Keynote Speaker Suicide Prevention: A View from the NIMH
Joshua Gordon
Director, National Institute of Mental Health
USA
Keynote Speaker
Maria Oquendo
University of Pennsylvania
USA
Debate Session
High Risk vs. Population Approaches to Saving Lives
Participant
John Mann
Columbia University
USA
Participant
Eric Caine
University of Rochester
USA
Plenary Session
Suicide Amoung Refugees- A Veil of Silence
Lakshmi Vijayakumar
Voluntary Health Services
India
The City That Disappears Every Year: Global Perspectives on Suicide
Lena Verdeli
Columbia University
USA
Living Room Discussion: Lived Experience
Moderator
Jo Robinson
Orygen the National Centre of Excellence in Young Mental Health
Australia
Participant
Steven Iselin
U.S. Navy for Energy, Installations and Environment
USA
Participant
Stephen O’Connor
University of Louisville
USA
Participant
Jessica Caudle
University of Texas at Arlington
USA
Invited Symposia Sessions
Military and Veteran Suicide
Chair and Presenter Follow up of Adolescent Suicide Attempters During Compulsory Military Service
Alan Apter
Schneiders Children’s Medical Center
of Israel
Israel
Crisis Response Planning to Prevent Suicidal Behavior Among Military Personnel
Craig Bryan
National Center for Veterans Studies
USA
2016 Expert Panel on Suicide Prevention in Canadian Armed Forces
Jitender Sareen
University of Manitoba
Canada
Two Promising Evidence-Based Interventions for Suicide Prevention Among Veterans With TBI
Lisa Brenner
The University of Colorado, Rocky Mountain MIRECC
USA
Community Based Suicide Prevention
Chair and Presenter Interventions to Limit Suicide by Self-Poisoning
Keith Hawton
Warneford Hospital/Oxford University
United Kingdom
Firearms and Suicide
Matthew Miller
Northeastern University
USA
Intentional Pesticide Poisoning
Melissa Pearson
University of Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Upstream Youth Suicide Prevention in Community Settings: Emerging Evidence
Peter Wyman
University of Rochester
USA
New Understanding of the Neurobiology of Suicide and Potential Causes
Presenter and Chair New Neurobiologic Imaging Findings Related to the Stress Diathesis Model of Suicidal Behavior
John Mann
Columbia University
USA
Suicide and the Connectome
Kees van Heeringen
Ghent University
Belgium
Inflammation and Suicidal Behavior
Lena Brundin
Van Andel Research Institute
USA
Metabolomics and Suicidal Behavior
Lisa Pan
University of Pittsburgh
USA
Neurobiology of Suicide: Genetics
Presenter and Chair Genome Wide Association Studies on Impulsivity and Aggression
Dan Rujescu
University of Halle
Germany
Epigenetics and Suicidal Behavior
Gustavo Turecki
McGill University
Canada
From DNA Microarrays to Micro RNAs in Suicide Research
Gil Zalsman
Geha Mental Health Center, Tel Aviv University
Israel
Genetics of Impulsivity, Aggression, and Suicide
Enrique Baca-Garcia
Fundacion Jimenez Diaz
Spain
Interventions to Prevent Child and Adolescent Suicide
Chair and Presenter Youth Aware of Mental Health (YAM): Challenges in the Design and Evaluation of Universal Suicide Prevention Programs for Adolescents
Danuta Wasserman
Karolinska Institute
Sweden
As Safe as Possible (ASAP): A Brief Inpatient Intervention Supported by a Phone App to Prevent Recurrent Suicidal Behavior in Adolescents
David Brent
UPMC/Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic
USA
DBT in Suicidal and Self-Harming Adolescents
Lars Mehlum
National Centre of Suicide Research and Prevention, University of Oslo
Norway
Implementing Zero Suicide Strategies for Youth: Are We Ready?
Joan Asarnow
Semel Institute- UCLA
USA
Media, Social Media, and Suicide
Chair and Presenter Social Media and Suicidal Behaviors in Adolescents
Merike Sisask
Tallinn University
Estonia
Suicide and the Internet
Jane Pirkis
University of Melbourne
Australia
Media and Suicide: Building the Evidence Base
Thomas Niederkrotenthaler
Medical University of Vienna
Austria
Engaging Vulnerable Youth by Activating Their Social Media Networks
Qijin Cheng
The Hong Kong Jockey Club Centre for Suicide Research
Hong Kong
Populations and System Based Approaches to Suicide Prevention
Chair and Presenter Population Based and Selected Interventions for Preventing Suicide Across the Care Pathway
Nav Kapur
University of Manchester
United Kingdom
Research Supporting Suicide Prevention Approaches in Health Systems
Brian Ahmedani
Henry Ford Health System
USA
Systems Thinking in Collaborative, Community-Based Suicide Prevention: Bridging the Gap Between Communities of Research and Practice
Ann Marie White
University of Rochester
USA
Systematic Suicide Care: Evidence for Zero Suicide
Mike Hogan
Hogan Health Systems
USA
Suicide in Older Adults- From Prevention to Postvention
Chair and Presenter Integrated Care Management of Late Life Depression in Chinese Primary Care Clinics
Yeates Conwell
University of Rochester
USA
Older Adults Bereaved by Spousal Suicide: A Nationwide Study
Annette Erlangsen
Mental Health Center Copenhagen
Denmark
Preventing Suicide in Later Life by Promoting Social Connectedness
Kim Van Orden
University of Rochester
USA
Risk Factors of Completed Suicide Among Chinese Rural Elderly: A Paired Case-Control Psychological Autopsy Study
Liang Zhou
Guangzhou Brain Hospital
China
Psychosocial Interventions to Prevent Suicide
Chair and Presenter Cognitive Therapy for Suicide Prevention
Gregory Brown
Perelman School of Medicine
USA
Safety Planning and Other Brief Interventions: Outcomes and Challenges
Barbara Stanley
Columbia University
USA
The Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality (CAMS): Adaptations of the Approach
David Jobes
The Catholic University of America
USA
Preliminary Outcomes of Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT-A) for Depressed Youth Engaging in Suicidal Behavior (IPT-A-CSP)
Anat Klomek-Brunstein
Columbia University
USA
Using Large and Complex Data in Suicide Research
Chair and Presenter
Vincent Silenzio
University of Rochester
USA
Linking Prediction and Prevention in Large Healthcare Systems
Gregory Simon
Group Health Research Institute
USA
Deliberate Self-Harm and Follow-Up Intervention: Insights From Routine Practice
Ping Qin
University of Oslo
Norway
Modeling Short-Term Changes in Suicidal Ideation and Behavior: The Challenges and the Promise in the Analysis of High-Frequency Data
Hanga Gafalvy
Columbia University
USA
Novel Approaches to Understanding and Preventing Suicide
Chair and Presenter Ketamine in Suicide Prevention
Michael Grunebaum
Columbia University
USA
Network Analyses
Derek de Beurs
Netherlands Institute for Health Services
Netherlands
Using EMA to Monitor Suicidality
Michael Armey
Brown University
USA
Internet Interventions
Helen Christensen
Black Dog Institute
Australia
Impact of Suicide on Others
Chair and Presenter Exposure to Suicide in High Schools: Impact on Attitudes About Coping Strategies and Help-Seeking Behavior for Suicidality
Madelyn Gould
Columbia University
USA
Exposure to Suicide in the Population
Julie Cerel
University of Kentucky
USA
Complicated Grief Treatment
Kathy Shear
Columbia University
USA
Suicide Bereavement: Review of Population-Based Administrative Data Studies