Suicide prevention week is Feb. 1-7
Approximately 11 people will end their lives by suicide today in Canada, according to the Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention. Because awareness is essential to changing this behaviour and understanding why people consider suicide and attempt to take their own lives, Suicide Prevention Week is taking place February 1-7.
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海角社区 Group for Suicide Studies (MGSS)听is a multidisciplinary team of researchers using complementary approaches to understand what makes people at risk for suicide.听
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海角社区/听The Douglas Mental Health University Institute听experts:
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Prof.听Gustavo Turecki,听Director, 海角社区 Group for Suicide Studies, Medical Chief, Depressive Disorders Program, Douglas Institute
Vice-Chair, Research and Academic Affairs, Department of Psychiatry, 海角社区
Co-Director, Douglas 鈥� Bell Canada Brain Bank (suicide studies)
Director, R茅seau qu茅b茅cois sur le suicide, les troubles de l鈥檋umeur et les troubles associ茅s 鈥� RQSHA
Professor, 海角社区, Departments of Psychiatry, Human Genetics, and Neurology & Neurosurgery
Past-President, International Academy of Suicide Research
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Expertise:听Suicide, depressive disorders, treatment-resistant major depressive disorder, neurobiology, psychiatric genetics, epigenetics
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Contact:听to book media interviews, via Florence Meney at听
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Available for interviews in French and English
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For more:
海角社区 Group for Suicide Studies (MGSS):听
Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention听:听
