The partners behind SAFXR (Safety Planning for Suicide Prevention XR) have announced significant progress in the co-design and development of an innovative immersive learning solution that aims to transform how professionals respond to people experiencing suicidal thoughts, while also supporting their own mental health and resilience. SAFXR, which began development in July 2025, is a…
A blog post by Renée Matthes discussing why people may not disclose suicidal thoughts and behaviours, and exploring interventions that could help encourage conversations
A blog post by Marianne Etherson on a systematic review examining what factors are associated with whether young people will act on their thoughts of self-harm and suicide.
A blog post by Marianne Etherson and Krystyna Loney on their experiences of attending the 33rd World Congress and the 65th Anniversary of the International Association of Suicide Prevention (IASP), Vienna, Austria
The Suicidal Behaviour Research Laboratory (SBRL) is pleased to announce the sixth Suicide and Self-Harm Early and Mid-Career Researchers’ Forum (EMCRF22), which will be held at the University of Glasgow’s St Andrews Building, Glasgow, on 13th and 14th June 2022. EMCRF22 is open to all working in the field of suicide and self-harm research, but it is specifically targeted at Early and Mid-Career Researchers. It will provide a space for support, networking, and collaborations among Masters, PhD, and Post-doctoral research students as well as more established researchers.In short, if you are a researcher (at any stage of your career) in the field of suicide and self-harm please consider attending and/or presenting.
I have been asked a lot recently what I thought about 13 Reasons Why, the Netflix series. I was reluctant to comment directly until I had a chance to watch it in full. I now have, having taken advantage of the bank holiday weekend to watch all 13 episodes, pretty much back-to-back, over the past four days. The series revolves around the suicide of Hannah, a teenage girl, and the 13 reasons why she took her own life.
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