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10.7202/014566ar

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10.7202/014566ar

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Recent data from Scandinavian studies. Deal with depression: an effective suicide prevention strategy?

Abstract

Treating depression is an effective population suicide prevention strategy: recent evidence from Scandinavian studies This article's objective is to signal to the Quebec and the francophone audience of public planners and decision makers, clinical and suicide prevention workers, staff, relatives as well as the public of these recent breakthrough findings that provides strong evidence now that increasing the treatment of depression is an effective suicide prevention strategy. The article summarizes the evidence published recently and then critically reviews the methods and if the evidence fits within a complete public health perspective demonstration of an effective suicide prevention strategy. It highlights that the treatment of depression may not only decrease suicide rates but have much more larger public health effects by decreasing the disability associated with depression and have impact on future generations at risk of depression and suicide. The obstacles to developing such nation-wide strategy of increasing the treatment of depression will be highlighted with specific reference to the situation in Quebec.

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