The purpose of the society is to promote the public health and education. Furthermore it will promote the care of depressed patients and prevention of suicidal tendency by initiating community-based intervention programmes.
The purpose of the society will be realised in particular by:
- Actions to improve the care for patients affected by depression and prevent suicides
- Supporting relatives of persons concerned
- Promoting the 4-level-approach
- Raising public awareness of the occurrence and impact of depression and suicidal tendency
- Information and education of the general public and professionals
- Information bout EAAD and dissemination of EAAD results at regional, national and european level
- Support young researchers
- Conducting further research on interventions for depression and the prevention of suicides
Last update: 08.02.2012