Personal details Citizenship: Italian and Australian Place of birth: Italy Date of birth: 01/07/1976 Italy Title: Dr. (PhD Cultural Psychiatry) Languages: Italian (mother-tongue), English (TOEFL), French

(Intermediate certificate, University of Manchester), basic SpanishEducation Currently completing MPhil in Ethnographic Documentary (Visual

Anthropology, School of Social Sciences), University of Manchester (UK).

Feb-May 2010 Course in Research methodology in Cultural Community Development (part of Master in CCD, Victoria College of Arts, University of Melbourne)

August 2008, Awarded a PhD (D.Phil) in Cultural Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, The University of Queensland (Brisbane, Australia).

2006 Visiting scholar at the University of Melbourne (Melbourne- Australia), CIMH-Centre for International Mental Health, School of Population Health.

May 2002 Graduate Certificate in Data Analysis in Psychology at University of Florence.

January 2002, successfully qualified as a Psychologist (University of Padua): member of the Italian Psychologists Register number 3849 since the 1st March 2002.

From December 2001 to January 2003, completed the I year of the School of Specialization in Cognitive Psychotherapy at “Istituto Berna” (Mestre-Venezia, Italy), including internship in the Association for the social integration of Psychiatric outpatients “L’Incontro” (Asolo, Italy).

October 2001 Erasmus Intensive Program in Mathematical Psychology, University of Oldenburg, Germany.

From 16 March 2001 to 1 September 2001 Training in Research at AISRAP -Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, Griffith University, Brisbane (Australia)

From 1 September 2000 to 12 March 2001 Training in Clinical Psychology in Padua Central Hospital and in Suicidology at the WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Suicide Prevention (University of Padua, Italy).

27/6/2000 Bachelor in Psychology, Clinical and Community Psychology curriculum, achieved with full marks of 110/110 summa cum laude (First class Honours) at the University of Padua (Italy)

22/7/1995 Five-years long Diploma for primary school teacher (Psycho-Socio-Pedagogic Institute) achieved with full marks of 60/60

Scholarships/

Fellowships

From 1995 to 2000 winner of six annual undergraduate competitive scholarships sponsored by ESU- University of Padua (Italy)

March 2003-September 2006 winner of the competitive scholarships: Australian Commonwealth Government Department of Education, Science & Training Award (IPRS) and of The University of Queensland Award (UQIPRS) for International Postgraduate Research Studies

HORN (Hyogo Overseas Research Network) fellowship, KUIS

Dr. Erminia Colucci

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University (Japan), 2008Awards/

Prizes

The University of Queensland Travel Award 2004 (GSRTA) The Dr Helen Row–Zonta Memorial Prize 2005 (from Zonta

International Club) First prize for best poster at the XXIV IASP conference

(International Association for Suicide Prevention), 2007, Killarney, Ireland

Emerging Research LIFE award 2009 (Suicide Prevention Australia)Jobs Full-time employments:

2007-current Research Fellow and Lecturer, Centre for International Mental Health, School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne (Australia) [Honorary Lecturer during the year 2012].

2002-2003 Psychologist in a nursing home for 100 elderly and 25 mentally impaired/ill young people “La Madonnina”, Bassano del Grappa, Italy

Part-time/casual employments: 2012-current Media Specialist/Lecturer of short course “Visual

Research Methods”, University of Philippines (Laguna, Philippines) 2009-current Guest Researcher for Kansai University of

International Studies, School of Psychology (Japan) 2009-2010 Consultant for Victorian Foundation for Survivors of

Torture (alias Foundation House, Melbourne) 2009-2010, Tutor for the Master in Clinical Psychology, School of

Health Sciences, RMIT University (Melbourne) June 2009, UN Consultant for workshop “Youth mental health and

self-harm” for UNICEF Adolescent Development and Participation meeting (UNICEF Asia-Pacific Region, Bangkok).

Oct 2008-Jan 2009, Guest Lecturer (supported by HORN fellowship), School of Psychology, KUIS University (Japan).

2007-2008 Tutor in Health Practice (HP2 in 2007 and HP3 in 2008) for Medicine students, (casual), School of Population Health, The University of Melbourne.

October-Nov 2007, Guest Lecturer, Master in Clinical Psychology, School of Psychology, Dev Sanskriti University, Haridwar, India.

2007 Consultant for the Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science, Monash University, Melbourne.

2003-2006: Casual teaching in youth suicide prevention for the Course in Developmental Psychology, School of Psychology, Padua (Italy).

2003-2005 part-time research assistant for The University of Queensland, Department of Psychiatry.

Successful Grant

Applications

2001: Australian Commonwealth grant for a project regarding a survey about the suicidal behaviour and an intervention with youth (a joint application between AISRAP and The South Coast Mental Health Promotion Unit – Gold Coast, Australia).

2006: Queensland Government subsidy to present at the Queensland suicide and self-harm prevention conference

2007: Ogloff, Mullen, Thomas & Colucci, Review of suicide and self-harm instrument and protocol for the Australian Department of Immigration and Citizenship (US$50,000)

2007: Minas & Jorm (PI Colucci), Development of suicide first aid

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guidelines for Asian countries, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (US$19,000)

2008: Colucci, HORN Fellowship, Promoting mental health and preventing suicide among Japanese school children (Yen 600000 plus local funds).

2009-2011: Colucci, Szwarc, Minas, Guerra, Paxton, Refugee youth and mental health services, William Buckland Foundation and

Sidney Myer Fund, AU$78,200 2010: O’Connor, Field, Colucci, Reardon, Minas, Pryor (PI Colucci).

Culturally determined barriers and nature of Domestic Violence (DV) within the Australian Indian Community”. AU$76,000 (Legal Service Board and Australia India Society of Victoria). O’Connor & Colucci, Australia culture awareness training and research $20,000 (Victoria Multicultural Commission). Colucci, Windows on the new world: Australia from the eyes of international students, $3000 (Knowledge Transfer Grant) plus sponsors. Colucci, CCRAG (Cultural and Community Relations grant) for Photovoice project on International Students AU$9,000.

