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Public Lecture: "Suicidal Behaviour: Causes and Prevention"
Chad Buckle Fellowship: Public Lecture
Professor Nav Kapur
“Suicidal Behaviour: Causes and Prevention”
Wednesday, 24 March 2010 at 6.00pm
Victoria University Lecture Theatre, Ground Floor, Rutherford House (Bunny Street Entrance)
About Professor Kapur:
Nav Kapur is an internationally respected expert and a leading researcher in the treatment and prevention of suicidal behaviour.
Prof Kapur is Professor of Psychiatry and Population Health at the University of Manchester in England – where he Chairs their School of Community Based Medicine and is head of Research for their Centre for Suicide Prevention.
At a national level, in the UK he has recently been appointed Chair of the Guideline Development Group for the NICE self-harm guidelines (longer term manangement), and also serves as Assistant Director of the UK’s National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Homicide by People with Mental Illness.
That latter project is collecting data on all individuals in the United Kingdom who have died by suicide, including detailed information from clinicians in all cases where the person had contact with mental health services in the year prior to their death.
Other major research projects in which he has played a major role include studies on self harm, the relationship between suicide and bi-polar disorder, suicide among former military personnel, and the medical management of overdoses.
He serves as an expert reviewer for leading academic journals and grant giving bodies, and is a Member of the Scientific Advisory Council for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. And he also acts as an expert advisor to the media on suicide and suicidal behaviour.
He has also published articles in scientific journals on subjects including suicide in juveniles and adolescents, suicide in current psychiatric in-patients, suicide among ethnic minorities, predicting the risk of repeated incidents after self-harm has occurred, and mental illness in people who kill strangers.
You can read more about Professor Kapur here >
About the Chad Buckle Fellowship:
Chad Buckle took his own life in 2003 while a compulsory patient at Capital & Coast DHB’s acute mental health unit in Wellington.
Chad’s death highlighted the importance of implementing and consistently practising best practice techniques in the diagnosis, treatment, monitoring and ongoing care of psychiatric patients, including the recognition and treatment of at risk patients. In recognition of the need to keep abreast of international best practices, every year for a decade the Capital & Coast District Health Board, in consultation with the Buckle Family, will bring to Wellington an international expert in mental illness. The purposes of the visits will be to strengthen the connections and awareness of the Capital & Coast District Health Board, its staff, and other New Zealand mental health sector practitioners with international best practice in mental health and psychiatric care, the latest research and practice methodology. It is expected that the Capital & Coast District Health Board and its staff will use the visit as an opportunity to learn more about international practices and to test and improve hospital systems and individual professional practice.
The Fellowship recipient will visit Capital & Coast mental health services to meet and spend time with key staff, review practice and facilities and provide feedback and recommendations. They will also deliver a public lecture in their specialist field.