{"id":511,"date":"2016-10-27T12:34:15","date_gmt":"2016-10-27T09:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/suicidology.ee\/?page_id=511&lang=en"},"modified":"2016-10-27T12:34:23","modified_gmt":"2016-10-27T09:34:23","slug":"international-projects","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/suicidology.ee\/en\/international-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"International projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/div><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Protecting mental health in times of change (MENTBEST)<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t

Duration<\/strong>: 01.04.2023\u201331.03.2028
\nFunding<\/strong>: 470 840 EUR
\nNational coordinator<\/strong>: Airi V\u00e4rnik
\nProject manager<\/strong>: Rainer Mere
\nFunder<\/strong>: European Union, Horizon Europe “Framework Programme for Research and\u00a0Innovation\u00a0(2021-2027)”
\nInstitution<\/strong>: Estonian-Swedish Mental Health and Suicidology Institute<\/p>\n

MENTBEST aims at mitigating the negative impacts of transformation and seizing new opportunities: Global trends such as war, economic crisis, climate change, migration, digitalisation, pandemics, ageing and demographic change, place increasing stress and pressure on European societies to adapt to fast-changing situations. These stressors can trigger mental health problems for significant parts of the population. These problems include both non-clinical aspects (mental distress, sub-diagnostic depressive symptoms, reduced quality of life and well-being, \u201cburnout\u201d, anxiety syndromes) and clinical aspects (mental disorders such as depression and anxiety disorders according to ICD-10, increased suicide risk). Particular vulnerable groups within the general population (e.g., migrants\/refugees, younger people, older people, long-term unemployed, those with mental disorders) are especially at risk of finding themselves disadvantaged by dramatic societal change, of experiencing particular stressors, and of suffering (further) negative impacts on their wellbeing, including mental health.<\/p>\n

MENTBEST will develop, implement, validate and evaluate a Comprehensive Multifaceted Community-based Intervention (\u201cCOMBINA\u201d), based on the proven EAAD intervention programme, but adapted and broadened for the specific needs of the vulnerable groups (above), and for non-clinical mental health challenges as outlined above, including sub-diagnostic depressive and anxiety symptoms, burnout and mental distress, as associated with dramatic societal change. COMBINA will be implemented in five model regions in five different European countries, which vary greatly in terms of geography, socioeconomic conditions, and mental health ecosystem (Ireland, Spain, Albania, Estonia, Greece) and be evaluated with a special focus on the vulnerable groups within the model regions. An innovative addition is the RCT of app-based self-monitoring and self-management technologies for mental health, which use AI and n=1 longitudinal statistics to create individualised predictive models and provide users preventive and self-management support.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Mental Health Support for Ukrainian Refugees (MESUR)<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t

Duration: <\/strong>01.12.2022\u201330.11.2024
\nFunding<\/strong>: 92 361 EUR
\nNational coordinator<\/strong>: Peeter V\u00e4rnik
\nProject manager<\/strong>: Rainer Mere
\nNumber<\/strong>: 101101460
\nFunder:<\/b> European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA), EU4Health projects to provide mental health support to Ukrainian refugees, Ministry of Social Affairs<\/span>
\nInstitution<\/strong>: Estonian-Swedish Mental Health and Suicidology Institute<\/p>\n

The 2022 Ukrainian crisis has forced millions of people to flee their homes to neighbouring European countries. Refugees experience an increased prevalence of disorders such as depression, disabling anxiety and psychosis, due to psychological and social stresses. On fleeing, treatment is disrupted and the risk of their disorder deteriorating and relapses, increases. National healthcare systems lack resources to diagnose and treat mental health; the sudden influx of displaced people worsens this existing capacity challenge \u2013 exacerbated by language and cultural barriers when treating displaced persons. The MESUR project will address this treatment gap by facilitating treatment options for displaced persons with depression. It will do this by: 1) Providing immediate mental health support by implementing the digital, evidence-based intervention iFightDepression\u00ae suite (translated into Ukrainian and Russian) in six implementation countries (Poland, Germany, Hungary, Bulgaria, Greece, and Estonia); 2) this will alleviate pressure on the national healthcare systems and actors involved in the refugee crisis in the six implementation countries; 3) it will generate knowledge by training health professionals, including displaced Ukrainian mental health professionals about depression, PTSD, and other prevalent mental disorders amongst displaced perons; and 4) deliver a Best Practice Guideline and Implementation Toolkit to support further countries to implement iFightDepression\u00ae to support refugee populations. MESUR is delivered by an inter-disciplinary consortium with expertise in mental health, migrant and refugee populations, community-based interventions and implementation science.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Adapting and Implementing EAAD\u00b4s Best Practice Model to Improve Depression Care and Prevent Suicidal Behavior in Europe (EAAD-Best)<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t