2011: Contributed to the preparation of the tender for Mental Health in Multicultural Australia national project (AU$ 900.000); Colucci and Nadera, WHO and CBM funding for training on Community-based suicide prevention training in the Philippines (US$ 12,000). Cultural and Community Relations grant for community action project for the prevention of domestic violence against Indian women AU$5,000;

Publications Colucci E. (2004). Il suicidio adolescenziale (Trans. Youth suicide), Psicologia dell’Eta’ Evolutiva, Jun, pp. 119-128

Dello Buono M., Daru’ E., Colucci E., Pavan L. (2004). Predictors of suicide risk across the life cycle: a study of 511 suicides, Rivista di Psichiatria, Vol. 29 (5), Oct, pp. 340-348

Meneghel, M., Scocco, P., Colucci, E. et al.. (2004). Suicidal behaviour in Italy, pp 211-217, in Schmidtke, A., Bille-Brahe, U., De Leo, D., Kerkhof, A. (Ed.), Suicidal behaviour in Europe, Ashland, US: Hogrefe & Huber

Colucci, E. (2006). The cultural facet of suicidal behaviour: its importance and negligence, AeJAMH (Australian e-Journal for the Advancement of Mental Health), Vol 5 (3), pp. 1-13.

Colucci, E., Martin, G., Marsella, A.J. & Schweitzer, R. (2007). Youth suicide: Social representation, attitudes and meanings among students in Italy, India and Australia. The preliminary results. In Rogers, J. R. (Ed.), Proceedings for the 39th American Association of Suicidology Conference, Apr-May 2006, Seattle, Washington, US

Colucci, E. & Martin, G. (2007). The ethno-cultural aspects of youth suicide: Rates and methods of youth suicide, Suicide and Life-Threatening Behaviour, Vol. 37 (2), pp. 197-221

Colucci, E. & Martin, G. (2007). The ethno-cultural aspects of youth suicide: Risk Factors, precipitating agents and attitudes towards suicide, Suicide and Life-Threatening Behaviour, Vol. 37 (2), pp. 222-237

Colucci, E. (2007). “Focus groups can be fun”: The use of activity-oriented questions in focus group discussions, Qualitative Health Journal, Vol. 17 (10), pp. 1422-1433,

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(http://qhr.sagepub.com/cgi/content/short/17/10/1422?rss=1&ssource=mfc), [Ranked one of the most read articles in Qualitative health research, www.feedage.com/feeds/2190295/most-read-full-text-articles]

Colucci, E. & Minas, H. (2007).“The people making suicide prevention programs haven’t gone out and sourced from young people what it is that they want”: A cross-cultural study on help-seeking and suggestions for youth suicide prevention, World Psychiatry Association (WPA) International Congress, Dec 2007, Melbourne, Australia. Abstract published in Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 31 (Suppl 2), A329

Colucci, E. (2008). Recognizing spirituality in the assessment and prevention of suicidal behaviour. World Cultural Psychiatry Research Review (WCPRR), Special issue: Suicide and Culture, Vol. 3 (2), pp. 77-95, (http://www.wcprr.org/index-03_02.htm).

Colucci, E. (2008). Recognizing spirituality in the assessment and prevention of suicidal behaviour. Proceedings for Diversity in Health, Mar 2008, Sidney, Australia

Colucci E. (2008) The cultural meaning of suicide: A comparison between Italian, Indian and Australian students. Doctoral dissertation. Australia: The University of Queensland

Colucci, E. & Martin, G. (2008). Spirituality and religion along the suicidal path, Suicide and Life-Threatening Behaviour, Vol. 38 (2), pp. 229-244.

Colucci, E. & Martin G. (2008). Spirituality and suicide: what do we know and what should we know? Proceedings for Diversity in Health, Mar 2008, Sidney, Australia

Colucci, E., & Minas, H. (2008). A cross-cultural in-depth study of attitudes towards suicide among Italian, Indian and Australian youths. Proceedings for Diversity in Health, Mar 2008, Sidney, Australia

Ogloff, J., Mullen, P., Thomas, S. & Colucci, E. (2008), Review of suicide and self-harm instrument and protocol, Prepared for the Australian Department of Immigration and Citizenship

Minas, H., & Colucci, E., Jorm, A.F., (2009). Evaluation of Mental Health First Aid training with members of the Vietnamese community in Melbourne, Australia, International Journal of Mental Health Systems, Vol 3(19).

Colucci E. (2009), Recognizing spirituality in the assessment and prevention of suicidal behaviour, European Network of Research on Religion, Spirituality and Health - Newsletter July 2009 (http://www.rish.ch/dynasite.cfm?dsmid=92513)

Colucci, E . et al. (2010), Mental Health First Aid guidelines for helping a suicidal person: a Delphi consensus study in India, International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 4:4 (designated as Highly Accessed) http://www.ijmhs.com/content/4/1/4

Colucci, E . et al. (2010), Mental Health First Aid guidelines for helping a suicidal person: a Delphi consensus study in the Philippines, International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 4:32 http://www.ijmhs.com/content/4/1/32

Colucci, E . et al. (2011), Mental Health First Aid guidelines for helping a suicidal person: a Delphi consensus study in Japan.

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International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 5:12 http://www.ijmhs.com/content/5/1/12

Colucci, E. & Nadera, D. (2011). Manual for training in Suicide First Aid Guidelines for the Philippines, Manila (Philippines).

Colucci, E., Minas, H., Szwarc, J., Paxton, J. and Guerra, C. (2011). A mental health research agenda for people of refugee background in Australia: a consensus study (Report) http://www.focushealth.com.au/events/Speakers/harryminas

Colucci, E. & Lester, D., Eds (2012), Suicide and Culture: Understanding the context. U.S:Hogrefe Publishing.

