20th EUROPEAN SYMPOSIUM ON SUICIDE AND SUICIDAL BEHAVIOUR

Timetable

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09:30 - 12:30

Partnerships for Life: Identifying Key Priorities for Action

  • Pre-conference workshop

CHAIR

Stephen Platt
United Kingdom

12:00 - 13:00

Meeting: Suicide Prevention Helpline in Europe (SPHERE)

Speakers

Charles-Edouard Notredame
France

12:00 - 13:30

Meeting: European Network of Youth Suicide Researchers

Organiser

Diana D VanBergen
The Netherlands

14:00 - 15:00

Opening Ceremony

PRESIDENT

Marco Sarchiapone
Italy

Speakers

Danuta Wasserman
Sweden

Speakers

Diego De Leo
Italy

Speakers

Maurizio Pompili
Italy

15:00 - 16:30

PL01 - Understanding Suicide

  • Plenary Session

CHAIR

Ping Qin
Norway

16:30 - 17:00

Coffee Break

17:00 - 18:30

SS01 - Bridging the Gap: From Guidelines to Action in Global Suicide Prevention

  • Special Symposium
  • Clinical treatment and interventions

CHAIR

Navneet Kapur
United Kingdom

PS01 - Novel Methods of Suicide: Current Landscape Across Four Continents and Recommendations for the Future

  • Parallel Symposium
  • Internet and media

CHAIR

Thomas Niederkrotenthaler
Austria

PS02 - WPA Suicidology Section Symposium: Navigating Adversity - Perspectives on Suicide Prevention from Individual to Societal Levels

  • Parallel Symposium
  • Socioeconomic, cultural and psychological factors

CHAIR

Vladimir Carli
Sweden

CO-CHAIR

Sara Sütöri
Sweden

PS03 - State-of-the-science Sexual and Gender Minority Suicide Research: Empirical Evidence from Europe and North America

  • Parallel Symposium
  • Vulnerable groups

CHAIR

Ilan Meyer
United States of America

PS04 - Suicide Prevention Through Media Campaigns

  • Parallel Symposium
  • Public Health and community interventions

CHAIR

Lars Mehlum
Norway

CO-CHAIR

Christine Mohn
Norway

PS05 - Psychological Pain as a Risk Factor for Suicidal Behaviour and a Potential Target for Intervention

  • Parallel Symposium
  • Risk assessment and screening

CHAIR

Erkki Isometsa
Finland

CO-CHAIR

Maurizio Pompili
Italy

OC01 - War, Climate Changes and Other Public Stressors

  • Oral communications
  • Socioeconomic, cultural and psychological factors

CHAIR

Paulius Skruibis
Lithuania

OC01-1 - The Moderating Role of Belongingness in the Contribution of Depression to Suicide Ideation Following the October 7, 2023 Terrorist Attack in Israel: A Nationwide Prospective Study

  • August, 28 | 17:00 - 18:30
Yossi Levi-Belz
Israel

OC01-2 - Personal Account: Russia's War Against Ukraine and Transgenerational Psychological Consequences of Soviet Occupation

  • August, 28 | 17:00 - 18:30
Paulius Skruibis
Lithuania

OC01-3 - Association of Youth Climate Worry With Anxiety, Depression, and Self-Harm: A Longitudinal Population-Based Study

  • August, 28 | 17:00 - 18:30
Francis Vergunst
Norway

OC01-4 - A Time Series Analysis of COVID-19 Pandemic and Suicide Mortality Patterns in New Delhi, India

  • August, 28 | 17:00 - 18:30
Chittaranjan Behera
India

OC01-5 - Long COVID Symptoms in Black Americans: A Mixed Methods Study of Mental and Physical Health Outcomes

  • August, 28 | 17:00 - 18:30
Janelle Goodwill
United States of America

OC01-6 - "What Will the Next COVID-19 Be?": A Qualitative Study on Mental Health in Slovenia During Successive Crises and Disasters

  • August, 28 | 17:00 - 18:30
Eva Sedlašek
Slovenia

OC01-7 - Strengthening the Evidence Base on Effective Suicide Prevention During Disasters and Public Health Emergencies

