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30 April 2011- Deadline for abstract submission
31 May 2011- Response to authors about acceptance of abstracts
15 July 2011- Deadline of registration for authors who has an accepted abstract
30 April, 2011- Deadline for early bird registration
1 September, 2011- Deadline for normal registration

News Update

The conference schedule is available now (for more detail). Please check the spelling of your name and the title of your presentation(s) and notify us if there are any needed corrections prior to 24 August.

Transportation and Airport Pickups: airport pickups will be organized on 12th and 13th September at Gate 11, Terminal 3, Beijing International Capital Airport.For more detail

Due to request of many participants, the deadline for abstracts submission has been extended to 30th April. So far we have received more than 200 abstracts already. Please submit yours as soon as possible in order not to miss the chance to present your latest work in this exciting world congress for suicide prevention.

Information about plenary speakers has come out. For more details, please see "News and Announcement".

Call for Symposia, Workshops and Panels

Bursaries are available from Peter Lee’s Care for Life Foundation. If you are applying for a bursary, please DO NOT register until you receive the result of your application, please see "News and Announcement".

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Workshop & Training Course:

There are three preconference workshops to be organised on 13 September 2011:

  1. Workshop 1 by Dr Barry Walsh: Understanding, Managing, and Treating Non-suicidal Self-injury. For more detail
  2. Workshop 2 by Dr Erminia Colluci and artist Mic Eales: Imagination Inspiration   Improvisation – a Visual Arts Enquiry into Suicide. For more detail
  3. Workshop 3 by Dr Konrad Michel: Clinical suicide prevention: how to establish a therapeutic alliance with the suicidal patient. For more detail

Please return the registration form to secretary@iaspchina.org before 10 August 2011.


Plenary Lectures:

PRESENTER TOPIC
PLENARY 1. SUICIDOLOGY PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE 
Xiao Shuiyuan Suicide prevention in China For more detail
Diego De Leo Suicidal Behaviours in DSM-V: Promises, hopes and uncertainties For more detail
Nav Kapur Health services and suicide prevention:  past, present, and future For more detail
PLENARY 2. ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT OF SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR 
Lanny Berman Formulating Risk for Suicide: New Thoughts on an Age Old Issue For more detail
Eric Caine Looking Beyond “Risk Factors” in the Evaluation of People Who are Seriously Suicidal For more detail
Wang Xiangdong Assessment of suicide risk in non-clinical settings For more detail
PLENARY 3. EVIDENCE–BASED BEST PRACTICIES IN SUICIDE PREVENTION 
Morton Silverman Global Best Practices in Suicide Prevention: What is the Evidence? For more detail
Merete Nordentoft How to reduce the high risk of repetition of suicidal acts? What is the evidence? For more detail
Madelyn Gould School-based Suicide Prevention Strategies: What is the Evidence? For more detail
PLENARY 4. SUICIDE OVER THE LIFESPAN 
Yeates Conwell Connectedness and the prevention of suicide in later life For more detail
Ping Qin Suicide in early and middle adulthood: risk factors and prevention challenges For more detail
Keith Hawton Suicidal behaviour in adolescents and youth: developmental, cross-cultural and prevention perspectives For more detail
PLENARY 5. SURVEILLANCE AND EPIDEMIOLOGY OF SUICIDE AND SUICIDE ATTEMPTS 
Ying-yeh Chen Epidemiologic Characteristics and Mortality Outcomes among Suicide Attempters in Taipei City, Taiwan For more detail
Cindy Classen  The Global Burden of Suicide in DSM-V and IDC-11  For more detail
Stephen Platt Inequalities in suicidal behaviour: evidence and implications for suicide prevention For more detail
PLENARY 6. SOCIAL SUPPORT NETWORKS AND SUICIDE PREVENTION/POSTVENTION 
Ad Kerkhof Efficacy of a web-based self-help course for reducing suicidal thinking For more detail
Jane Pirkis Media reporting in the aftermath of a suicide For more detail
Onja Grad Postvention for different groups in different cultures For more detail
PLENARY 7.    THEORIES AND MODELS OF SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR 
Brian Mishara Models for Understanding the Relationship between Mental Illness and Suicide and their Implications for Suicide Prevention For more detail
Birthe Loa Knizek Understanding suicidal behaviour in the framework of communication For more detail
Konrad Michel Understanding suicide in the context of goal-directed action systems For more detail

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Beijing, China

 

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