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Maurizio Pompili

Maurizio Pompili, M.D, Ph.D. is currently Professor of Suicidology and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the II Medical School of Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, where he received his M.D. degree, where he trained in Psychiatry (both summa cum laude) and where he has doctoral degree in Experimental and Clinical Neurosciences. He is the coordinator of the Suicide Prevention Center at Sant’Andrea Hospital in Rome. He is also Visiting Scientists at McLean Hospital – Harvard Medical School, USA. He is the recipient of the American Association of Suicidology’s 2008 Shneidman Award for “Outstanding early career contribution to suicidology”. Maurizio Pompili is part of IASP Task Force for Emergency Medicine and Suicidal Behavior and he has been Italian representative for IASP for several years. He is also member of the International Academy for Suicide Research and the American Association of Suicidology Professor Pompili has provided validation studies of the Beck Hopelessness Scale, Reason for Living Inventory, TEMPS-A for the Italian population researching the interplay of factors that may precipitate suicide both in clinical and non-clinical samples. Maurizio Pompili has published more than 200 papers on suicide including original research articles, book chapters and editorials. He co-edited four international books on suicide (Suicide in schizophrenia, Suicide in psychiatric disorders, Resetting the internal clock in suicidal individuals with Nova Science Publishers and Evidence-based practice in suicidology with Hogrefe & Huberr) and two national books. Maurizio Pompili is particularly active in collaborations involving the community and policy makers being involved in the Italian National Suicide Prevention Strategies carried out with fellow colleagues at the Italian Ministry of Heath and Italian Health Institute.