Researcher

Dr Karl Andriessen

My Expertise

Bereavement, grief, death, help-seeking, prevention, postvention, suicide

Keywords

grief/bereavement/complicated grief

death and bereavement

suicide

help-seeking

Fields of Research (FoR)

Mental Health, Public Health and Health Services

SEO tags

Mental Health Services

Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health)

Biography

Karl Andriessen is a Conjoint Senior Lecturer in the UNSW School of Psychiatry. Research interests include suicide prevention, bereavement after suicide and other causes of death, and help-seeking. He has also a particular interest in railway suicide prevention, sports events, helplines, and community mental health. NHMRC ECF at The University of Melbourne.

My Grants

- NHMRC ECF (APP1157796), 2019-2022
- Anika Foundation for...view more

Karl Andriessen is a Conjoint Senior Lecturer in the UNSW School of Psychiatry. Research interests include suicide prevention, bereavement after suicide and other causes of death, and help-seeking. He has also a particular interest in railway suicide prevention, sports events, helplines, and community mental health. NHMRC ECF at The University of Melbourne.

My Grants

- NHMRC ECF (APP1157796), 2019-2022
- Anika Foundation for Adolescent Depression and Suicide, PhD Scholarship, 2014-2018

My Qualifications

PhD (UNSW 2014-2018), MSuicidology (Griffith 2004-2006), BSW (Antwerp, Belgium 1982-1985)

My Awards

- Outstanding International Health Alumnus of the Year Award 2017, Griffith University, Brisbane

- AISRAP Outstanding Alumni of the Year Award 2017, Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, Griffith University

- AISRAP Outstanding International Alumni of the Year Award 2017, Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, Griffith University

- Award for Academic Excellence 2006, Griffith University, Brisbane

- IASP Norman Farberow Postvention Award 2005, International Association for Suicide Prevention, www.iasp.info/awards.php.