Rory O’Connor
@roryoc.bsky.social
Professor of Health Psychology, Author, Podcaster, Journal Editor, Director, Suicidal Behaviour Research Lab @UofGlasgow, www.suicideresearch.info
In advance of 11th Intl Congress of Clinical & Health Psychology in Children and Adolescents next week, I spoke with Jose Pedto Espada about the IMV model, current challenges and opportunities in suicide prevention and strategies for effective public health action.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=xFcG...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=xFcG...
Entrevista Rory O'Connor
YouTube video by Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche
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November 14, 2025 at 8:21 AM
In advance of 11th Intl Congress of Clinical & Health Psychology in Children and Adolescents next week, I spoke with Jose Pedto Espada about the IMV model, current challenges and opportunities in suicide prevention and strategies for effective public health action.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=xFcG...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=xFcG...
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Save the Date: 10th Suicide and Self-harm Early and Mid-Career Researchers' Forum, 11-12 June 2026 #EMCRF2026
Check back for details in due course: www.suicideresearch.info
Save the Date: 10th Suicide and Self-harm Early and Mid-Career Researchers' Forum, 11-12 June 2026 #EMCRF2026
Check back for details in due course: www.suicideresearch.info
November 5, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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Save the Date: 10th Suicide and Self-harm Early and Mid-Career Researchers' Forum, 11-12 June 2026 #EMCRF2026
Check back for details in due course: www.suicideresearch.info
Save the Date: 10th Suicide and Self-harm Early and Mid-Career Researchers' Forum, 11-12 June 2026 #EMCRF2026
Check back for details in due course: www.suicideresearch.info
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delighted to see this published 🙌 using EMA, we (with @roryoc.bsky.social) investigated suicidal ideation in daily life. we found that it arises from an interaction of within-person increases in loneliness and an individual’s level of personality functioning psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
November 3, 2025 at 6:29 PM
delighted to see this published 🙌 using EMA, we (with @roryoc.bsky.social) investigated suicidal ideation in daily life. we found that it arises from an interaction of within-person increases in loneliness and an individual’s level of personality functioning psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
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Our NCISH Director Professor Nav Kapur spoke with @roryoc.bsky.social for a @mqmentalhealth.bsky.social podcast episode about designing research that saves lives.
This episode is available in both audio and video format:
open.spotify.com/episode/5CDG...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUk0...
This episode is available in both audio and video format:
open.spotify.com/episode/5CDG...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUk0...
Designing Research That Saves Lives with Professor Nav Kapur
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October 23, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Our NCISH Director Professor Nav Kapur spoke with @roryoc.bsky.social for a @mqmentalhealth.bsky.social podcast episode about designing research that saves lives.
This episode is available in both audio and video format:
open.spotify.com/episode/5CDG...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUk0...
This episode is available in both audio and video format:
open.spotify.com/episode/5CDG...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUk0...
Reposted by Rory O’Connor
This is superb - thank you @sjblakemore.bsky.social @roryoc.bsky.social @mqmentalhealth.bsky.social -- The Teenage Brain Explained with Prof Sarah-Jayne Blakemore youtu.be/xy7jkcSl8to?... via @YouTube
The Teenage Brain Explained with Prof Sarah-Jayne Blakemore
YouTube video by MQ Mental Health Research
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November 2, 2025 at 6:54 PM
This is superb - thank you @sjblakemore.bsky.social @roryoc.bsky.social @mqmentalhealth.bsky.social -- The Teenage Brain Explained with Prof Sarah-Jayne Blakemore youtu.be/xy7jkcSl8to?... via @YouTube
This is #WorldMentalHealthDay2025
Nurturing our mental health can start with something as simple — and as powerful — as a breath.
Nurturing our mental health can start with something as simple — and as powerful — as a breath.
October 10, 2025 at 3:36 PM
This is #WorldMentalHealthDay2025
Nurturing our mental health can start with something as simple — and as powerful — as a breath.
Nurturing our mental health can start with something as simple — and as powerful — as a breath.
“Artist Shanty”
Inspired by a walk through the artist shanties in Bismore Park, Hyannis Port, Cape Cod recently.
Inspired by a walk through the artist shanties in Bismore Park, Hyannis Port, Cape Cod recently.
October 9, 2025 at 8:36 AM
“Artist Shanty”
Inspired by a walk through the artist shanties in Bismore Park, Hyannis Port, Cape Cod recently.
Inspired by a walk through the artist shanties in Bismore Park, Hyannis Port, Cape Cod recently.
September 18, 2025 at 4:14 PM
If you are attending #eabct2025 today, consider coming to my keynote, Lomond Auditorium at 12-1.
