Pedro Martín-Barrajón.
Psychologist in Emergencies, Crises, and Disasters
Expert in Suicidal Behaviors and Emergency Psychology
Pedro Martín-Barrajón Morán is a psychologist specializing in emergencies, crises, and disasters; and director of Psicourgencias (Prevention, Intervention, and Grief for Suicide, S.L.), an entity specialized in the comprehensive approach to suicidal behavior. With over twenty years of professional experience and a career built in both clinical practice and direct intervention in out-of-hospital emergencies, he is today one of the national and international references in prevention, intervention, and postvention in suicidal behaviors. He balances training for frontline professionals with the coordination of mutual aid groups for survivors, the development of guides and protocols for emergency services, and teaching in postgraduate and university training throughout Spain and Latin America.
Sobre Pedro.
Professional Background and Contributions
Graduated and Master’s in Clinical and Health Psychology from the Complutense University of Madrid, Pedro Martín-Barrajón also holds a Master's and University Specialist in Suicidal Behaviors, a University Expert in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, training in Psychosocial Intervention in Crises, Emergencies, and Disasters, and the Diploma in Grief Treatment from IPIR in Barcelona. He is an Expert Psychologist in Emergencies and Disasters accredited by the General Council of Psychology of Spain.
His teaching work encompasses public and private services across the national territory: he has trained teams from the emergency coordination center of 112 in Madrid, the 112 in the Balearic Islands and Aragón, the 061 in Andalusia, the 131 in Chile, the SESPA in Asturias, the SESCAM in Castilla-La Mancha, the Public Security Institute of Catalonia, the Military Health School, and the Firefighters of Aragón and Nuevo León (Monterrey, Mexico), among many others. He has taught suicide prevention in eighteen Official Colleges of Psychologists in Spain and in numerous university postgraduate programs.
As a researcher and author, he is an external supervisor of the health intervention procedure in suicidal crises of the Emergency Health Service of the Valencian Community (SESCV), co-author of the Practical Guide for Intervention in Suicidal Crises of the Health Department of the Basque Government, and of the Telephone Attention Algorithm in Suicidal Crises, developed together with the Ministry of Health and the General Council of Psychology during the psychological emergency care device for COVID-19, of which he was the room chief. This algorithm is currently in use in emergency services in Spain, Chile, and Ecuador. He has published in the Emergencias Journal (one of the Q1 journals in the medical field) and collaborated in chapters of collective works on crisis intervention and suicidal behavior.
He has been recognized with the Honor Medal from the Association for the Prevention of Police Suicide (AAPSP, 2023) and with the Honorary Mention and Silver Badge from the General Council of Psychology and the COP Madrid for his work during the SPAP COVID-19 device. He is a member of the Spanish Society of Suicidology and the Spanish Society of Emergency Medicine (SEMES).
Formación y experiencia.
Experiencias reales.
“A training that allows you to see what was previously overlooked and act when it truly matters.”
For years, many professionals have worked without specific tools to address suicidal behavior. This program changes that reality: it offers a deep, structured, and applicable understanding from the very first moment. Detecting, intervening, and accompanying ceases to be an intuition and becomes a solid and evidence-based clinical practice.