This year's focus is on suicide and self-harm research and prevention research in communities.

Speakers include:

Neil Smith, Lead for Suicide and Self Harm, Healthier Lancashire and Cumbria

Cameron Latham – Mental health consultant and Expert-by-Experience

Nathan Randles - Participation Lead for Healthy Young Minds

Jess Murdoch -Mental health consultant and Expert-by-Experience

Dr Gillian Rayner - Reader and Principal Lecturer in Counselling and Psychotherapy

Dr Pooja Saini – Senior Lecturer & Suicide/Self-harm Researcher

Dr Peter Taylor - Senior Clinical Lecturer, University of Manchester

Dr Kathryn Gardner - Senior Lecturer in Psychology, UCLan

Dr Caroline Clements - Project Manager, The Manchester Self-Harm Project

Dr Jennifer Chopra - Lecturer, Liverpool John Moores University

There will also be panel discussions where audience members can “ask the expert” – panel membership may include experts by experience, academics, clinicians and other stakeholders.

We are also inviting early career researchers to present their research at the conference. Presentations may include overviews of planned research as well as summaries of research where data has been collected. Please read the guidelines in the link below.

Presenters should be either PhD or ClinPsyD, or Research Assistants who are working on substantive original research projects in this field

The research being presented should relate to suicide or self-harm

https://apps.mhs.manchester.ac.uk/surveys//TakeSurvey.aspx?SurveyID=mlKL4935H

Lunch and Refreshments will be provided

For more information contact Dr Kathryn Gardner

Working in partnership with Healthier Lancashire and South Cumbria

Suicide and Self-harm in the community