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:
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
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Section Symposiums
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Section Symposium – European Symposium on Suicide and Suicidal Behaviour, Rome, Italy, 28-31 August, 2024
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Section Symposium - WPA World Congress of Psychiatry, Vienna, Austria, 28 September - 1 October, 2023
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Intersectional Symposium between the Suicidology and the Transcultural Psychiatry Sections - WPA World Congress of Psychiatry, Vienna, Austria, 28 September - 1 October, 2023
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Section Symposium - WPA World Congress of Psychiatry, Bangkok, Thailand, 3-6 August, 2022
Upcoming Section Activities
State-of-the-Art presentation at the WCP 2025 in Prague:
Vladimir Carli: Moving forward: From the identification of high-Risk Individuals to the implementation of scalable and accessible interventions
Section Symposium at WCP 2025 in Prague:
WPA Suicidology Section Symposium: Integrating Insights from Research and Practice to Enhance Suicide Prevention
Course at the WCP 2025 in Prague:
“From insight to practice: Advanced suicide risk assessment and prevention”
Section Meeting at WCP 2025 in Prague
Past Section Activities
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Hybrid workshop on “Advancements in Transcultural Suicidology” 2024 – Stockholm, Sweden & Online
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Hybrid workshop on New Findings in Transcultural Suicidology - 31st Oct 2024 – Stockholm, Sweden & Online
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Hybrid workshop on Transcultural Suicidology 2023 – Stockholm, Sweden & Online
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Policy Document: “Suicide Prevention During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic – Evidence-Based Recommendations“ (2020) – link: https://www.wpanet.org/post/suicide-prevention-during-and-after-the-covid-19-pandemic-evidence-based-recommendations-2020
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Position paper published on World Psychiatry: “Adaptation of evidence-based suicide prevention strategies during and after the COVID-19 pandemic ” (2020) – link: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wps.20801
Educational activities
Two courses about suicide prevention for clinicians (in English and Spanish) held at the World Psychiatric Congress (WCP) 2024 in Mexico City with title: “Beyond the Basics: Advanced Suicide Assessment and Prevention Strategies in Practice”
Recommended Reading
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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
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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
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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
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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