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    Crisis

    The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention

    • ISSN L: 0227-5910
    • ISSN Print: 0227-5910
    • ISSN Online: 2151-2396
    • persons-group Official organ: Published under the auspices of the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP)
    • calendar-month Frequency: 6 issues per year
    • star Impact factor: 2.6 (5-year Impact Factor: 2.6)
    • list Listed in: PsycArticles, PsycINFO, Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Essential Science Indicators, Current Contents: Social and Behavioral Sciences, IBZ, CINAHL Database, European Reference Index for the Humanities Social Sciences (ERIH PLUS), PSYNDEX, Scopus, EMBASE, MEDLINE/PubMed, PMC - PubMed Central
    • person-neutral Edited by: Thomas Niederkrotenthaler
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    About the journal

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    Crisis – The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention is an international periodical that publishes original articles on suicidology and crisis intervention. Papers presenting basic research as well as practical experience in the field are welcome. Crisis also publishes potentially life-saving information for all those involved in crisis intervention and suicide prevention, making it important reading for clinicians, counselors, hotlines, and crisis intervention centers. 

    Crisis is archived with Portico.

    News

    New Editor-in-Chief
    Hogrefe Publishing is delighted to announce that Prof. Thomas Niederkrotenthaler took over as the new Editor-in-Chief of Crisis in January 2025. 

    Message from the new Editor-in-Chief 
    “I am delighted about my new role as Editor-in-Chief of Crisis. Together with an amazing group of action editors, including Ella Arensman, Greg Armstrong, Katherine (Kerry) Keyes, Alexandra Pitman, Benedikt Till, and myself, the entire editorial board, our dedicated reviewers, and the IASP membership, we will join forces to evaluate and publish even more high-quality research on suicide prevention, and to help the Journal grow and prosper in this process.”
    Prof. Thomas Niederkrotenthaler, January 2025
    Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Center for Public Health, Medical University of Vienna, Austria

    Open Access for UK authors publishing in APA PsycArticles
    Hogrefe is participating in the open access publishing pilot for the APA PsycArticles database in 2023-2026 – this includes eligible articles accepted in Crisis.
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    For authors

    We are looking forward to receiving your manuscript for Crisis. Please read and take note of the instructions to authors before submitting your manuscript. 

    All manuscripts should be submitted via Editorial Manager.

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    Recent editorials

    Suicide Prevention in Changing Environments
    Thomas Niederkrotenthaler, Ella Arensman, Gregory Armstrong, Katherine Keyes, Alexandra Pitman, and Benedikt Till
    Crisis, Vol 46, No. 3, pp. 123-131

    Handing Over the Reins
    Jane Pirkis and Thomas Niederkrotenthaler
    Crisis, Vol 46, No. 2, pp. 69-71

    Harnessing the Potential of Clinician–Researchers in Suicide Prevention
    Eleanor Bailey, Katherine McGill, Lennart Reifels, and Tiago C. Zortea
    Crisis, Vol 46, No. 1, pp. 1-6

    A Global Call for Decriminalization of Attempted Suicide
    Lai Fong Chan, Nurashikin Ibrahim, Noor Raihan Khamal, Ravivarma Rao Panirselvam, Emmanuel Joseph Pereira, and Murad Khan
    Crisis, Vol 45, No. 6, pp. 383–388

    Women in Suicide Prevention Research
    Piumee Bandara, Linda Bowden, Chan Lai Fong und Jane Pirkis
    Crisis, Vol 45, No. 5, pp. 317–322

    Engagement With Death Registration and Cause-of-Death Reporting to Strengthen Suicide Statistics
    Rakhi Dandona and Murad Khan
    Crisis, Vol 45, No. 4, pp. 249–253

    Editors & editorial board

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    Thomas Niederkrotenthaler

    Editor-in-chief

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    Public Mental Health Research Unit

