Qian-Nan Ruan, Linhui Liu, Guang-Hui Shen, Yu-Wei Wu, Wen-Jing Yan
Alexithymia and peer victimisation: interconnected pathways to adolescent non-suicidal self-injury
BJPsych open
suicide significant concern australia globally strong argument training community gatekeepers recognise support suicidal people social network one training course mental health first aid suicidal person course course developed using suicide prevention best practice guidelines based expert opinion determined using delphi method evaluated impact attending mental health first aid suicidal person course suicide literacy stigma confidence quality intended actual helping behaviours towards person suicidal course satisfaction surveys administered immediately course 6month followup data analysed yield descriptive statistics percentages means standard deviations linear mixed models generalized linear mixed models used test statistical significance changes occasions measurement recruited 284 participants workplaces general community networks mean age 41 years 74 female 85 people undertook course part professional development almost half 44 course contact suicidal person majority 59 participants previous mental health suicide prevention training majority participants held knowledge suicide literacy undertaking course major effect training strengthen knowledge significant improvement precourse 179 sd 056 postcourse 148 sd 082 p 00001 maintained followup 151 sd 049 p 00001 confidence gatekeeper skills significantly improved course followup 315 sd 095 course 402 sd 068 afterward 387 sd 077 followup p 00001 p 00001 respectively quality intended helping behaviours significantly improved precourse intended actions 428 sd 058 postcourse 470 sd 050 p 00001 maintained followup 464 sd 041 p 00001 significant improvement actions taken participants help suicidal person precourse postcourse eg asking suicidal thoughts plan contacting emergency services course highly acceptable participants results indicate course acceptable intervention delivers broad spectrum beneficial outcomes community workplace gatekeepers