Friday, July 17, 2026

11:15 AM - 1:15 PM

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The most effective method to reduce suicide and poisoning is to restrict access to lethal means. Restricting access to dangerous substances reduces fatal accidental and intentional poisonings. While some substances can be identified as extremely hazardous before they are released, greater human toxicity is usually only identified after agents are in use. This session will highlight the benefits of active surveillance to identify substances with greater risks. This includes identifying more toxic pesticides, psychotropic medicines, novel illicit drugs and contaminated products. Talks: 1) Reducing global suicide rates through pesticide restrictions in the Asia-Pacific region 2) The effect of means restriction on poisoning suicide - a systematic review & Poisons Centre driven scheduling changes 3) Detecting novel psychoactive substances resulting in hospitalisation and the EuroDEN project 4) Toxicovigilance for adulterated and counterfeit traditional medicines 5) Linking medicines data to deaths to identify drugs linked to suicide and fatal poisoning

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