What is the best from of suicide prevention?

A depressive disorder is one of the leaders in the prevalence, high burden of diseases, and suicide. Depression also affects overall health, makes it difficult to perform daily activities, social and working life to a much greater extent than chronic physical illness Depression complicates the course of these diseases and reduces the life span and quality of life. Diagnostic experience of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union showed genetic link between depression and suicide. The paper presents basic information on the diagnosis, management tactics and treatment of depression, which are the foundation of the educational program for a different medical specialists and especially for Primary Care professionals. The results of reducing suicides in Tomsk area and the cities of Tomsk and Seversk in comparison with the dynamics of suicides in the Russian Federation and the Siberian Federal District are present. The received data cannot be interpreted only in viewpoint of social processes taking place in the region or in the whole country.