Yogyakarta, October 27, 2026 — Research on grief following the loss of someone to suicide (suicide bereavement) and post-suicide support services (postvention) continues to grow globally. However, scientific publications in this field remain dominated by researchers from high-income countries, while studies from lower-middle-income and low-income countries remain limited.

Yogyakarta, October 26, 2026 — Childhood complex trauma can pose long-term challenges in a person's life, including when pursuing higher education. However, traumatic experiences do not necessarily hinder individual development. A study by the Faculty of Psychology at Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) reveals how a complex trauma survivor successfully completed graduate education despite facing various life challenges.

The UGM Faculty of Psychology Research Grant Team is developing a Digital Well-Being (DWB) Intervention Module. The module provides guidelines for interventions based on digital self-regulation and the optimization of high-quality digital activities. It aims to raise individuals’ awareness of their digital usage patterns and help them identify maladaptive behaviors, such as distraction and impulsive use.

The Faculty of Psychology at Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM), in collaboration with the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) Psychology Center, held an information session on the recruitment of Career Officer Candidates (Perwira Prajurit Karier or Pa PK) for the second recruitment wave of the 2026 fiscal year on Thursday (October 8). The event was conducted in a hybrid format, with an in-person session in Room A-203 of the UGM Faculty of Psychology and an online session via Zoom.

Public debates surrounding sound horeg have increasingly framed the phenomenon in two opposing ways: as a form of cultural expression or as a disturbance to the community. However, researchers from the Center for Indigenous & Cultural Psychology (CICP), Faculty of Psychology, Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM), highlight that sound horeg is a far more complex social phenomenon shaped by economic, political, and cultural dynamics.

The Faculty of Psychology at Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) held a series of workshops on completing the UI GreenMetric (UIGM) and THE Impact Ranking assessment forms as part of the 2026 UGM Sustainability Campus Action (SCA) Program. The activities comprised four form-completion workshops and two review sessions with the UGM University Quality Assurance and Reputation Unit (SPMRU), held in Room A-121 from May to August 2026.

The Psychodiagnostic Instrument Development Unit (UPAP) of the Faculty of Psychology, Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM), remains committed to accommodating the needs of test-takers with disabilities during the Graduate Academic Potential Test (PAPS). On Thursday (October 22), UPAP once again provided special assistance to a test-taker with a physical disability.

Prof. Dra. Kwartarini Wahyu Yuniarti, M.Med.Sc., M.B.A., Ph.D., Psikolog, is a prominent Indonesian academic and psychologist. Indigenous Psychology: It Is Time to Determine the Mainstream of Knowledge from Our Homeland was the title of her inaugural professorial address in 2013. Kwartarini earned her Ph.D. from Universität Hamburg, Germany. She obtained her M.Med.Sc. from the University of Newcastle, Australia; her M.B.A. from the Master of Management Program at the Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM); and her Dra. degree from the Faculty of Psychology, UGM.

Prof. Dr. Sofia Retnowati, MS., Psychologist, an expert in the field of Clinical Psychology with a long academic and professional track record. On September 12, 2011, Prof. Sofi officially received the title of professor with an inaugural speech titled “Community Health Center Psychologists: Needs and Challenges for the Clinical Psychology Profession in Indonesia.” Previously, she completed his undergraduate education at the Faculty of Psychology at Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) in 1978 and obtained a Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology from the same faculty in 1991. Her dedication and love for this field returned her to UGM to obtain a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology in 2005.

Prof. Drs. Subandi, M.A., Ph.D., Psychologist is a prominent academic at the Faculty of Psychology, Universitas Gadjah Mada. (UGM). He has a strong educational background, holding a Doctorate in Psychology from the University of Adelaide, Australia, which he obtained in 2006 with a dissertation titled “Cultural Dimensions of Recovery from Psychotic Illness in Java.” Previously, he completed his undergraduate and master’s degrees at Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM). In 2015, his professorial inauguration was titled “Mental Health in the Perspective of Culture and Religion.”