Dr Karl Andriessen is a NHMRC Early Career Fellow at the Centre for Mental Health, in the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, a Conjoint Senior Lecturer at the UNSW School of Psychiatry, Sydney, and a Research Fellow at the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, KU Leuven-University of Leuven, Belgium. He is a well-known researcher in the field of suicide bereavement and prevention, and worked in Australia, Belgium, and internationally.
His involvement is rooted in clinical practice, starting 30 years ago as a Social Worker in youth and family counselling, and telephone crisis lines, followed by leading positions in suicide prevention, bereavement, helplines, community mental health centres, and policy development. Karl holds a Master in Suicidology (Griffith University, 2006), and a PhD (2018) from the School of Psychiatry, UNSW, Sydney. He is the recipient of several (inter-)national awards, and served as Chair of the IASP Special Interest Group on Suicide Bereavement (2002-2015). He is an advisor to several projects in the field of mental health, suicide prevention and bereavement, and is the principal editor of “Postvention in action”, the world first “International handbook of suicide bereavement support” (Hogrefe, 2017).
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FEATURED Conference Proceedings
Suicide and spirituality: a multicenter study of Austrian and Italian psychiatric patients and students
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DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTERVENTION FOR BEREAVED ADOLESCENTS TO FACILITATE THE GRIEF PROCESS AN..
Research Grant
Suicide and neuroticism: a multicenter study
Conference Proceedings
The Voice of people with Lived Experience of suicide (VocLE): A consensus study to develop..
Research Grant
Association of suicidal behavior with exposure to suicide and suicide attempt: A systemati..
Journal article
Bereaved adolescents: What help do they wish to receive?
Internal Research Grant
New adolescent grief scales open new research possibilities: A commentary
Journal article
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Projects
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Project Types
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Research Grant
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Internal Research Grant
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Research Contracts
Scholarly Works
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Honours, Awards and Fellowships
Outstanding International Health Alumnus of the Year Award
AISRAP Outstanding International Alumni of the Year Award
AISRAP Outstanding Alumni of the Year Award
PhD Scholarship 2014-2018
Award for Academic Excellence
IASP Norman Farberow Postvention Award
NHMRCF - NHMRC Fellowship
Credentials
Positions
Positions
Senior Research Fellow In Mental Health
Melbourne School Of Population And Global Health
Conjoint Senior Lecturer
School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales
Member
International Association for Youth Mental Health
Member
Suicide Prevention Australia (SPA)
Member
Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement
Board Member Until 2016
Postvention Australia
Research Fellow (Since Oct 2018), Associated Researcher (Apr 2013 - Oct 2018)
Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, KU Leuven - University of Leuven
Member
American Association of Suicidology (AAS)
Including Special Interest Group (Sig) On Suicide Bereavement And Postvention, And Sig On Media And Suicide
International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP)
Education
Education
PhD, UNSW School of Psychiatry, Sydney
University of New South Wales
Participative Leadership
Stichting Lodewijk De Raet
Master of Suicidology, Griffith University, Brisbane
Griffith University
Bachelor of Social Work
University College of Antwerp