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Suicidology

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About

Suicidology is a wide and interdisciplinary field ranging from philosophy, literature and religion to social sciences, genetics and psychiatry. The WPA Section on Suicidology was established on the eve of the third millennium. It aims at bringing together different perspectives on suicide and suicidal behaviours, so promoting a better understanding of these behaviours and encouraging the implementation of effective prevention strategies.
 
The Section counts 35 members from 21 countries and actively participates in WPA regional and international conferences. Furthermore, the Section sponsored other conferences such as the First Latin-American International Meeting for Suicide Prevention (Montevideo, Uruguay, 2004), the Roman Forum on Suicide (Rome, Italy, 2015 and 2017) and the 1st international conference “Promoting the mental health and wellbeing of children and adolescents” (Almaty, Kazakhstan, 2018).

Section Officers

Chair:

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Vladimir Carli (Sweden)

National Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention of Mental Ill-Health, 
Karolinska Institutet,  Stockholm,  Sweden 
Phone: 46 70 7533524
Email: vladimir.carli@ki.se

Co-Chair:

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Vsevolod Rozanov (Russia Federation)

St. Petersburg State University, V.M.Bekhterev National Medical Research Center for Psychiatry and Neurology, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation

Email: v.rozanov@spbu.ru

Phone: 007 812 324 25 74

Secretary:

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Sára Sütöri (Sweden)

National Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention of Mental Ill-Health (NASP), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Email: sara.stori@ki.se

>> Please click here to see the Section Members list​​

Section Symposiums

  • Section Symposium – European Symposium on Suicide and Suicidal Behaviour, Rome, Italy, 28-31 August, 2024

  • Section Symposium - WPA World Congress of Psychiatry, Vienna, Austria, 28 September - 1 October, 2023

  • Intersectional Symposium between the Suicidology and the Transcultural Psychiatry Sections - WPA World Congress of Psychiatry, Vienna, Austria, 28 September - 1 October, 2023

  • Section Symposium - WPA World Congress of Psychiatry, Bangkok, Thailand, 3-6 August, 2022

Upcoming Section Activities

  • Hybrid workshop on New Findings in Transcultural Suicidology 2024 – Stockholm, Sweden & Online

Past Section Activities

Recommended Reading

  • Mann, J.J., Michel, C.A., & Auerbach, R.P. (2021). Improving Suicide Prevention Through Evidence-Based Strategies: A Systematic Review. American Journal of Psychiatry, 178(7), 611–624. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2020.20060864

  • Sutori, S., Hadlaczky, G., Eliasson, E., Wasserman, D., & Cari, V. (2023). Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis: Effectiveness of Stand-Alone Digital Suicide Preventive Interventions for the Self-Management of Suicidality. J. technol. behav. sci. 9, 440–451. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41347-023-00374-7

  • Zalsman, G., Hawton, K., Wasserman, D., van Heeringen, K., Arensman, E., Sarchiapone, M., Carli, V., Höschl, C., Barzilay, R., Balazs, J., Purebl, G., Kahn, J. P., Sáiz, P. A., Lipsicas, C. B., Bobes, J., Cozman, D., Hegerl, U., & Zohar, J. (2016). Suicide prevention strategies revisited: 10-year systematic review. The lancet. Psychiatry, 3(7), 646–659. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(16)30030-X

  • Wasserman D. (ed.), Oxford Textbook of Suicidology and Suicide Prevention (2 edn), Oxford Textbooks in Psychiatry (2021), https://doi.org/10.1093/med/9780198834441.001.0001

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