Reducing suicides through an alliance against depression?

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 514-518

  Hübner Liebermann, Bettina ^a   Neuner, Tanja ^a   Hegerl, Ulrich ^c   Hajak, Göran ^a   Spießl, Hermann ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b State Hospital Landshut   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Depression; Gender; Prevention; Psychiatry; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERMANY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH; SUICIDE;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GENERAL PRACTICE; GERMANY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MALE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE;

EID: 77956877677     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2010.06.008     Document Type: Article

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