Israeli Professor Wins Award For Suicide Prevention Research

March 17, 2014 | The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) has announced that Ben Gurion University’s Department of Psychology Professor Gary Diamond and his colleague, Professor Guy Diamond (no relation) of Drexel University in the US will be awarded the 2014 Annual AFSP Research Award. The researchers’ work contributed to the field of suicide prevention by studying a clinical treatment, Attachment-Based Family Therapy, in people with suicide risk. This research led to positive results for adolescents with a history of suicide attempt.