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A Symposium on Suicide Prevention Making a Difference in Life Saving Work

07 Nov 2006

 

We are pleased to invite you to attend a symposium on suicide prevention "Making a Difference in Life Saving Work". The event is organized by the Hong Kong Jockey Club Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention, Faculty of Social Sciences, HKU and co-organized by Suicide Prevention International, the World Health Organization and the School of Public Health, HKU.

Dr. Herbert Hendin(President and CEO, Suicide Prevention International), Dr. Jose Manoel Bertolote (Coordinator, Management of Mental and Brain Disorders, Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, WHO) and Professor Danuta Wasserman (Chairman of the Department of Public Health Science, Karolinska Institute) will present international perspectives on suicide prevention. Dr. Paul Yip (Director, Hong Kong Jockey Club Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention, HKU) will discuss suicide prevention efforts in Hong Kong.

Date: November 9, 2006
Time: 9:00 am – 12:30 pm
Place: Lecture Theatre 3 at G/F, William MW Mong Block, Faculty of Medicine Building, 21 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
Enquiry: 2241-5016 Mr. Fu

Agenda:

9:00am
Welcoming Remarks
Professor Lap-Chee Tsui, Vice-Chancellor, HKU
Professor Ian Holliday, Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, HKU
9:15am
National Strategies for Suicide Prevention Project: An Overview Herbert Hendin, M.D., SPI
9:45am
Reducing Access to Lethal Methods of Suicide
José Bertolote, M.D., WHO
10:45am
Mental Health Can Be Improved and Suicide Prevented
Danuta Wasserman, M.D., Karolinska Institute
11: 15am
Suicide and Suicide Prevention in Hong Kong
Paul Yip, Ph.D., HKU
11:45am
Open Forum
12:30pm
End