Mental Health First Aid Training With Members of the Public in a Rural Area

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN53887541

Enrollment

753

Registered

2003-12-01

Start date

2002-10-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2015-01-13

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Conditions

Mental and Behavioural Disorders Mental and Behavioural Disorders

Interventions

Participants are randomly assigned to receive either the Mental Health First Aid course or no intervention. (The control group receives the course once the trial is finished). The Mental Health First

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Members of the public living in a rural area of Australia. The trial examines the ability of participants to provide initial help to people who have a mental disorder. There were 753 participants, 416 in the intervention group and 337 in the control group. These were members of the community, not patients.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Not provided at time of registration

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Recognition of mental disorders in vignettes, agreeement with health professionals about which interventions are likely to be helpful for the persons portrayed in the vignettes, social distance from people with mental disorders, confidence in providing help to others, contact with people with mental disorders, amount and type of help actually provided.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Not provided at time of registration	—

Countries

Australia

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Mar 31, 2026