| 1 | Arafat et al. | In press | Cross-sectional and observational | Original | 320 news reports | Quality of online news reporting of suicidal behavior in Bangladesh against World Health Organization guidelines | Assessed the quality of online news reporting of Bangla news portal, which is the first study assessing the reporting quality against WHO guidelines |
| 2 | Arafat | In press | Observational | Correspondence (review) | N/A | Females are dying more than males by suicide in Bangladesh | Discussed the gender distribution of suicide in Bangladesh |
| 3 | Arafat et al. | 2018b | Cross-sectional and observational | Original | 358 | Demography and risk factors of suicidal behavior in Bangladesh: A retrospective online news content analysis | Assessed the demography and risk factors of suicide by analysing online media reports |
| 4 | Arafat and Hossain | 2018 | Observational | Correspondence (Commentary) | 3 | Suicide during international sports events (football World Cup 2018) | Discussed the suicidality during major sports events such as World Cup Football |
| 5 | Arafat | 2018a | Observational | Correspondence (Commentary) | N/A | Suicide prevention activities in Bangladesh | Discussed existing suicide prevention activities |
| 6 | Shah et al. | 2018 | Cross-sectional and observational | Original | 56 | Demography and risk factor of suicidal behavior in Bangladesh: A cross-sectional observation from patients attending a suicide prevention clinic of Bangladesh | Analysed the demography of patients of a suicide prevention clinic of Bangladesh |
| 7 | Arafat | 2018b | Case report | Letter to the Editor | 1 | Suicide by intravenous kerosene: A case report in Bangladesh | Reported suicide by atypical means (intravenous kerosene) |
| 8 | Shah et al. | 2017 | Cross-sectional and observational | Original | 271 | Demography and risk factors of suicide in Bangladesh: a six-month paper content analysis | Assessed the demography and risk factors of suicide by analysing printed newspaper reports |
| 9 | Salam et al. | 2017 | Epidemiological | Original | 1,169,593 | The burden of suicide in rural Bangladesh: magnitude and risk factors | Discussed the impact and risk factors of suicide in rural areas of Bangladesh |
| 10 | Ahmed et al. | 2017 | Systematic review | N/A | Suicide and depression in the World Health Organization South-East Asia region: a systematic review | Discussed the prevalence of depression amongst the suicide victims |
| 11 | Hasan et al. | 2016 | Case report | 1 | An unusual case of suicide attempt using intravenous injection of kerosene | Reported suicide by atypical means (intravenous kerosene) |
| 12 | Jordan et al. | 2014 | Scoping review | N/A | Suicide in south Asia: a scoping review | Discussed different parameters of suicide |
| 13 | Debnath et al. | 2014 | Case report | 1 | A case of acute insulin poisoning with attempt to suicide | Discussed suicide by atypical means (insulin) |
| 14 | Masrekhy et al. | 2013 | Epidemiological | Original | 819,429 | Suicide kills more than 10,000 people every year in Bangladesh | Explored the epidemiology of suicide in Bangladesh |
| 15 | Halim et al. | 2010 | Cross-sectional and observational | Original | | Various factors of attempted suicide in a selected area of Naogaon district | Discussed the factors of attempted suicide in district of Bangladesh |
| 16 | Quader et al. | 2010 | Cross-sectional and observational | Original | 1862 | Post mortem outcome of organophosphorus compound poisoning cases at Mymensingh Medical College | Mentioned the postmortem finding of poisoning deaths |
| 17 | Khan | 2002 | Review | N/A | Suicide on the Indian subcontinent | Reviewed the different parameters of suicide |
| 18 | Wu et al. | 2012 | Review | N/A | Suicide methods in Asia: implications in suicide prevention | Discussed different parameters of epidemiology |
| 19 | Knipe et al. | 2015 | Systematic review | N/A | Association of socio-economic position and suicide/attempted suicide in low- and middle-income countries in South and South-East Asia – a systematic review | Reviewed the association between socioeconomic status and suicidal behaviour |
| 20 | Bachman | 2018 | Review | N/A | Epidemiology of suicide and the psychiatric perspective | Discussed the different parameters of epidemiology |
| 21 | Suryadevara and Tandon | 2018 | Editorial | | N/A | Decriminalization of Attempted Suicide across Asia- It Matters! | Discussed the status and importance of decriminalization of suicide |
| 22 | Tandon and Nathani | 2018 | Editorial | | N/A | Increasing suicide rates across Asia - a public health crisis | Discussed the recent data with the men-to-women ratio |
| 23 | Khan | 2005 | Review | | N/A | Suicide prevention and developing countries | Discussed the suicide prevention status |
| 24 | Feroz et al. | 2012 | Epidemiological survey | Original | 12,422 | A community survey on the prevalence of suicidal attempts and deaths in a selected rural area of Bangladesh | Surveyed the suicidal rate and epidemiology of suicide small area |
| 25 | Reza et al. | 2013 | Case control and cross-sectional | Original | 230 (113 cases and 117 controls) | Risk factors of suicide and parasuicide in rural Bangladesh | Analysed the risk factors of suicide in Bangladesh |
| 26 | Begum et al. | 2017a | Cross-sectional and observational | Original | 2,133 | Suicidal death due to hanging | Assessed the suicidal deaths by hanging |
| 27 | Arafat | 2017 | Review | | N/A | Suicide in Bangladesh: a mini review | Reviewed the epidemiology of suicide in Bangladesh |
| 28 | Shahnaz et al. | 2017 | Scoping review | | N/A | Suicidal behaviour in Bangladesh: a scoping literature review and a proposed public health prevention model | Reviewed the suicidal behaviour elaborately |
| 29 | Ahmed and Hossain | 2010 | Cross-sectional and observational | Original | 145 | Hanging as a method of suicide: retrospective analysis of postmortem cases | Analysed the postmortem reports of hanging deaths |
| 30 | Ali et al. | 2014 | Cross-sectional and observational | Original | 334 | Suicide by hanging: a study of 334 cases | Analysed the postmortem reports of hanging deaths |
| 31 | Arafat et al. | 2018a | Cross-sectional and observational | Original | 121 | Psychiatric morbidities and risk factors of suicidal ideation among patients attending for psychiatric services at a tertiary teaching hospital in Bangladesh | Discussed the psychiatric morbidities and risk factors amongst suicidal ideators |
| 32 | Arafat and Kabir | 2017 | Editorial | | N/A | Suicide prevention strategies: which one to consider? | Discussed different strategies of suicide prevention |
| 33 | Qusar et al. | 2009 | Cross-sectional and observational | Original | 44 | Psychiatric morbidity among suicide attempters Who needed ICU intervention | Discussed psychiatric morbidities among the attempters |
| 34 | Begum et al. | 2017b | Community- based cross- sectional survey | Original | 2,476 | Prevalence of suicide ideation among adolescents and young adults in rural Bangladesh | Assessed suicidal ideations among adolescents |
| 35 | Chowdhury et al. | 2018 | Review | N/A | Bans of WHO Class I pesticides in Bangladesh— suicide prevention without hampering agricultural output | Discussed the effect of bans of pesticides on suicide |
