HSPR Seminar Series
"Safer mental health care: preventing suicide in clinical services" by Prof Nav Kapur
Date: 08 February 2018
Venue: Anthony Mann Seminar Room, David Goldberg Centre, Denmark Hill Campus
Time: 16:00-17:00
Nav is Professor of Psychiatry and Population Health at the University of Manchester, UK, and an Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist at Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust. He has led the suicide work programme of the National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Homicide by People with Mental Illness since 2002. He was Chair of the Guideline Development Group for the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) self-harm guidelines (longer term management) and also chaired the Quality Standards for self-harm. He is currently chairing the NICE guidelines for depression in adults and is topic expert on the NICE guidelines for suicide prevention in the community. He is a member of the Department of Health’s (England) National Suicide Prevention Strategy Advisory Group. His research focusses on how health services might best contribute to suicide prevention.
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Please note that this event will now be taking place in the Anthony Mann Seminar Room, David Goldberg Centre, Denmark Hill Campus NOT the IoPPN Main Building as previously stated.