl LM, Dervic K, Kapusta N, Niederkrotenthaler T, Sonneck G. Consis-42

tency of immigrant suicide rates in Austria with country-of-birth suicide rates: A role forgenetic risk factors for suicide? Psychiatry Research. 2009;170:286–289. (IF: 2.80).Voracek M, Loibl LM, Kapusta ND, Niederkrotenthaler T, Dervic K, Sonneck G. Not43

carried away by a moonlight shadow: No evidence for associations between suicide oc-currence and lunar phase among more than 65,000 suicide cases in Austria, 1970–2006.Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift. 2008;120,343–349. (IF: 0.75).Niederkrotenthaler T, Sonneck G. Suizidalität bei Ärzten und Ärztinnen. [Suicidality in44

Physicians]. Suizidprophylaxe. 2007;129:90–94.

Other Publications

Tomandl G, Sonneck G, Stein C, Niederkrotenthaler T. Leitfaden zur Berichterstattung1

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über Suizid. [Recommendations for reporting on suicide.] Wien, 2014.Voracek M, Niederkrotenthaler T. Without hope, no future: Why an “inevitable suicide2

paradigm“ is inappropriate for psychiatric practice. Suicidology Online. 2013;4:56–57.Niederkrotenthaler T, Till B, Eisenwort B, Pusswald G. Assessment von Demez und De-3

pression. [Assessment of dementia and depression]. In: Dorner TE. (Ed.) Public Health.Lernscriptum MCW Block 22/23. Facultas: Wien, 2013.Niederkrotenthaler T. Buchbesprechung [book review]: Suizidalität und Suizidprävention4

im Alter; von Norbert Erlemeier. [Norbert Erlemeier: Suicidality and suicide preventionat older age]. Suizidprophylaxe. 2012;39.Collings S, Niederkrotenthaler T. Suicide prevention and emergent media: Surfing the5

opportunity. Crisis. 2012;33:1–4. (editorial).Niederkrotenthaler T, Dorner T, Maier M. Measuring impact of research on society. Na-6

ture. 2011;469(7328):34. (letter / comment).Niederkrotenthaler T. Suizidprävention und Medien [Suicide Prevention and Media]. In:7

Kasper S, Kalousek M, Kapfhammer HP (Vorsitz). Suizidalität. Konsensus-StatementState of the Art [Suicidality. Consensus-Statement, State of the Art]. CliniCum neuropsy,April 2011, p. 18.Niederkrotenthaler T, Voracek M, Herberth A, Till B, Strauss M, Etzersdorfer E, Eisen-8

wort B, Sonneck G. Media and suicide. Papageno v Werther effect. BMJ. 2010;341:c5841.(letter). DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c5841.

Sonneck G, Kapusta N, Niederkrotenthaler T. Suizidprävention in Österreich [Suicide9

Prevention in Austria]. In: XVI. Update in Psychiatrie. 2010; Vortrags-Booklet, p. 8–11.Sonneck G, Kapusta ND, Niederkrotenthaler T. Suizidprävention in Österreich. Sinkende10

Suzidraten durch Prävention [Suicide Prevention in Austria: Decreasing Suicide RatesThrough Prevention]. CliniCum neuropsy. 2010;5.Co-author of: World Health Organization. Preventing suicide. A ressource for media11

professionals. Online ressource. Geneva: WHO; 2008.** available at http://www.who.int/mental_health/prevention/suicide/resource_media.pdf

Niederkrotenthaler T, Herberth A. Narrating suicidality. Interdisciplinary perspectives12

from literary criticism and medical psychology on P. Handke’s “A sorrow beyond death”.In: Herberth A, Niederkrotenthaler T, Till B (eds). Suicidality in the media. Interdisci-plinary contributions. Münster: LIT; 2008.Niederkrotenthaler T, Herberth A, Till B (eds). Suicidality in the media. Interdisciplinary13

contributions. Münster: LIT; 2008.Wittmann K, et al. Der Mensch in Umwelt, Familie und Gesellschaft. [Human Beings in14

Society, Family and Environment]. Sterben und Tod [Death and Dying]. (Learning script).Wien: Facultas; 2008.Sonneck G, Niederkrotenthaler T. Zum österreichischen Suizidpräventionsplan. [The Aus-15

trian Suicide Prevention Plan]. Spectrum Psychiatrie. 2008;2,20–23.Hladschik-Kermer B, Niederkrotenthaler T, Sonneck G. Klinische Psychologie im Bereich16

