Suicide Research Centres

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Purpose of the Injury Prevention Research Centre Report: This information has been compiled as a starting point for people attempting to locate research or researchers who have completed work in injury prevention or related fields. This is by no means a full and exhaustive list of research centres and it does not include Canada, USA, South America, Africa and Asia. This report is not intended to recommend any particular research unit or imply that it is being endorsed by the New Zealand Injury Prevention Strategy. The information is current as at June 2005.

New Zealand Australia United Kingdom Europe

New Zealand

Injury Prevention Research Centre (IPRC), University of Auckland
  • Injury Prevention Research Centre University of Auckland
  • Private Bag 92019
  • Auckland
  • Phone: +64 9 373 7599, extn 84640
  • Fax: +64 9 373 7503
  • Web: www.health.auckland.ac.nz/ipc/
  • Areas of research include: Attempted suicide/deliberate self harm, Maori/Pacific Island, male suicide, mental health, parasuicide, support for families, youth.
Injury Prevention Research Unit (IPRU), University of Otago
  • Injury Prevention Research Unit
  • PO Box 913
  • Dunedin
  • Phone: +64 3 479 8342
  • Fax: +64 3 479 8337
  • Email: iprunz@otago.ac.nz
  • Web: www.otago.ac.nz/ipru/
  • Areas of research include: Attempted suicide/deliberate self harm, Maori/Pacific Island, male suicide, mental health, sexual orientation, youth.
Canterbury Suicide Project, Christchurch School of Medicine and Health Sciences
  • Canterbury Suicide Project
  • Christchurch School of Medicine & Health Sciences
  • PO Box 4345
  • Christchurch
  • Phone: +61 3 372 0406
  • Fax: +61 3 372 0405
  • Web: www.chmeds.ac.nz/research/suicide/index.htm
  • Areas of research include: Attempted suicide/deliberate self harm, mental health, sexual orientation, youth.
Ministry of Health
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Australia

Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, Griffiths University
  • Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention
  • Griffiths University, Faculty of Health
  • Mt Gravatt Campus
  • Brisbane
  • Queensland 4111
  • Phone: +61 7 3875 3377
  • Fax: +61 7 3875 3450
  • Email: aisrap@griffith.edu.au
  • Web: www.griffith.edu.au/aisrap
  • Areas of research include: Male suicide, older persons.
Ministerial Council for Suicide Prevention
  • Western Australia Ministerial Council for Suicide Prevention
  • c/- Telethon Institute for Child Health Research
  • PO Box 855
  • West Perth, WA 6872
  • Phone: +61 (08) 9489 7717
  • Fax: +61 (08) 9489 7700
  • Email: mcsp@ichr.uwa.edu.au
  • Web: www.mcsp.org.au
Research Centre for Injury Studies (RCIS), Flinders University
  • Research Centre for Injury Studies
  • Flinders University
  • Mark Oliphant Building
  • Laffer Drive
  • Bedford Park
  • South Australia SA 5042
  • Phone: +61 8 8374 0970
  • Fax: +61 8 8374 0702
  • Email: nisu@flinders.edu.au
  • Web: www.nisu.flinders.edu.au
  • Areas of research include: Statistics.
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United Kingdom

Centre for Suicide Research, University of Oxford
  • Centre for Suicide Research
  • University of Oxford
  • Department of Psychiatry
  • Warneford Hospital
  • Oxford OX3 7JX
  • Phone: +44 1865 226258
  • Fax: +44 1865 223933
  • Email: csr@psychiatry.oxford.ac.uk
  • Web: http://cebmh.warne.ox.ac.uk/csr/
  • Areas of research include: Attempted suicide/deliberate self harm, mental health, methods of suicide, older persons, support for families, youth.
Centre for Suicide Prevention, University of Manchester
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Europe

Suicide Research and Prevention Unit, University of Oslo
  • Suicide Research and Prevention Unit
  • University of Oslo
  • Sognsvannsvn.
  • 21, Bygning 12 N-0320
  • Oslo
  • Norway
  • Phone: +47 22 92 34 73
  • Fax: +47 22 92 39 58
  • Web: www.med.uio.no/ipsy/ssff/hovedengelsk.htm
  • Areas of research include: Attempted suicide/deliberate self harm, male suicide, mental health, youth.
Suicide and Mental Health, Karolinska Institute
Centre for Therapy and Studies of Suicidal Behaviour (TZS), University of Hamburg
  • Centre for Therapy and Studies of Suicidal Behaviour
  • University Hospital Eppendorf
  • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
  • University of Hamburg
  • Martinistraße 52 20255
  • Hamburg
  • Germany
  • Phone: +49 40 42803 4112
  • Fax: +49 40 42803 4949
  • Email: tzs@uke.uni-hamburg.de
  • Web: www.uke.uni-hamburg.de/extern/tzs/
Unit for Suicide Research, University of Gent
  • Unit for Suicide
  • Research Department of Psychiatry and Medical Psychology
  • University Hospital
  • 9000 Ghent
  • Belgium
  • Phone: +32 9 2404375
  • Fax: +32 9 2404989
  • Web: http://allserv.ugent.be/~cvheerin/index.html
  • Areas of research include: Mental health, sexual orientation, youth.
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