  • August, 28 | 17:00 - 18:30
Lennart Reifels
Australia

OC01-8 - TRIAGE-PST: A Proposed Framework to Empower Community Health Workers with AI-Enhanced Problem Solving Therapy Skills for Mental Health Workforce Support During Public Health Emergencies

  • August, 28 | 17:00 - 18:30
Vincent Silenzio
United States of America

18:30 - 20:30

Welcome Reception

08:30 - 10:00

SS02 - Suicide Risk Factors in Railway Stations and Beyond

  • Special Symposium
  • Epidemiology and surveillance

CHAIR

Annette Erlangsen
Denmark

PS06 - Pathways and Trajectories of Suicide and NSSI From Childhood Through Young Adulthood

  • Parallel Symposium
  • Socioeconomic, cultural and psychological factors

CHAIR

Amy M Brausch
United States of America

PS07 - Effective Treatment of the Suicidal Patient: The Active Therapist

  • Parallel Symposium
  • Clinical treatment and interventions

CHAIR

Mark Goldblatt
United States of America

PS08 - Workplace Suicide Prevention - High-Risk Groups

  • Parallel Symposium
  • Public Health and community interventions

CHAIR

Sally Spencer-Thomas
United States of America

PS09 - Building the Evidence for Suicide Prevention in Vulnerable Youth: Findings, Recommendations and Implications from Multiple European Studies

  • Parallel Symposium
  • Vulnerable groups

CHAIR

Kim Setkowski
The Netherlands

PS10 - Protecting the Mental Health of African American Youth & their Families in the Wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Current and Future Directions

  • Parallel Symposium
  • Socioeconomic, cultural and psychological factors

CHAIR

Lauren Mims
United States of America

PS11 - Light at the End of the Tunnel? - Innovative Approaches to Assessing, Analysing, and Predicting Suicidality and Depressiveness

  • Parallel Symposium
  • Risk assessment and screening

CHAIR

Inken Höller
Germany

CO-CHAIR

Dajana Schreiber
Germany

PS12 - Suicidal Behaviors and Bereavement Anniversary Reactions: From Knowledge to Prevention

  • Parallel Symposium
  • Epidemiology and surveillance

CHAIR

Edouard Leaune
France

Speakers

Alexandra Pitman
United Kingdom

08:30 - 19:00

PO01 - Poster Session 1

  • Poster Session

10:00 - 10:30

Coffee Break

10:30 - 12:00

PL02 - Epidemiology and Public Health actions for suicide prevention

  • Plenary Session

CHAIR

Annette Erlangsen
Denmark

12:00 - 13:00

OC02 - Clinical Treatment and Interventions -1

  • Oral communications
  • Clinical treatment and interventions

CHAIR

Merete Nordentoft
Denmark

OC03 - Digital Interventions and Online Training

  • Oral communications
  • Digital treatments and interventions

CHAIR

Sara Sütöri
Sweden

OC04 - Violence and Other Adverse Experiences

  • Oral communications
  • Socioeconomic, cultural and psychological factors

CHAIR

Ping Qin
Norway

OC05 - Suicide Risk Assessment in Emergency Services and Primary Care

  • Oral communications
  • Risk assessment and screening

CHAIR

Robert Aseltine
United States of America

OC06 - Epidemiology of Suicidal Behaviour

  • Oral communications
  • Epidemiology and surveillance

CHAIR

Emma Eliasson
Sweden

OC07 - School-Based Suicide Prevention

  • Oral communications
  • Public Health and community interventions

CHAIR

Britt Morthorst
Denmark

OC08 - Suicidal Behaviour in People With Mental Disorders and Substance Abuse

  • Oral communications
  • Vulnerable groups

CHAIR

Craig Bryan
United States of America

PS13 - Learning About Suicide From Unexpected Perspectives

CHAIR

Patrizia Zeppegno
Italy

CO-CHAIR

Carla Gramaglia
Italy

13:00 - 14:00

Lunch

14:00 - 15:30

SS03 - Machine Learning for Suicide Prediction and Prevention

  • Special Symposium

CHAIR

Holly Wilcox
United States of America

CO-CHAIR

Diana Clarke
United States of America

PS14 - Effects of school-based suicide prevention

  • Parallel Symposium
  • Public Health and community interventions

CHAIR

Jo Robinson
Australia

CO-CHAIR

Sanne Rasing
The Netherlands

PS15 - Detection of Suicidal Ideation: Where Are We Now?

