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The European Alliance Against Depression (EAAD): An Evidence Based Cost-effective Approach to Improve Depressed Patients Care and Prevent Suicidality

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

U. Hegerl  and
E.A.A.D. Network
U. Hegerl
Affiliation:
Klinik und Poliklinik Psychiatrie, Universitat Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
E.A.A.D. Network
Affiliation:
Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany

Abstract

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The European Alliance Against Depression (EAAD) is a 4-level, community-based intervention programme to improve the care of depressed patients and prevent suicidality in Europe (1).

In 2001, a pilot project, the ‘Nuremberg Alliance Against Depression’, was initiated. This community based intervention program comprised a 4-level action programme, implemented in the city of Nuremberg (500,000 inhabitants) (2). Careful evaluation has provided evidence that this program is effective: the number of suicidal acts was reduced by 24% during the two year intervention compared to a baseline year and a control region (2).

Based on these positive results 18 international partners representing 16 different European countries established the ‘European Alliance Against Depression’ in 2004. The EAAD partners initiated respective regional intervention programmes addressing depression and suicidality. Evaluation of the activities takes place on regional and international level.

The European Commission listed EAAD as a ‘best practice’ model in its Green Paper (European Commission 2005).

Type
S31-01
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 24 , Issue S1: 17th EPA Congress - Lisbon, Portugal, January 2009, Abstract book , January 2009 , 24-E164
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2009

References

References:

Hegerl, , et al. 2008; World J Biol Psychiatry 9: 51–58Google Scholar
Hegerl, , et al. 2006; Psychol Med 36: 1225–1234Google Scholar
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