The European alliance against depression: A multilevel approach to the prevention of suicidal behavior

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 596-599

  Hegerl, Ulrich ^a   Wittenburg, Lisa ^a   Gottlebe, Katrin ^a   Arensman, Ella ^b   van Audenhove, Chantal ^c   Bouleau, Jean Herve ^d   van der Feltz Cornelis, Christina M ^e,f   Giupponi, Giancarlo ^g   Gusmão, Ricardo ^h   Kopp, Maria ⁱ   Marusic, Andrej ^j   Maxwell, Margaret ^k   Meise, Ullrich ^l   Óskarsson, Högni ^m   Pull, Charles ⁿ   Schmidtke, Armin ^o   Sola, Victor Pérez ^p   Tuulari, Jyrki ^q   Värnik, Airi ^r  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL SUICIDE RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Ireland)

^c Centre for Sociological Research   (Belgium)

^d CENTRE HOSPITALIER RENÉ DUBOS   (France)

^e NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION   (Netherlands)

^f VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^g Autonome Provinz Südtirol Amt für Gesundheitssprengel   (Italy)

^h NOVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Portugal)

ⁱ SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^j NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Slovenia)

^k UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^l Society for Mental Health pro mente tirol   (Austria)

^m Directorate of Health   (Iceland)

ⁿ CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

^o UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^p HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

^q Lapuan Psykiatrinen Poliklinikaa   (Finland)

^r TALLINN UNIVERSITY   (Estonia)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY; DEPRESSION; EUROPE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FUNDING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MENTAL HEALTH; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; REVIEW; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE; ARTICLE; COST OF ILLNESS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COST OF ILLNESS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EUROPE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 66249147198     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.60.5.596     Document Type: Review

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