September 4, 2025 at 7:59 AM
If you are attending #eabct2025 today, consider coming to my keynote, Lomond Auditorium at 12-1.
“Love Is The Cure”
I was inspired by a walk along De Sleutelbrug (The Keybridge) in Amsterdam on Sat.
I stumbled across simple but powerful message on bridge: Love Is The Cure.
Perhaps if more people in the world embraced this - more love & less hate - the world would be a happier, safer place.
I was inspired by a walk along De Sleutelbrug (The Keybridge) in Amsterdam on Sat.
I stumbled across simple but powerful message on bridge: Love Is The Cure.
Perhaps if more people in the world embraced this - more love & less hate - the world would be a happier, safer place.
September 1, 2025 at 8:03 AM
“Love Is The Cure”
I was inspired by a walk along De Sleutelbrug (The Keybridge) in Amsterdam on Sat.
I stumbled across simple but powerful message on bridge: Love Is The Cure.
Perhaps if more people in the world embraced this - more love & less hate - the world would be a happier, safer place.
I was inspired by a walk along De Sleutelbrug (The Keybridge) in Amsterdam on Sat.
I stumbled across simple but powerful message on bridge: Love Is The Cure.
Perhaps if more people in the world embraced this - more love & less hate - the world would be a happier, safer place.
Huge congratulations to Dr Yawen Zheng who successfully defended her PhD earlier.
Thanks to the examining team Pooja Saini, Ruchika Gajwani & Jessica Fish
Jonathan Evans and I are proud supervisors 🎉🎉🎉
*pleased to be able to join post-viva remotely from Schipol airport 😅
Thanks to the examining team Pooja Saini, Ruchika Gajwani & Jessica Fish
Jonathan Evans and I are proud supervisors 🎉🎉🎉
*pleased to be able to join post-viva remotely from Schipol airport 😅
August 26, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Huge congratulations to Dr Yawen Zheng who successfully defended her PhD earlier.
Thanks to the examining team Pooja Saini, Ruchika Gajwani & Jessica Fish
Jonathan Evans and I are proud supervisors 🎉🎉🎉
*pleased to be able to join post-viva remotely from Schipol airport 😅
Thanks to the examining team Pooja Saini, Ruchika Gajwani & Jessica Fish
Jonathan Evans and I are proud supervisors 🎉🎉🎉
*pleased to be able to join post-viva remotely from Schipol airport 😅
Important piece on future of suicide prevention in US
‘Dismantling research programs, training mechanisms, & international collaboration does not improve efficiency; rather it eliminates the very systems needed to develop innovative, cost effective interventions.’
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40671474/
‘Dismantling research programs, training mechanisms, & international collaboration does not improve efficiency; rather it eliminates the very systems needed to develop innovative, cost effective interventions.’
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40671474/
July 30, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Important piece on future of suicide prevention in US
‘Dismantling research programs, training mechanisms, & international collaboration does not improve efficiency; rather it eliminates the very systems needed to develop innovative, cost effective interventions.’
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40671474/
‘Dismantling research programs, training mechanisms, & international collaboration does not improve efficiency; rather it eliminates the very systems needed to develop innovative, cost effective interventions.’
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40671474/
🆕 Following requests from authors, we have increased the word limit for all regular papers in Archives of Suicide Research to 5,000 words (Introduction, Methods, Results & Discussion)
July 28, 2025 at 8:10 AM
🆕 Following requests from authors, we have increased the word limit for all regular papers in Archives of Suicide Research to 5,000 words (Introduction, Methods, Results & Discussion)
I've been working on follow-up to When It Is Darkest, after a hiatus.
When I published When It Is Darkest, I did so without an agent.
But I think that an agent would really help for book #2.
If you're an agent or know an agent who might be interested in representing me, please get in touch.
🙏
When I published When It Is Darkest, I did so without an agent.
But I think that an agent would really help for book #2.
If you're an agent or know an agent who might be interested in representing me, please get in touch.
🙏
July 25, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I've been working on follow-up to When It Is Darkest, after a hiatus.
When I published When It Is Darkest, I did so without an agent.
But I think that an agent would really help for book #2.
If you're an agent or know an agent who might be interested in representing me, please get in touch.
🙏
When I published When It Is Darkest, I did so without an agent.
But I think that an agent would really help for book #2.
If you're an agent or know an agent who might be interested in representing me, please get in touch.
🙏
Following WHO call that we can no longer be silent I tweeted this in May.
Thousands more innocent people killed since then (inc 17,000 children since Oct 2023) & hostages remain incarcerated.
But still, people with voices & power to make this devastation end remain silent.
My heart breaks 💔
Thousands more innocent people killed since then (inc 17,000 children since Oct 2023) & hostages remain incarcerated.
