Resource Tag: MEETINGS

Published in “Suicide in Modern Ireland: new Dimensions, new Responses”

Due to a lack of guidance for efforts to create effective public messages that increase awareness that suicide is preventable, a workshop was convened consisting of suicide prevention advocates & persons with expertise in public health evaluation, suicide contagion, decision-making, & marketing. This summary describes some of the challenges & opportunities identified by workshop participants […]

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This report considers the issues & incidence of youth suicide within the regional & rural context of the Grampians region of Australia. It discusses known data & information, & reviews information provided by focus groups of young people from the region. The authors highlight the needs of young people in relation to suicidal behaviours, & […]

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On October 22-23, 2003, the National Institute of Mental Health, the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, & the Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration sponsored a workshop entitled “The Science of Public Messages for Suicide Prevention.” The participants discussed key areas that could inform future suicide prevention programs & compiled an eight-point research […]

The author reviews the content, aims, & origins of the book “The Prevention of Suicide,” edited by R Jenkins et al, calling it an “important step towards developing a comprehensive national strategy for preventing suicide & attempted suicide.” The book is recommended to all professionals & volunteers who come into contact with suicidal people, as […]

Information, activities, & participant responses are collected from the workshop, “Healing a Community After Suicide: An Aboriginal Experience,” that took place in Calgary on December 8, 2003. The theme of Aboriginal loss is explored, & specific risk factors, triggers, & protective factors in Aboriginal suicide are reviewed. Points of discussion & responses from workshop participants […]

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This report summarizes the major themes that emerged over the course of a one-day workshop on suicide prevention & intervention, convened on May 14, 2001. Discussion focused on the following areas: design & analysis of prevention programs, systems interventions for youth, suicide contagion, cognitive approaches to suicide, prevention across psychiatric diagnoses, prevention opportunities in general […]

The author reviews the book, “New Media & Suicidality: Perils & Possibilities of Intervention.” He provides a background to the book, considering the effect of new media (such as internet) on suicide rates, & outlines the aspects of suicide & new media that are covered in this book. He is impressed by the “fresh wind” […]

This document summarizes the lectures & workshops presented at the 2nd International Meeting “Suicide: Interplay of Genes & Environment.” Topics addressed were: 1) “Suicidal Behaviour: Influences of Time & Surrounding”; 2) “Genetic Risk Factors for Suicide Behaviour”; 3) “Interplay of Suicide & Society”; 4) “Suicide Within or Without Medicine”; & 5) “Risk Factors for Suicide […]

Published in “Suicide Risk & Protective Factors in the New Millennium,” ed. by O T Grad

Published in “Suicide Risk & Protective Factors in the New Millennium,” ed. by O T Grad

This pamphlet presents the programme & abstracts from the SPINZ inaugural Symposium on Youth Suicide Prevention Research, which took place on the 6th & 7th of August, 2002 in Wellington, New Zealand.