Lectures and seminars Recent findings and Future Directions in Suicide and Self-Harm
Professor Nav Kapur will visit Centre for psychiatric research to discuss the latest research and future directions in the field of suicide and self-harm.
Nav Kapur will present recent findings and future directions in suicide and self-harm. Nav Kapur is Professor of Psychiatry and Population Health at the University of Manchester, UK and an Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist at Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. He is also Director of the UK’s National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Safety in Mental Health Services. He has spent the last 28 years researching suicidal behaviour, particularly its causes, treatment and prevention. He has led committees for the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) including those developing guidelines for how all clinical staff should help people after self-harm. He sits on the main advisory group on suicide for the Department of Health in England and leads national quality improvement work to prevent suicide. He is the lead author of Suicide Prevention (3rd Edition, Oxford University Press) and has published over 400 academic papers. Nav is the recipient of both the American Association of Suicidology Louis I. Dublin Award for lifetime achievement in suicide prevention and the International Association of Suicide Prevention Stengel Award for outstanding research.