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Rory O’Connor @roryoc.bsky.social · 20d

This amused me this morning.

Don’t quite understand what it actually means though 😅

#CommuterChat

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Rory O’Connor @roryoc.bsky.social · Sep 4

Thanks Ann 🙏🏻

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Rory O’Connor @roryoc.bsky.social · Sep 4

If you are attending #eabct2025 today, consider coming to my keynote, Lomond Auditorium at 12-1.

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Rory O’Connor @roryoc.bsky.social · Sep 1

“Love Is The Cure”

I was inspired by a walk along De Sleutelbrug (The Keybridge) in Amsterdam on Sat.

I stumbled across simple but powerful message on bridge: Love Is The Cure.

Perhaps if more people in the world embraced this - more love & less hate - the world would be a happier, safer place.

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Rory O’Connor @roryoc.bsky.social · Aug 26

Huge congratulations to Dr Yawen Zheng who successfully defended her PhD earlier.

Thanks to the examining team Pooja Saini, Ruchika Gajwani & Jessica Fish

Jonathan Evans and I are proud supervisors 🎉🎉🎉

*pleased to be able to join post-viva remotely from Schipol airport 😅

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Rory O’Connor @roryoc.bsky.social · Aug 9

If you're still at #ICBM2025, I am speaking about three recent studies in the last session starting at 3.30pm

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Rory O’Connor @roryoc.bsky.social · Jul 30

Important piece on future of suicide prevention in US

‘Dismantling research programs, training mechanisms, & international collaboration does not improve efficiency; rather it eliminates the very systems needed to develop innovative, cost effective interventions.’

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40671474/

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Rory O’Connor @roryoc.bsky.social · Jul 28

🆕 Following requests from authors, we have increased the word limit for all regular papers in Archives of Suicide Research to 5,000 words (Introduction, Methods, Results & Discussion)

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Rory O’Connor @roryoc.bsky.social · Jul 25

I've been working on follow-up to When It Is Darkest, after a hiatus.

When I published When It Is Darkest, I did so without an agent.

But I think that an agent would really help for book #2.

If you're an agent or know an agent who might be interested in representing me, please get in touch.
🙏

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Rory O’Connor @roryoc.bsky.social · Jul 20

Following WHO call that we can no longer be silent I tweeted this in May.

Thousands more innocent people killed since then (inc 17,000 children since Oct 2023) & hostages remain incarcerated.

But still, people with voices & power to make this devastation end remain silent.

My heart breaks 💔

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Rory O’Connor @roryoc.bsky.social · Jul 20

Thank-you, pleased to hear that!

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Rory O’Connor @roryoc.bsky.social · Jul 14

Keep posted.

I had a great conversation with Harry Corin- for his new podcast Question The Default.

Harry lost his dad to suicide when he was 12.

We chat all things suicide prevention and mental health.

Drops in the autumn.

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Rory O’Connor @roryoc.bsky.social · Jul 12

Such a powerful and emotional film about the impact of suicide on a family - as they embark on a journey to talk about and make sense of their loss. A tough but important watch.

Available on Netflix

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Rory O’Connor @roryoc.bsky.social · Jul 12

Irish people ain’t designed to run in this heat ☘️🏃☀️

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Rory O’Connor @roryoc.bsky.social · Jun 27

I thought The 1975 rocked it @daryloconnor.bsky.social less convinced 🤔 #Glastonbury

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Rory O’Connor @roryoc.bsky.social · Jun 26

It was great to host @hinzeverena.bsky.social at SBRL this week and to hear more about her important work on chronic pain and suicide and self-harm among youth

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International Association for Suicide Prevention @iaspinfo.bsky.social · Jun 20

#WorldRefugeeDay is a moment to stand in solidarity with refugees globally. Our new podcast episode explores refugee mental health & suicide risk with host, Professor Rory O'Connor & special guests, Muzafar Ali & Prof Nicholas Procter. Listen: ow.ly/BCpK50WcwTG

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Rory O’Connor @roryoc.bsky.social · Jun 24

Please share!

New partnership with RSABI.

Fully funded PhD scholarship (UK students only): Towards an enhanced understanding of suicide risk among those from agricultural backgrounds.

Supervised by me and @katierobb.bsky.social

Closing date: 21st July 2025

🔗 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

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Rory O’Connor @roryoc.bsky.social · Jun 21

Jeez, really felt that, ~80% humidity 🏃

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Rory O’Connor @roryoc.bsky.social · Jun 20

We had a wide ranging conversation about such an important topic #WorldRefugeeDay

International Association for Suicide Prevention @iaspinfo.bsky.social · Jun 20

#WorldRefugeeDay is a moment to stand in solidarity with refugees globally. Our new podcast episode explores refugee mental health & suicide risk with host, Professor Rory O'Connor & special guests, Muzafar Ali & Prof Nicholas Procter. Listen: ow.ly/BCpK50WcwTG