For a decade, the Frankfurt Network for Suicide Prevention has been helping to save lives

The FRANS team of the health department: Dr. Christinane Schlang, Victoria Dichter, Inga Beig and Nora Hausschild (from left to right). (Photo: Health Department Frankfurt am Main) Inform, raise awareness, help – for ten years, the Frankfurt Network for Suicide Prevention (FRANS) has been helping to prevent suicides. The network was founded in June 2014 […]

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Mental health: Karl Lauterbach presents a strategy for suicide prevention

The federal government wants to reduce the number of suicides in Germany with better prevention. Federal Minister of Health Karl Lauterbach (SPD) has presented a national suicide prevention strategy that is intended to serve this goal. Among other things, it provides for more information on this topic. “We have to overcome the social taboo of […]

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Mental health of children and adolescents: New prevention center opens – Alumni Uni Würzburg

Mental disorders are widespread in Germany. The DZPP is working to reduce their frequency. With a ceremony, a scientific lecture program and numerous guests from science and politics, the German Center for Prevention Research in Mental Health (DZPP) officially celebrated its opening on Friday, April 19, 2024. The new building on the campus of the […]

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Mental health of children and adolescents: New prevention center opens – Alumni Uni Würzburg

Mental disorders are widespread in Germany. The DZPP is working to reduce their frequency. With a ceremony, a scientific lecture program and numerous guests from science and politics, the German Center for Prevention Research in Mental Health (DZPP) officially celebrated its opening on Friday, April 19, 2024. The new building on the campus of the […]

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Mental health: New prevention center opens – einBLICK

Mental disorders are widespread in Germany. The German Center for Prevention Research on Mental Health is working to reduce their frequency. The facility has now been officially opened. With a ceremony, a scientific lecture program and numerous guests from science and politics, the German Center for Prevention Research in Mental Health (DZPP) officially celebrated its […]

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a school in Sweden dances for suicide prevention

On 8 September, two days before World Suicide Prevention Day, more than 30 000 students from 121 schools across Sweden will dance together in a joint demonstration of unity against suicide – one of the most pervasive health problems among young people in the WHO European Region. Making a difference through dance The event, entitled […]

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AI in personalized medicine: Better risk detection, prevention and treatment of carotid stenosis | TAXINOMISIS Project | Results in brief | H2020 | CORDIS

By using artificial intelligence (AI), researchers have developed a novel disease mechanism-based stratification for people with carotid stenosis, enabling tailored therapeutic interventions. Health © TAXINOMISIS Carotid stenosis is caused by the narrowing or blockage of the carotid artery due to plaque buildup (atherosclerosis). Current screening for asymptomatic carotid stenosis, stroke prevention and disease management are […]

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