Medizinische Psychologie – ausgewählte Praxisfelder [Clinical Psychology in PsychologicalMedicine: Selected Areas]. In: Lehrner J, Stolber K, Traun-Vogt G., Völkl-Kernstock S.(eds). Klinische Psychologie im Krankenhaus [Clinical Psychology in Hospitals]. Wien:Springer; 2011, 263–271.Etzersdorfer E, Kapusta ND, Nader IW, Niederkrotenthaler T, Ritter K, Stompe T, Vo-17

racek M, Sonneck G. Suicide in Austria. In: Pompili M (ed.), Suicide: A global perspective.Bentham Books; 2012.Niederkrotenthaler T. Wege der Suizidprävention – Emeritierung von Gernot Sonneck:18

Ein persönlicher Bericht. [Defining Ways to Prevent Suicide—Retirement of Gernot Son-neck: Personal Notes]. Suizidprophylaxe. 2011;144:1.

Research Support

Co-Investigator: Bridging research traditions in suicidological and sickness absence re-2015–2017 (scheduled)

search. Swedish Research Council, 2.4 Mio SEK (= 259.800 €). Epidemiological studiesrelated to labour market marginalisation of young suicide attempters; particularly long-term unemployment, sickness absence, and disability pension. (PI: Ellenor Mittendorfer-Rutz).

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Principal investigator: Representations and Impact of Suicide-related Websites. AustrianDec. 2012–May 2015

Science Fund, Einzelprojekt [Stand-alone project], grant number P23659; 116,511.– €.The project involves three major components. The aim of the first component is toevaluate results obtained with suicide-related search terms using Google and Bing searchengines in the United States and in Austria. Differences in the quality of websites retrievedwith suicide-method related and prevention-related search terms are assessed. The aimof the second project part is to identify themes and interactions in in online conversationsrelated to suicide in both so-called “pro-suicide” and “anti-suicide” online threads usingcontent analysis. The aim of the third project part is to evaluate the effects and usabilityof suicide prevention websites with different contents and to assess psychological variablesthat moderate the effects.Symposium grant (applicant and co-organizer) Gender & Health: Myths and Realities,June 2011

Medical University of Vienna, Gender Medicine Unit, June 16, 2011. Lundbeck; 1,200.– €.Principal investigator: Media Representations of Suicide. Austrian Academy of SciencesJune 2006–May 2009

(ÖAW). Grant number 70036; 276,000.– € (92,000.– € ad personam).The aim of this project was to assess prevalent characteristics of suicide portrayals aspublished in traditional Austrian print-media with content analysis based on media rec-ommendations for suicide reporting, and to evaluate the impact of the recommendationson the quality of reporting and on suicide prevalence. This was an interdisciplinaryproject involving health sciences, media psychology and literary studies.Publication grants (co-applicant) for book publication Suicidality and Suicide in the Me-June 2007

dia. Austrian Ministry of Science and Research; 2,000.– €; City of Vienna, Departmentof Science and Culture (MA7); 600.– €.Conference grant (applicant and co-organizer) First International Symposium on Suici-March 2007

dality and Suicide in the Media, Medical University of Vienna, September 27–29, 2007.Austrian Ministry of Science and Research. Grant number 3.035/0039-II/3/2007; 7,000.–€.

Prizes and Awards

Hans Rost Prize by the German Association of Suicide Prevention (DGS) awarded toDec. 2012

the Wiener Werkstätte for Suicide Research for the description of a suicide-protectivePapageno Effect of media reporting.Erwin Ringel Award by the Austrian Society for Suicide Prevention (ÖGS) awarded toOct. 2010

the Wiener Werkstätte for Suicide Research for high-quality work in the area of suicideprevention.

Oral Presentations

Niederkrotenthaler T, Benedikt Till. Suicidal Communication in 1,200 Suicide Method1

and Prevention Threads: What Can We Learn for Suicide Prevention? 28th IASP confer-ence. June 16–20, 2015; Montreal, Canada.Niederkrotenthaler T. The Role of Vulnerability to Suicide and Identification with the2