Colucci, E., Szwarc, J., Minas, H., Paxton, J. and Guerra, C. (2012). The utilisation of mental health services among children and young people from a refugee background: A systematic literature review. International Journal of Culture and Mental Health (Ahead of print).

Lenzi, M., Colucci, E. and Minas, H. (2012). Suicide, culture and society from a cross-national perspective. Cross-cultural research, 46(1), 50-71.

Totaro, S. & Colucci, E. (2012). Suicide and artists: stereotypes and beliefs. Rivista di Psicologia Clinica, 2 (112-128).

Tarchi, C., & Colucci, E. (2013). Youth suicide in Germany: A review of the literature. World Cultural Psychiatry Research Review 8(1), (21-28).

Colucci, E., Minas, H., Szwarc, J., Paxton, J. and Guerra, C. (submitted). Barriers and facilitators to the utilization of mental health services among young people of refugee backgrounds. http://www.foundationhouse.org.au/resources/publications_and_resources.htm

Colucci, E., O’Connor, M., Field, K., Baroni, A., Pryor, R., & Minas, H. (in press). Nature of domestic/family violence and barriers to services among Indian immigrant women. Alerstice. International Journal of Intercultural Research (Intimate partner violence and cultural diversity).

Colucci, E., & Heredia Montesinos, A. (in press). Violence against women and suicide in the context of migration. Suicidology Online.

Colucci E., Minas, H. (in press) Attitudes towards Youth Suicide. A Comparison Between Italian, Indian and Australian Students. Proceedings International Association of Cross-Cultural Psychology conference, July 2010.

Colucci E. (in press) Arts-Based Research in Cultural Mental Health. Proceedings International Association of Cross-Cultural Psychology conference, July 2010.

Totaro, S. & Colucci, E. Romantic perception of suicide among artists (submitted to Death Studies).

Colucci E., O'Connor M., Pereek R., De Giovanelli F. Minas HK., (under submission), Spiritual well-being, beliefs and suicide among young college students in India.

Colucci, E. & Baroni, A. (under submission). Community Participatory Theatre as research method on domestic violence among Indian immigrant women.

Colucci E., (under submission in ‘Ethnography’). Ethnographic photo and film-documentary to study about human rights among mentally ill.

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Invited publications: Colucci, E. (2008). On the use of focus groups in cross-cultural

research, 233-252, in Liamputtong, P. & Rumbold, J. (Eds), Doing cross-cultural research: Ethical and methodological considerations. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer

Colucci, E. (2009). Book Review: Liamputtong, P. & Rumbold, J. (Eds.), Knowing differently: Arts-based and collaborative research methods, Nova Science Publishers, The International Journal of Social Research Methodology, Vol 12 (2), p. 173-176.

Colucci, E., (2009), Cultural issues in suicide risk assessment, in Kumar, U. & Mandal, M.K., Suicidal Behavior: Assessment of People-at-risk, New Delhi: SAGE, pp. 107-135

Colucci, E., (2012), Spirituality, religion and suicide, in Pompili, M. (Ed.) Suicide: a Comprehensive Perspective“, Bentham EBooks

Colucci, E. & Pryor, R. (in press), Prevention of violence against women, in Okpaku, S. (Ed.) Global Mental Health, Cambridge University Press.

Buffoli, A. & Colucci, E. (under submission). The risk of suicide among gays, lesbians, and transgender. Manuale di Suicidologia (Handbook of Suicidology), Girardi, G. and Pompili, M. (Eds).

Presentation at Conferences

(unless otherwise specified, they are all oral presentations)

Colucci, E., The cultural meaning of youth suicide, Postgraduate conference, Oct 2004, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

Colucci, E. (presenter) & Martin, G., Culture and the meaning of suicide: A comparison between Australian, Indian and Italian students. Preliminary results, International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP), Sept 2005, Durban, South-Africa

Colucci E. (presenter) & Martin G., Ethnocultural aspects of suicide in young people, Diversity in Health, Oct 2005, Melbourne, Australia

Colucci E. (presenter) & Martin G., Culture and the meaning of suicide: A comparison between Australian, Indian and Italian students. Preliminary results from the Indian sample, Asia-Pacific Suicide Prevention Conference, March 2006, Singapore (abstract accepted)

Colucci, E. (presenter) & Martin, G., Culture and the meaning of suicide: A comparison between Australian, Indian and Italian students. Results from the Australian sample, Queensland Suicide and Self-harm Prevention Conference, Mar 2006, Brisbane, Australia

Colucci, E. (presenter) & Martin, G., The Neglect of Spirituality in Suicidology, Transcultural Psychiatry Section of the World Psychiatric Association (TPA-WPA), Apr 2006, Wien, Austria

Colucci, E. (presenter) & Martin, G, Youth Suicide: Social Representation, Attitudes and Meanings among Students in Italy, India and Australia. The preliminary results, 39th American Association of Suicidology (AAS) Conference, Apr-May 2006, Seattle, Washington

Bartocci, G. (presenter) & Colucci, E., Il Suicidio in un’ ottica transculturale (trans. Suicide in a transcultural perspective), Suicidio tra prevenzione e culture, Associazione Famiglie Italiane

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per la Prevenzione del Suicidio (Association of Italian Families for the Prevention of Suicide), May 06, Palermo, Italy

Colucci, E., “Focus groups can be fun”: The use of activity-oriented questions, IIQM Conference Advances in Qualitative Methods, July 2006, Gold Coast, Australia

Colucci, E.. “The people making suicide prevention programs haven’t gone out and sourced from young people WHAT it is that THEY want”, Postgraduate Conference, May 2007, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

Cagnoli, A. & Colucci, E. “Suicidal behaviour among drug-addicted Italian adolescents”, VI National Congress on Prevention in School and in the Community, June 2007, Padua (Italy)

1) Colucci, E. “The cultural meaning of suicide; A comparison between Italian, Indian and Australia students”; 2) Colucci, E. “Gender-related issues in youth suicide”. Posters: 3) Colucci, E. & Martin, G. “Spirituality and suicide: What do we know and what should we know?”; 4) Buffoli, A. & Colucci, E. “Suicide prevention: What young Italian lesbians, gays and bisexuals believe it should be done”; 5) Buffoli, A. & Colucci, E. “Self-harm and suicidal behaviour among young Italian lesbians, gays and bisexuals” (First prize winner); 6) Cagnoli, A. & Colucci, E. “Suicidal behaviour in young drug addicted Italians”, Aug-Sept 2007, International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP), Killarney, Ireland.

