Silke Kuehl, Specialist Nurse Consultant, Suicide and Mental Health Research Group, Our people, University of Otago, Wellington, University of Otago, New Zealand

Silke_Kuehl_profile PhD, MA (Clinical), RN, DipPsychNurs

Clinical Research Fellow, Suicide and Mental Health Research Group

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Research interests and activities

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Email silke.kuehl@otago.ac.nz

Background

Silke's PhD was on 'Coping Has Limits: ‘Mixed Presenters’ Emergency Department Presentations for Self-harm and Other Reasons. Her study was funded by the Health Research Council with a Clinical Research Training Fellowship and was viewed as ‘exceptional’. Silke works part-time as a staff nurse at Wellington emergency department. Currently, she is working on a stocktake for the Mental Health Inquiry.

Research interests and activities

People who present to emergency departments for self-harm and other reasons – the clinical implications.

Focus on the person who experiences mental ill health.

The importance of engagement between clinicians and the person presenting to an emergency department with mental health issues.

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Publications

Werkmeister, C., Cunningham, R., Freeland, A., Stanley, J., Every-Palmer, S., & Kuehl, S. (2022). Missed presentations, missed opportunities: A cross-sectional study of mental health presentation undercounting in the emergency department. Emergency Medicine Australasia. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.14114

Every-Palmer, S., Kim, A. H. M., Cloutman, L., & Kuehl, S. (2022). Police, ambulance and psychiatric co-response versus usual care for mental health and suicide emergency callouts: A quasi-experimental study. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1177/00048674221109131

Every-Palmer, S., Kuehl, S., & Kim, A. (2022). Wellington Mental Health Co-Response Team evaluation: Police, ambulance and mental health services co-attending 111 mental health calls. 167p. Retrieved from https://www.police.govt.nz/sites/default/files/publications/wellington-co-response-team-evaluation-report.pdf

Kuehl, S., Stanley, J., Nelson, K., & Collings, S. (2021). The serious self-harm risk of “Mixed Presenters,” people who presented to New Zealand emergency departments for self-harm and other reasons: A cohort study. Archives of Suicide Research, 25(3), 475-490. doi: 10.1080/13811118.2020.1715904

Cunningham, R., Kvalsvig, A., Peterson, D., Kuehl, S., Gibb, S., McKenzie, S., Thornley, L., & Every-Palmer, S. (2018). Stocktake report for the Mental Health and Addiction Inquiry: A background report prepared for the Inquiry panel. Commissioned by Mental Health and Addiction Inquiry. Wellington, New Zealand: EleMent Research Group, University of Otago. 267p. Retrieved from https://mentalhealth.inquiry.govt.nz/whats-new/resources/university-of-otago-stocktake-report-for-the-mental-health-and-addiction-inquiry

Journal - Research Article

Kuehl, S., Nelson, K., & Collings, S. (2012). Back so soon: Rapid re-presentations to the emergency department following intentional self-harm. New Zealand Medical Journal, 125(1367). Retrieved from http://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Journal - Research Article

Kuehl, S., Collings, S., Stanley, J., & Nelson, K. (2018). Coping has limits: ‘Mixed Presenters’ emergency department presentations for self-harm and other reasons. Proceedings of the 8th Asia Pacific Regional Conference on Suicide Prevention (IASP). (pp. 73). Retrieved from https://iasp.info/newzealand/

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Kuehl, S., Collings, S., Stanley, J., & Nelson, K. (2014, September). At high risk of suicide? A study about people who present to emergency departments with intentional self-harm and for other reasons. Poster session presented at the Division of Health Sciences Research Forum: Learning Different Research Languages, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

Kuehl, S. (2012, September). 'I jus' wanna crawl in and crawl out': Experiences of service users to emergency departments. Poster session presented at the Division of Health Sciences Research Forum: Health Matters: Research Excellence at Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

Commissioned Report for External Body

Kuehl, S. (2017). Coping has limits: 'Mixed presenters' emergency department presentations for self-harm and other reasons (PhD). University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10523/7568

Awarded Doctoral Degree

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