Making Sense of Self-Injury and Suicide: Meaning, Context, and Care

​This free conference is designed for practitioners, academics, policy makers, students, and individuals with lived experience who want to deepen their understanding of self-injury and suicide. The event focuses on meaning, context, and compassionate care, bringing together lived experience, applied research, and practical approaches to assessment and intervention.

What to Expect:
Presentations on relational and therapeutic interventions
Insights across healthcare, community, and criminal justice contexts
Lived-experience perspectives shaping discussions and outputs
Opportunities for early-career researchers to showcase research
Collaboration and co-production to support knowledge mobilisation
Deadline for Abstract Submissions (VECRs): Wednesday 25th March 2026
Submit to: [email protected]
Include: Title, name, email, affiliation, abstract (max 150 words)
Presentation: 5 minutes + 5 minutes Q&A, max 3 slides
Registration: All attendees must register via Eventbrite
Age restriction: 18+ only