October 2013 - Euregenas

10th Anniversary of the European Depression Day

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October 31, 2013

Tuesday 1 October was the 10th anniversary of the European Depression Day. In Brussels, a high level meeting with the title “Depression in the Workplace”, took place in the European Parliament to mark the occasion. At the meeting, the Stephen Hughes MEP Initiative on Depression and the Workplace and the European Depression Association...
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Andalucian Google group

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October 31, 2013

A Google group with more than 20 stakeholders was founded at the first Local Network Meeting in Malaga. The Euregenas team of Andalusia made a plan for the activities that are going to take place on this platform in the next months, using Podcasts on the topics. The objective of this initiative is to raise...
11th World Suicide Prevention Day 2013

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October 25, 2013

Tuesday 10 September marked the 11th anniversary of the World Suicide Prevention Day. Hundreds of activities took place all around the globe to commemorate the day. The Euregenas project honoured the occasion by launching a Save the Date invite to its Stakeholder conference to be held on 21 January 2014...
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Lithuanian Presidency hosts conference on mental health

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October 11, 2013

On 11 October, European Commissioner for Health, Tonio Borg, addressed over 200 participants including Member States, NGOs, patients organisation and research experts, on the second day of a high-level conference on mental health, organised by the Lithuanian Presidency The Conference was held in conjunction with the Word Mental Health Day, which is...
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Mobile aplication about suicide

by Christiane Hillger

| , Countries, e-conceptual model (WP5), Online library, Slovenia, Training Module for GPs (WP7)
October 9, 2013

Mobilna aplikacija o samomoru Ozara - Nacionalno združenje za kakovost življenja - National Association for Quality of Life Slovenia 2013 Free mobile application for the so-called Smartphones with Android operating system. It also provides an animated movie that the phone screen turns into a burning candle. Brezplačna mobilna aplikacija za...
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Prescribing changes in anxiolytics and antidepressants in Slovenia

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| Countries, Literature review, Online library, Prevention Packages (WP6), Slovenia, Training Module for GPs (WP7)
October 9, 2013

Spremembe v predpisovanju anksiolitikov in antidepresivov v Sloveniji V. Svab, M. Subelj, G. Vidmar Slovenia Psychiatria Dunabina (2011), 23(2): 178-182 Background: The ratio of anxiolytics to antidepressants is an indicator of the quality of treatment of depression and anxiety in primary care. The objective of the study was to investigate...
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Police training as suicide prevention strategy: preliminary results from Slovenia

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| Countries, Evaluation tool for support groups (WP8), Literature review, Online library, Prevention Packages (WP6), Slovenia, Training Module for GPs (WP7)
October 9, 2013

Policijsko usposabljanje kot strategija preprečevanja samomora: predhodni rezultati iz Slovenije A. Petrovic, D. Kozel, V. Postuvan, U. Mars, t. Podlogar Slovenia European Psychiatry (2012), 27(Supl.1):P-1437 Introduction Police officers are important gatekeepers in suicide prevention, but at the same time, cases of suicidal behaviour and suicides are, among other deaths, one...
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Educational strategies for preventing suicide: review of studies in Slovenia, Gotland and Germany

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| Countries, Literature review, Online library, Prevention Packages (WP6), Slovenia, Training Module for GPs (WP7)
October 9, 2013

Izobraževalne strategije za preprečevanje samomora: pregled raziskav za Slovenijo, Gotland in Nemčijo S. Roškar Slovenia International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice (2012), 16(Supl.1):6-6 Educational strategies for preventing suicide: review of studies in Slovenia, Gotland and Germany Of relevance for WP6, WP7
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Reduced Blood Alcohol Concentration in Suicide Victims in Response to a New National Alcohol Policy in Slovenia

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October 9, 2013

Zmanjšana koncentracija alkohola v krvi pri žrtvah samomora v odgovor na novo nacionalno alkoholno politiko v Sloveniji T. Zupanc, M. Agius, AV. Paska, P.Pregelj Slovenia European Addiction Research (2013), 19(1):7-12 Background: Addiction is a major social and health problem. Studies on suicide and alcohol at the individual and aggregated level have confirmed...
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Suicides and trespasses on railway property; analysis and prevention and mitigation measures

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| Countries, Literature review, Online library, Prevention Packages (WP6), Spain, Training Module for GPs (WP7)
October 7, 2013

Suicidios y accesos a vía no autorizados en los ferrocarriles: análisis y medidas para su mitigación y prevención Tauler Alcaráz, Ángeles; Sacristán Martín, María del Mar; Whalley, Sarah; el al. Spain Revista Vía Libre (2012), 6:1-14 The sociology of transport has focused primarily on urbanplanning, social aspects of demand and...
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