Introduction to Suicidology
Presenter: Professor Gil Zalsman,
President of the International Academy of Suicide Research
Director of Geha Mental Health Center and adolescent day unit
Chair of the Psychiatry Department at Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel; Associate research scientist at Columbia University, USA
In this first IASR SPOC – Short Private Online Course, Professor Zalsman provides an introduction to Suicidology
How big is the problem of suicide?
Presenter: Dr Becky Mars, University of Bristol, UK
Description: Around one person dies by suicide every 40 seconds. But who is most at risk and how can epidemiology and theory help us to prevent suicide?
Increasing ethno-racial diversity in suicide research: Part 2
Presenter: Dr Diana Clarke, American Psychiatric Association; Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; International Academy of Suicide Research, USA
Interviewed by Dr Olivia Kirtley, KU Leuven, Belgium
Description: Does suicide research have a diversity problem and if so, how do we fix it? Part 2 of a two-part interview.
Increasing ethno-racial diversity in suicide research: Part 1
Presenter: Dr Diana Clarke, American Psychiatric Association; Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; International Academy of Suicide Research, USA
Interviewed by Dr Olivia Kirtley, KU Leuven, Belgium
Description: Does suicide research have a diversity problem and if so, how do we fix it? Part 1 of a two-part interview.
Adolescent Suicidal Behavior
Presenter: Professor Gil Zalsman,
President of the International Academy of Suicide Research
Director of Geha Mental Health Center and adolescent day unit
Chair of the Psychiatry Department at Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel; Associate research scientist at Columbia University, USA
In this IASR SPOC, Professor Zalsman provides discusses Adolescent suicidal behavior
Missed connection: Are we listening enough to people with lived experience of suicide?
Presenter: Ms Taryn Hiatt, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP)
Description: The voice of people with lived experience of suicide has been growing in suicide research. But is research changing for the better and how can we do more?
Why are 80% of suicides in Low and Middle Income Countries?
Presenter: Dr Duleeka Knipe, University of Bristol, UK
Description: Around 80% of the world’s suicides are in Low and Middle Income Countries (LAMICs). Yet most research is in high income countries. Why? What does this mean in terms of our knowledge about suicide in LAMICs?
Ghost in the machine (learning)
Presenter: Professor Adrienne Grzenda, University of California-Los Angeles, USA
Description: Machine learning approaches to suicide prevention seem to promise a lot. Can they deliver and is there a measurement ghost in the machine?
The pharmacology of suicidal behaviour
Presenter: Professor Gil Zalsman, Tel Aviv University, Geha Mental Health Center, and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Israel; Columbia University, USA
The pharmacology of suicidal behaviour
Presenter: Professor Gil Zalsman, Tel Aviv University, Geha Mental Health Center, and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Israel; Columbia University, USA
Description: One of the most effective strategies in preventing suicide is early treatment of depression. Antipsychotic agents, Mood stabilizers and new rapid antidepressants are evidence-based therapies proved to reduce suicidal urges and acts. Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is effective but randomized controlled trials are missing.
Description: One of the most effective strategies in preventing suicide is early treatment of depression. Antipsychotic agents, Mood stabilizers and new rapid antidepressants are evidence-based therapies proved to reduce suicidal urges and acts. Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is effective but randomized controlled trials are missing.