We have to expect that there probably is a trauma story and we have to wait and be ready to talk about it when it comes. Sometimes exposure to the trauma history can be distressing and can even provoke suicide thought and self harm behaviour. That's often why programs now combine trauma informed therapy with things like DBT.

About the speakers:
Dr. Links is Professor with the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton ON, Canada. From 2012 until 2016, Dr. Links served as the Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, The University of Western Ontario, Chief of Psychiatry, London Health Sciences Centre and St. Joseph’s Health Care, London, Ontario. Prior to coming to Western University, Dr. Links was holder of the Arthur Sommer Rotenberg Chair in Suicide Studies, University of Toronto for three terms.

David Kealy, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Psychotherapy Program at the Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, a Michael Smith Health Research BC Scholar, and a member of the UBC Men’s Health Research Program. His research interests include identity- and personality-related mental health difficulties, along with psychodynamic and integrative approaches to psychotherapy. He also teaches and maintains a private practice in psychotherapy.

About us:
The Reducing Male Suicide (RMS) Research Excellence Cluster is affiliated with the Men's Health Research Program at the University of British Columbia. RMS aims to purposefully work across UBC faculties and externally with national and international partners to create and mobilize knowledge to de-stigmatize men’s mental illness and suicidality, reduce disparities in care, and lead effective male suicide prevention interventions globally. (reducingmalesuicide.ubc.ca)