19 November 2020 – DAY 1
10: 00-12: 00 Registration of participants
SESSION 1
12: 00-13: 00 Inauguration of the Congress
12: 00-12: 15 Opening the Congress and welcoming guests and participants
12: 15-12: 45 The phenomenon of suicide from different perspectives – Prof. Marta Makara -Studzińska, Jagiellonian University
12: 45-13: 00 Introduction to the National Program for the Prevention of Suicidal Behavior (KPZZS) – representative of the Ministry of Health
13.00-13.15 Break
SESSION 2
13: 15-14: 45 Suicide prevention worldwide (session in English)
13: 15-13: 45 Suicide prevention programs worldwide – Dr. Dan Chisholm, World Health Organization
13: 45-14: 15 The Youth Aware of Mental health program (YAM) – Prof. Danuta Wasserman, National Center for Suicide Research and Prevention (NASP), Karolinska Institutet
14: 15-14: 45 Pandemic and suicide – Prof. Marco Sarchiapone, chairman of EPA Section of Suicidology and Suicide Prevention, Department of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Molise
14: 45-15: 45 Lunch break
SESSION 3
15: 45-17: 05 Monitoring and epidemiology of suicidal behavior in Poland and worldwide
15: 45-16: 05 Why and how are suicidal behaviors monitored? – Prof. Agnieszka Gmitrowicz, Medical University of Łódź
16: 05-16: 25 Psychiatric care – rationale for monitoring suicidal behavior – Dr. Daria Biechowska, Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology in Warsaw
16: 25-16: 45 EZOP studies in selected populations – Dr. Jacek Moskalewicz, Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology in Warsaw
16: 45-17: 05 Suicide attempts – representative research of youth in Poland – Dr. hab. Krzysztof Ostaszewski, Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology in Warsaw
17:05 -17: 15 Break
SESSION 4
17: 15-18: 30 Remote help for people in mental crisis: barriers and benefits
17: 15-17: 35 Crisis intervention by phone – Sylwia Michalec-Jękot, M. Sc., Center for Crisis Intervention and Counseling in Myślenice
17: 35-17: 55 Remote psychiatric consultation – Dr. Maciej Matuszczyk, Mental Health Center in Tychy, Scientific Section of Telepsychiatry of the Polish Psychiatric Association
17: 55-18: 15 Online support or psycho-education group? – Dr. Agnieszka Kaliszewska, Katarzyna Stankiewicz, M.Sc. – Wolskie Center of Mental Health
18.15-18.30 Jubilee lecture of the Polish Society of Suicidology
20 November 2020 – DAY 2
SESSION 5
9: 00-11: 00 Competences of key social and professional groups in suicide prevention
9: 00-9: 15 Depression and suicide – Dr. Iwona Koszewska, the Cumulus Foundation
9: 15-9: 30 Depression prevention program in Poland – Prof. Łukasz Święcicki, Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology in Warsaw
9: 30-9: 45 Role of teachers and parents in suicide prevention – Dr. Krzysztof Szwajca, Collegium Medicum, Jagiellonian University
9: 45- 10:00 Increasing the competences of students of various faculties in the field of suicide prevention – ELLIPSE program – Dr. Anna Baran, Blekinge Hospital, Karlshamn, Sweden
10: 00-10: 15 Possibilities of taking actions by clergy in the field of suicide prevention in Poland – prof. Adam Czabański, Medical University of Poznań
10.15-10.30 Media and suicide prevention – prof. Radosław Pawelec, University of Warsaw
10: 30- 11:00 Rules of dealing with patients after suicide attempts admitted to Emergency Departments and Admission Rooms – prof. Jacek Anand, Dr. Wojciech Waldman, Medical University of Gdańsk
11: 00-11: 15 Break
SESSION 6
11: 15-12: 45 The role of Departments in suicide prevention
Presentations by representatives of the invited Ministries
12: 45-13: 00 break
DEBATE
13: 00-14: 30 Development of guidelines for the implementation of KPZZS – a coherent vision
13: 00-13: 15 Introduction
Experts’ voice through experience
The Role of the Recovery Assistants
13: 15-14: 30 Statements of representatives of ministries crucial for the implementation of KPZZS and invited guests
14.30-15.00 Summary of the Congress
* Accompanying events
Suicidological marathon: How and where to help people in mental crises?