Consortium Psychiatricum

World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD) was established in 2003 in conjunction with the World Health Organisation (WHO) and is a significant advocacy and communication based event aimed at reaching national organisations, governments and the general public, giving a singular message that suicide can be prevented.

We spoke with the guest editor of the thematic issue of Consortium Psychiatricum on suicides and disasters, Professor Vsevolod Rozanov about the following topics:

• how to prevent suicide;
• his study of factors influencing suicidal behavior in men and women;
• what suicidology is and what makes it a paradoxical science.

Vsevolod Rozanov is a professor at the St. Petersburg State University, chief scientist at the V.M. Bekhterev National  Medical  Research  Center for  Psychiatry and Neurology and a co-chair of the suicidology section of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA).

Women in Psychiatry and Psychology: Interview

To be more than an academic journal has been the mission of Consortium Psychiatricum since its very inception. We constantly strive to share experience and create dialogue, therefore we look for new ways of interaction between authors, readers and the editorial team. 

Following this mission, our team has launched a special “Interview” section: we talk to our authors, guest editors, and editorial board members to get to know more about them and the importance of their academic work.

The latest conversation is dedicated to the role of women in psychology and our heroines are members of the editorial board and authors of the journal. They recall what led them to the profession, share some wisdom with the new generation, give advice on how not to get bored during the next COVID-19 wave, and talk about what it’s like to work in mental health and advance science being a modern woman.