  • Parallel Symposium
  • Risk assessment and screening

CHAIR

Philippe Courtet
France

PS16 - What About Us? Mental Health, Suicidality and Help Seeking in (Mental) Health Professionals

  • Parallel Symposium
  • Vulnerable groups

CHAIR

Saska Roskar
Slovenia

PS17 - Implementation and Evaluation of National Suicide Prevention Programmes

  • Parallel Symposium
  • Public Health and community interventions

CHAIR

Ella Arensman
Ireland

CO-CHAIR

Philip Dodd

PS18 - Psychobiology of Gender Differences in Suicidal Behavior

  • Parallel Symposium
  • Genetic, epigenetic and neurobiological factors

CHAIR

Leo Sher
United States of America

CO-CHAIR

Maurizio Pompili
Italy

PS19 - Suicide-Related Behavior in Vulnerable Populations: From Community to Clinical Settings

  • Parallel Symposium
  • Epidemiology and surveillance

CHAIR

Alejandro de la Torre-Luque
Spain

OC09 - Vulnerable groups

  • Oral communications
  • Vulnerable groups

CHAIR

Ilan Meyer
United States of America

15:30 - 17:00

PL03 - Biopsychosocial Determinants and Expressions of Suicidality

  • Plenary Session

CHAIR

John Mann
United States of America

17:00 - 17:30

Coffee Break

17:30 - 19:00

SS04 - Media Reporting, Media Guidelines and Suicide: An Update on Recent Evidence

  • Special Symposium
  • Internet and media

CHAIR

Thomas Niederkrotenthaler
Austria

CO-CHAIR

Mark Sinyor
Canada

PS20 - Promises, Pitfalls, and Clinical Applications of Real-Time Monitoring in Suicide Risk Prediction and Prevention

  • Parallel Symposium
  • Digital treatments and interventions

CHAIR

Alan Apter
Israel

CO-CHAIR

Vladimir Carli
Sweden

PS21 - Social and Decision Neuroscience of Suicidal Behavior Across the Lifespan

  • Parallel Symposium
  • Neurocognition and decision making

CHAIR

Fabrice Jollant
France

PS22 - Youth Lived Experience in Suicide Prevention Research, Policy, and Practice: Evidence-Based Approaches Across the Globe

  • Parallel Symposium

CHAIR

Jo Robinson
Australia

PS23 - Innovations in Suicide Prevention Crisis Intervention Services: Recent Challenges, Research and Evaluations

  • Parallel Symposium
  • Public Health and community interventions

CHAIR

Brian Mishara
Canada

PS24 - Interventions and Management of Suicidal Behaviour in Later Life

  • Parallel Symposium
  • Clinical treatment and interventions

CHAIR

Trish Hafford-Letchfield
United Kingdom

CO-CHAIR

Sylvie Lapierre
Canada

PS25 - Suicide Measures and Prevention in Different Environments

  • Parallel Symposium
  • Public Health and community interventions

CHAIR

Susanne Knappe
Germany

CO-CHAIR

Tim J. Krause
Germany

PS26 - Understanding and Preventing Suicide Risk in Males

  • Parallel Symposium
  • Vulnerable groups

CHAIR

Heide Glaesmer
Germany

CO-CHAIR

Birgit Wagner
Germany

08:30 - 10:00

SS05 - National Action Plans for Prevention of Suicidal Behaviour. Examples From Four European Countries

  • Special Symposium
  • Public Health and community interventions

CHAIR

Merete Nordentoft
Denmark

CO-CHAIR

Lars Mehlum
Norway

PS27 - Adopting a Multi-Faceted Approach to Creating a Safer Internet for Individuals Experiencing Self-Harm and Suicidal Feelings

