Professor Lourens Schlebusch is Emeritus Professor of Behavioural Medicine at the Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal and in private practice at Life Entabeni Hospital, Durban, South Africa. He is an internationally recognised authority in his areas of expertise, a suicidologist, stress management consultant, clinical psychologist and specialist in behavioural medicine. He has been a member of several national and international scientific editorial boards, organisations, and societies, as well as a reviewer of scientific publications both nationally and internationally, and has many professional listings, honors, and awards. He has made significant research contributions and has published widely (including scientific articles, research reports and chapters in several books). Some of his books are: Clinical Health Psychology: A Behavioural Medicine Perspective (Ed.); Proverbial Stress Busters; Psychological Recovery from Cancer; Mind Shift: Stress Management and Your Health and Suicidal Behaviour in South Africa. His research interests include various aspects of suicide prevention, traumatic stress and bridging the mind-body dichotomy in contemporary health care delivery. He was a vice president of the International Association of Suicide Prevention (IASP), congress president for the XXIII World IASP Congress which was held on the 12-16 September 2005, International Convention Centre (ICC) Durban, South Africa, and a member of the world Health Organization’s Multisite Intervention Study on Suicidal Behaviours (SUPRE-MISS). He is the founder and former Head of the Department of Behavioural Medicine, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.

Suicide prevention, traumatic stress and bridging the mind-body dichotomy.