Armin Schmidtke

TL;DR: Physician education in depression recognition and treatment and restricting access to lethal methods reduce suicide rates, and other interventions need more evidence of efficacy.

TL;DR: Findings from the epidemiological monitoring project are presented, based on a preliminary examination of data collected in 15 centres on parasuicides aged 15 years and over treated in health facilities in defined catchment areas during the year 1989, and it is argued that the differences between centres are valid and should be addressed in further research.

TL;DR: It was possible to prove the Werther effect in suicides after watching fictional models for the first time, and the effect steadily decreased in the older age groups, so that no effect was observable for males over 40 years and females over 30 years.

TL;DR: The NAD appeared to be effective in reducing suicidality in Nuremberg and provides a concept as well as many methods that are currently being implemented in several other intervention regions in Germany and in other countries.

TL;DR: An analysis of findings for the 65 years and over age group from the WHO/EURO Multicentre Study of Suicidal Behaviour (1989–93) is presented.