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🗓️ 12 June 2022
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Welcome back to Series 3 of Good Influence!
This is the podcast where each week we'll meet a guest who’ll help us pay attention to something we should know about, but maybe don’t.
This episode features discussion of suicidal thoughts and behaviours. Please listen with care and put your mental health first.
Information for if you are feeling suicidal
Click here for a list of International Suicide Hotlines
Information for people bereaved by suicide
Information for anyone worried about a loved one
This week we're talking about suicide and prevention, why we should face our fear of talking about suicide, how researchers seek to widen our understanding and how we can look to prevent suicide deaths.
Rory O'Connor is a highly experienced and respected voice in the field of suicide research. He's a Professor of Health Psychology, Director of the Suicidal Behavior Research Lab at the University of Glasgow and Head of the Mental Health and Wellbeing Group there. He's a President of the International Association for Suicide Prevention, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and sits on the Science Council for the charity MQ Mental Health Research, as well as many, many other accolades.
If you want to learn more, here's where to find Rory and his recommendations:
Website: suicideresearch.info
Twitter: @suicideresearch
Something to read: When It Is Darkest - Rory O'Connor
Something to watch: BBC's Life After Suicide
Something to listen to: Beth Rowley - Angel Flying Too Close To The Ground
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0:35.3 | Hello, I'm Gemma, and welcome to another episode of Good Influence. This is the podcast |
0:44.6 | where each week you and I meet a guest, who will help us pay attention to something we |
0:48.3 | should know about, as well as answer some of your questions. |
0:52.7 | This episode features discussion of suicidal thoughts and behaviours. Please listen with |
0:56.8 | care and put your mental health first. We'll be linking to some support resources in the |
1:00.7 | show notes, so please do use them if you need to. |
1:03.9 | This week, we're talking about suicide and prevention. Why we should face our fear of |
1:08.3 | talking about suicide, how researchers seek to widen our understanding, and how we can |
1:13.1 | look to prevent suicide deaths. |
1:18.3 | So joining me this week is Rory O'Connor. Rory is a professor of health psychology, director |
1:24.0 | of the suicidal behaviour research lab at the University of Glasgow and head of the |
1:28.1 | mental health and wellbeing group there. He's a president of the International Association |
1:32.8 | for Suicide Prevention, a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and sits on the science |
1:37.5 | council for the charity MQ Mental Health Research, as well as many other accolades and board |
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