Our final keynote speaker, Professor Prakarn Thomyangkoon highlights the need for more compassionate postvention support in Thailand for those bereaved by suicide. #IASPBANGKOK2024

Amazing few days at #IASPBANGKOK2024 learnt so much and met so many great people International Association for Suicide Prevention

#BeSeen: understanding young people’s views of motivation, impacts of sharing self-harm imagery online and use of their SM data for research. Important to include their voices. We worked with a sanctuary seeker yp as part of this BMJ_Open bmjopen.bmj.com/content/14/7/e… DATAMIND - HDR UK Hub for Mental Health Research

We now have a variety of #WorldSuicidePreventionDay resources available to download and share, including banners in multiple languages, suggested posts, and much more! 🔗 bit.ly/3yb5Jgv #StartTheConversation

Dr. Marcos del Pozo Baños from DATAMIND presents “Our Responsibility: Harnessing Artificial Intelligence for Suicide Prevention” at the Health and Care Research Wales conference today. He highlights how #AI can revolutionise suicide prevention, but emphasises the need to proceed carefully and

Our final TED-style speakers are taking the stage at #ResearchWales24! Welcome Dr Marcos Del Pozo Banos, Rachel Joseph, Dr Mayara Silveira Bianchim, Georgina Ferguson-Glover and Debs Smith. Sign up to our newsletter to watch their talks later: …careresearchwales.us6.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=c6…

It’s time for the Dermot O’Reilly Memorial Prize, honouring the late Dermot O’Reilly and recognising innovation in early career research. 🌟 Congratulations to Hatem Mona today’s awardee for their outstanding contribution to mental health data science from Swansea University!

DATAMIND's Co-Director, AnnJohn💙, is at the National Suicide Prevention & Self-harm Conference this morning, talking about the evidence on self-harm and its role in shaping policy. Research-driven solutions are key for prevention! #MentalHealth #SuicidePrevention

Thrilled that AnnJohn💙 highlighted our media guidelines at the National Suicide Prevention & Self-harm Conference this morning. Together, we’re shaping a safer online environment for children and young people across Wales. Support our mission: samaritans.org/about-samarita…

🚨 Launching today in Wales: The National Centre for Suicide Prevention and Self-Harm Research. Led by AnnJohn💙 Swansea University in partnership with Cardiff University, University of South Wales and the Samaritans, the Centre, funded by Health and Care Research Wales will drive evidence-based change and play a

We welcome the launch of the National Centre and its appointment as the Advisory body to the Welsh Government. Having a strong research evidence base for self‑harm and suicide in Wales will help to provide better support and implement good policy. Welsh Government Health and Social Care

People with lived experience are at the heart of the Centre. It brings researchers across Wales incl Amanda Marchant Jonathan Scourfield together with policymakers and practitioners to drive evidence based change . Thankyou to The Anna Phillips Foundation for all you do and your support in this

Great to see the launch of strategy today and so excited to be part of the centre

In one year in Wales…the visible are those who die by suicide or who contact health services for self-harm…

So pleased Samaritans Cymru will be ensuring Lived Experience shapes and engages with this vital new Research Centre, at every turn. It's going to be a real asset for Wales, with influence far beyond.

Our Data Science Meeting with MQ Mental Health Research kicks off this morning with a warm welcome from Louise Arseneault. Ready for a day of incredible insights and discussions on data-driven mental health innovation? Stay tuned for updates #MentalHealthResearch

Good Morning all! We are very excited today at MQ to be welcoming speakers to the DATAMIND - HDR UK Hub for Mental Health Research Data Science Meeting. If you have an interest in science or #mentalhealth then following our live tweets today might just be for you. What is DATAMIND? Let us explain…

Up first at our Data Science Meeting with MQ Mental Health Research is Dr. Elizabeth Ford from BMA @ Brighton and Sussex Medical School discussing the ethical challenges of using AI in data-driven mental health care. How can AI help without reinforcing inequalities? Involvement of patients and end users throughout the

Next up in the ECR presentations, Ms. Luce Stewart from Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience presents Mortality in mental health service users without a diagnosis - a South London EHR linkage study. Their findings show that people with unspecified/uncertain diagnoses have significantly higher

The final ECR presentation for the day is Dr. Amanda Marchant from Swansea University presenting on The Impact of Published Guidance on Trends in the Pharmacological Management of Depression in Children and Adolescents - a whole population e-cohort data linkage study in Wales, UK. Key