The comparative rates calculated for the entire population confirm the trend observed in the number of suicides over the past decade; a decline from 1985 to 1991 (with the rate falling...

Introduction - Depression, through its conceptual and/or etiological frameworks, is a disease that exemplifies the new approaches developed in social epidemiology: biographical...

Since the 1990s, numerous studies have examined suicide risk among sexual minorities, leading to estimates of increased risk. Findings from France confirm the observations reported in...

Understanding where people with depression turn for help and the treatments they receive is essential to increasing the proportion of appropriate treatments. The objective of this...

According to available studies, a significant proportion of people with a major depressive episode (MDE) receive inadequate treatment. The objective of this article is to identify the...

Jean-Marie Lacau has a daughter with a severe intellectual disability. A former executive in the private sector, at age 40 he gave it all up to found the organization Réseau-Lucioles....

In 1993, Professor Michel Debout submitted a landmark report on suicide to the Economic and Social Council, as it was the French Republic’s first official report on the subject. Twenty...

Problem Statement: Suicidal behavior is a complex, multifactorial process. While it is currently difficult to determine the exact number of work-related suicides, certain data do exist...

Objectives—To describe the links between atypical employment and depressive disorders in France based on data from the 2003 Decennial Health Survey. Method—The data analyzed pertain to...