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Conference
Overcoming Stagnating Prevention:

Expanding Suicide Prevention to Embrace
Women’s Silent Struggles
Suicidology

Invited lecture · Nina Krohne

For the past five years, Nina Krohne has dedicated herself to the field of suicido-
logy and has been actively involved as a junior researcher at the UP IAM Slovene in
Centre for Suicide Research. Her main focus revolves around her doctoral thesis,
inwhichsheisresearchingsuicideinwomen. Inparticular, sheisexamininghow
intimate partner violence correlates with suicidality and which factors promote Innovation
resilience. Her curiosity also extends to researching suicide prevention strategi-
es,particularlyelectronicinterventions,exploringmentalhealthliteracyandad-
dressing the impact of COVID-19 on mental health. and
Abstract. The conventional approaches of suicide prevention strategies have
long been centered on high-risk populations, with a particular focus on re-
ducing mortality rates. Thus, suicidality among women, often manifested as Imagination
ideation and non-fatal attempts, has historically been understudied, leading
to gaps in prevention strategies. This lecture will argue that the undervalu-
ation of suicidal ideation as a serious and immediate concern hinders the
progress of suicide prevention. We will explore the underlying mechanism
of suicidality in female survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV), illumina- Intuition,
ting the necessity to broaden the field of suicide prevention to include not
only the professionals working with IPV survivors directly but the civil socie-
ty to rethink the harmful stereotypes and predjuce preceeding violence. By 2024
demonstrating the intricate interplay between IPV and suicidality, this lec-
ture aims to present an innvative model, offering a nuanced perspective on
risk and resilience factors affecting IPV survivors, enabeling suggestions for
interventions based on the individual needs of the survivors. By acknowled-
gingthementalhealth distressandtheburden on individualsandtheirloved
ones, this lecture will emphasize the importance of understanding suicidality
as a spectrum and suggest that ideation itself should be a call to action. We
will argue that effective suicide prevention must broaden its scope to inclu-
de those who suffer in silence, striving not just for the preservation of life but
for the alleviation of suffering and the enhancement of mental well-being.

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