Suicide & Self-Harm: Conference Sessions

MGH 50th Annual Psychopharmacology Conference

October 16–18, 2026 · Boston, MA

• SessionSuicide

  Theodore A. Stern

  Evening seminar on assessment and management of suicidal patients.

• SessionIlluminating the Black Box: Antidepressants, Youth, and Suicide

  Khadijah Watkins

  Evening seminar re-examining the evidence behind the antidepressant black-box warning in young people.

  Child & AdolescentDepressionDrug Interactions & Safety

MasterPsych Psychiatry Conference 2026

October 19–22, 2026 · Newport Beach, CA

• LectureSuicide Assessment and Management Update

  Jack Krasuski

  Updated approaches to evaluating and managing suicide risk in clinical practice.

AACAP Annual Meeting 2026

October 26–31, 2026 · Atlanta, GA

• LectureThe Intersection of Neurodiversity and Gender Variance: Compounding Risks for Depression and Suicide in Youth and Young Adults

  Hagar Kandel

  Discusses how neurodiversity combined with gender variance heightens risk of depression and suicide in youth and young adults.

  Child & AdolescentDepressionDiverse & Underserved Populations

• LectureDepression and Suicide in Autism

  Roma Vasa

  Looks at depression and suicide risk in people with autism.

  Autism & Neurodevelopmental DisordersDepression

• CourseClinical Practicum at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta: A Model for Provision of Emergency Psychiatric Services and Crisis Recovery for Youth

  John N. Constantino · Jennifer Holton · Kristin Weinschenk · William R. Powers · John Gransbach · Darja Beinenson · Hillary M. Henderson · Derek Lee

  Half-day on-site practicum following youth in psychiatric crisis from emergency department evaluation through outpatient recovery, including a hospital tour, a suicidality recovery pathway and outcomes monitoring.

  Child & AdolescentEmergency & Acute Psychiatry

• SessionBridging the Gap: Clinical Approaches to Suicide Risk Assessment and Interventions in ASD and Intellectual Developmental Disorder

  Narpinder Malhi · Jennifer McLaren · Jill Hinton · Lisa M. Horowitz · Suzanne M. Rybczynski · Carmen Lopez-Arvizu

  Clinical perspectives session on assessing suicide risk and delivering interventions for youth with autism spectrum disorder and intellectual developmental disorder.

  Autism & Neurodevelopmental DisordersChild & Adolescent

• LectureSuicide in Children and Youth With Intellectual Developmental Disorder and ASD: Know the Risks and Prevalence

  Jill Hinton

  Reviews risk factors and prevalence of suicidality in youth with ASD and intellectual developmental disorder.

  Autism & Neurodevelopmental DisordersChild & Adolescent

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APNA 40th Annual Conference

October 28–31, 2026 · Phoenix, AZ

• WorkshopGetting Ready to Pop the Question: Improving Student Confidence in Assessing Suicidality & Violence

  JoEllen Schimmels · Aparna Kumar · Kristen Holder · Kayla M. A. Mays

  Teaching strategies that build nursing student confidence in suicide and violence risk assessment while protecting psychological safety.

  Education & TrainingMeasurement-Based Care & Diagnosis

• LectureLithium: A Lifeline—Reducing Suicidality in Adolescents

  Erica Mann

  Reviews lithium's evidence for reducing suicidality in adolescent bipolar disorder with practical prescribing and monitoring guidance. Pharmacology-eligible.

  Bipolar DisorderChild & AdolescentLithium & Mood Stabilizers

• LectureScreening Plus MINDBODYSTRONG Yields Improvements in Nurse Burnout and Mental Health Outcomes: Findings From a RCT

  Bernadette Melnyk

  Randomized controlled trial of 501 nurses showing the MINDBODYSTRONG program reduced burnout, mental distress, and suicide risk.

  Practice, Policy & Workforce

• LectureInterrupting Nurse Suicide Risk: A Lethal Pathway Framework with Implementable System Strategies

  Christopher Wojnar

  Theory-informed framework identifying high-risk transitions in nurse suicide risk, paired with measurable system-level interventions.

