Speaker
Dr. Britt Morthorst
Associate Professor at the Department of Clinical Medicine in the Faculty of Health, at the University of Copenhagen
Biography
Dr. Britt Morthorst is an Associate Professor at the Department of Clinical Medicine in the Faculty of Health, at the University of Copenhagen, and a member of the Danish Research Institute for Suicide Prevention. Britt is also a Senior Researcher in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in the Capital Region, Denmark, with an interest in investigating self-harm and self-injury. Since 2007, Britt worked in adult psychiatry suicide prevention, and this is where great parts of her work was conducted. However, in 2018, Britt transferred to child and adolescent psychiatry and has found this work to be very meaningful.