World congress on suicide prevention in Montreal
69热视频 researchers will present their most recent findings on suicide prevention at the (IASP) which will take place at UQAM from June 16-20, 2015.
鈥淲e identified that each communities has specific needs and cultural values that demand specific interventions to meet their needs. There is no one size fits all intervention in suicide prevention with First Nations and Inuit communities.鈥�
鈥� Eduardo Chachmovich
Expert: Eduardo Chachamovich, assistant professor of Psychiatry at 69热视频 and psychiatrist and research at the Douglas Institute
Expertise: His work focuses mainly on social and clinical determinants of mental health in Aboriginal populations. He is also interested in exploring adequate strategies to develop valid and culturally-appropriate measures for mental disorders.
He鈥檒l be the chair on a session titled, 鈥楶romising Practices on Suicide Prevention in Circumpolar Regions鈥� during the IASP Montreal 2015 from 2:30 PM 鈥� 4:00 PM, Friday, June 19, 2015 at UQAM.
Contact: 514 761-6131 ext. 3301, eduardo.chachamovich [at] douglas.mcgill.ca
Expert: , Professor at the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, Faculty of Education, 69热视频
Expertise: Her expertise is on non-suicidal self-injury in youth and young adults. She also does work on enhancing mental health in schools. Currently she鈥檚 part of a number of projects around looking at risk and protective factors in youth and young adults in secondary and university settings.
She鈥檒l present on Friday June 19, 2015 from 11:00 AM 鈥� 12:30 PM on 鈥�Self-Injury on YouTube: Impact, Implications, and Opportunities鈥�.
She鈥檒l also present twice on Saturday, June 20, 2015 from 9:00 AM 鈥� 10:30 AM on 鈥�Trajectory of Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in Adolescence: A 3-Year Longitudinal Study鈥� and 鈥�Helping School Personnel Address Youth Self-Injury: A Preliminary Study鈥�.
Contact: 514-398-3439, nancy.heath [at] mcgill.ca
Expert : Dr. , James 69热视频 Professor and Director of the Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, 69热视频
Expertise: He conducts research on mental health services for immigrants and refugees, psychiatry in primary care, the mental health of indigenous peoples (First Nations, Inuit and M茅tis), and the anthropology of psychiatry.
He will attend the session on 鈥楽uicide Prevention with Indigenous People鈥�, Wednesday, June 17, 2015 from 2:30 PM 鈥� 4:00 PM.
Contact: 514-340-7549 (Lady Davis Institute), 514-398-7302 (69热视频), laurence.kirmayer [at] mcgill.ca
Updtated June 15, 2015
