11th EUSPR Conference update: virtual open format and abstract submission extended

Due to COVID-19 circumstances, the 11th EUSPR Conference will be presented for in a virtual and open format and the deadline for abstract submission has been extended until July 31 2020. Abstract proposals may be submitted through the Ex Ordo online platform (https://euspr2020.exordo.com/registration). Although different formats are available, we encourage presenters to select poster or oral poster presentations. All proposals …

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Early Career Bursaries EUSPR 2019

We are offering 20 bursaries of €300 to Early Career participants to assist in covering conference and post-conference workshop expenses for our 2019 conference being held in Ghent (Belgium) 16th – 18th September 2019, with the post-conference workshops held on 18th September. Please note that bursaries will be paid shortly after the conference. If you …

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Call for new Committee Members to the EUSPR Early Careers Forum

We have just launched a Call for Applications to the Committee of the EUSPR Early Careers Forum at https://euspr.hypotheses.org/523. The term of the current committee is ending this year, and so we are looking for motivated early-career preventionists (researchers, policy-makers, practitioners and other professionals active in the field of prevention) to take over this important …

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Blog of the Early Careers Forum of EUSPR – Updated 20/01/2017

20/01/2017 Update

Do GPs want or need formal support following a patient suicide?

Our first article for this year is already online – it comes from Pooja Saini, a researcher and Chartered Psychologist at the University of Liverpool, currently involved in suicide prevention research. In this blog post, Pooja shares her research and describes what role GPs and Primary Care providers can play in suicide prevention. Additionally, her research highlights the opposite effect: the effect patient suicide has on GPs.

You can find Pooja’s blog at https://euspr.hypotheses.org/479

As always, please do comment underneath the blog & feel free to share in your networks. Thanks very much Pooja for telling us more about your research!

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