Duration: <\/strong>02.04.2021\u201301.04.2024
\nFunding<\/strong>: 206 544 EUR
\nNational coordinator<\/strong>: Merike Sisask
\nProject manager<\/strong>: Rainer Mere (since 01.12.2021, iFD ja WP6 management) ja Lenne Lillepuu (since 01.02.2023, P\u00e4rnu Alliance Against Depression network management), Agnes Sirg (02.04.2021-31.01.2023)
\nNumber<\/strong>: 101018325
\nFunder:<\/b> European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA), third EU health programme (predecessor of EU4Health), Ministry of Social Affairs
\nThe project is supported by the National Foundation of Civil Society (10 000 EUR)
\n<\/span><\/strong>Institution<\/strong>: Estonian-Swedish Mental Health and Suicidology Institute<\/p>\n

The main goal of EAAD-Best is to reduce the burden associated with depression and suicidal behaviour at the individual and societal level in Europe. This goal will be achieved by supporting the implementation of the EAAD 4-level intervention concept in target regions and countries, plus the national promotion of the iFightDepression\u00ae tool. In 4-level concept, intervention activities are simultaneously run at primary care and mental health care, general public, community facilitators and gatekeepers, high risk patients and their families. The multilingual iFightDepression\u00ae awareness website aims to promote awareness of depression and suicidal behaviour and the internationally implemented iFightDepression\u00ae tool is a guided, online-based self-management programme for people suffering from mild to moderate forms of depression.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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MasterMind (MAnagement of mental health diSorders Through advancEd technology and seRvices \u2013 telehealth for the MIND)<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t

Duration<\/strong>: 10.02.2015\u201328.02.2017
\nFunding<\/strong>: 43 760 EUR
\nGrant Agreement number:<\/strong> 621000
\nPrincipal<\/strong> investigator<\/strong>: Airi V\u00e4rnik
\nNumber<\/strong>: MasterMind
\nFunder:<\/b> ICT Policy Support Programme (ICT PSP) as part of the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP) by the European Community<\/span>
\nInstitution<\/strong>: Estonian-Swedish Mental Health and Suicidology Institute<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Reducing risk of Suicide by Education<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t

Duration:<\/strong> Sept 2015 \u2013 Sept 2017
\nFunded by:<\/strong> NORDPLUS Adult (Project number NPAD2015\/10279)
\nProject partners:<\/strong> Lithuanian College of Democracy (Lithuania, the coordinator), Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences (Lithuania), Education Society Imanta (Latvia), Estonian-Swedish Mental Health and Suicidology Institute (Estonia) and Karolinska Institute National Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention of Mental III-Health (Sweden)
\nProject manager:<\/strong> Merike Sisask<\/p>\n

Description:<\/strong> The project aims to create cooperation between research based institutions and society oriented organizations which are focused on exchange of knowledge and experience in identification and assessment of the risk of suicide as well as development of learning material guidelines and education programs for keypersons in partner countries such as teachers, social pedagogues, social workers, politicians and parents to develop interactive exchange platform for the dissemination of guidelines and recommendations for various community groups.<\/p>\n

Info about remote training course for suicide prevention is available HERE<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Health Promotion Station \u2013 Trainings for Communities<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t

Duration<\/strong>: 01.07.2014-30.12.2015
\nFunded by<\/strong>: Norwegian Financial Mechanism, Public Health Programme 2009-2014
\nProject manager<\/strong>: Marju Medar
\nProject team from Tallinn University<\/strong>: Institute of Social Work, Institute of Communication, Institute of Ecology, Institute of Sports and Health, TLU Haapsalu College (health promotion specialists).
\nProject experts: academic staff members from NTNU (Norway), ELTE (Hungary), experts from Estonian-Swedish Mental Health and Suicidology Institute (ERSI), health-promotion experts from Finland.<\/p>\n

The purpose of the project is to estabilish and implement the training program which supports the estabilishment of mentally and physically healthy environment in communities through training the key specialists in communities to implement preventive interventions.<\/p>\n

The training will be implemented in 2 stages:
\n– Training for trainers (30 experts who already have experiences in the health promotion field and who will be the trainers for the key specialists in communities will be trained)
\n– Training for specialists (450 key persons in communities who will implement the training knowledge in Estonian local governments \/ municipalities)<\/p>\n

Additional information about the project is available at terviseilmajaam.hk.tlu.ee\/about-the-project\/<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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AppsTerv \u2013 Web-based applications for mental health<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t

Duration:<\/strong> 2014-2015
\nFunded by:<\/strong> Norwegian Financial Mechanism, Public Health Programme 2009-2014
\nProgramme Operator:<\/strong> Ministry of Social Affairs of Estonia
\nProject manager: <\/strong>Joosep Vaikma (since Aug 2015), Lauraliisa Mark (2014-July 2015)<\/p>\n

The main objective of the project is to increase the awareness about mental health and to improve the quality of web-based information channels and the level and range of counselling services. For meeting the objective:<\/p>\n