  • Parallel Symposium
  • Internet and media

CHAIR

Lorna Fraser
United Kingdom

PS28 - Impacts of Suicide Bereavement

  • Parallel Symposium
  • Lived experience, survivors and postvention

CHAIR

Karl Andriessen
Australia

PS29 - Shifting Gears in Suicide Prevention: The Role of Systems Science

  • Parallel Symposium

CHAIR

Olivia J Kirtley
Belgium

PS30 - Understanding Suicide Risk in Children and Preteens: Framing Targets for Intervention

  • Parallel Symposium
  • Vulnerable groups

CHAIR

Cynthia Fontanella
United States of America

CO-CHAIR

Jeffrey A Bridge
United States of America

PS31 - Dysregulation Across Core Domains of Functioning and Suicide Risk

  • Parallel Symposium
  • Vulnerable groups

CHAIR

Erin Kaufman
United States of America

CO-CHAIR

Hilary Coon
United States of America

PS32 - Exploring Suicidal Behavior in Clinical Settings: Results on Suicide Attempt From the SURVIVE Study

  • Parallel Symposium
  • Clinical treatment and interventions

CHAIR

Alejandro de la Torre-Luque
Spain

OC10 - Biology and Suicidal Behaviour

  • Oral communications
  • Genetic, epigenetic and neurobiological factors

CHAIR

Yogesh Dwivedi
United States of America

08:30 - 19:00

PO02 - Poster Session 2

  • Poster Session

10:00 - 10:30

Coffee Break

10:30 - 12:00

PL04 - Role of Digital and Traditional Media in Suicide

  • Plenary Session

CHAIR

Ella Arensman
Ireland

12:00 - 13:00

OC11 - Monitoring and surveillance of suicide

  • Oral communications
  • Epidemiology and surveillance

CHAIR

Annette Erlangsen
Denmark

OC12 - Machine Learning and Big Data

  • Oral communications
  • Machine Learning and Big Data

CHAIR

Matthew Spittal
Australia

OC13 - Psychological Determinants of Suicidal Behaviour

  • Oral communications
  • Socioeconomic, cultural and psychological factors

CHAIR

Emma Eliasson
Sweden

OC14 - Gender and Suicide

  • Oral communications
  • Socioeconomic, cultural and psychological factors

CHAIR

Ulrika Lögdberg
Sweden

OC15 - Crisis Helplines

  • Oral communications
  • Public Health and community interventions

CHAIR

Charles-Edouard Notredame
France

OC16 - Socio-Economic and Cultural Determinants of Suicidal Behaviour

  • Oral communications
  • Socioeconomic, cultural and psychological factors

CHAIR

Elisa Vigna
Sweden

OC17 - Internet and Suicide Prevention: Risk and Opportunities

  • Oral communications
  • Internet and media

CHAIR

Anita Tørmoen
Norway

OC18 - Clinical Treatment and Interventions - 2

  • Oral communications
  • Clinical treatment and interventions

CHAIR

Konrad Michel
Switzerland

13:00 - 14:00

Lunch

14:00 - 15:30

SS06 - Partnerships for Life: IASP's Global Initiative to Prevent Suicide

  • Special Symposium
  • Public Health and community interventions

CHAIR

Stephen Platt
United Kingdom

CO-CHAIR

Thomas Niederkrotenthaler
Austria

PS33 - Charting New Fronts: Pioneering Effective Interventions for Adolescent Self-Harm and Suicidality

  • Parallel Symposium
  • Clinical treatment and interventions

CHAIR

Lars Mehlum
Norway

CO-CHAIR

Johan Bjureberg
Sweden

PS34 - Risk and Resilience for Suicide: From Biology to Environment

  • Parallel Symposium
  • Ethical challenges

CHAIR

Gil Zalsman
Israel

PS35 - The Best Laid Plans of Suicide Researchers Using the Experience Sampling Method: Learning From Methodological and Practical Challenges to Advance Research

