
qualifications: MPH
contribution: original concept, wrote the first draft
position: Consultant in public health medicine
United Kingdom
Consultant in Public Health Medicine, NHS Highland, Inverness, Scotland and Honorary Reader, Centre for Rural Health, University of Aberdeen (www.abdn.ac.uk/crh). My main research interests are in mental health, including suicide and self-harm, and in rural health.

qualifications: MRCPsych
contribution: contributed to drafts
position: Consultant psychiatrist
Ireland
Consultant General Adult Psychiatrist, West Cork Mental Health Services, Bantry Co.Cork, Ireland. I have an interest in rural mental health stemming from previous experience providing a mental health service in the Scottish Highlands, and from my current post in a rural setting in South West Ireland. I also have a research interest in epidemiology and early life origins of mental illness.

qualifications: PhD
contribution: contributed to drafts
position: Professor of psychology
United Kingdom
suicide and self-harm
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2026 Aeromed Conference, 28–30 October 2026, Darwin, Australia
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Rural Mental Health Conference 2026, 4–6 November 2026, Gold Coast, Australia
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16th National Rural & Remote Allied Health Conference (SARRAH), 9–11 November 2026, Coffs Harbour, Australia
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Rural GP Association Scotland (RGPAS) Annual Conference 2026, 20–22 November 2026, Inverness
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IAHA Indigenous Allied Health Australia National Conference, 30 November–2 December 2026, Boorloo (Perth), Australia
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BC Rural Health Conference, 28–30 May 2027, Victoria, BC, Canada
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Regional, Rural and Remote Emergency Medicine Conference 2027 (ACEM RRR EM27), 18–20 July 2027, Lutruwita/Tasmania, Australia
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