Protagonist in the Effect of Media Portrayals of Suicide. 28th IASP conference. June16–20, 2015; Montreal, Canada.Niederkrotenthaler T. The Media Recommendations: Experiences in Austria. 28th IASP3

conference. June 16–20, 2015; Montreal, Canada.Niederkrotenthaler T. Characteristics of suicide decedents receiving mental health treat-4

ment prior to suicide: United States 2005–2010. 7th European Public Health Conference.November 19–22, 2014; Glasgow, UK.Niederkrotenthaler T, Till B. Suicide message boards: Content analysis of 1,200 suicide5

method and prevention threads. In: Symposium IASP Suicide and the Media Task Force:Defining and Preventing Harmful and Harnessing Protective Media Potentials (chairs:Niederkrotenthaler T, Andriessen K). 15th European Symposium on Suicide and SuicidalBehaviour. August 27–30, 2014; Tallinn, Estonia.Niederkrotenthaler T. Future risk of labor market marginalisation of young persons af-6

ter suicide attempt. 17th Scientific Meeting of the Austrian Public Health Association(ÖGPH). May 22–23, 2014; St. Pölten, Austria.

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analytic comparison of German and US-American web content. In: Symposium OnlineSearch Behaviors, Search Outcomes and Online Safety—the Social Media & InternetSymposium of the Task Force Media & Suicide (chairs: Niederkrotenthaler T, Wong P).XXVII World Congress of the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP).September 24–28, 2013; Oslo, Norway.Niederkrotenthaler T. Viennese Lectures on Social Psychiatry. Kann man Suizide in der8

U-Bahn verhindern? [Are suicides on the subway preventable?] September 18, 2013;Vienna, Austria.Niederkrotenthaler T. Welchen Einfluß haben die Medien auf suizidales Verhalten? [What9

are the influences of media on suicidal behavior?] 41. Annual Meeting of the GermanAssociation for Suicide Prevention (DGS). September 6–8, 2013; Dresden, Germany.Niederkrotenthaler T. Suicide and suicide prevention with a particular emphasis on blogs10

and other online media. OHM2013: Observe. Hack. Make. August 4–July 31, 2013;Geestmerambacht, Netherlands.Niederkrotenthaler T. Researching media effects on suicide: What do we know, where are11

we going? TRIPLE i 2013: Intuition, Imagination and Innovation in Suicidology. May9–10, 2013; Piran, Slovenia.Niederkrotenthaler T. Not all news related to suicidality may be bad news. International12

symposium on media and suicide—an interdisciplinary and global perspective. April11–12, 2013; Stockholm, Sweden.Niederkrotenthaler T. Talking about suicide in the mass media. From harmful to protec-13

tive effects. In: Symposium I don’t want to talk about it! The role of stigma on suicideprevention. Congress of the European Psychiatric Association (EPA). April 6–9, 2013;Nice, France.Niederkrotenthaler T, Parker E, Noe R, Ovalle F, Bell J, Xu L, Sugerman D. Risk factors of14

injury and mental health following a historic tornado outbreak—Alabama, 2011. Councilof State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE). June 3–7, 2012; Omaha, Nebraska, USA.Niederkrotenthaler T, Parks S, Xu L, Sugerman D. Risk Factors of Abusive Head15

Trauma—United States, 2000–2009. 61st Annual Conference of the Epidemic Intelli-gence Service (EIS). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). April 16–20,2012; Atlanta, GA, USA.Baranyai P, Nader IW, Kapusta ND, Niederkrotenthaler T, Sonneck G, Voracek M. Bedeu-16

tung verschiedener Informationsquellen für das Wissen über Suizid [Impact of informa-tion sources on suicide knowledge]. 10th Congress of the Austrian Psychological Society(ÖGP). April 12–14, 2012; Graz, Austria.Niederkrotenthaler T, Chiu C. Morbidity and mortality following historic tornado out-17

break; Alabama, 2011. Workshop of the National Oceanic and Atmosheric Administration(NOAA). March 15, 2012: Morgantown, GA, USA.Niederkrotenthaler T, Parker E, Ovalle F, Bell J, Sugerman D. Injuries following historic18

tornado outbreak—Alabama, 2011. Presentation to the State Department of Public Healthof Alabama. January 20, 2012; Montgomery, Alabama, USA.Nordentoft M, Niederkrotenthaler T (chairpersons). Plenary session: Assessment and19

treatment of suicidal behaviour. 26th World Congress of the International Association ofSuicide Prevention (IASP). September 14–17, 2011; Beijing, China. Book of abstracts, p.9–10.Niederkrotenthaler T, Pirkis J (chair). Task Force Media & Suicide I: Suicide and suicide20

prevention in newer media. 26th World Congress of the International Association ofSuicide Prevention (IASP). September 14–17, 2011; Beijing, China. Book of abstracts, p.552–553.Niederkrotenthaler T, Till B. Role of media reports in completed and prevented suicide:21

