Matias Gay

Ph.D.

Clinical Leader of Operations for Emergency Mental Health and Addictions, IWK Children's Hospital

http://www.understandingsuicidology.com/

<p>Matias Gay, RN, is a Ph.D. student in nursing at Dalhousie University, author, educator, and suicidology researcher with nearly a decade of experience in mental health and crisis care.</p>

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<p>Matias Gay, RN, is a Ph.D. student in nursing at Dalhousie University, author, educator, and suicidology researcher with nearly a decade of experience in mental health and crisis care. His work focuses on narrative identity, suicide assessment, family involvement, and the clinical understanding of suicidal experience. He is the author of <em>Integrating Narrative Identity in Suicidology</em>, co-editor of <em>Suicide Studies</em>, and founder of Understanding Suicidology, where he supports research, education, consultation, and knowledge translation for clinicians, students, families, and communities.</p>