1) Colucci, E. (presenter) & Minas, H. “There is no person we can freely talk: Help-seeking behaviour and suggestions on youth suicide prevention among Italian, Indian and Australian students”; Posters: 2) Buffoli, A. & Colucci, E. “Attitudes towards suicide and reasons for youth suicide among young Italian lesbians, gays and bisexuals”; 3) Cagnoli, A. & Colucci, E. “Suicidal behaviour in young drug addicted Italians”, Transcultural Psychiatry Section of the World Psychiatric Association (TPA-WPA), Sept 2007, Stockholm, Sweden.

Colucci, E. (presenter) & Minas, H. “The people making suicide prevention programs haven’t gone out and sourced from young people what it is that they want”: A cross-cultural study on help-seeking and suggestions for youth suicide prevention”, WPA (World Psychiatric Association) International Congress, Nov-Dec 2007, Melbourne, Australia.

1) Colucci, E. (presenter) & Martin G. (2008). Spirituality and suicide: what do we know and what should we know? 2) Colucci, E., (presenter) & Minas, H. (2008). “I already hate him:” A cross-cultural in-depth study of attitudes towards suicide among Italian, Indian and Australian youths. Poster: 3) Colucci, E. Recognizing spirituality in the assessment and prevention of suicidal behaviour. Diversity in Health, Mar 2008, Sidney, Australia

1) Colucci, E., Gender and youth suicide in different cultures; Posters: 2) Colucci, E., Meanings in life and suicide prevention; 3) Colucci, E., Attitudes towards youth suicide among Italian, Indian and Australian students; 4) Colucci, E. & Minas, H., Help-seeking behaviour and youth suicide in different cultures; 5) Buffoli, A. & Colucci, E., Attitudes towards suicide among Italian young lesbians, gays and bisexuals; 6) Buffoli, A. & Colucci, E., Self-harm and suicidal behaviour among adult Italian lesbians, gays and

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bisexuals. ESSSB12 (European Symposium on Suicide and Suicidal Behaviour), Aug 2008, Glasgow, Scotland.

Colucci, E. (Guest speaker), LIFE Framework: Suicide prevention in Australia, Congress of the Japanese Society of Public Health, Nov 2008, Fukuoka, Japan.

Colucci, E. (Guest speaker), Suicide Prevention in Australia vs. Japan, Congress of the Japanese Society of Mental Health, Nov 2008, Beppu, Japan.

Colucci, E. (Guest speaker), Youth mental health and self-harm in Asian-Pacific developing countries, UNICEF Asia-Pacific Adolescent Development and Participation meeting, June 2009, Bangkok, Thailand.

Colucci, E. (Guest speaker), Suicide in different cultures, World Suicide Prevention Day, Sept 2009, Rome (Italy)

(Chair/organizer) Symposia “Spirituality, meanings and suicide: A multi-cultural perspective”; (Co-chair/organizer) Symposia “Arts-based therapy and research in Cultural Psychiatry. Cultural traditions and techniques”; (presenter) Colucci, E., Spirituality/religion, beliefs in afterlife and youth suicide; Colucci, E., Arts-based research; Posters: Buffoli, A. & Colucci, E., Suicide prevention: the point of view of Italian gays, lesbians and bisexuals; Buffoli, A. & Colucci, E., Self-harm and suicidal behaviour among adult Italian lesbians, gays and bisexuals, World Association of Cultural Psychiatry, Sept 2009, Norcia (Italy).

Colucci, E. and Eales, M., Arts and suicide: A short-documentary on a suicide survivor’s artwork; Colucci, E., Cultural attitudes, religious/spiritual beliefs and suicide among young Indians. poster: Buffoli, A. & Colucci, E., Suicide prevention: the Italian homosexuals’ point of view, IASP (International Association for Suicide Prevention) 2009, Montevideo (Uruguay)

O’Connor M., Colucci, E. & Minas, H. Assessment of the need for domestic violence services for the Melbourne Indian community, RANZCP (Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists) conference, 2010, Auckland (New Zealand).

Colucci, E., member of scientific committee, Chair Symposium “Suicide and human/women rights” and co-facilitator workshop “Imagination Inspiration Improvisation: A Visual Arts Enquiry into Understanding Suicide”. Colucci, E. & O’Connor, M., Domestic/family violence among Indian immigrant women and suicide; Colucci, E. et al., Suicide First Aid Guidelines for the Philippines; Eales, M. & Colucci, E. What does being suicidal feel like? A co-researcher/bricolage approach to understanding suicide; Fernandes, A. & Colucci, E. The Effectiveness of Suicide Intervention Programmes for South Asian Youth. IASP (International Association for Suicide Prevention) 2011, Beijing (China).

Colucci, E., Gender issues and suicide in different cultures; Colucci, E., Video session Art and Mind (chair and presenter); O’Connor, Colucci, E., et al., Modified forum theatre: a novel means of prevention and early recognition of family abuse and domestic violence in an Australian Indian community, World Association of Cultural Psychiatry, Mar 2012, London, U.K.

Colucci, E., Free from Pasung:The fight for human rights for

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Indonesiaʼs mentally ill. Visual Anthropology Workshop on “Visualising Crises”, Ascona, Switzerland, Jul-Aug, 2012

McDonough, S. & Colucci, E., Cultural responsiveness learning programs: building the capability of mental health practitioners in multicultural Australia, Melbourne, The Mental Health Services conference, Aug 2013.

