Suicidology

Because I think a lot of my inspiration comes from a few books.

This book is called, in the field of, essentially it's called Suicidology, which is the scientific study of suicide.

So there's a few books that I've read and I found very helpful.

This book is called Why People Die by Suicide by psychologist Thomas Joyner.

Greta Lee Jackson with you, filling in for Suzanne Hill.

I'm speaking with Mark McConville, stand-up comedian and has a Master's in Suicidology and he's the founder of the Laughter Clinic.

We're talking about the benefits of laughter, in particular laughing at oneself.

Can we...

We have machine learning, LLMs, health records on millions of people.

So the question is, have we finally cracked it? Today on Suicidology Data and Evidence, can we predict suicide?

[on-hold music] This is Clear Intent: Suicidology Data and Evidence, hosted by Dr. Tyler Black.

This audio contains descriptions that may be upsetting to some and listener caution is encouraged.

For anyone in distress, please contact 988 in North America or access a helpline near you at FindAHelpLine.com.

Welcome everybody to episode four of what I am now gonna probably be calling Clear Intent: Suicidology Data and Evidence.

I think I'd like to have a title that is a little bit more catchy than just Suicidology Data and Evidence, but also just keep in what it is that this podcast is about.

I worried that calling it just Clear Intent was a little bit too flippant.

It's available on everywhere you get sp- um, podcasts.

It's called Suicidology Data and Evidence.

Um, and it's closely related to a Substack that I do, um, called suicidology.substack.com. And that w- and that, you know, really the, the m- the motivation is I wanna look at the latest research and what it can tell us both clinically and in terms of public health on preventing and reducing suicide.

So, um, it's a good listen.

Mm-hmm.

And, um, and so the, the podcast is, uh, usually about 30 minutes.

It's, um, called Suicidology Data and Evidence.

It's available wherever you get your podcasts.

The feedback I've gotten so far has been excellent, far more than I could have ever anticipated.

uh for a podcast on suicidology many people don't even know about suicidology so i hopefully i've struck something that is interesting to people i certainly think there's an opportunity here to do teaching in this space and it walks right into my wheelhouse so clinically i see emergency situations routinely and I'm an emergency psychiatrist in research.

I am a suicidologist and public health epidemiologist.

And so, you know, suicide prevention, suicide numbers, suicide data is really something that I'm very interested and passionate about.

I really hope that this podcast is something that is just a good listen for people and good learning for people that are interested.

For those who want to do continuing education, please check out this substack that accompanies this suicidology.substack.com. There's usually reference lists and a transcript and probably sufficient enough for you to get by with claiming credits for reading or listening to lecture material.

And I think there's a really good chance that you'd qualify for CBT credits for this.

So, you know, pretty much every day there's something.

Tonight at nine o'clock, the acclaimed flamenco dancer Sara Barras performs her show Infinita to a sold-out municipal theater.

Over at the International Auditorium, The 38th Torrevieja International Choral Meeting begins this evening at 8 o'clock, featuring the Francisco Vallejos Choir and visiting vocal groups running alongside the 5th National Congress of the Spanish Society of Suicidology.

It is set to be a fantastic, packed weekend celebrating the arts in town.

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