Dr Kathryn McKay
Postdoc Fellow, School of Rural Medicine
Qualifications
Doctor of Philosophy (Griffith), B.A(Hons)(Griffith), B.A(Griffith), B.Law(Hons)(Griffith)
Contact
| Email: | kmckay8@une.edu.au |
| Room: | Professional Development and Leadership (N18) |
Publications
Book and E-Book
McKay K, Schlimme J. E. (eds) (2011) Making Sense of Suicide: A Never-Ending Story? Oxford: Interdisciplinary Press.
McKay K, De Leo D. Passionate Inscription: Love in the Performance of Suicide. pp. 69-78
De Leo D, Sveticic J, Milner A, McKay K. (2011). Suicide in Indigenous Populations of Queensland. Australian Academic Press: Brisbane.
Articles
Tighe J, McKay K. (2012) Alive and Kicking Goals!: Preliminary Findings from a Kimberley Suicide Prevention Program. Advances in Mental Health, 10(3), 240-245.
McKay K. (2011) Survivors Story. Surviving Suicide, December.
Forthcoming:
McKay K. Hungry, Angry Ghosts: A Construction of Female Suicide in Traditional China. Monsters and Monstrous Memory.
In Review:
McKay K, Tighe J. (under review). Talking through the Dead: The Impact and Interplay of Lived Grief after Suicide. Omega.
Submitted:
McKay K, Milner, A, Maple M. Women and Suicide: Beyond the Gender Paradox. Culture, Medicine & Psychiatry.
Reports
McKay K, Hawgood, J, Kavalidou, K, Kõlves, K, De Leo, D. (2011) A Review of the Operation Life Suicide Awareness Workshops. Report to the Department of Veterans Affairs. Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, Brisbane.
Kõlves, K, Kumpula, EK, Too, T, Sveticic, J, Milner, A, McKay, K, Ide, N, De Leo, D. (2011) Suicidal behaviours in men: determinants and prevention. Report to the Department of Health and Ageing. Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, Brisbane.
Kõlves K, Milner A, McKay K, De Leo D. (eds) (2011) Suicide in rural and remote areas of Australia: Report to the Department of Health and Ageing. Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, Brisbane.
Barnett L, Kendall E, McKay K, McIntyre M, Kõlves K, De Leo D. (2010) The Life Promotion Project: An Indigenous Community Response to Youth Suicides in Mackay. Australian Rotary Health: Sydney.
McKay K, Kõlves K, De Leo D. (2010) Suicides among Veterans: A report to DVA. Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention.
Kõlves K, McKay K, De Leo D. (2010) Literature review supporting the mhGAP: Indigenous people. Background document to the World Health Organization, Department of Mental Disorders and Substance Abuse, Geneva.
McKay K, Kõlves K, Klieve H, De Leo D. (2009) Building Bridges: Learning from Experts. Building bridges to implement successful life promotion and suicide prevention expertise across Aboriginal communities. Evaluation Report. Centre for Rural and Remote Mental Health Queensland: Cairns.
Conferences
21st-22nd April 2012, Bundaberg, Queensland
Rotary District Conference, Queensland
“The Voices of Rural Suicide” (presentation)
Kathy McKay
31st October – 2nd November 2011, Prague, Czech Republic
Making Sense of: Suicide Conference
“Talking through the Dead: The Impact and Interplay of Lived Grief” (presentation)
Kathy McKay and Joe Tighe – accepted but unable to attend due to Qantas strike
8th September 2011, Brisbane, Australia
World Suicide Prevention Day Forum
“Learning from Communities: Indigenous Suicide Research and Prevention in Queensland” (presentation)
Kathy McKay
2nd-3rd July 2011, Perth, Australia
Rural Health West Aboriginal Health Conference
“Kicking Goals into the Distance: Turning immediate strategies into long-term solutions” (presentation)
Joe Tighe and Kathy McKay (presented by Craig Sampi – a Peer Educator for the program)
17th-20th November 2010, Brisbane, Australia
Asia Pacific Regional Conference of the International Association for Suicide Prevention
“The Hidden Body: The Lived Experiences of Culture and Female Suicidal Behaviour in Iran” (presentation)
Kathy McKay, Malakouti K and Diego De Leo
“‘By A Mad Miracle’: Method Choice, Intent and Expectation in Female Suicide Attempts” (poster)
Kathy McKay and Diego De Leo
“The Aftermath of War: A Case-Study Analysis of Veterans’ Suicide” (poster)
Kathy McKay, Kairi Kolves and Diego De Leo
5th-7th November 2010, Prague, Czech Republic
Making Sense Of: Suicide Conference
“Passionate Inscription: Love in the Performance of Suicide” (presentation)
Kathy McKay and Diego De Leo
Also chaired a session – Suicide and Religion
3rd August 2010, Brisbane
Life Promotion Seminar Series, Life Promotion Clinic, Griffith University
“‘Ugly and Unworthy’: Female Self-Perception, Self-Harm and Attempted Suicide” (presentation)
Kathy McKay
3rd December 2009, Gold Coast
Health and Medical Research Conference
“‘I Hate Myself’: Self-Perception, Self-Harm and Non-Fatal Suicidal Behaviours” (presentation)
Kathy McKay
4th-5th September 2008, Brisbane
PHAA Research Student Conference – ‘Emerging Issues in Public Health’
“‘Fair Of Face, Full Of Grace’: How Beauty Ideals Affect Female Well-Being” (presentation)
Kathy McKay
10th-12th March 2008, Sydney
Diversity in Health Conference
“Personal Persistence and Indigenous Suicide: the affect of history and identity on Indigenous suicidal behaviours in Queensland” (presentation)
Kathy McKay and Helen Klieve