Bio:

Dr Annette Beautrais has worked in suicide research, prevention and education in Aotearoa New Zealand and internationally for 35 years. Currently she is suicide prevention programme lead at the University of Canterbury. She has a wide range of interests in suicide prevention but is particularly interested in rural mental health.

Presentation topics include:

• Suicide prevention in rural primary care
• Youth suicide prevention – an update
• Suicide prevention in older adults
• Men – suicide risk and prevention
• Suicide clusters and contagion
• Suicide risk assessment and management
• NSSI – non suicide self-injury
• Suicide safety planning and means safety
• Other topics can be provided on request.