Rebecca Sanford, Thompson Rivers University

Research

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Latest papers

A Psychoeducational Support Group Intervention for People Who Have Attempted Suicide: An Open Trial with Promising Preliminary Findings.
Community mental health journal · 2022
Suicide exposure experience screener for use in therapeutic settings: A validation report.
Suicide & life-threatening behavior · 2022
Corrigendum to Exposure to suicide in Australia: A representative random digit dial study. Journal of Affective Disorders 259 (2019) 221-227.
Journal of affective disorders · 2020

All 12 publications

Latest funding

Lexical richness in a polysynthetic language: Dene Suline
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$70,797

All 1 grants and awards

12 publications.

01

A Psychoeducational Support Group Intervention for People Who Have Attempted Suicide: An Open Trial with Promising Preliminary Findings.

Maple M, Wayland S, Pearce T, Sanford R, Bhullar N

Community mental health journal2022

DOI: 10.1007/s10597-022-00978-y PMID: 35635551

02

Suicide exposure experience screener for use in therapeutic settings: A validation report.

Maple M, Cerel J, Sanford R, Shand F, Batterham PJ, Bhullar N

Suicide & life-threatening behavior2022

DOI: 10.1111/sltb.12894 PMID: 35713122

03

Corrigendum to Exposure to suicide in Australia: A representative random digit dial study. Journal of Affective Disorders 259 (2019) 221-227.

Maple M, Sanford R, Pirkis J, Reavley N, Nicholas A

Journal of affective disorders2020

DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2020.06.012 PMID: 32663965

04

Carers' Motivations for, and Experiences of, Participating in Suicide Research.

Maple M, Wayland S, Sanford R, Spillane A, Coker S

International journal of environmental research and public health2020

DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17051733 PMID: 32155819

05

Suicide exposure and impact within a non-representative Australian community sample.

Maple M, Sanford R

Death studies2020Senior author

DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2018.1554609 PMID: 30653392

06

Exposure to suicide in Australia: A representative random digit dial study.

Maple M, Sanford R, Pirkis J, Reavley N, Nicholas A

Journal of affective disorders2019

DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2019.08.050 PMID: 31446384

07

The Attempt Was My Own! Suicide Attempt Survivors Respond to an Australian Community-Based Suicide Exposure Survey.

Maple M, McKay K, Sanford R

International journal of environmental research and public health2019Senior author

DOI: 10.3390/ijerph16224549 PMID: 31752077

08

Attitudes About Suicide Ideation Among Suicide Loss Survivors: A Vignette Study.

Kheibari A, Cerel J, Sanford R

Psychological reports2019Senior author

DOI: 10.1177/0033294118795882 PMID: 30180789

09

Suicide Notes: Assessing Their Impact on the Bereaved.

Feigelman W, Sanford R, Cerel J

Suicide & life-threatening behavior2019

DOI: 10.1111/sltb.12489 PMID: 29978504

10

Disclosure in traumatic deaths as correlates of differential mental health outcomes.

Feigelman W, Cerel J, Sanford R

Death studies2018Senior author

DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2017.1372533 PMID: 28985141

Lexical richness in a polysynthetic language: Dene Suline

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Lovick, Olga Charlotte

Keywords: Indigenous languages; Dene languages; lexical diversity; lexicography

$70,797

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Sanford, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "A Psychoeducational Support Group Intervention for People Who Have Attempted Suicide: An Open Trial with Promising Preliminary Findings." (2022), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]