  Practice, Policy & Workforce

• LectureNurses' Experiences of Suicide Loss Survivorship of a Nurse, Friend, or Family Member: Influences, Impact, and Implications

  Ursula Kelly · Natalie Whitaker

  Findings from the NURSES Study on how nurses experience suicide loss, viewed through a socio-ecological prevention lens.

NEI Fall Congress 2026

November 5–8, 2026 · Colorado Springs, CO

• SymposiumSuicide Prevention

  Christine Moutier

AAAP 37th Annual Meeting and Scientific Symposium

November 12–15, 2026 · Memphis, TN

• WorkshopImproving Emergency Department Protocols of Care for Overdose Survivors Using Suicide Prevention Frameworks

  Joan Chen · Amira Athanasios · Jessica Sainz

  Adapts suicide prevention frameworks to strengthen emergency department care pathways for overdose survivors.

  Emergency & Acute PsychiatryOpioid Use Disorder

• PosterConvergence of Suicide Attempts, Nonsuicidal Self-Injury, and Substance Use in Adolescents: A Retrospective Study of an Outpatient Substance Use Treatment Population

  Muhammet Celik

  Retrospective study of suicidality, self-injury and substance use in adolescents in treatment.

  Child & AdolescentSubstance Use Disorders

NPA 32nd Annual Psychopharmacology Update 2027

February 10–13, 2027 · Las Vegas, NV

• LectureMedical Aid in Dying

  J. Michael Bostwick

  Clinical, ethical, and legal issues psychiatrists face around medical aid in dying, including capacity assessment.

  Forensic & CorrectionalPractice, Policy & Workforce

• LectureSuicide Prevention in Youth

  Shashank V. Joshi

  Risk assessment and prevention strategies for suicidality in children and adolescents.

  Child & Adolescent

39th ECNP Congress

October 10–13, 2026 · Munich, Germany

• LectureTP04 – Highlights in suicide

  Philippe Courtet

  Curated review of the year's top papers in suicide research.

WCP 2026 — 26th World Congress of Psychiatry

September 23–26, 2026 · Stockholm, Sweden

• SessionPresidential Panel: Online Spaces in Youth Suicide Prevention – Therapeutic Promise and Digital Dangers

  Panel weighing digital platforms as both a suicide-prevention tool and a risk environment for young people.

  Child & AdolescentDigital Psychiatry & AI

• CourseCourse 06: From Insight to Practice: Assessment and Prevention of Suicidal Behaviour

  Vladimir Carli · Anna Lundh

  Skills course on suicide risk assessment and prevention strategies.

• SessionPresidential Panel: Ethical Issues: Physician Assisted Death in Psychiatry

  Practice, Policy & Workforce

• LectureDistinguished Lectures: Genes and Planetary Change—biological and Environmental Drivers of Suicide Risk and Mental Health

  Neuroscience & Mechanisms

• DebateDebate: Assisted Suicide

  Practice, Policy & Workforce

Medical Psychiatry: Comprehensive Update Conference 2026

September 17–20, 2026 · Online

• LectureSuicide Risk Assessment

  Natasha Fedotova

  A practical framework for evaluating suicide risk in medically ill patients.

  Medical Comorbidity & C-L Psychiatry

Psych Congress 2026

September 15–19, 2026 · New Orleans, LA

• SymposiumSuicide Prevention in Psychiatric Practice: A Logical, Evidence-Based Framework

  Jill Harkavy-Friedman · Cory Weissman

  Reviews treatments with demonstrated anti-suicidal benefit — lithium, clozapine, ECT, and CBT-based approaches — within a structured framework for individualized prevention planning. Developed with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.

  ClozapineLithium & Mood StabilizersNeuromodulation (ECT, TMS)

• SymposiumSuicide Risk Reconsidered: Brain, Biology, and Digital Influence Factors Every Psychiatrist Should Know

  Steven Chan · Tory A. Eisenlohr-Moul · Matthew Hoptman

  Rapid-fire session on three evolving suicide-risk contributors — neuroscience-identified brain functionality, hormonal influences across the lifespan, and AI chatbots in patients' mental health decisions. Developed with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.

  Digital Psychiatry & AINeuroscience & MechanismsPerinatal & Women's Mental Health