A DOCTOR from Ramsbottom will host the Suicide Bereavement UK International Conference at the Printworks in Manchester.
Dr Sharon McDonnell is the director of Suicide Bereavement UK (SBUK), honorary research fellow at the University of Manchester (UoM) and one of the leading researchers in this field in the UK.
Before setting up SBUK, Sharon worked at the Centre for Mental Health and Safety at the UoM, which is the largest suicide prevention research department internationally. During her time at the university, Sharon and her team developed evidence-based suicide bereavement training entitled ‘Postvention Assisting Those Bereaved by Suicide’ (PABBS) which was informed by a three year study funded by National Institute for Health Research and is first of its kind internationally
The conference, which is in its sixth year, will take place on Wednesday September 27 and continues to grow each year.
The national suicide bereavement survey will also be launched at the conference, aiming to identify the needs of anyone affected by suicide in the UK.
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