Journal article
teen Mental Health First Aid as a school-based intervention for improving peer support of adolescents at risk of suicide: Outcomes from a cluster randomised crossover trial
LM Hart, P Cropper, AJ Morgan, CM Kelly, AF Jorm
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry | SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD | Published : 2020
Abstract
Objectives: The aims of this study were to assess evidence for a novel, universal mental health literacy programme in the school setting (teen Mental Health First Aid) as an intervention to improve peer support towards adolescents at risk of suicide and to examine whether participation in a school-based programme dealing with suicide was distressing to participants. Method: In a cluster randomised crossover trial, Australian high school students aged 15–17 years (N = 1605, 44.74% female, Mage = 15.87) received either teen Mental Health First Aid or a matched control physical first aid course. Data were collected before, immediately after and 12 months after training through online surveys as..
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The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship and/or publication of this article: This work was funded by a Mental Health Research Grant awarded to the authors by Australian Rotary Health, a National Health and Medical Research Council Fellowship awarded to A.F.J. and an Australian Rotary Health Post-doctoral Fellowship awarded to L.M.H. These sponsors had no role in the study design; the collection, analysis and interpretation of data; the writing of the report; or the decision to submit the manuscript for publication.