  • Parallel Symposium
  • Digital treatments and interventions

CHAIR

Olivia J Kirtley
Belgium

PS36 - Suicide Prevention and Assistance in Dying: Addressing Suffering in Various Countries

  • Parallel Symposium
  • Ethical challenges

CHAIR

Mark Goldblatt
United States of America

CO-CHAIR

Reinhard Lindner
Germany

PS37 - Old and New Approaches in Preventing Suicide and Self-Harm

  • Parallel Symposium
  • Clinical treatment and interventions

CO-CHAIR

Philippe Courtet
France

PS38 - Screening and Assessment of Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors in Pre-teens

  • Parallel Symposium
  • Risk assessment and screening

CHAIR

Ana Ortin-Peralta
United States of America

CO-CHAIR

Laura Hennefield
United States of America

OC19 - Survivors, Carers and Postvention

  • Oral communications
  • Lived experience, survivors and postvention

CHAIR

Myfanwy Maple
Australia

15:30 - 17:00

PL05 - Traditional and Novel Approaches to Treatment and Interventions for Suicidal Behaviour

  • Plenary Session

CHAIR

Danuta Wasserman
Sweden

17:00 - 17:30

Coffee Break

17:30 - 19:00

SS07 - Suicide Prevention Based on Social Determinants of Health: Insights from Informatics, Epidemiology, and Economic Modeling

  • Special Symposium
  • Socioeconomic, cultural and psychological factors

CHAIR

Yunyu Xiao
United States of America

CO-CHAIR

John Mann
United States of America

PS39 - Psychological Pain: A Dimension to Consider in Psychiatric Patients at Suicidal Risk

  • Parallel Symposium
  • Risk assessment and screening

CHAIR

Emilie Olie
France

CO-CHAIR

Philippe Courtet
France

PS40 - How Can We Reach People Who Do Not Seek Help?

  • Parallel Symposium
  • Public Health and community interventions

CHAIR

Konrad Michel
Switzerland

PS41 - Delivery and Evaluation of Support for People Bereaved by Suicide

  • Parallel Symposium
  • Lived experience, survivors and postvention

CHAIR

Vita Poštuvan
Slovenia

CO-CHAIR

Diana Sands
Australia

PS42 - Pathways to Understanding Suicidal Behaviour in Older Adults

  • Parallel Symposium
  • Vulnerable groups

CHAIR

Isabela Troya
Ireland

CO-CHAIR

Annette Erlangsen
Denmark

PS43 - The Effect of Psychosocial Interventions on Suicidal Ideation and Self-Harm - An Overview of Scientific Evidence

  • Parallel Symposium
  • Clinical treatment and interventions

CHAIR

Wouter Van Ballegooijen
The Netherlands

CO-CHAIR

Leah Quinlivan
United Kingdom

PS44 - Epidemiology and Data Resources Tools for Prevention Measures

  • Parallel Symposium
  • Epidemiology and surveillance

CHAIR

Katharina König
Germany

CO-CHAIR

Gerd Wagner
Germany

OC20 - Children and Adolescents - Prevalence, Risk Factors, Trajectories

  • Oral communications
  • Epidemiology and surveillance

CHAIR

Johan Bjureberg
Sweden

OC20-1 - Self-Harm in Primary School Students in the OxWell School Survey: Prevalence, Characteristics, and Challenges of Case-Ascertainment

  • August, 30 | 17:30 - 19:00
Galit Geulayov
United Kingdom

OC20-2 - Sleep Disturbances in Pre-teenagers and Subsequent Risk of Suicidality During Teenage Years: A National Longitudinal Cohort Study

  • August, 30 | 17:30 - 19:00
Martin Michelsen
Denmark

OC20-3 - Sleep Measures as a Predictor of Suicidal Ideation Among High-Risk Adolescents

  • August, 30 | 17:30 - 19:00
Amit Shalev
Israel

OC20-4 - Exploring Temporal Patterns in Juvenile Suicidal Behaviour in Poland

  • August, 30 | 17:30 - 19:00
Przemysław M. Waszak
Poland

OC20-5 - A Meta-Analysis on Pain Sensitivity and Self-Injurious Behavior in Children and Youths

