The futureMINDS NI webinar on suicide and self-harm took place this week. The Families Voices Forum presented at it on Bereavement by Suicide – Lived experience in action. Read more about the topics covered and how to catch up with the presentations.

At Families Voices Forum, we were pleased to be able to share our experiences with the futureMINDS NI webinar which took place on Wednesday, 10 February.

The conference was introduced by Northern Ireland’s Interim Mental Health Champion, Siobhan O’Neill, and considered important topics such as:

• Introduction to the Suicide Prevention Research and Impact Network NI (SPRIN-NI)
• Bereavement by Suicide – Lived Experience in Action
• The Importance of Public Engagement
• UK COVID-19 Mental Health & Wellbeing Study

If you didn’t have the opportunity to join the discussions live you can watch again on futureMINDS YouTube channel: 

futureMINDS YouTube Channel

The futureMINDS NI network brings together young people, academic researchers, health care professionals, policymakers and other key stakeholders to promote interdisciplinary research to produce new ways of improving mental health for children, young people and young adults in Northern Ireland.