Dr. Simon Hatcher is a Full Professor of Psychiatry at The University of Ottawa, Canada. He moved to Ottawa from the Department of Psychological Medicine in Auckland, New Zealand in May 2012. His main research interests include suicide, self-harm, psychotherapies, clinical trials and e-therapies. He has been the principal investigator in several large trials of non-pharmacological interventions in people who present to hospital with intentional self-harm. Currently he is the principal investigator on a randomized controlled trial of blended therapy for suicidal men in Ontario. The OHRI research lab he heads Hatching Ideas Hub focuses on clinical trials in underserved populations such as suicidal men, the homeless and first responders. Clinically he works in the downtown homeless shelters in Ottawa and the Liaison Psychiatry service at The Ottawa General Hospital. He is the Interim Chair of the Department of Psychiatry.
Email: shatcher@toh.ca
Website: https://www.hatchingideashub.com
Twitter: @HatchingHub or @shatchernz
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