Papageno vs. Werther effects. In: Niederkrotenthaler T, Andriessen K (chairpersons).Task Force Media & Suicide II: Suicide reporting in traditional media and preventiveactivities. 26th World Congress of the International Association of Suicide Prevention(IASP). September 14–17, 2011; Beijing, China. Book of abstracts, p. 571.Pirkis J, Machlin A, Niederkrotenthaler T. Which suicides are reported in the media? 26th22

World Congress of the International Association of Suicide Prevention (IASP). September14–17, 2011; Beijing, China. Book of abstracts, p. 570.

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Kautzky-Willer A, Eisenwort B, Niederkrotenthaler T (organizers). Symposium: Gender &23

Health: Myths and Realities. June 16, 2011; Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.Niederkrotenthaler T (invited lecture). Suicide prevention by collaboration with the mass24

media. The Amsterdam 2011 Conference on Railway Suicide (Houwelingen C, KerkhofAJFM, organizers). May 19, 2011; Amsterdam, Netherlands.Stein C, Niederkrotenthaler T. Press Meeting for Austrian Broadcasting Corporation25

(ORF): Suizid und Medien [Suicide and the Media]. May 17, 2011; Vienna, Austria.Steiner E, Baldauf G, Steiner P, Niederkrotenthaler T, Sonneck G. Kick-Off Press Meeting:26

Das Leben Lieben [Love Life!]. Suicide prevention campaign for Styria. March 29, 2011;Graz, Styria, Austria.Niederkrotenthaler T. Adolescent firearm suicide rates in the wake of the Austrian firearm27

legislation reform. Congress of the European Public Health Association (EUPHA). Novem-ber 10–13, 2010: Amsterdam, Netherlands.Niederkrotenthaler T, Eisenwort B (organizers). Wege der Suizidprävention. Symposium28

zur Emeritierung von Gernot Sonneck. [Defining Ways to Prevent Suicide—Farewell Sym-posium for Gernot Sonneck]. October 9, 2010; Vienna, Austria.Niederkrotenthaler T. The role of mass media in suicide prevention: Papageno vs.29

Werther effects. 13th Scientific Symposium of the Austrian Public Health Association(ÖGPH). September 16–17, 2010; Linz, Austria.Niederkrotenthaler T. Evidence of copycat effects after media reports on suicide: a30

population-based ecologic study on the theory of differential identification. 13th Eu-ropean Symposium on Suicide and Suicidal Behaviour (ESSSB13). September 1–4, 2010;Rome, Italy. Book of abstracts, p. 27.Niederkrotenthaler T. The gap between suicide characteristics in the print media and in31

the population. 13th European Symposium on Suicide and Suicidal Behaviour (ESSSB13).September 1–4, 2010; Rome, Italy. Book of abstracts, p. 40.Niederkrotenthaler T, Floderus B, Alexanderson K, Rassmusen F, Mittendorfer-Rutz E.32

Exposure to parental mortality and markers of morbidity and the risks of attempted andcompleted suicide in offspring—an analysis of sensitive life periods. 15th Symposium ofthe European Psychiatric Association (EPA), Section Epidemiology and Social Psychiatry.June 16–19 2010; Bergen, Norway. Book of abstracts, p. 99.Niederkrotenthaler T. Implementing media guidelines for reporting on suicide. High-level33

conference by the European Commission: Prevention of Depression and Suicide—Makingit Happen. December 10–11, 2009; Budapest, Hungary.Niederkrotenthaler T, Herberth A, Till B, Etzersdorfer E, Dervic K, Voracek M, Kapusta34

ND, Sonneck G. Adolescent firearm suicides in the wake of the Austrian firearm leg-islation reform. 12th International Congress of International Federation of PsychiatricEpidemiology (IFPE). April 16–19, 2009; Vienna, Austria. Book of Abstracts, p. 49.Niederkrotenthaler T, Herberth A, Till B (editors). Book launch: Suicidality in the Media.35

December 12, 2008; Vienna, Austria. In collaboration with the publisher: LIT.Niederkrotenthaler T, Lechner C, Tomandl G, Sonneck G. Workshop: Media and Suicide36

Prevention. 30th Anniversary of the Crisis Intervention Center, Vienna. November 13,2008; Vienna, Austria.Niederkrotenthaler T, Till B, Herberth A, Kapusta N, Voracek M, Dervic K, Etzersdorfer37