Forthcoming: Colucci, E. The visual representation of spiritual healing practices.

IUAES, Aug 2013 U.K. Colucci, E. ‘Free from Pasung’: Ethnographic film-documentary to

study human rights and mental health; Colucci, E. Visual Methods in Global Mental Health. IVM3 (International Visual Methods conference), New Zealand, Sept 2013

Conference organization Ideator and organizer of photo-exhibition for World Association of Cultural Psychiatry, Sept 2009, Norcia (Italy).

Ideator and organizer of photo-exhibition for Cultural Psychology International Association of Cross-Cultural Psychology 2010 (http://www.iaccp2010.com/photography/), (Australia)

Scientific Committee, International Association for Suicide Prevention conference 2011 (China)

Advisor/

Assessor

2007, NHMRC (National Health and Medical Research Council-Australia) suicide prevention grant application

2009, State-wide forum: Youth Human Rights charter (Centre for Multicultural Youth, Melbourne).

2009, Suicide Risk Assessment and Management Guidelines, Department of Human Services, Victoria Government, Australia.

2010, Advisory group multi-media project with Karen refugees (Centre for Multicultural Youth, Melbourne).

2012-: Steering committee Young Refugee Network (Australia)Book reviews 2008, Liamputtong, P. & Rumbold, J. (Eds.), Knowing differently:

Arts-based and collaborative research methods, Nova Science Publishers (published in The International Journal of Social Research Methodology).

2008, The veil of silence: Human rights and suicide, in Dudley, M., Silove D., & Gale, F. (Eds.), Mental health and human rights.

Journal reviewer/

editorial board

Mental Health, Religion and Culture Social Science & Medicine Qualitative Health Research International Journal of Culture and Mental Health Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences Scandinavian Journal of Psychology The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences Suicide and Life-Threatening Behaviour International Journal of Mental Health Systems Transcultural Psychiatry Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry Suicidology Online Journal of Psychology Crisis: Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention Australian Journal of Psychology Psicologia dell’Eta’ Evolutiva

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Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention Stress and Health

Lectures and seminars

(selection)

15/01/2002 “Youth suicide: myths and facts”, University of Padua, Department of Psychology (Italy)

13/07/2004 “The cross-cultural meaning of suicide”, Mahatma Gandhi University, Dept of Psychology, Trivandrum (Kerala, India)

17-20/01/2005 “Youth suicide”, University of Padua, Department of Psychology (Italy)

26-27/04/2006 “Youth suicide”, University of Padua, Department of Psychology (Italy)

20/06/2006 “The cultural meaning of suicide”, Centre for International Health, The University of Melbourne, (Australia)

20/03/2007 Workshop: “Suicide Risk Assessment: What difference does culture make?”, Victorian Transcultural Psychiatry Unit (Australia)

30/05/2007 Seminar: “I already hate him”: A cross-cultural in-depth study of attitudes towards suicide among Italian, Indian and Australian youth, La Trobe University, Dept of Public Health, (Australia)

October-Nov 2007, Guest Lecturer, Master in Clinical Psychology, Dev Sanskriti University, Haridwar, Uttaranchal (India)

October 2008-January 2009, under/post-graduate Psychology, Medical Social Work and Child care students, Kansai University of International Studies, School of Psychology, Miki-cho, Japan.

18/12/08, Workshop: “Suicide warning signs among Japanese from the Suicide First Aid study”, G-Net (Gender Network), Omihachiman, Japan.

15/01/09 Workshop: “Suicide prevention from the community’s perspective”, Hyogo Prefectural Mental Health & Welfare Centre, Kobe, Japan.

15/05/09, Arts and Suicide, The University of Melbourne 12/10/10, Guest speaker for Mental Health Week, “Towards

Recovery. “How do we talk about Suicide?” (hosted by ACT Transcultural Mental Health Network and the Mental Health Community Coalition)

July 2011 Development of a training manual and training sessions based on the “Suicide First Aid guidelines for the Philippines” Philippines (funded by CBM and WHO, http://foundationawit.com/project3.1.html).

2009-2011: Lectures for the International Mental Health Leadership Program (Centre for International Mental Health, University of Melbourne and Department of Social Medicine, Harvard University)

Media releases 31/08/2005 Radio interview for Rai Radio 3 (Italy) 16/09/2005, interview for a Spanish video-documentary about

suicide 26/10/2005, Radio interview for SBS (Australia) June-July 2006, articles on suicide in youth gays in several

websites (e.g. www.gay.tv and www.gay.it) March 2007, video-interview for a DVD about cultural aspects of

suicide for GPs, supported by BeyondBlue (Australia) 10, 13 and 15/03/2008, four radio interviews for SBS radio (Sydney

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and Melbourne stations, Australia) 16/03/2008, interview for the newspaper La Fiamma (Australia) 2008, shooting and co-editing of the short-documentary

“Haridwar: A spiritual journey”. 22/12/08, Mental Health Newsletter, Japan. 05/03/09, SPRC (Suicide Prevention Resource Center), Spark

Newsletter, US 27/05/2009. “The cultural contribution to suicide in Asia” for CNN

International 17/07/2009, Radio interview for SBS (Australia) on torture on

animals and serial killers October 2009, “Using art to understand suicide”, MUSSE, Issue 20

(Australia) January 2010, Cultural approach to suicide prevention, The Voice

(with The Age newspaper, http://voice.unimelb.edu.au/view.php?articleID=6044).

9/02/2010 “Australian study of suicide shows cultural differences”, news.xinhuanet.com; “Cultures of suicide”, North Carolina Mental Hope (national.ncmentalhope.org); “Australian study of suicide shows cultural differences”, People’s daily (http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90782/90880/6892028.html; Teens' View on Suicide (http://news.softpedia.com/news/Teens-View-on-Suicide-134463.shtml); Radio interview for ABC radio (Australia) on youth suicide in different cultures.

