Suicidal behaviour in the WHO Region of the Americas,with a focus on the territories of the Caribbean Economic Community (CARICOM)

Dr. Loraine Barnaby will be presenting a seminar as part of the Centre for Mental Health seminar series on Tuesday 25th October.

Dr. Barnaby is a Jamaican Consultant Psychiatrist. She is the National Representative for Jamaica and Co-Chair of the Council of National Representatives on the Board of the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP).

She has been associated with IASP since 2003 and has made presentations at all the IASP conferences which she has attended.

She is a member of the Media Task force and collaborated with the team in the preparations for the booklet “Preventing Suicide: a Resource for Media Professionals”. She is also a member of the Special Interest Groups on Culture and Suicidal behaviour and Suicidal Behaviour in Adolescents.

She has been Director of Jamaica’s Community Mental Health Service prior to working in the Bahamas, and then lecturing at the UWI. Retired, she last worked as a part–time consultant at the Cayman Islands Hospital.

She was the local Chair of the IASP’s 2nd Caribbean Regional Symposium held in Grand
Cayman, Cayman Islands from December 3-5, 2015.