Marie-Claude Geoffroy

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  • Assistant Professor, Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology and Canada Research Chair in Youth Suicide Prevention, McGill University
Protective factors like supportive relationships can counteract suicide risk factors. (Shutterstock)

Suicide prevention: Protective factors can build hope and mitigate risks

Naomie Gendron, McGill University; Bassam Khoury, McGill University; Marie-Claude Geoffroy, McGill University, and Massimiliano Orri, McGill University

The focus of suicide prevention is shifting toward protective factors: characteristics that make it less likely that individuals will consider, attempt or die by suicide.
Vulnerability to suicide may build up throughout the course of life, and may start with events occurring in the perinatal period and infancy. (Shutterstock)

Understanding the early‑life origins of suicide: Vulnerability may begin even before birth

Massimiliano Orri, McGill University and Marie-Claude Geoffroy, McGill University

Early life influences have been linked to higher risk of suicide later in life. Reducing those risks, and boosting resilience in children exposed to them, may help reduce suicide rates.

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