10/02/2010 “Cultures of suicide studied by University of Queensland Researcher, Australia”, Medical News Today

11/02/2010 Cultures of suicide (http://www.ibtimes.com.au/contents/20100210/cultures-suicide.htm)

Culture influences suicide views (www.medconnect.com.au/Portals/0/images/.../ClinPsychNews_6_1.pdf )

11/02/2010 Radio Interview, National Radio News 15/02/2010 Radio Interview ABC Mornings (Australia) 2008-ongoing: Monthly CIMH newsletters (International Mental

Health) March 2010 “Culture Influences Suicide Views”, Clinical Psychiatry

News May 2010, Suicide First Aid Guidelines for India: Recommendations

for the Indian Public for Helping a Suicidal Person, Suite101, (health-psychology.suite101.com/article.cfm/suicide-first-aid-guidelines-for-india#ixzz0oFNOLlIE)

Life newsletter (June 2010) Radio Interview on Domestic Violence and Women International

Day, SBS radio (March 2011) Radio Interview Multicultural Women in Arts, 3RRR (September

2011) “The lens of cultural understanding” The Voice, Volume 7 Number

12 December 2011 http://voice.unimelb.edu.au/volume-7/number-12/lens-cultural-understanding

October-November 2012: several media releases about suicide in

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the Philippines (e.g. Inquirer, WHO-Asia Pacific, Manila TV) November 2012: “Inspiring lives-suicide survivors’exhibition”, The

Age; Art Almanac, Art news December 2012: “Human rights abuses on the mentally ill” 3R

Radio, SBS Radio.Photo/video-exhibitions “North India”, August 2009, Sidney Myer Asia Centre (Melbourne,

Australia) “India: A spiritual journey”, September 2009, Museo La Castellina

(Norcia, Italy) Short-documentary “Haridwar: A spiritual Journey”, 2009

(screened in Italy, Australia and The Netherlands) Selection of photos on Melbourne and Victoria screened during the

concert “Eight Seasons”, Orchestra Victoria, Melbourne Recital Centre, Feb 2010

“Atman: The soul of India”, June-July 2010, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne

Photography group exhibition- Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne, Jul-Sept 2010

Organizer of a photo-exhibition on cultural mental health at the University of Melbourne Union House, July 2010

“Triptych on Modernity” Group show, BSG Gallery, Dec 2010-Jan 2011

“Japan: between ritualistic traditions and modernity”, Jan 2011-Feb 2011, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne

Windows on a new world: Australia from the eyes of international students (photo-voice), July 2011, The University of Melbourne http://throughothereyes.wordpress.com/

Photo/film-documentary series “Open for (more than) Business”. Immigration Museum (Melbourne), August 2011-May 2012

Film/Documentary & Arts

projects

Director, camera, co-editor of short-documentary “Haridwar: A spiritual Journey”, 2009 (India)

Photography in the 72 Hours Movie project (Melbourne International Film Festival) “The Ballad of Des & Mo” 2009 (Australia)

“Arts and Suicide: A short-documentary on a suicide survivor’s artwork”, participatory video, 2010 (Australia)

Co-director, camera, co-editor “The Bloody Kids”, short-documentary 2011 (UK)

Co-director and co-editor “Home”, short-documentary 2011 (UK) “Different voices, Different Perspectives” participatory video,

2012 (Australia) Director, editor, camera, “Songs of Memory, Songs of Loss”,

documentary 2012 (UK-Italy) Director, editor, camera of ethnographic photo- and film-

documentary “Free from Pasung: The fight for the human rights for Indonesia’s mentally ill” 2012 (Indonesia)

Co-founder of suicide and arts website http://toofewladders.com/\ Oct 2012- Jan 2013 Co-curator of exhibition on arts and suicide

(University of Melbourne) http://www.daxcentre.org/whats-on/past-exhibitions/

Research experiences 1996: “How primary school children conceive the growth of flowers, animals and humans”, supervisor Prof. G. Petter (Department of Psychology, University of Padua)

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1998: “Suicide explained by the press” supervisor Prof. M. Tessarolo (Department of Psychology, University of Padua)

1999-2000: Monitoring and data analysis of suicide attempters in the Central Hospital of Padua (Department of Neurological and Psychiatric Sciences, Padua Central Hospital, University of Padua) for the year 1997-1999 and of suicide deaths (Department of Legal Medicine, University of Padua) for the years 1989-2000, for the Honours thesis (First class) “Suicidal behaviour in adolescents: results from the Monitoring Study by the WHO Collaborating Centre for Training and Research in Suicide Prevention in Padua, 1989-1999” Supervisors: Prof. G. Petter, Prof. D. De Leo (Faculty of Psychology and Department of Psychiatry).

2001: Data collection of suicide deaths for the period 1989-1999 recorded in the Court of Padua; Editor of the Australian version of Coping and Feeling Questionnaire for the “CASE Study” – (AISRAP-Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia); Content Analysis of the “Community Survey” (AISRAP, Griffith University, Brisbane); data entry and analysis for the “Princess Alexandra Hospital – Opinion Survey”, (AISRAP, Griffith University, Brisbane)

2003-2006: PhD project “Culture and the meaning of suicide: A comparison between Italian, Indian and Australian students”: editor of the questionnaire “Exploring the meaning of suicide”, questionnaires collection and focus groups moderator in various colleges in Padua (Italy), Bangalore (India) and Brisbane (Australia). Quantitative (SPSS) and qualitative analysis (ATLAS-ti). Spirituality and suicide (literature reviews).

2007: PI for multi-method research on spirituality and suicide in Haridwar (North India). Agenda for Immigration Detention Research (on-line survey), Suicide risk assessment in Australian Immigration Detention Centres (Consultant for Forensic Psychiatry).

