Annette Beautrais BA, PhD

Dr Annette Beautrais has worked in suicide research, prevention, and education, in New Zealand and internationally, since 1991. She has developed and implemented widely a skills-based suicide prevention programme designed for primary care and social service providers in rural New Zealand. She has also conducted research about farmer suicide. Her current interests include mental health and suicide prevention in rural regions, suicide prevention in men, and longitudinal studies of suicidal behaviour.