NOTE: Prof. Nav Kapur will be honored with the Dublin Lifetime Achievement Award at the American Association of Suicidology’s Annual Conference on Friday, April 23rd at 11:00AM ET. You can listen to him give his award address and the many other diverse speakers virtually or in person at the conference in Orlando.
Dublin Award announcement: https://www.manchester.ac.uk/discover/news/academic-gets-one-of-worlds-top-awards-in-suicide-prevention/
His address is called: “From Statistics to Implementation: 25 years in suicide research and prevention”
REGISTER HERE: https://www.aasconference.org/registration
Overview
When it comes to the field of Suicidology, we often work in silos. The researchers, clinicians, public health practitioners, advocates, and crisis service stakeholders often focus primarily in their own communities, finding comfort and validation in joining with others who share similar culture, values and priorities. When it comes to groups implementing best practices, collaboration with researchers is essential. In this interview I speak with internationally renowned expert on suicide and self-harm, Prof. Nav Kapur from the University of Manchester, United Kingdom. We discuss some of the tensions and opportunities that we face as we bridge research to practice.
About Prof. Nav Kapur
Nav 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 has spent the last 25 years researching suicidal behaviour, particularly its causes, treatment and prevention. He has led committees for the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) in the UK including those developing guidelines for how all clinical staff should treat people with self-harm. He sits on the main advisory group on suicide for the Department of Health in England and is currently helping to lead a national quality improvement project to prevent suicide. He is the lead author of Suicide Prevention (3rd Edition, Oxford University Press) and has published over 300 academic papers. He is the 2021 recipient of the American Association of Suicidology’s Louis I. Dublin Award for lifetime achievement in suicide prevention.
To follow Prof Kapur’s team’s research (Twitter):
@NCISH_UK
@mashproject
@PSTRC_GM
Show Notes
More about Prof. Kapur
National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Safety in Mental Health: https://sites.manchester.ac.uk/ncish/
Prof Nav Kapur University profile: https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/nav.kapur.html
WEBINAR (Black Dog Institute): Professor Nav Kapur “Practical solutions for preventing suicide in healthcare and other settings” https://youtu.be/iWPEVhrWZS0
PAPER: (Lancet) Implementation of mental health service recommendations in England and Wales and suicide rates, 1997-2006: a cross-sectional and before-and-after observational study: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22305767/
PAPER: Kapur, N., Steeg, S., Webb, R., Haigh, M., Bergen, H., Hawton, K., Ness, J., Waters, K., & Cooper, J. (2013). Does clinical management improve outcomes following self-harm? Results from the multicentre study of self-harm in England. PloS one, 8(8), e70434. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0070434
PAPER: Suicide in low- and middle-income countries: First large-scale analysis of the association with psychiatric illness in these settings https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/10/191010142103.htm
PAPER: (Lancet) Mental health service changes, organisational factors, and patient suicide in England in 1997–2012: a before-and-after study https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0366(16)00063-8/fulltext
Other Resources
International Association for Suicide Prevention: https://www.iasp.info/
American Association for Suicidology: https://suicidology.org/
CAMS-Care: Proven Suicide Treatment Training https://cams-care.com/
Craig Bryan: https://medicine.osu.edu/find-faculty/clinical/psychiatry-and-behavioral-health/craig-bryan-psyd-abpp