But still, people with voices & power to make this devastation end remain silent.
My heart breaks 💔
July 20, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Following WHO call that we can no longer be silent I tweeted this in May.
Thousands more innocent people killed since then (inc 17,000 children since Oct 2023) & hostages remain incarcerated.
But still, people with voices & power to make this devastation end remain silent.
My heart breaks 💔
Thousands more innocent people killed since then (inc 17,000 children since Oct 2023) & hostages remain incarcerated.
But still, people with voices & power to make this devastation end remain silent.
My heart breaks 💔
Keep posted.
I had a great conversation with Harry Corin- for his new podcast Question The Default.
Harry lost his dad to suicide when he was 12.
We chat all things suicide prevention and mental health.
Drops in the autumn.
I had a great conversation with Harry Corin- for his new podcast Question The Default.
Harry lost his dad to suicide when he was 12.
We chat all things suicide prevention and mental health.
Drops in the autumn.
July 14, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Keep posted.
I had a great conversation with Harry Corin- for his new podcast Question The Default.
Harry lost his dad to suicide when he was 12.
We chat all things suicide prevention and mental health.
Drops in the autumn.
I had a great conversation with Harry Corin- for his new podcast Question The Default.
Harry lost his dad to suicide when he was 12.
We chat all things suicide prevention and mental health.
Drops in the autumn.
Such a powerful and emotional film about the impact of suicide on a family - as they embark on a journey to talk about and make sense of their loss. A tough but important watch.
Available on Netflix
Available on Netflix
July 12, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Such a powerful and emotional film about the impact of suicide on a family - as they embark on a journey to talk about and make sense of their loss. A tough but important watch.
Available on Netflix
Available on Netflix
Irish people ain’t designed to run in this heat ☘️🏃☀️
July 12, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Irish people ain’t designed to run in this heat ☘️🏃☀️
I thought The 1975 rocked it @daryloconnor.bsky.social less convinced 🤔 #Glastonbury
June 27, 2025 at 11:08 PM
I thought The 1975 rocked it @daryloconnor.bsky.social less convinced 🤔 #Glastonbury
It was great to host @hinzeverena.bsky.social at SBRL this week and to hear more about her important work on chronic pain and suicide and self-harm among youth
June 26, 2025 at 4:46 PM
It was great to host @hinzeverena.bsky.social at SBRL this week and to hear more about her important work on chronic pain and suicide and self-harm among youth
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#WorldRefugeeDay is a moment to stand in solidarity with refugees globally. Our new podcast episode explores refugee mental health & suicide risk with host, Professor Rory O'Connor & special guests, Muzafar Ali & Prof Nicholas Procter. Listen: ow.ly/BCpK50WcwTG
June 20, 2025 at 4:59 AM
#WorldRefugeeDay is a moment to stand in solidarity with refugees globally. Our new podcast episode explores refugee mental health & suicide risk with host, Professor Rory O'Connor & special guests, Muzafar Ali & Prof Nicholas Procter. Listen: ow.ly/BCpK50WcwTG
Please share!
New partnership with RSABI.
Fully funded PhD scholarship (UK students only): Towards an enhanced understanding of suicide risk among those from agricultural backgrounds.
Supervised by me and @katierobb.bsky.social
Closing date: 21st July 2025
🔗 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
New partnership with RSABI.
Fully funded PhD scholarship (UK students only): Towards an enhanced understanding of suicide risk among those from agricultural backgrounds.
Supervised by me and @katierobb.bsky.social
Closing date: 21st July 2025
🔗 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
June 24, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Please share!
New partnership with RSABI.
Fully funded PhD scholarship (UK students only): Towards an enhanced understanding of suicide risk among those from agricultural backgrounds.
Supervised by me and @katierobb.bsky.social
Closing date: 21st July 2025
🔗 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
New partnership with RSABI.
Fully funded PhD scholarship (UK students only): Towards an enhanced understanding of suicide risk among those from agricultural backgrounds.
Supervised by me and @katierobb.bsky.social
Closing date: 21st July 2025
🔗 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Jeez, really felt that, ~80% humidity 🏃
June 21, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Jeez, really felt that, ~80% humidity 🏃
We had a wide ranging conversation about such an important topic #WorldRefugeeDay
#WorldRefugeeDay is a moment to stand in solidarity with refugees globally. Our new podcast episode explores refugee mental health & suicide risk with host, Professor Rory O'Connor & special guests, Muzafar Ali & Prof Nicholas Procter. Listen: ow.ly/BCpK50WcwTG
June 20, 2025 at 5:27 AM
We had a wide ranging conversation about such an important topic #WorldRefugeeDay