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PU IAP Director Prof. Dr. Rafia Rafique was invited as a Guest Speaker for a Webinar on "Suicide Prevention"
PU IAP Director Prof. Dr. Rafia Rafique was invited as a Guest Speaker for a Webinar on "Suicide Prevention"


Director Institute of Applied Psychology, University of the Punjab, Prof. Dr. Rafia Rafique was invited as a Guest Speaker for a Webinar on “Suicide Prevention” on 13th September, 2022. The Webinar was organized Rashid Latif Department of Professional Psychology (RLDPP), Rashid Latif Khan University. The topic of Dr. Rafia’s Keynote address was “Risk Factors of Suicide and Vulnerable Populations”. After sharing the alarming statistics of surge in Suicide in Pakistan and the factors behind it, Dr. Rafia highlighted the contemporary risk factors of suicide and discussed how teenagers and vulnerable people can be protected from taking extreme steps by providing psychological first aid. Other notable speakers of the webinar were, Prof. Dr. Brig Mowadat Rana, Chairman, The Healing Triad, Prof. Dr. Khalid Zaheer, Vice President, Al-Mawrid Institute of Islamic Sciences, Lahore, Ms. Saima Salman, Director, Institute of Rational Living, Singapore, Prof. Dr. Saima Dawood, Director, CCP, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Dr. Fahad Riaz, Cognitive Behavior Therapist, Islamic International University, Malaysia, and Dr. Usman Hotiana, HOD, Department of Psychiatry, RLMC, Lahore. The Chief Organizer of the webinar, Prof. Dr. Nashi Khan, concluded the webinar by thanking the esteemed speakers for their valuable input and time.