Read more about the studies and tools we are currently working on.
BackUp is a app that provides suicide prevention information, tools and crisis resources to support and guide individuals (and their caregivers) when they are experiencing suicidal thoughts.
The app is available in Belgium and the Netherlands. BackUp is currently being updated.
With Happy Snacks 2.0, we are developing a renewed and extended version of Happy Snacks: short, accessible teaching methods designed to help primary school pupils develop their social and emotional skills.
Through this project, we are researching how we can improve the mental wellbeing of people approaching or already in retirement. We want people to find access to support that genuinely contributes to a positive and healthy transition into retirement.
In a randomised controlled trial, we are testing 'SCI', a short-term clinical intervention for adults who have experienced a suicidal crisis or attempted suicide, which aims to provide them with tools to cope with future suicidal crises.
In this project, we are developing a new version of the online self-help course 'Think Life', adapted to the needs of people with autism, and their health care professionals.
In this study, we are piloting a two-day interactive training for health professionals who provide therapeutic support to families bereaved by suicide.
In this project, tools are being developed to support both prison staff, and prisoners with suicidal thoughts.
In collaboration with the Centrum ter Preventie van Zelfdoding (Centre for Suicide Prevention), we are working on a number of studies looking at data of the suicide helpline 'Zelfmoordlijn 1813'.
Making use of user surveys, we are currently mapping what users like and dislike about our websites, e-learning platform and app.
By asking loved ones about their needs, we are currently identifying the needs of people who are close to someone with suicidal thoughts, after an attempt or after a loss due to suicide.