    Department of Social and Preventive Medicine

    Center for Public Health

    Medical University of Vienna

    Austria
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    Action editors

    Ella Arensman
    Director of Research, National Suicide Research Foundation
    Adjunct Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health
    Western Gateway Building, Room 4.34
    University College Cork
    Western Road
    Cork
    Ireland
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    Greg Armstrong
    Nossal Institute for Global Health
    Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
    University of Melbourne
    Parkville, VIC
    Australia
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    Katherine M. Keyes 
    Mailman School of Public Health
    Columbia University
    New York, NY
    USA
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    Alexandra Pitman
    Epidemiology and Applied Clinical Research Department
    Division of Psychiatry
    University College London
    London
    UK
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    Benedikt Till
    Public Mental Health Research Unit
    Department of Social and Preventive Medicine
    Center for Public Health
    Medical University of Vienna
    Austria
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    Editorial board

    Johnny Andoh-Arthur, Ghana
    Karl Andriessen, Australia
    Alan Apter, Israel
    Florian Arendt, Austria
    Peggy Battin, USA
    Lanny Berman, USA
    Silvia Canetto, USA
    Ying-Yeh Chen, Taiwan
    John Cutcliffe, USA
    Diego De Leo, Italy
    Liliana Dell'Osso, Italy
    Kanita Dervic, Austria
    Erik De Wilde, The Netherlands
    Annette Erlangsen, Denmark/Australia
    Mark Goldblatt, USA
    Madelyn Gould, USA
    John Francis Gunn III, USA
    Christopher Hagan, USA
    Julia Hagen, Norway
    Jin Han, Australia
    Keith Hawton, UK
    Lindsay Hayes, USA
    Erkki Isometsa, Finland
    Gert Jessen, Denmark
    Nav Kapur, UK
    Nestor Kapusta, Austria
    Murad Khan, Pakistan
    Olivia Kirtley, Belgium
    Kairi Kolves, Australia
    Karolina Krysinska, Australia
    Dorian Lamis, USA
    Antoon Leenaars, Canada
    John McIntosh, USA
    Lars Mehlum, Norway
    Brian Mishara, Canada
    Angela Nicholas, Australia
    Rory O'Connor, UK
    Maria A. Oquendo, USA
    Michael Phillips, China
    Jane Pirkis, Australia
    Maurizio Pompili, Italy
    Antonio Preti, Italy
    Nicholas Procter, Australia
    Lennart Reifels, Australia
    Mort Silverman, USA
    Mark Sinyor, Canada
    Matthew Spittal, Australia
    Steven Stack, USA
    Lakshmi Vijayakumar, India
    Martin Voracek, Austria
    Danuta Wasserman, Sweden
    Paul Yip, Hong Kong
    Jie Zhang, USA

    Editor emeritus

    Diego De Leo

    Past editors-in-chief

    Raymond Battegay
    Annette L. Beautrais
    David C. Clark
    John F. Connolly
    Diego De Leo
    Ad J.F.M Kerkhof
    Jane Pirkis
    Hermann Pohlmeier

    Order information

    Crisis is published bimonthly.

    Subscriptions generally run from January to December. Shipping and handling costs are not included in the subscription price and amount to: Germany € 19.20, other countries € 27.00 / US $30.00

    For individual customers, online access to the subscribed journal is included in the annual subscription rate. The online access is valid for the duration of the subscription. Institutional customers can choose between the following options: Print Only, eOnly, and a combination of Print & Online.

    Further information on our subscription conditions can be found in the Information for subscribers or in our current journals catalog.

    • Individuals 2026

      €150.00 (IVA inclusa)

    • Special rates 2026

      €107.00 (IVA inclusa)

      Special rates for members of AAS and CASP/ACPS (Crisis)

    • Single issue 2026

      €51.00 (IVA inclusa)

      Single online issues may be purchased online at Hogrefe eContent.
      Single print issues may be ordered (subject to availability) using the order enquiry form below. Please specify the desired volume number and issue number when ordering.

    • Institutions 2026

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    Print & online
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    € 366.00429.00493.00557.00
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