Journal article
Effectiveness of universal programmes for the prevention of suicidal ideation, behaviour and mental ill health in medical students: A systematic review and meta-analysis
K Witt, A Boland, M Lamblin, PD McGorry, B Veness, A Cipriani, K Hawton, S Harvey, H Christensen, J Robinson
Evidence Based Mental Health | BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP | Published : 2019
Abstract
Question A growing body of work suggests that medical students may be particularly at risk of mental ill health, suicidal ideation and behaviour, resulting in recent calls to develop interventions to prevent these outcomes. However, few reviews have synthesised the current evidence base regarding the effectiveness of these interventions and provided guidance to improve future intervention efforts. Study selection and analysis The authors conducted a systematic review to identify studies of any design reporting the effectiveness of any universal intervention to address these outcomes in medical students. Embase, MEDLINE and PsycINFO databases were searched from their respective start dates un..
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Awarded by American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Funding Acknowledgements
The study was funded by the Commonwealth of Australia Department of Health and was part funded by the Prevention Hub, Department of Health. Individual authors also wish to acknowledge the following sources of funding: KW is funded by a postdoctoral fellowship awarded by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (PDF-0-145-16), HC is funded by APP1155614 and JR is funded by a National Health and Medical Research Council Career Development Fellowship (ID1142348).