EVENTS

Symposium 'Suicide prevention in the elderly. Practice oriented advises for caretakers'

On thursday the 21st of March 2019 VLESP presented a guideline on suicide prevention in the elderly. This guideline is an addition to the guideline on detection and treatment of suicidal behavour and focuses on the detection and treatment of suicidal behaviour in the elderly. You can find the presentations of this symposium below (in Dutch).

• Suïcide bij ouderen: prevalentie, psychologische factoren en preventiemogelijkheden - Dr. Anke Bonnewyn (UPC KULeuven)
• De rol van zorg- en hulpverleners in de preventie van suïcide bij ouderen: voorstelling nieuwe richtlijn en e-learning - Eva Dumon en Saskia Aerts (VLESP)
• Bespreekbaar maken van doodswens en suïcidegedachten bij ouderen - Eva Van den Broeck (CGG-SP)
• Suïcidepreventie in de thuiszorg: enkele praktijkervaringen - Sonja Pauwels (Wit-Gele Kruis)
• Klinisch-ethische reflecties bij de doodswens van ouderen - Dr. An Haekens (Alexianen Zorggroep Tienen)

Symposium 'Continuity of care for suicidal persons"

As part of the Flemish Suicide Prevention Action Plan the Flemish Centre of Expertise in Suicide Prevention created a guideline on the continuity of care for suicidal patients. Its aim is to ammeliorate the collaboration between different health institutions and health care professionals to strengthen the care for suicidal persons. The guideline was presented on a symposium on the 5th of October 2018.

Download here the presentations that were held at the symposium (in Dutch):

• Inleiding en voorstelling leidraad - Gwendolyn Portzky, Eva Dumon en Saskia Aerts (VLESP)
• Zorg voor suïcidepogers: voorstelling tools en ‘ASSIP’ methodiek – Tine Willems (Zorg voor Suïcidepogers)
• Naar een nieuwe versie van het IPEO instrument – Bart Witvrouwen (VLESP)
• Hoe bouw je aan solide regionale samenwerkingsafspraken? Ervaringen en advies – Liesl Vereecke en Lien Neuckermans (CGG-SP)
• De werking en de rol van de netwerken geestelijke gezondheid volwassenen binnen Artikel 107 – Magda Coture (FOD Volksgezondheid)  

flyer symposium (in Dutch)

17th European Symposium on Suicide and Suicidal Behaviour

From the 5th to 8th of September 2018. VLESP organised the 17th European Symposium in Suicide and Suicide Behaviour (ESSSB 17) in Ghent, Belgium.

ESSSB17 aims at providing a high-quality, multidisciplinary scientific programme covering the most important aspects of suicidal behaviour and its prevention, and a dynamic platform for lively interactions and discussions. The focus of the scientific programme will be on state-of-the-art presentations as well as new insights from basic science and clinical research. Effects of therapeutic interventions and suicide prevention activities at various levels will be addressed particularly. There will be ample opportunities for young researchers to get involved and share their findings in an interactive scientific environment.

Click here to view the full programme.

Flyer ESSSB17

Seminar Prospect-study

On the 31th of May 2018, VLESP launched the results of a study investigating the effect of two new group treatments for people with suicidal thoughts: Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy and Future Oriented Group Therapy. In this seminar, the researchers presented the results of the study and the trainers shared their experiences. For more information about this study, contact the researchers.