Strengthening research partnerships in suicide prevention (MOE)
Project staff Leipzig
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Hegerl, Katrin Gottlebe
European partners
- Prof. Dr. Airi Värnik (Estonish-Swedish Mental Health and Suicidology Institute, Tallinn, Estland)
- Prof. Mária Kopp (Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Ungarn)
- Prof. Andrej Marusic (University of Primorska, Ljubljana, Slowenien)
Suicidality is a significant public health problem, especially in Eastern Europe. The project aims at strengthening the cooperation of the EAAD project office at the Department of Psychiatry (Leipzig University) with EAAD partners in Eastern Europe.
The project seeks to (1) strengthen the established partnerships and research between the Leipzig University and partners in Estonia, Hungary, and Slovenia, and further (2) to disseminate the EAAD intervention approach for the prevention of suicide to central, eastern and southeastern European countries.
To achieve these goals, (1) partners will be supported in the continued expansion of regional networks by the project office, (2) other countries from Eastern Europe will be integrated in the network, and (3) sustainability of the multilevel intervention will be supported.
Financing: International Bureau of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research