2008-2009: PI in a study on the concept of spirituality in Japan and on a study on cultural representations of youth suicide, both using drawings as a research method; PI for the development of Suicide First Aid Guidelines for Japan, India and the Philippines; evaluation of a Mental Health First Aid training with the Vietnamese community; knowledge transfer projects on arts and suicide. Development and research for a “Cultural Awareness” program for International students.

2010-2011: PI on mental health research agenda for young refugees, mental health services’ utilization among young refugees in Australia, arts and suicide, shooting and co-editing of a short-documentary on spirituality in India; Consensus study on the role of Cultural Portfolio Holders; Participatory-action research project based on community theatre on barriers to accessing services for domestic violence among Indian migrant women; Photo-voice project on international students.

2012: Ethnographic photo/film-documentary research project “Free from Pasung: The fight for human rights for Indonesia’s mentally ill”

2013: PI for ‘Workforce and leadership development’ and ‘Research, Evaluation, Knowledge exchange and innovation’

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activities for the Governmentally-funded ‘Mental Health in Multicultural Australia’; Co-reearcher on ‘Strengthening human resources for mental health in the north and east of Sri Lanka’.

Research

supervision experience

Academic year 2004-2005: Tutor for four Psychology interns. Supervisor for Honours thesis on youth suicide in Germany and youth suicide in Norway.

Academic year 2005-2006: Tutor for four Psychology interns. Supervisor for Honours thesis on suicide in young Italian gays and suicide in young Italian drug addicted in therapy.

Academic year 2006-2007: Tutor for three Psychology interns. Supervisor for Honours/Masters thesis on suicide and cultural values; spirituality and well-being among Indian college students; and focus groups on suicide in young Italian gays (including use of art-based methods).

Academic year 2007-2008: Tutor for two Psychology interns. Supervisor for Honours/Masters thesis on the social representation of suicide among artists; suicide, spirituality and well-being in Val di Sol (North Italy).

Academic year 2008-2009: Tutor for one Psychology intern and supervisor for Master thesis on spirituality and suicide.

Academic year 2009-2010: Tutor/supervisor for four interns, two Masters and two PhD (local and International) students (e.g. “Community mental health in Malaysia”; “Mental health recovery principles in work with people from CALD backgrounds”).

Academic year 2010-2011: Supervisor for two International Masters and one PhD students (e.g. ‘Cross-national study of suicide and cultural values’)

Academic year 2011-2013: Supervisor for two International PhD students (“Development of a core curriculum for psychologists working in primary health care” and “Generation 1.5 Cambodian Refugees in Australia: Survivorship, Resilience, and the Implications for Mental Health and Wellbeing”.

Main areas of interests Generic: Suicidology, Visual and Medical Anthropology, Cultural and Cross-

cultural Psychology/Psychiatry, Qualitative research methods, Arts-Based Research, Youth mental health, Traditional/Alternative Healing, Indian and Indigenous cultures,.Specific:

Cultural meaning and representation of suicide (particularly in Indian, Pacific Islanders and Indigenous cultures)

Culturally-sensitive suicide prevention/intervention and life promotion strategies

The influence of spirituality and religion on suicidal behaviour and, more in general, mental health

Use of arts (photography, film-documentary, theatre, visual art, music, narrative, etc.) in research, prevention and therapy.

Visual Anthropology/Visual Cultural Research Cultural interpretation of mental health and mental illness.

Health/illness narratives Qualitative cross-cultural research (especially focus groups,

ethnography, story-telling) Integration of traditional healing and Eastern medicines with

Western medicine

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Abilities Computer: use of many software (e.g. Office, SPSS v.13, Nudist, N-

Vivo, ATLAS.ti, EndNote, Databases) and curiosity and capacity to learn quickly and efficiently new software

Psychological assessment: knowledge of many tests and questionnaires (e.g. Rorschach, MMPI, WISC-R, STAXI, Mini-Mental)

Research skills: Strong project management skills. Qualitative and quantitative research proficiency, in particular moderation and analysis of focus group discussions, Delphi groups, and in-depth interviews; construction of questionnaires, data collection, management and statistical analysis. Interested in arts-based research/prevention.

Good interpersonal skills, in particular with young people, and in maintaining a network of contacts across countries and disciplines.

Strong-willed, determinate, creative and enthusiast. Able to work autonomously (good self-discipline) and in a team. Self-motivation and able to motivate others.

Strong time and personal management skills. Open to new possibilities and challenges. Seriously interested in my profession and always ready to work

hard in order to learn new skills and improve my knowledge.Possible limits I like working with people who have passion for what they do, are

open to new ideas and show human and ethical respect…but are also able to laugh and enjoy life and can step out of the mainstream.

Determinate and enthusiast!Objectives Pursue an academic career (Teaching and Research), with

specialization in Cultural and Global Mental Health, suicide prevention and in the use of arts/visual methods for research, prevention and advocacy.

Become more involved in human rights, in particular women’s rights, minority ethnic groups rights and human rights in mental health.

Do part-time clinical psychology practice. Run training in suicide prevention, cultural/global mental health

issues and cultural research methods and ethnographic photo and film-documentary.

Main Social and community

activities

1989-1994 Coordinator/educator for a group of at-risk teens c/o the “Maria Ausiliatrice” Institute in Martina Franca, Taranto, Italy

Extra schooling lessons for a 9-year-old child with Learning Disorder, for one year

Teacher training in Year 4 of “Chiarelli” Primary School in Martina Franca, Taranto (Italy), for 6 months

August 2005, Centre “Ferrer”, Anantapur, Andra Pradesh (India) Co-chair of the Taskforce on Domestic Violence among Indian

Immigrants Chair of MWA (Multicultural Women in Arts) non-profit community

organizationCourses and training

organized (selection)

2007-2010: Three-days annual seminars on Youth suicide prevention, University of Padua, Italy.

