Welcome to the 21st WCP Virtual Congress Program Scheduling

Suicidality lies on a broad continuum between passive thoughts and completed suicide and can be sub-categorised under suicidal ideation and suicidal behaviour. It does not always stem from a psychiatric disorder, but a link is well-established. Sensitivity or specificity of suicidal ideation to predict suicide is low, but persons showing suicidal ideation are nonetheless at increased risk of attempting suicide. Suicide is etiologically heterogeneous and occurs due to a convergence of a broad spectrum of individual and non-individual risk factors, with significant differences in its patterns across gender, age, culture, geographic location and personal history. The issue of suicide has come to the fore with Covid-19, especially with the substantial increase in domestic violence that has probably disproportionately increased in immigrant and refugee communities for economic and other reasons that have been exacerbated by the Covid pandemic. Therefore, there is a need to have a better understanding of the prevalence, onset, and course of suicidality, related mental health problems and of risk and protective factors in the high-risk groups. In this symposium, the first speaker will focus on “Suicidality, Trauma and Covid-19 Pandemic”, the second speaker will give an “Overview on current research on suicidality in vulnerable groups e.g. refugees and immigrants during the Covid-19 Pandemic” and the third speaker will present “Suicide prevention strategies, e.g. for the Vietnamese community in Australia”