Alliances against Depression–a community based approach to target depression and to prevent suicidal behaviour

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2404-2409

  Hegerl, Ulrich ^a   Rummel Kluge, Christine ^a   Värnik, Airi ^b   Arensman, Ella ^c   Koburger, Nicole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b TALLINN UNIVERSITY   (Estonia)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

community based intervention; depression prevention; four level intervention; intervention programs; multi level intervention; suicide prevention

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY BASED INTERVENTION; COMMUNITY CARE; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION PREVENTION; EUROPE; FOUR-LEVEL-INTERVENTION; GERMANY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION PROGRAMS; MULTI-LEVEL INTERVENTION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SUICIDE PREVENTION;

COMMUNITY BASED INTERVENTION; DEPRESSION PREVENTION; FOUR-LEVEL-INTERVENTION; INTERVENTION PROGRAMS; MULTI-LEVEL INTERVENTION; SUICIDE PREVENTION;

COMMUNITY NETWORKS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EUROPE; GERMANY; HUMANS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 85027955628     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: 18737528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2013.02.009     Document Type: Review

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