E, Vitouch P, Sonneck G. Suicide in the media and imitation: On the influence of mediacontents and audience characteristics. 12th European Symposium on Suicide and SuicidalBehaviour, (ESSSB12). August 27–30, 2008; Glasgow, UK. Book of Abstracts, p.99.Niederkrotenthaler T. Media-induced imitative effects of suicidal behavior: Experiences38

from Austria. Congress of the German Association for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy andNeurology (DGPPN). November 21–24, 2007; Berlin, Germany. Book of Abstracts, p. 451.Niederkrotenthaler T, Herberth A, Till B (organizers). 1st International Symposium on39

Suicidality and Suicide in the Media. September 27–29, 2007, Medical University ofVienna, Austria.Niederkrotenthaler T, Herberth A, Till B, Sonneck G (chair). Workshop: Representations40

and impact of suicide stories in Austrian media. 24th World Congress of the Interna-tional Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP). August 28–September 1, 2007; Killarney,Ireland. Book of Abstracts, p. 57.

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Teaching Experience

Instructor, Seminar Krisenintervention und Suizidverhütung [Crisis Intervention and Sui-annually

cide Prevention], Medical University of Vienna; 48 hours. Responsible for teaching theo-retical and practical approaches to suicide prevention and crisis intervention.Instructor, SSM3: Suizidprävention durch Mental Health Promotion [Suicide Preventionannually

by Mental Health Promotion, seminar]. Medical Curriculum Vienna; 16 hours. Responsi-ble for teaching basics of mental health promotion at the example of suicide prevention.Block 22/23 Public Health. Assessment of Depression and Dementia. Responsible forannually

seminar contents.Instructor, Seminar mit Praktikum – Ärztliche Gesprächsführung A [Professional Doctorannually

Patient Interaction, skill tutorial]. Medical Curriculum Vienna; 15 hours. Responsible forpracticing basic practical communication skills.Instructor, Seminar mit Praktikum – Ärztliche Gesprächsführung B [Professional Doctorannually

Patient Interaction B, skill tutorial]. Medical Curriculum Vienna; 12 hours. Responsiblefor practicing practical advanced communication skills.Supervision of diploma students. So far completed 5 diploma theses on various topics ofcontinuously

suicidology. Names of diplomands: Hinterbuchinger B, Hermann A, Leitner C, KieselkaI, Speer B.Integrated Clinical Propedeutics. Responsible for examination of practical skills.2013

Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Summer Course: Epidemiology in Action. CDC, At-2012

lanta; 16 hours. Responsible for teaching incoming EIS Officers in epidemiologic methods.Instructor (Webinar)—Telephone Surveys after Disasters. On behalf of CDC and the2011

Alabama Department of Public Health; 3 hours. Responsible for supervision of studentsconducting telephone surveys with disaster victims as part of disaster response to historictornado outbreak.Instructor E-motions. Transformationsprozesse in Gegenwartskulturen: Depression und2011

Angst als Zivilsationskrankheiten? [E-motions. Transformation Process in ContemporarySociety: Depression and anxiety; Diseases of Civilization?, seminar]. Department ofSociology, University of Vienna; 3 hours. Responsible for enhancing an interdisciplinarydialogue on mental health between students of sociology and medicine.Instructor Modul E – Stress, Burnout und Depression [Stress, Burnout and Depression,2011

lecture]. Master Program in Gender Medicine Vienna; 3 hours. Responsible for teachinggender differences in suicidality, mental health and suicide prevention.Instructor, Block 23: Seminar ÄrztIn und Ethik, chronische Erkrankung, Behinderung,2010

der alte Mensch. [Ethical Issues, Chronic Illness, Disability, Older Patients, seminar].Medical Curriculum Vienna; 2 hours. Responsible for providing basic guidance on howto handle errors in clinical practice.Instructor, Module 6: Der Mensch in Umwelt, Familie und Gesellschaft [Human Beings in2008

Society, Familiy and Environment]. Medical Curriculum Vienna; 8 hours. Responsible forteaching the human aging process, death and dying.

Contact and Personal Information

Thomas Niederkrotenthaler, M.D., Ph.D., M.M.Sc.

Born: 1978 in Linz, AustriaNationality: Austria

Contact Address

Zeltgasse 12, Top 8A-1080 ViennaAustriaEurope

Phone +43 (1) 40160 34611

Email [email protected]

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