Sustainable effects on suicidality were found for the Nuremberg alliance against depression

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 260, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 401-406

  Hegerl, Ulrich ^a   Mergl, Roland ^a   Havers, Inga ^a   Schmidtke, Armin ^b   Lehfeld, Hartmut ^c   Niklewski, Günter ^c   Althaus, David ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c Hospital for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy   (Germany)

^d Praxis for Psychotherapy ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Depression; Intervention; Suicidality; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; FOLLOW UP; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUREMBERG ALLIANCE AGAINST DEPRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUICIDE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

EID: 77956896281     PISSN: 09401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00406-009-0088-z     Document Type: Article

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