None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
Orygen YOUTH Health Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne is conducting an evaluation of its 14-hour Youth Mental Health First Aid Course via face-to-face training, which aims to teach adults how to better assist adolescents who are developing a mental health problem or in a mental health crisis. Participants will be asked to complete 3 surveys - prior to commencing the course, immediately upon completion and at 6-month followup. The surveys ask questions to determine changes in adult's knowledge, attitudes and helping behaviour towards adolescents with mental helath problems or in a crisis.
Interventions
A 14 hour face-to-face course in Youth Mental Health First Aid. The course teaches participants how to assist a young person developing a mental health problem or in a mental health crisis. Topics covered are: depression, anxiety disorders, psychosis, substance use disorders, eating disorders and deliberate self-harm. The 14-hour course was presented on either 2 days of 7 hours duration over a 2 week period, or on 4 separate sessions of three and a half hours duration, on a weekly basis and span
A 14 hour face-to-face course in Youth Mental Health First Aid. The course teaches participants how to assist a young person developing a mental health problem or in a mental health crisis. Topics covered are: depression, anxiety disorders, psychosis, substance use disorders, eating disorders and deliberate self-harm. The 14-hour course was presented on either 2 days of 7 hours duration over a 2 week period, or on 4 separate sessions of three and a half hours duration, on a weekly basis and span over 4 weeks.
Sponsors
Anthony Jorm
Study design
Allocation
Non-randomised trial
Intervention model
Single group
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
Adult members of the general public. Minimum size of training group will be 5 participants.
Exclusion criteria
Maximum size of training group will be 20 people.
Outcome results
None listed