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INÊS ROTHES
UNIVERSITY OF PORTO. PORTUGAL
Inês Rothes is a psychologist specialized in Clinical and Health Psychology, Community Psychology, and Psychotherapy (Portuguese Psychologists’ Association – OPP). She is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at FPCEUP and a researcher at the University of Porto Psychology Research Centre (CPUP), where she initiated and develops a research line on suicide prevention.
She is a member of the Portuguese Society of Suicidology, which she has chaired since 2023. Since 2015, she has collaborated in various school-based mental health promotion programmes. She is also a member of the working group for the National Suicide Prevention Strategy, integrated within the National Coordination for Health Policies (Ministry of Health). She is the scientific coordinator of the Suicide Prevention Plan of the University of Porto.
Suicidal behaviours prevention
This symposium focuses on intervention and research in suicide prevention. Suicide is a complex and multifactorial phenomenon and is the leading cause of death most strongly associated with psychological factors. Psychological science therefore carries a critical responsibility to advance research that enhances our understanding of the underlying mechanisms, evaluates the effectiveness of interventions, and informs the development of evidence-based policies and practices.
The symposium brings together three presentations illustrating how psychological research can contribute to suicide prevention across the family context, educational settings, and suicide prevention helplines.
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