Last week, the first-ever Swedish Suicide Research Conference, an interdisciplinary event aimed at furthering suicide research, took place here in Stockholm. On the agenda were several presentations from the Rück research group:
Christian gave a talk on how suicide seems to be a uniquely human phenomenon, as it is not observed among other species, and discussed the role of the mature human brain in its occurrence.
Leoni presented her research on suicide following involuntary psychiatric care in Sweden. Her work confirms the high-risk status of involuntary psychiatric care patients, and emphasizes the importance of appropriate clinical considerations, monitoring, risk assessment, and care among such patients.
Oskar gave a presentation on his research on short- and long-term risk factors for suicide and suicide reattempt. In doing so, he highlighted the roles of hopelessness, relationship problems, and worsening of depressive symptoms as potential risk- or protective factors for self-harm repetition.
Manne shared the preliminary results of research related to suicide risk assessments, in which the team interviewed psychiatry specialists about their approaches to uncertainties of suicide risk assessments, and how they are dealt with in actual clinical practice.
Fredrik presented research on sex- and age-specific risk indicators of suicide. In doing so, he underscored the difficulty of identifying high-risk males, as well as the importance of considering this challenge when developing suicide prevention measures.
Further information about the research presented can be found here.
We applaud our presenters for a job well done! 👏🏼
Rücklab - Psychiatry research at Karolinska Institutet 