Bengt Svensson|Lars Hansson
Effectiveness of Mental Health First Aid Training in Sweden. A Randomized Controlled Trial with a Six-Month and Two-Year Follow-Up
Lund University|Lund University
background according recent report european brain council european colleague neuropsychopharmacology one year prevalence kind mental disorder around 27 among adult population europe research shown lack mental health literacy population general thus important find ways improve publics knowledge skills provide first hand support people mental disorders mental health first aid mhfa training program shown positive changes knowledge helping behavior study investigates mhfa training swedish context provides sustained improvement knowledge mental disorders better ability helpful contacts people ill changes attitudes positive direction methods findings introduction training program made accordance constructors instructions participants mainly public sector employees county west sweden study randomized controlled trial experiment group n 199 control group n 207 placed waiting list 6month followup twoyear followup conducted participants n 155 intervention waiting list group completed training followup contact persons mental disorders intervention group improved knowledge well confidence providing help someone need twoyear followup showed improvements great extent maintained conclusions mental health first aid might raise level awareness mental disorders influence number people receive professional treatment problems