3. Findings of the assessment Table 1: Evidence Mapping Table for Mental Health First Aid Study Study Outcome Main findings Results Evidence Include? Details design measures Grading Reason for exclusion O’ Reilly et Controlled Pre-post This The MHFA training +/- Yes trial, non survey in demonstrated that improved the participants' al, 2011 randomized intervention MHFA training can ability to correctly identify Evidence and control reduce pharmacy a mental illness (p = for Baseline group. students' mental 0.004). There was a Mental survey Evaluation of health stigma, significant mean decrease of training health trial instrument mental health improve recognition in total social distance of in achieving aid conducted literacy, the of mental disorders 2.18 (SD 3.35) p <0.001 goals but in 59 7-item social and improve for the MHFA group, no evidence individuals distance confidence in indicating less stigmatizing for Pharmacy receiving scale, and 16 providing services to attitudes. There were improved students training and items related consumers with a improvements in patient/ 199 to mental illness in the recognition of helpful client controls. reported pharmacy setting. interventions with outcomes behaviour. participants' views becoming more concordant with health professional views about treatments for depression (p = 0.009) and schizophrenia (p = 0.08), and participants were
3. Findings of the assessment Table 1: Evidence Mapping Table for Mental Health First Aid Study Details Study design Outcome measures Main findings Results Evidence Grading Include? Reason for exclusion O’ Reilly et al, 2011 Mental health aid Pharmacy students Controlled trial, non randomized Baseline survey instrument conducted in 59 individuals receiving training and 199 controls. Pre-post survey in intervention and control group. Evaluation of mental health literacy, the 7-item social distance scale, and 16 items related to behaviour. This demonstrated that MHFA training can reduce pharmacy students' mental health stigma, improve recognition of mental disorders and improve confidence in providing services to consumers with a mental illness in the pharmacy setting. The MHFA training improved the participants' ability to correctly identify a mental illness (p = 0.004). There was a significant mean decrease in total social distance of 2.18 (SD 3.35) p <0.001 for the MHFA group, indicating less stigmatizing attitudes. There were improvements in recognition of helpful interventions with participants' views becoming more concordant with health professional views about treatments for depression (p = 0.009) and schizophrenia (p = 0.08), and participants were +/- Yes Evidence for of training in achieving goals but no evidence for improved patient/ client outcomes reported trial
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