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Mallon, Sharon; Borgstrom, Erica and Murphy, Sam (2020). Unpacking sensitive research: a stimulating exploration of an established concept. International Journal of Social Research Methodology (Early Access).

Mallon, Sharon and Elliott, Iris (2020). What is ‘sensitive’ about sensitive research? The sensitive researchers’ perspective. International Journal of Social Research Methodology (Early access).

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Galway, Karen; Forbes, Trisha; Mallon, Sharon; Santin, Olinda; Best, Paul; Neff, Jennifer; Leavey, Gerry and Pitman, Alexandra (2019). Adapting Digital Social Prescribing for Suicide Bereavement Support: The Findings of a Consultation Exercise to Explore the Acceptability of Implementing Digital Social Prescribing within an Existing Postvention Service. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(22), article no. 4561.

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Mallon, Sharon and Elliott, Iris (2019). The Emotional Risks of Turning Stories into Data: An Exploration of the Experiences of Qualitative Researchers Working on Sensitive Topics. Societies, 9(3), article no. 62.

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Mallon, Sharon (2019). Cream Cakes, Hungry Cats and Hugs: Developing a Responsive Strategy to Asking Sensitive Questions and Hearing the Answers. In: McSweeney, Fiona and Williams, David eds. Designing and Conducting Research in Social Science, Health and Social Care. London: Routledge, pp. 90–103.

Mallon, Sharon; Galway, Karen; Rondon-Sulbaran, Janeet; Hughes, Lynette and Leavey, Gerry (2019). Suicide in post agreement Northern Ireland: A Study of the Role of Paramilitary Intimidation 2007-2009. Suicidology Online, 10, article no. 3.

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Mallon, Sharon; Galway, Karen; Rondon-Sulbaran, Janeet; Hughes, Lynette and Leavey, Gerry (2019). When health services are powerless to prevent suicide: results from a linkage study of suicide among men with no service contact in the year prior to death. Primary Health Care Research and Development, 20, article no. e80.

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Jones, Kerry and Mallon, Sharon (2018). Suicide and Self-harm - The Challenge for Front line Staff. In: Suicide & Self Harm – The Challenge for Front Line Staff, 21 Jun 2018, UNISON Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK.

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Mallon, Sharon (2018). Precarious Lives: An Exploration of the Politics of Female Death by Suicide. In: Centre for Death & Society (CDAS) Conference 2018: The Politics of Death, 9 Jun 2018, Bath.

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Galway, Karen and Mallon, Sharon (2018). Abortion Ban likely to worsen mental health crisis. The Conversation.

Galway, Karen and Mallon, Sharon (2018). Lady Gaga’s Twitter blunder and why speculating about suicide after a celebrity death is problematic. The Conversation.

Leavey, Gerard; Mallon, Sharon; Rondon-Sulbaran, Janeet; Galway, Karen; Rosato, Michael and Hughes, Lynette (2017). The failure of suicide prevention in primary care: family and GP perspectives - a qualitative study. BMC psychiatry, 17(1) p. 369.

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Mallon, Sharon (2017). The role of paramilitary punishment attacks and intimidation in death by suicide in post agreement Northern Ireland. In: Knowledge Exchange Seminar Series (KESS), 21 Jun 2017.

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Mallon, Sharon; Galway, Karen; Rondon, Janeet and Leavey, Gerry (2016). An exploration of integrated data on the social dynamics of suicide among women. Sociology of Health and Illness, 38(4) pp. 662–675.

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Leavey, Gerard; Rosato, Michael; Galway, Karen; Hughes, Lynette; Mallon, Sharon and Rondon, Janeet (2016). Patterns and predictors of help-seeking contacts with health services and general practitioner detection of suicidality prior to suicide: a cohort analysis of suicides occurring over a two-year period. BMC Psychiatry, 16, article no. 120.

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Galway, Karen; Gossrau-Breen, Diana; Mallon, Sharon; Hughes, Lynette; Rosato, Michael; Rondon-Sulbaran, Janeet and Leavey, Gerry (2016). Substance misuse in life and death in a 2 year cohort of suicides. British Journal of Psychiatry, 208(3) pp. 292–297.

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Mallon, Sharon (2016). An exploration of the dynamics of suicide among women. In: Knowledge Exchange Seminar Series (KESS), 27 Jan 2016, Stormont Buildings, Belfast.

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Mallon, Sharon (2015). Robin Williams headlines make my work as a suicide researcher seem futile. The Conversation, London.

Mallon, Sharon; Rosato, Michael; Galway, Karen; Hughes, Lynette; Rondon-Sulbaran, Janeet; McConkey, Sam and Leavey, Gerard (2015). Patterns of Presentation for Attempted Suicide: Analysis of a Cohort of Individuals Who Subsequently Died by Suicide. Suicide and Life Threatening Behaviour, 45(3) pp. 335–344.

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Bell, Jo; Stanley, Nicky; Mallon, Sharon and Manthorpe, Jill (2015). Insights into the processes of suicide contagion: Narratives from young people bereaved by suicide. Suicidology Online, 6(1) pp. 43–52.

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Mallon, Sharon and Stanley, Nicky (2015). Creation of a death by suicide: How do bereaved young adults come to understand the death of a friend as suicide? Crisis, 36(2) pp. 142–147.

Mallon, Sharon and Galway, Karen (2015). Towards an understanding of bereavement in the pathway to suicide. Northern Ireland Assembly.

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