Suicidal Behaviour Research Lab

Keep an eye out for @MQmentalhealth sponsored podcast on World Suicide Prevention Day (10th Sept), hosted by @HannahMyerson, with discussion between Rory O’Connor and YouTuber/blogger Paul McGregor @pmcgregorcom who lost his dad to suicide #WSPD18

Interested in suicide research?
Ahead of publication of the Scottish Government's new suicide prevention action plan BBC Scotland spoke to Rory O'Connor about research within SBRL.
They talked about ongoing work on the IMV model, pain sensitivity and safety planning
... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-44 632091
Video clip & story below ‚Ź¨
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NETECR Conference Review of our Early & Mid-Career Researchers’ Forum 2018
https://netecr.wordpress.com/2018/08/08/c onference-review- emcrf18/

Rory O'Connor's keynote at BABCP conference last week on "Understanding the transition from suicidal thoughts to suicide attempts" is now online https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11iv0isS3 74

We are delighted that the new paper by Rory O'Connor & Olivia Kirtley (Leuven) with the latest on the Integrated Motivational-Volitional (IMV) Model of Suicidal Behaviour is now open access ‚Ė∂ÔłŹ http://rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org/‚Ä ¶/‚Ķ/20170268.full.pdf Royal Society Publishing ‚ěē Rory has recorded a "20 years in 10 minutes" podcast summarising the model ‚Ź¨ https://youtu.be/no_4tp0Lh3I

As it is Matt Haig's birthday, here the review that Rory O'Connor wrote about Matt's new book Notes on a Nervous Planet after being incensed by a stigmatising review published in The Times

Matt Haig's new book Notes on a Nervous Planet is (almost) out now. Rory O'Connor reviews it below: it's another enjoyable read with the Haig mix of personal narrative, elegant prose and thoughtful observation.
http://www.suicideresearch.info/…/somen otesonmatthaigslates…

We welcome Minister for Mental Health @maureenSNP's announcement of extra £3 million for suicide prevention in Scotland. A step change in focus on suicide prevention crucial to saving lives. The new Scottish suicide prevention action plan will be published in 2 weeks #suicideprevention
https://news.gov.scot/…/extra-funding-f or-suicide-prevention

Photos of the 3rd Suicide and Self-harm Early and Mid-Career Researchers' Forum organised by the Suicidal Behaviour Research Laboratory (University of Glasgow) on 7th and 8th June 2018.

New paper - led by Seonaid Cleare - illustrating strength of the association between adverse childhood experiences and self-harm.
Free to download: http://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/15/6/1235/h tm

What a fantastic couple of days! Great science, not to mention the ‚ėÄÔłŹ
Thanks to all of our delegates from across Europe, USA, Brazil, Australia and Russia for attending our 3rd Early and Mid-Career Researchers‚Äô Forum on Suicide & self-harm. See you next year ūüėÄ #morephotostofollow #EMCRF18

Not long now!
We look forward to welcoming friends and colleagues to the 3rd Early & Mid-Career Researchers' Forum (7-8th June) on suicide and self-harm next week #EMCRF18 #Glasgow

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-442 81525
Are you interested in doing your PhD on the project below supervised by Prof Rory O'Connor & Dr Katie Robb (fully funded scholarship provided by Scottish Association for Mental Health), details of how to apply can be found here: https://www.findaphd.com/search/ProjectDe tails.aspx… #MaleSuicide closing date: 15th June 2018

With imminent launch of #13ReasonsWhy2 we joined a coalition of organisations that will release advice for parents, educators and professionals. Materials & resources will be available online Friday 18th May. Initial statement is online now https://www.13reasonswhytoolkit.org #13RWtoolkit

Towards an enhanced understanding of suicide risk in men
Interested in doing a PhD on male suicide supervised by Professor Rory O'Connor and Dr Katie Robb?
Really exciting Scottish Association for Mental Health-funded @SAMHtweets scholarship. Closing date: 15th June 2018
... Details here: https://www.findaphd.com/search/ProjectDe tails.aspx…
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