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The International Crisis Suicide Prevention Research Collaboration (ICSPRC) is a global, independent network providing leadership and facilitating international collaboration in suicide research.

The objectives of the ICSPRC are:

  • to support suicide prevention policy and practice during public health emergencies and other global emergencies catastrophic events via timely research and via its links with international organisations, such as IASP, IASR, WHO, UN, etc.
  • to provide a platform for suicide prevention researchers to share timely data and information confidentially, prior to publication.
  • to facilitate sharing and dissemination of timely research outcomes and outputs via regular webinars and make contributions to global and regional conferences and seminars.

In order to maximise the societal impact of research the ICSPRC works in partnership and collaboration with the International Association of Suicide Prevention (IASP).


History
In response to widespread concerns about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on suicide and suicidal behaviour an international group of suicide prevention researchers from around 40 countries formed the International COVID-19 suicide prevention research collaboration (ICSPRC) https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0366(20)30171-1/fulltext. Their aim was to enhance good quality collaborative research on the prevention and management of suicide and suicidal behaviours in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the COVID-19 Pandemic had ended in May 2023, the collaboration has continued to focus on the longterm effects of COVID-19 on suicide as well as expanding their remit to include the impact of crises on suicide and suicidal behaviour.

Initiatives have included:

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Countries represented in the collaboration:

Australia; Austria; Bangladesh; Belgium; Brazil; Canada; China; Czech Republic, Denmark; Ecuador; England; Finland; France; Ghana; Germany; Hong Kong; India; Iran; Ireland; Israel; Japan; Kenya; Malaysia; Mexico; Netherlands; New Zealand; Nigeria; Northern Ireland; Norway; Pakistan; Peru; Poland; Russia; Scotland; Slovenia; South Africa; Spain; Sri Lanka; Sweden; Taiwan; Wales; Uganda; USA

Steering Group

Title First Name Surname Address
Mgs Pablo Analuisa Ministerio de Salud Pública, Ecuador
Prof Louis Appleby Centre for Suicide Prevention, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
Prof Ella Arensman School of Public Health and National Suicide Research Foundation, College of Medicine and Health, University College Cork, Cork, Republic of Ireland
Prof Jason Bantjes Department of Psychology, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Prof David Gunnell Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Canynge Hall, 39 Whatley Road, Bristol, BS8 2PS, UK
Prof Keith Hawton Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Centre for Suicide Research, University of Oxford, Oxford UK
Prof Ann John Population Psychiatry, Suicide and Informatics, Medical School, Swansea University, Swansea, UK
Prof Nav Kapur Division of Psychology & Mental Health, Centre for Mental Health and Safety, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
Prof Murad Khan Aga Khan University, Stadium Road, Karachi, Pakistan
Dr Olivia Kirtley Center for Contextual Psychiatry, KU Leuven, Department of Neuroscience, Campus Sint-Rafael, Kapucijnenvoer 33, Bus 7001 (Blok H), 3000, Leuven, Belgium.
Dr Duleeka Knipe Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Canynge Hall, 39 Whatley Road, Bristol, BS8 2PS, UK
Prof Thomas Niederkrotenthaler Unit Suicide Research and Mental Health Promotion, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Centre for Public Health, Medical University of Vienna, Kinderspitalgasse 15, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
Emma Nielsen Self-Harm Research Group, School of Psychology, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD UK
Prof Rory O'Connor Suicidal Behaviour Research Laboratory, Institute of Health & Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, 1055 Great Western Road, Glasgow, G12 0XH
Prof Michael Phillips Suicide Research and Prevention Center, Shanghai Mental Health
Prof Jane Pirkis Centre for Mental Health, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Prof Steve Platt Usher Institute, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh
Dr Mark Sinyor Department of Psychiatry, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Prof Ellen Townsend Self-Harm Research Group, School of Psychology, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD UK
Dr Lakshmi Vijayakumar Department of Psychiatry, Voluntary Health Service, SNEHA, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Prof Gil Zalsman Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Prof Rakhi Dandona Public Health Foundation of India, New Delhi, India

 

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