@article{ref1,
title="Reducing suicides through an alliance against depression?",
journal="General hospital psychiatry",
year="2010",
author="Hübner-Liebermann, Bettina and Neuner, Tanja and Hegerl, Ulrich and Hajak, Goran and Spießl, H",
volume="32",
number="5",
pages="514-518",
abstract="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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0163-8343",
doi="10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2010.06.008",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2010.06.008"
}