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Mental Health First Aid in the UK: how important is First Aid when Professional Mental Health Services are in dire straits? [PDF]

SN Comprehensive Clinical Medicine, 2020
AbstractMental Health First Aid (MHFA) has become a trend that is taking over the medical and mental health world. While there are several manuscripts that are exemplifying the benefits of MHFA, the implications for people who undergo the MHFA training, for mental health services and medical and non-medical professions devoted to mental healthcare ...
Mantzios, Michail, Egan, Helen, Cook, Amy   +2 more
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Re-development of mental health first aid guidelines for supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait islanders who are experiencing suicidal thoughts and behaviour

BMC Psychiatry, 2018
Background Suicide is a leading cause of death among Indigenous Australians. Friends, family and frontline workers (for example, teachers, youth workers) are often best positioned to provide initial assistance if someone is suicidal.
Gregory Armstrong, Natalie Ironfield, Claire M. Kelly, Katrina Dart, Kerry Arabena, Kathy Bond, Nicola Reavley, Anthony F. Jorm   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effectiveness of eLearning and blended modes of delivery of Mental Health First Aid training in the workplace: randomised controlled trial

BMC Psychiatry, 2018
Background The aim of the WorkplaceAid study was to compare the effects of eLearning or blended (eLearning plus face-to-face course delivery) Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) courses on public servants’ knowledge, stigmatising attitudes, confidence in ...
Nicola J. Reavley, Amy J. Morgan, Julie-Anne Fischer, Betty Kitchener, Nataly Bovopoulos, Anthony F. Jorm   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Development of Guidelines for Adults on How to Communicate With Adolescents About Mental Health Problems and Other Sensitive Topics

SAGE Open, 2013
There is little evidence-based information available to guide adults in the general community on communicating effectively with adolescents about mental health problems or other sensitive topics.
Julie A. Fischer, Claire M. Kelly, Betty A. Kitchener, Anthony F. Jorm   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pharmacists and Mental Health First Aid training: A comparative analysis of confidence, mental health assistance behaviours and perceived barriers

Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 2022
Pharmacists are aptly positioned to provide first aid‐level assistance to patients experiencing a mental health problem or crisis, yet often lack confidence or perceive barriers to intervention.
J. Carpini, Aakanksha Sharma, Mikaela Kubicki Evans, Shaifuldeen Jumani, Emma Boyne, R. Clifford, D. Ashoorian   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Mental health first aid training: review of evaluation studies [PDF]

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 2006
Objective: To review studies evaluating mental health first aid (MHFA) training. Method: Review of three published trials: one uncontrolled with members of the public in a city, one randomized controlled efficacy trial in a workplace setting and one cluster randomized effectiveness trial with the public in a rural area.
Kitchener, Betty, Jorm, Anthony F
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Teen Mental Health First Aid for years 7–9: a description of the program and an initial evaluation

International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 2019
Background A teen Mental Health First Aid training course for high school students in years 10–12 (tMHFA 10–12) has previously been evaluated in uncontrolled and randomized controlled trials and found to improve Mental Health First Aid intentions, mental
Laura M. Hart, Kathy S. Bond, Amy J. Morgan, Alyssia Rossetto, Fairlie A. Cottrill, Claire M. Kelly, Anthony F. Jorm   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pharmacy professionals' preparedness to use Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) behaviors. [PDF]

Pharm Pract (Granada), 2020
Background: There is a need to train healthcare professionals to provide first aid to people experiencing a mental health crisis. Research testing the association between Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training and the use of MHFA behaviors could provide
Witry MJ, Fadare O, Pudlo A.
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An evaluation of the teen and Youth Mental Health First Aid training with a CALD focus: an uncontrolled pilot study with adolescents and adults in Australia

International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 2019
Background Australia is an ethnically diverse nation with one of the largest refugee resettlement programs worldwide. Evidence suggests that although the risk of developing mental disorders in culturally linguistically diverse (CALD) adolescents may be ...
Maria Gabriela Uribe Guajardo, Claire Kelly, Kathy Bond, Russell Thomson, Shameran Slewa-Younan   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Does Mental Health First Aid training improve the mental health of aid recipients? The training for parents of teenagers randomised controlled trial

BMC Psychiatry, 2019
Background There is well-established evidence that Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training improves knowledge about how to support someone developing a mental health problem, but less evidence that this support improves the mental health of the recipient
Amy J. Morgan, Julie-Anne A. Fischer, Laura M. Hart, Claire M. Kelly, Betty A. Kitchener, Nicola J. Reavley, Marie B. H. Yap, Stefan Cvetkovski, Anthony F. Jorm   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source