Conferences
10–13 June 2013, Montreal, Canada
IASR 2013 World Congress on Suicide
Suicide has a terrible toll on most, if not all, societies around the world. Although we have made significant progress over the last decades in our understanding of risk factors for suicide, as well as in intervention and prevention strategies, much has yet to be learned and remains to be done.
The 2013 IASR World Congress is the first of its kind. It is the first meeting of the International Academy for Suicide Research IASR, organized by the Quebec Suicide Research Network (RQRS), in partnership with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP), and in collaboration with the Association québécoise de prévention du suicide (AQPS), the Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention (CASP) and the Fédération Trauma Suicide Liaison Urgence (TSLU). This meeting will provide an inspiring forum for high level discussions on suicide research, suicide prevention and intervention.
The theme of the congress is Suicide: From research to practice. We are planning a number of timely and stimulating plenary sessions to discuss contemporary issues on suicide research, avenues for suicide prevention and innovative ways to intervene on suicidal behavior. Other sessions will offer unique opportunities for engaged dialogue between researchers and clinicians, stakeholders and decision-makers, promoting both translation of research findings to practice, as well as informing research direction by clinical and prevention needs.
Congress Themes
- Bullying and suicide
- New perspectives in clinical interventions
- National suicide prevention strategies: the evidence
- The neuroscience of suicide
- Suicidal behavior in LGBT populations
- Internet and suicide
- Suicide in Aboriginal populations
- Childhood maltreatment and suicide risk
- Imaging the suicide brain
- Suicide in the army
- eHealth Strategies for Suicide Prevention and Intervention
