Journal article
Helping adolescents to better support their peers with a mental health problem: A cluster-randomised crossover trial of teen Mental Health First Aid
LM Hart, AJ Morgan, A Rossetto, CM Kelly, A Mackinnon, AF Jorm
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry | SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD | Published : 2018
Abstract
Background: teen Mental Health First Aid (tMHFA) is a classroom-based training programme for students aged 15–18 years to improve supportive behaviours towards peers, increase mental health literacy and reduce stigma. This research evaluated tMHFA by comparing it to a matched emergency Physical First Aid (PFA) training programme. Methods: A cluster-randomised crossover trial matched four public schools in two pairs and then randomised each to first receive tMHFA or PFA for all Year 10 students. In the subsequent calendar year, the new Year 10 cohort received the opposite intervention, giving eight cohorts. Online surveys were administered at baseline and 1 week post-training, measuring quali..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This research was funded by a Mental Health Research grant awarded to the Authors by Australian Rotary Health and by a National Health and Medical Research Council Grant awarded to A.F.J. These sponsors had no role in the (1) study design; (2) the collection, analysis and interpretation of data; (3) the writing of the report and (4) the decision to submit the manuscript for publication.