BACKGROUND: Since 2003, the Regensburg Alliance Against Depression, the regional partner of the German Alliance Against Depression, has been conducting a four-level intervention program to improve early detection and treatment of patients with depression, which was successfully piloted in the framework of the German Research Network on Depression and Suicidality. METHODS: After 5 years of campaign, the suicide rates before and after the intervention were evaluated in comparison with two control regions and with the German overall rate. FINDINGS: The results show that only the suicide rate in Regensburg fell significantly during the intervention period. The drop in the suicide rate was due to a significant decrease in male suicides. INTERPRETATION: An intensive community-based campaign could be effective in lowering suicide rates. Especially, the combination of continuing medical educations (CMEs) for general practitioners focusing on 'male depression' and low-threshold campaigns for the general public seems to reach male depressive patients.
BACKGROUND: Since 2003, the Regensburg Alliance Against Depression, the regional partner of the German Alliance Against Depression, has been conducting a four-level intervention program to improve early detection and treatment of patients with depression, which was successfully piloted in the framework of the German Research Network on Depression and Suicidality. METHODS: After 5 years of campaign, the suicide rates before and after the intervention were evaluated in comparison with two control regions and with the German overall rate. FINDINGS: The results show that only the suicide rate in Regensburg fell significantly during the intervention period. The drop in the suicide rate was due to a significant decrease in male suicides. INTERPRETATION: An intensive community-based campaign could be effective in lowering suicide rates. Especially, the combination of continuing medical educations (CMEs) for general practitioners focusing on 'male depression' and low-threshold campaigns for the general public seems to reach male depressivepatients.
Authors: Antje Gumz; Angelika Weigel; Karl Wegscheider; Georg Romer; Bernd Löwe Journal: Prim Health Care Res Dev Date: 2017-08-22 Impact factor: 1.458
Authors: Simon Te Baker; Jennifer Nicholas; Fiona Shand; Rachel Green; Helen Christensen Journal: Australas Psychiatry Date: 2017-11-21 Impact factor: 1.369
Authors: Ulrich Hegerl; Margaret Maxwell; Fiona Harris; Nicole Koburger; Roland Mergl; András Székely; Ella Arensman; Chantal Van Audenhove; Celine Larkin; Mónika Ditta Toth; Sónia Quintão; Airi Värnik; Axel Genz; Marco Sarchiapone; David McDaid; Armin Schmidtke; György Purebl; James C Coyne; Ricardo Gusmão Journal: PLoS One Date: 2019-11-11 Impact factor: 3.240