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Estonia

Eesti-Rootsi Vaimse Tervise ja Suitsidoloogia Instituut (ERSI)
Estonian-Swedish Mental Health and Suicidology Institute (ERSI)
Õie 39
EST - 11615 Tallinn
Phone/Fax +372.651-6550

Local coordinator

Prof. Airi Värnik, MD PhD
Phone (cel) +372.56.215580
Fax +372.6.973154
airi.varnik@ipm.ki.se
airiv@online.ee
Professor of Swedish National and Stockholm County Centre of Suicide Research and Prevention of Mental Ill-Health, Karolinska Institute
Professor of Tartu University, Estonia

Regional co-worker

Merike Sisask, MSc
Phone (cel) +372.51.66543
merike.sisask@neti.ee

   

 

Kairi Kõlves, PhD
kaikolves@hot.ee

www.suicidology.ee

For EAAD activities in Estonia see www.eaad.ee

Estonian-Swedish Mental Health and Suicidology Institute - Activities
International projects

• Suicides among External Causes of Deaths in the Former Soviet Union (follow-up), NIS and Baltic States 
  Common project of Estonian-Swedish Suicidology Institute (ESSI) and National Swedish and Stockholm County Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention of Mental Ill-Health (NASP), Prof. Dr. Danuta Wasserman.
    
  
  Est-Sw MH and Suicidology Institute

• EAAD training courses
  
• WHO/Euro Multicentre Study on Parasuicide
  Curator: Dr Matthias Muijen (WHO European region, Mental Health Program)
  Chairs: Prof Dr Armin Schmidtke (Würzburg University Clinics, Sectretary of the WHO/Euro Network for Suicide Prevention) and Prof. Dr. Danuta Wasserman
  Airi Värnik – member of Steering Group and head of Publication Group
• WHO SUPRE-MISS (Suicide Prevention - Multisite Intervention Study on Suicidal Behaviours)
  Curator: Dr Jose M Bertolote (WHO Management of Mental and Brain Disorders, Department of Mental Health and Substance Dependence)
  Supervisors: Prof Dr Diego De Leo (Australian Institute for Suicide Research, Griffith University, Queensland) and Prof Dr Danuta Wasserman (NASP)
• Evaluation of the effectiveness of Suicide Prevention Strategies
  Initatiave: American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP)
  Supervisors: Prof Dr John Mann (Columbia University, USA) and Dr Herbert Hendin (President of AFSP, New York, USA)
  Performers: Invited expert-group, one of the experts Prof Dr Airi Värnik
• Implementing Menthal Health Promotion Action
  Initative: Universities of Nijmegen & Maastricht, The Netherlands, Prevention Research Centre for Programme Development and Effect Management
  Supervisor: Prof Dr Clemens Hosman (University of Nijmegen)
  Project leader: Eva Jané-Llopis PhD (University of Nijmegen)
• Transfer knowledge:
  Specialisation on suicidology public Health specialists of Kaliningrad, Russia
  Initiative: The East Europe Committee of the Swedish Health Care Community (SEEC)
  Project leaders: Prof Dr Airi Värnik (ESSI) ja Dr. Roy Persson (SEEC)

National projects

• Analysis of the Psychological autopsy study (year 1999 suicidents population) materials
  
• Suicide survivors, elaboration and implementation of rehabilitation methods.
  
• Alcohol and drugs as social risk factors in society of transition in the prevention of premature death and suicidal behaviour
  
• Developing of National Mental Health Policy
  
• Preparation of National Suicide Prevention Policy

Information on regional offers can be found at www.eaad.ee.

 

Last update: 21.07.2010