'the combination of a regional approach, multidisciplinary involvement and scientific foundation ensures the significant contribution of EUREGENAS to suicide prevention!'. Professor Kees van Heeringen, MD PhD, is a Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Ghent. He is the Chair of the Division of Psychiatry and Medical Psychology at the...

Born in Padua on August 17, 1957, Mr. Lorenzo Rampazzo is the director of the Mental Health Office for the Veneto Regional Government. Previously, Mr Rampazzo managed the Deviance Prevention Office for the Veneto Regional Government. Since September 2004, Mr. Rampazzo is Professor of Sociology of deviance at the University...

"This EUREGENAS project is an excellent network for sharing experience, regional data, good practices and implementation strategies for suicide prevention." Professor Timo Partonen graduated from medicine and specialized into psychiatry at the University of Helsinki. Prof. Partonen’s primary research project has been the first one in Finland to provide bright...

Professor de Leo is Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention at Griffith University, Brisbane, which was designated as the National Centre of Excellence in Suicide Prevention in November 2008. At Griffith he also directs the World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre for...

Prof. Jorge Cervilla (LMS, MSc, PhD, FRCPsych) trained as a psychiatrist in the UK, first at the University College Hospital rotational training scheme and then at the Royal Free Hospital and the Maudsley Hospital, obtaining dual accreditation in both General Adult Psychiatry and Old Age Psychiatry. Prof. Cervilla spends half...

“Euregenas has great potential to contribute to the growing evidence base of effective and sustainable community based suicide prevention programmes”. Professor Ella Arensman is Director of Research with the National Suicide Research Foundation, and Adjunct Professor with the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health University College Cork. She has been...