Conferences
offer clinicians and other helping professionals an opportunity
to increase their awareness, collaborate and consult with
colleagues, hone their skills, and acquire continuing education
credits.
Professional
organizations, local mental health groups, academic institutions,
and national governmental organizations offer conferences
on suicide, suicide prevention, and related topics. These
conferences can act as an impetus for change, new perspective,
and enhanced practices.
This page provides a listing of
online resources to enhance the helping professional's access
to information about conferences on general mental health
topics as well as suicide and suicide prevention. Conference
listings are subject to change and specific information about
conferences should be attained from the sponsoring organization.
Internet
American
Association of Suicidology (AAS)
The
AAS is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the understanding
and prevention of suicide. The Web site is designed as a resource
for anyone concerned about suicide, including AAS members,
suicide researchers, therapists, prevention specialists, survivors
of suicide, and persons who are themselves in crisis.
The
AAS provides information about AAS's annual conference available
at the following Web address:
The
APA is a professional organization and the largest organization
of psychologists in the world. APA is an international organization
whose mission is to advance psychology as a science and profession
and as a means of promoting health and human welfare through
research, high standards of ethics, conduct, education and
achievement, the proliferation of knowledge and education,
sharing of professional findings and experiences, and publications.
The
APA provides a comprehensive listing of conferences available
for mental health professionals available at the following
Web address:
