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Prevention of suicidal behaviour
Hegerl, Ulrich; Maxwell, Margaret; Harris, Fiona; Koburger, Nicole; Mergl, Roland; Székely, András; Arensman, Ella; van Audenhove, ChantalThe ‘European Alliance Against Depression’ community-based intervention approach simultaneously targets depression and suicidal behaviour by a multifaceted community based intervention and has been implemented in more than 115 regions worldwide. The two main aims of the European Union funded project “Optimizing Suicide Prevention Programmes and Their Implementation in Europe” were to optimise this approach and ...
A cross-national study on gender differences in suicide intent
Freeman, Aislinné; Mergl, Roland; Kohls, Elisabeth; Székely, András; Gusmao, Ricardo; Arensman, Ella; Koburger, Nicole; Hegerl, UlrichBackground: Suicide accounts for over 58,000 deaths in Europe per annum, where suicide attempts are estimated to be 20 times higher. Males have been found to have a disproportionately lower rate of suicide attempts and an excessively higher rate of suicides compared to females. The gender difference in suicide intent is postulated to contribute towards this gender imbalance. The aim of this study is to explore ...
What are reasons for the large gender differences in the lethality of suicidal ...
Mergl, Roland; Koburger, Nicole; Heinrichs, Katherina; Székely, András; Tóth, Mónika Ditta; Coyne, James; Quintão, Sónia; Arensman, Ella; Coffey, ClaireThe research leading to these results has received funding from the European Commission (ec.europa.eu) within the Seventh Framework Programme under grant agreement N° 223138. The following authors received the funding: NK KH A. Székely MT RG SQ EA CC MM AV CVA DMcD MS A. Schmidtke AG JC UH. The authors also acknowledge support from the German Research Foundation (DFG) and Universität Leipzig within the program ...
Methylphenidate in mania project (MEMAP): study protocol of an international ra...
Kluge, Michael; Hegerl, Ulrich; Sander, Christian; Dietzel, Jens; Mergl, Roland; Bitter, Istvan; Demyttenaere, Koen; Gusmão, RicardoBACKGROUND: Treatment of patients with acute mania remains a considerable medical challenge since onset of action of antimanic medication is delayed for several days. Psychostimulants could have an earlier onset of action. This assumption is based on the 'vigilance regulation model of mania' which postulates that vigilance is unstable in manic patients. Accordingly, vigilance-stabilising psychostimulants could ...