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Become a Regional Alliance against Depression
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Are you interested to get involved in our work?
You are always invited to become an EAAD partner and to establish a regional alliance. In Germany are already nearly 60 regional alliances that work very successfully; german headquarters can always be asked for support through the EAAD headquarters as they look at many years of experiences. In general you or your institution should contact at first the National Chapter in your country. They will support you with materials and advisory service. If there is no National Chapter please contact EAAD headquarters.
Who can establish a regional alliance?
Different people or institutions may have the idea to get involved in depression work and suicide prevention: self-help groups, hospitals, social services, psycho therapists, GP´s, relatives of persons concerned and many more.
In most cases it is important to know that lots of volunteering work is needed!
Important to keep in mind is also that usually a regional alliance can be started successfully if everybody involved likes to work together and traditional hierarchies do not exist – everybody is appreciated.
To work in an interdisciplinary team from the beginning on is a further important key aspect. If you establish a mixed team consisting of physicians, psychologists, priests etc. from the beginning on you will see that your chances will be higher to achieve a good working network which is necessary to realize the idea of the EAAD 4-level method.
How to start?
At the beginning the initiators of the new regional alliances might ask themselves: what could be elements of our work? Basically every region decides itself independently what parts of the 4-level approach will be realized and which materials will be used in a campaign. Thereto you need to clarify in your group what resources you have, what are your interests and what is realistic.
Please download a short overview on what to think of here.
You will receive materials (translated in many languages) and support by the national chapters and headquarters.
Last update: 08.02.2012