Cultural adaptation of the mental health first aid guidelines for Brazilians with problem drinking: a Delphi expert consensus study. [PDF]
BMC Psychiatry, 2022 Background Harmful use of alcohol is highly prevalent around the world and results in a large disease burden. Most people who meet the criteria for an alcohol use disorder do not receive treatment.
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Mental Health First Aid: A Systematic Review of Trainee Behavior and Recipient Mental Health Outcomes. [PDF]
Psychiatr Serv, 2022 OBJECTIVE Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is a globally disseminated course that trains members of the public to recognize and respond to mental health issues in their communities.
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Evaluation of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Mental Health First Aid Program [PDF]
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2021 Objective: This study reports findings from an uncontrolled evaluation of a course designed to educate participants in how to recognise and respond to mental health problems until professional help is received.
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Mental Health First Aid Training with the Nepalese Community in Australia: An Evaluation of Effects on Knowledge, Confidence, Intentions, Willingness to have Contact and Stigmatizing Attitudes. [PDF]
J Immigr Minor Health, 2023 The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training amongst the Nepalese community in Australia by exploring the impact on knowledge about mental health first aid, confidence and intentions to help ...
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Nurses' perspective about the Mental Health First Aid Training Programmes for adolescents in upper secondary schools: A focus group study. [PDF]
J Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs, 2022 Accessible Summary What is known on the subject? Mental Health First Aid Training Programmes with a pathogenic perspective are implemented worldwide for different participants and contexts.
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Development of mental health first aid guidelines for problem drinking: a Delphi expert consensus study in Argentina and Chile. [PDF]
BMC Psychiatry, 2022 Background Among all psychoactive substances, alcohol consumption presents the most significant public health problem and is a leading risk factor for overall disease burden in Latin America.
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Providing Mental Health First Aid Training to Hatzola [PDF]
BJPsych Open, 2022 AimsHackney is home to the largest Charedi Orthodox Jewish community in Europe. According to the Census 2011, 7% of the population of Hackney are Charedi. Hatzola is a non-profit, volunteer organisation established in 1979 to provide pre-hospital emergency medical response and transportation to acute hospitals at no cost, to those living in and around ...
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Redevelopment of mental health first aid guidelines for substance use problems: a Delphi study [PDF]
BMC PsychologyBackground Substance use problems have a major impact on the physical and mental health of individuals, families and communities. Early intervention may have a positive effect on recovery and treatment outcomes for those with substance use problems ...
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Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 2022 Mental health first aid (MHFA) training can improve confidence and intention to help a person with a mental health problem, but there is limited research exploring whether this results in better support provided.
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Inventing Mental Health First Aid: The Problem of Psychocentrism
Studies in Social Justice, 2016 This article provides a sociopolitical critique of contemporary Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) discourses. The concept of psychocentrism, adopted as an analytical tool, critiques the problematic nature of MHFA premises and practices that automate ...
Jan Nadine DeFehr
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