Suicide prevention: Connecting research and practice

This one day event, will feature presentations and findings from researchers on the following projects:

• Impact of COVID Restrictions on People Experiencing Homelessness, Substance Use and Mental ill-health throughout the pandemic (Merchant’s Quay Ireland, HSE Acces, Independent Researcher)
• Action research supporting development of a suicide prevention protocol in homeless services (Dublin Simon Community Sure Steps Counselling, Work Research Centre)
• Experiences of supports for suicide bereavement in Ireland: A national survey (School of Public Health UCC, National Suicide Research Foundation, Healing Untold Grief Groups)
• Digital storytelling as a therapeutic intervention for Traveller men affected by suicide
• Dying to farm: Towards developing a suicide prevention intervention for farmers in Ireland (School of Agriculture and Food Science UCD, School of Psychology UCD, Macra na Feirme, Irish Farm Centre)
• Retrospective chart review of patients presenting to the Emergency Department following High Lethality Intentional Drug Overdose (IDO) and subsequent prescribing practices (School of Medicine UCC, National Suicide Research Foundation, Liaison Psychiatry Service Mercy University Hospital, Department of General Practice UCC, HSE National Clinical Programme for the Assessment and Management of People presenting to the Emergency Department, Liaison Psychiatry Service CUH, Department of Psychiatry UCC)
• Comparing the effectiveness of a brief Safety Planning Group Intervention (SPGI) between acute and chronically suicidal individuals (University Hospital Galway, Psychiatry NUIG, CAMHS Mid-West, Resource Officer for Suicide Prevention HSE West, School of Psychology NUIG, College of Engineering and Informatics NUIG, Insight Centre for Data Analytics NUIG).

Running order

09:30 to 10:00 - Tea, coffee and registration

10:00 to 11:15 - Presentations and discussion

11:15 to 11:45 - Tea, coffee break

11:45 to 13:15 - Presentations and discussion

13:15 to 14:15 - Light lunch, networking

14:15 to 15:15 - Presentations and discussion

15:15 to 15:45 - Closing

Who should attend

This event will be of particular interest and relevance to researchers and policy makers, and others working in the areas of mental health, suicide and self-harm prevention. The event will allow for discussion and networking with researchers and other attendees.

Background

In line with Connecting for Life, Ireland's National Strategy to Reduce Suicide, the HSE supports a variety of innovative research in suicide and self-harm prevention.

The HSE NOSP launched its first Grant Scheme for Collaborative Research Projects on 'priority groups' in Ireland in 2020. These groups are particular demographic groups which have consistently been shown by both national and international research evidence to have increased risk of suicidal behaviour.

The purpose of the scheme was twofold: to further our understanding of the groups that are at increased risk for self-harm and suicide; and to promote and support collaborative research projects between researchers and services working in the area of suicide prevention in Ireland.