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Catherine Polling

Clinical Lecturer in General Psychiatry, King's College London
Verified email at kcl.ac.uk
Cited by 545

[HTML][HTML] School absenteeism as a risk factor for self-harm and suicidal ideation in children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis

S Epstein, E Roberts, R Sedgwick, C Polling… - European child & …, 2020 - Springer
Self-harm and suicidal ideation in children and adolescents are common and are risk factors
for completed suicide. Social exclusion, which can take many forms, increases the risk of self …

Psychosocial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on 4378 UK healthcare workers and ancillary staff: initial baseline data from a cohort study collected during the first …

…, AM Rafferty, M Parsons, C Polling… - Occupational and …, 2021 - oem.bmj.com
Objectives This study reports preliminary findings on the prevalence of, and factors
associated with, mental health and well-being outcomes of healthcare workers during the …

Mental health among UK university staff and postgraduate students in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic

…, D Leightley, C Oetzmann, C Polling… - Occupational and …, 2022 - oem.bmj.com
Objectives To characterise the baseline King's College London Coronavirus Health and
Experiences of Colleagues at King's cohort and describe patterns of probable depression …

[HTML][HTML] Inequalities in referral pathways for young people accessing secondary mental health services in south east London

…, H Harwood, J Downs, I Bakolis, C Polling… - European Child & …, 2021 - Springer
Differences in health service use between ethnic groups have been well documented, but
little research has been conducted on inequalities in access to mental health services …

Limbic striatal dopamine D2/3 receptor availability is associated with non-planning impulsivity in healthy adults after exclusion of potential dissimulators

SJ Reeves, C Polling, PRA Stokes, JM Lappin… - Psychiatry Research …, 2012 - Elsevier
Positron emission tomography (PET) studies have reported an association between reduced
striatal dopamine D2/3 receptor availability and higher scores on self-report measures of …

[HTML][HTML] Influence of perceived and actual neighbourhood disorder on common mental illness

C Polling, M Khondoker, SELCoH study team… - Social psychiatry and …, 2014 - Springer
Purpose Fear of crime and perceived neighbourhood disorder have been linked to common
mental illness (CMI). However, few UK studies have also considered the experience of crime …

“There is so much more for us to lose if we were to kill ourselves”: understanding paradoxically low rates of self-harm in a socioeconomically disadvantaged …

C Polling, C Woodhead, H Harwood… - Qualitative health …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
London has unexpectedly low overall rates of self-harm in public health data and contains
highly deprived areas with these paradoxically low rates. Qualitative data were collected via …

Trajectories of mental health among UK university staff and postgraduate students during the pandemic

…, G Lavelle, D Leightley, C Polling… - Occupational and …, 2022 - oem.bmj.com
Objectives The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the social and working lives of many.
Past studies have highlighted worsening mental health during the pandemic, but often rely …

[HTML][HTML] Using routine clinical and administrative data to produce a dataset of attendances at Emergency Departments following self-harm

C Polling, A Tulloch, S Banerjee, S Cross… - BMC emergency …, 2015 - Springer
Background Self-harm is a significant public health concern in the UK. This is reflected in the
recent addition to the English Public Health Outcomes Framework of rates of attendance at …

[HTML][HTML] Variation in rates of self-harm hospital admission and re-admission by ethnicity in London: a population cohort study

C Polling, I Bakolis, M Hotopf, SL Hatch - Social psychiatry and psychiatric …, 2021 - Springer
Purpose To compare sex-specific rates of hospital admission and repeat admission
following self-harm between ethnic groups in London and test whether differences persist …