At least three times as many men die by suicide than women, while women are more likely to attempt suicide than are men.
Department of Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences,
McMaster University, St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton, 50 Charlton Avenue East, Hamilton, Ontario L8N 4A6
Phone: (905) 522-1155 ext. 34358, Fax: (905) 521-6059, Email: jbrasch@stjoes.ca
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University
Medical Director, Psychiatric Emergency Service, St. Joseph's Healthcare, Hamilton
Active Staff (Full-time) Mental Health and Addictions Program, St. Joseph's Healthcare Chair, Medical Education Committee, St. Joseph's Healthcare, Hamilton, Ontario
Member, Board of Directors, and Co-Chair, Strategy Committee, Suicide Prevention Community Council of Hamilton
Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, 1987
Medical Doctorate (MD), Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario. 1991
Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (Canada) in Psychiatry (FRCPC) 1996
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Resident in Psychiatry July 1992 – June 1996
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, Fellowship in Emergency Psychiatry June 1996 – June 1997.
Brasch JS, Gluck RL, Cobb TG, Richard J. Residency Training in Emergency Psychiatry: A Model Curriculum Developed by the Education Committee of the American Association for Emergency Psychiatry. Acad Psychiatry, 2004, Summer 28(2):95-103.
Brasch JS, MacQueen G, Joffe R: Endocrine Disorders, In Women’s Mental Health: A Comprehensive Textbook, edited by Susan G. Kornstein and Anita Clayton. Guilford Publications, Inc. New York, January 2002.
Brasch JS. An Evidence-Based Approach to Suicide Risk Assessment. Grand Rounds, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario. January 30, 2002.
Brasch JS. Suicide Risk Assessment, Seminar for clinical clerks in psychiatry, St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton, presented every 6 weeks.
Brasch JS. Education and Training in the Psychiatric Emergency Service, in Emergency Psychiatry: Principles and Practice. 485-498 Glick RL et al (eds), Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia 2008.
Boursiquot P, Brasch JS. Depression, Euphoria and Anger in the Emergency Department, in The Handbook of Emergency Psychiatry, edited by Riba M, American Psychiatric Press, Inc. Washington, DC, in press.
Brasch JS, Kirkpatrick H. The Reasons to go on Living Project. Presented at: