None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
The study aims to find out whether Mental Health First Aid training tailored for high school teachers improves their knowledge of mental health problems, reduces stigmatizing attitudes, and increases the help that teachers provide to students with mental health problems.
Interventions
Mental health first aid training. The training is given to teachers in two one-day parts. Part 1 was designed for all education staff and covered departmental policy on mental health issues, common mental health problems in adolescents, and practice helping a student with such a problem. Part 2 was for teachers who have a paticular responsibility for student welfare and covered crises that require an extended first aid response and first aid for less common mental health problems. The time betwe
Mental health first aid training. The training is given to teachers in two one-day parts. Part 1 was designed for all education staff and covered departmental policy on mental health issues, common mental health problems in adolescents, and practice helping a student with such a problem. Part 2 was for teachers who have a paticular responsibility for student welfare and covered crises that require an extended first aid response and first aid for less common mental health problems. The time between the two parts varied depending on the scheduling arranged by the individual school, but was within the same term.
Sponsors
Anthony Jorm
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Educational / counselling / training
Masking
Open (masking not used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
Teachers who teach Years 8-10 (age 11-15 years) and whose schools are willing to participate. South Australian schools covering Years 8-10 from either the government, Catholic or independent systems.
Exclusion criteria
None
Outcome results
None listed