Approach and Treatment of Suicidal Behavior in the Clinical Practice of Different Groups of Health Professionals in Spain: Results of the Project Euregena.

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Modelos de intervención en la conducta suicida según diferentes profesionales sanitarios en españa: resultados del proyecto euregenas Modelos de intervenção coMportaMento suicida pelos profissionais de saúde diferentes eM espanHa: projeto resulta euregenas.1 Medical doctor. psychiatrist. Head of psychogeriatric unity at psychiatry department of Zamora virgen de la concha Hospital. phd student in suicidality. researcher of european research projects and clinical trials, spain.2 doctor and graduate in educational sciences from the university of salamanca and has a Masters in speech therapy from the Pontificia University of Salamanca (Spain). Department of Didactics and Research Methods. Faculty of Education. university of salamanca, spain.3 Doctor of Psychology in the Psychology Faculty at the Pontifical University of Salamanca. Professor of subjects related to research methodology in Psychology and Sciences of Physical Activity and Sport. Professor in various Masters in subjects research methodology, España. 4 psychiatrist. Head of psychiatric deparment at Zamora Hospital. associate professor of salamanca university; Head of rdi area at intras foundation. Member of the Salamanca Medicine Academy. Superviser ESRs PhD projects registered at Salamanca University. Leader of European research projects and clinical trials, spain. ABStrACtAccording to the WHO and the European Union, suicide is considered to be a health problem of prime importance and to be one of the principal causes of unnatural death. In Spain, the number of suicides has increased 12% since 2005 (INE). The Research Project "European Regions Enforcing Actions against Suicide (EUREGENAS), funded by the Health Program 2008-2013, has as main objective the description of an integrated model of Mental Health orientated to the prevention of suicide. The differences that allow distinguishing the meaning of prevention in suicide behavior are described and explained through a qualitative methodological strategy and through the creation of discussion groups formed by different groups of health professionals. The results highlight the existing differences between the diverse health professionals who come more in contact with this problem and it shows as well the coincidence of meaning that suicide has to be considered as a priority in the field of health. Europe has a high suicide rate overall, but the epidemiology of suicide differs considerably from country to (4) . Some countries such as Finland, Hungary and the Baltic countries, together with Russia and Belarus, have the highest suicide rates in the world reaching 40 suicides per 100.000 inhabitants. Nevertheless, southern European countries such as Italy, Spain and Greece show low suicide rates (5) . Although Spain is positioned among the European countries with lower suicide rates, during the last years this cause of death has increased substantially in our country. According to the data of the National Institute of Statistics (1) , the number of suicides increased in Spain by 11,3 % in 2012, what is the h...

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