20/03/2007 Workshop: “Suicide Risk Assessment: What difference does culture make?”, Victorian Transcultural Psychiatry Unit (Australia)

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17/03/2008 Seminar: The clinical benefits of Yoga, (speaker: Dr P. Pandya, India)

15/10-15/11 2008 “Psychology Psychodiagnosis”, DSVV University, Haridwar, India

23/01/2009 Seminar: Suicide Prevention in Japan, CIMH,University of Melbourne, Melbourne (speaker Dr T. Takeshima, Japan)

17/01/2009 Training “Suicide First Aid Guidelines for Japan”, Kobe, Japan.

04/03/2009 Seminar: Morita Therapy for Psychosocial Health Inside and Outside Asia, CIMH, Melbourne (speakers: Prof. N. Watanabe, Japan; A/Prof P. LeVine, Australia)

15/05/2009: Seminar and two workshops “A Visual Arts inquiry into understanding suicide” (with Mic Eales), CIMH, Melbourne

June 2009. Technical workshop on youth mental health and self-harm at the UNICEF Adolescent Development and Participation Asia-Pacific meeting Bangkok (Thailand).

30/6-20/7 2011 WHO and CBM Train the trainer courses on Suicide First Aid Guidelines for the Philippines (with Dinah Nadera), University of Philippines, Manila (Philippines).

13/09/2011 “Imagination Inspiration Improvisation: A Visual Arts Enquiry into Understanding Suicide” (with Mic Eales), Beijing (China).

23-25/10/2012: Visual Research Methods (University of Philippines, Los Banos, Philippines)

31/10/2012: Reporting of suicide in the media, WHO training for media representatives (University of Philippines, Manila).

9-11/01/2013: Visual methods in (mental) health research (The University of Melbourne, Australia).

Courses and workshops

attended (selection)

March-June 1998 “Psychological tests” Dr. Antonelli (Padua) 14-16/05/1999 “Strategic therapy in the group setting” Prof. A.

Salvini (Gallio) March-June 1999 “Narrative diagnosis” Dr. G. Turchi (30 hours,

Padua) 4 -15/10/1999 Course in English (56 hours) c/o “Princes College” in

London 12-14/05/2000 “Well-being techniques in Oriental Psychology” Dr.

G. Pagliaro (Gallio) March-June 2000 “Sexual dysfunctions” Dr. M. Panzeri (24 hours,

Padua) March-May 2000 “Projective methods in psychodiagnostics” Prof.

D. Passi Tognazzo (60 hours), (Padua) Oct 2000-Feb 2001 Course in English (33 hours) c/o UNESCO in

PaduaUniversity-based courses: Academic Year 1999/2000: Computer Courses: Word (4 h), Excel (4

h), Windows (3 h), Bibliographic research (4 h), SPSS (16 h), Visual Basic 6.0 (20 h), SPADT-Textual Analysis (40 h) c/o Padua University

Academic year 2000/2001: Computer Courses: Macro Excel (20 h), MEL (Micro Experimental Laboratory) (19 h), Visual Basic (20 h), SAS (24 h), SPSS (26 h), Neural Networks (6 h) c/o Padua University

Academic year 2001/2002: Erasmus Intensive Program in

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Mathematical Psychology, University of Oldenburg, Germany Academic year 2003/2004: Computer Courses: Endnote (3 h),

Literature Review (2 h), Cochrane Library (2 h), Medline (2 h), PubMed (2 h), Intellectual Property (2 h) et al. c/o The University of Queensland

Academic year 2004/2005: Computer courses: Nvivo 6 (4 h), Nudist (12 h) c/o The University of Queensland

Academic year 2005/2006: Computer courses: ATLAS.ti (6 h) c/o Queensland University of Technology; Transcultural Mental Health Workshops c/o Transcultural Mental Health Queensland (3 days); Art & Therapy Workshop (1 day) c/o Mater Hill Hospital, Brisbane

Academic year 2006/2007: several seminars in Transcultural Mental Health, Academic teaching workshops, workshop in Indigenous issues, Nvivo 7 (3 h), Super-Search (3 h), Ethnographic film-making (20 hours, La Trobe University, Melbourne)

Academic year 2007/2008: Photojournalism (16 hours, The University of Melbourne); Workshops: “How to publish good papers”, and on Cultural Psychiatry and Peace building.

Academic year 2008/2009: Film documentary; People Photography (RMIT-Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne), CSM (Content Management System) for web publishing.

Associations/

memberships

Founder member of the cultural association “Claudio Schiavone” Since 2002 member of Italian Register of Psychologist 2004 member of CAPS (Community Action for the Prevention of

Suicide-Brisbane) Since 2005 member of ARIA (Association for Research between

Italy and Australia) Since 2006 member of the American Association of Suicidology

(AAS) Since 2007 member of Psychologists for Social Responsibility Since 2008 member of Movement for Global Mental Health

(Human rights) Since 2009 member of the World Association of Cultural Psychiatry

(WACP) Since 2009 member of the Cultural and Qualitative Research

Interest Group, National Institutes of Health (NIH), US Since 2010 member of the International Association for Cross-

Cultural Psychology Since 2011, Chair of the Special Interest Group on “Culture and

Suicidal Behaviour”, International Association for Suicide Prevention

Since 2012, National Representative for Italy of the World Suicidology Net.

Since 2012, Co-Chair of the Special Interest Group on Arts and Cultural Mental Health, World Association of Cultural Psychiatry.

Extra skills/job experiences 1990-92 DJ for Radio Luna, Martina Franca (Italy 1992- 1995 Events organizer for the entertainment and fashion

company “Uno Enterprise”, Martina Franca (Italy) 1990-1996 Singer in a choir (soprano) 1994 Actress for the theatre company “Arte Martina”, Martina

Franca (Italy) Since 2000, play saxophone Since 2001, Ashtanga yoga

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Photography, currently digital people photography Film-documentary Horse-riding license

Hobby Visual arts, music, travel journalism and photography, photo and video-documentary, yoga, outdoor, sports and adventure (rock-climbing, swimming, trekking, cycling, kayaking), travel, cinema, theatre, reading, cooking.

Discover and know different countries, worldviews and cultures.

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