  • August, 30 | 17:30 - 19:00
Moa Ponten
Sweden

OC20-6 - School Safety, Class Safety and Suicidality Among LGBTQ+ students

  • August, 30 | 17:30 - 19:00
Diana D VanBergen
The Netherlands

OC20-7 - Self-injury and Suicidal Behaviors in High-Risk Adolescents: Distal Predictors, Proximal Correlates, and Interactive Effects of Impulsivity and Emotion Dysregulation

  • August, 30 | 17:30 - 19:00
Amanda Thompson
United States of America

OC20-8 - Suicide Reattempts in Adolescents and Young Adults After a First Suicide Attempt. Results from the SURAYA Prospective Cohort Study

  • August, 30 | 17:30 - 19:00
Nadine BARAKAT
France

OC20-9 - A Systematic Review of the Relationship Between Social Problem-Solving, Coping and Suicide Risk in Young People

  • August, 30 | 17:30 - 19:00
Krystyna Loney
United Kingdom

08:30 - 10:00

SS08 - The Impact of a Patient Death by Suicide on Clinicians and What Aids Recovery

  • Special Symposium
  • Lived experience, survivors and postvention

CHAIR

Keith Hawton
United Kingdom

PS45 - Elevating Equity: Advancing Approaches to Empower Marginalized Groups and Sub-populations with Suicide Risk

  • Parallel Symposium
  • Vulnerable groups

CHAIR

Karla Thorpe
Canada

PS46 - The Need for Evidence-Based and Multilevel Public Health Approaches in Suicide Prevention

  • Parallel Symposium
  • Public Health and community interventions

CHAIR

Johan Bilsen
Belgium

CO-CHAIR

Ondrej Rydlo
Czech Republic

PS47 - Advancing Suicide Prevention: Insights, Innovations, and Psychotherapeutic Mechanisms of Action

  • Parallel Symposium
  • Clinical treatment and interventions

CHAIR

Anja Gysin-Maillart
Switzerland

CO-CHAIR

Erkki Isometsa
Finland

PS48 - Self-Harm and Suicidal Risk in Children and Adolescents: The Need for a Systems-Based Approach Towards Risk Assessment and Management

  • Parallel Symposium
  • Vulnerable groups

CHAIR

Verena Hinze
United Kingdom

PS49 - Protective Factors Against Suicide-Related Outcomes in Cohort Studies

  • Parallel Symposium

CHAIR

Marie-Claude Geoffroy
Canada

PS50 - People Who Live With Psychosis: From Suicide-Theory to Suicide-Therapy in Some of the Most Vulnerable

  • Parallel Symposium
  • Vulnerable groups

CHAIR

Roger W Webb
United Kingdom

10:00 - 10:30

Coffee Break

10:30 - 11:30

OC21 - Public Health and Community Suicide Preventive Interventions

  • Oral communications
  • Public Health and community interventions

CHAIR

Gergö Hadlaczky
Sweden

OC22 - Lived Experience in Suicide Prevention

  • Oral communications
  • Lived experience, survivors and postvention

CHAIR

Ulrika Lögdberg
Sweden

OC23 - Somatic Diseases and Chronic Pain

  • Oral communications
  • Vulnerable groups

CHAIR

Erik Christiansen
Denmark

OC24 - Medical Assistance in Dying

  • Oral communications
  • Ethical challenges

CHAIR

Lizanne Schweren
The Netherlands

OC25 - At-Risk Populations

  • Oral communications
  • Vulnerable groups

CHAIR

Tereza Vitcheva
Sweden

OC26 - Suicide Prevention Literacy and Training

  • Oral communications
  • Public Health and community interventions

CHAIR

Anna Baran
Sweden

PS51 - Global Youth Suicide Prevention in Medical Settings: From Screening to Implementation

  • Parallel Symposium

CHAIR

Lisa M Horowitz
United States of America

11:30 - 13:00

PL06 - Suicide Prevention Across Lifespan and Across Gender

  • Plenary Session

CHAIR

Marco Sarchiapone
Italy

13:00 - 14:00

Closing Ceremony