"Dear Colleagues,
we are proud to invite you to the European Symposium on Suicide and Suicidal Behaviour which in its 13th edition (ESSSB13) will be hosted in Rome, Italy, a city where Past Ages seem to revive, overlap and melt into Modern Living and Transcultural Exchange, thus constituting the Ideal Ground for the theme of the Symposium which is 'Integration of Knowledge for an Interdisciplinary Approach to Suicidology and Suicide Prevention'. By keeping the legacy and sharing the common spirit of the previous and successful ESSSB symposia, ESSSB13 is in fact looking forward to novel perspective into the study of Suicidal Behaviour".

"Basic components of studies on suicide (research, prevention, treatment) have undergone consistent progress, but given the peculiar nature of each one, their mutual dialogue and definitive exchange has proved to be scarce".

"Inspiration of the 13th ESSSB is then to investigate possible modalities and paths of communication of these instances, favoring aggregation and interplay not only of single minds, but also at a more complex level of structurization of suicidology, with the ultimate scope of harmonizing its articulate development".

"We therefore invite you to join us and celebrate the ESSSB13 encounter of suicidologists, psychiatrists, psychologists, physicians and any other person who is interested in Suicide, Science and Care".

"ESSSB13 is jointly organized by the Sapienza University of Rome, the University of Molise, and the D’Annunzio University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy. ESSSB13 is dedicated to the memory of Professor Andrej Marušič (1965-2008), Slovenian Suicidologist and President of the 11th ESSSB".

Symposium Presidents

Prof. Roberto Tatarelli,
Department of Psychiatry - Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

Prof. Marco Sarchiapone
Department of Health Science - University of Molise, Italy

Prof. Massimo Di Giannantonio
Department of Biomedical Science
D'Annunzio University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy

Committees

Presidents

M. Sarchiapone, Italy
M. di Giannantonio, Italy

Scientific Committee:

M. Amore, Italy
M. Bassi, Italy
A. Berman, USA
F. Boggetto, Italy
V. Carli, Italy
P. Courtet, France
D. De Leo, Australia
D. De Ronchi, Italy
M. di Giannantonio, Italy
P. Girardi, Italy
K. Hawton, UK
H. Hjelmeland
D. La Barbera, Italy
M. Maj, Italy
C. Mencacci, Italy
B. Mishara, Canada
R. O’Connor, Scotland
M. Pompili, Italy
F. Resch, Germany
Z. Rihmer, Hungary
A. Roy, USA
M. Sarchiapone, Italy
A. Siracusano, Italy
R. Tatarelli, Italy
G. Turecki, Canada
C. van Heeringen, Belgium
D. Wasserman, Sweden
P. Yip, China
G. Zalsman, Israel

Local Organizing Committee:

M. Alessandrini, Italy
F. Basilico, Italy
C. Graziani, Italy
M. Innamorati, Italy
M. Iosue, Italy
N. Jovanovic, Croatia
G. Martinotti, Italy
V. Postuvan, Slovenja
S. Roskar, Slovenja
G. Serafini, Italy

Plenary speakers

Prof. Alan Apter, Professor of Psychiatry, Director of the Child and Adolescent Division, Schneider Children’s Medical Center of Israel, Israel

Dr. Ella Arensman, Director of Research, National Suicide Research Foundation, Cork, Ireland; Vice-President of the International Association for Suicide Prevention – IASP

Prof. Annette Beautrais, Research Associate Professor at the University of Otago, Christchurch, Australia and Visiting Associate Professor in the Department of Surgery at Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States of America

Dr. Alan L. Berman, PhD, Executive Director of the American Association of Suicidology (AAS); President of the International Association for Suicide Prevention - IASP, United States of America

Prof. Massimo Biondi, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Rome - La Sapienza, Italy

Prof. Massimo Clerici, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Milan - Bicocca, Italy

Prof. Philippe Courtet, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Montpellier, France

Prof. Diego De Leo, Professor of Psychiatry, Griffith University, Australia

Prof. Massimo di Giannantonio, President of the Symposium, Professor of Psychiatry at “G. d’Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy

Prof. Keith Hawton, Consultant Psychiatrist with Oxfordshire Mental Healthcare, Trust and Professor of Psychiatry at Oxford University, United Kingdom

Prof. Ulrich Hegerl, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Leipzig, Germany

Prof. Heidi Hjelmeland, Professor of Health Science, Department of Social Work and Health Science at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, first vice – president of IASP

Prof. Cristina Hoven Department of Child and Adolescent Psichiatry, Columbia University NYC, NY, USA

Prof. Luigi Janiri, Professor of Psychiatry, at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy

Dr. John R. Jordan, Clinical Consultant to the Grief Support Services Program of the Samaritans of Boston; Private Practice in Pawtucket, Rhode Island and Welleley, Massachusetts

Dr. Murad M. Khan, Department of Psychiatry, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan

Prof. John T. Maltsberger, Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, Harvard Medical School, and McLean Hospital, United States of America

Prof John J. Mann, Professor of Translational Neuroscience (in Psychiatry and in Radiology) at the Columbia University, United States of America

Prof. Brian Mishara, Professor of Psychology, Ph.D, Past President of the International Association for Suicide Prevention – IASP, Canada

Prof. Rory O’Connor, Professor of Psychology, University of Stirling, Scotland

Prof. Franz Resch, Professor of Psychiatry, Chair of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Heidelberg, Germany

Prof. Zoltan Rihmer, Professor of Psychiatry - National Institute for Psychiatry, Budapest, Hungary

Prof. Alec Roy, MD, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Psychiatry Service, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, East Orange, NJ, United States of America

Prof. Marco Sarchiapone, President of the Symposium, Professor of Psychiatry at University of Molise, Italy

Prof. Dr. Armin Schmidtke, Professor of Psychiatry, Department for Clinical Psychology, Clinic for Psychiatry & Psychotherapy, University of Würzburg, Germany

Prof. David Shaffer, Professor of Child Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center, President of International Academy of Suicide Research -IASR, United States of America

Prof. Jean Pierre Soubrier, Past Chair - WPA Section on Suicidology, Honorary Member, Paris, France

Prof. Roberto Tatarelli, President of the Symposium, Professor of Psychiatry at University of Rome - La Sapienza, Department of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Sensory Functions, Suicide Prevention Center, Sant'Andrea Hospital, Italy

Prof. Gustavo Turecki, Professor of Psychiatry at the McGill University, Departments of Psychiatry, Human Genetics, and Neurology & Neurosurgery, Canada

Prof. Cornelis Van Heringen, Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry & Medical Psychology, Unit for Suicide Research, Ghent University, Belgium

Prof. Danuta Wasserman, Professor of Psychiatry and Suicidology, Karolinska Institute, Head of the Swedish National Prevention of Suicide and Mental Ill-Health (NASP) at Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden

Prof. Paul Yip, Professor of the Department of Social Work and Social Administration, The University of Hong Kong, vice – president of IASP

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