You have already added 0 works in your ORCID record related to the merged Research product.
Associations of training to assist a suicidal person with subsequent quality of support: results from a national survey of the Australian public
Copyright policy )Background When a person is in severe distress, people in their social network can potentially take action to reduce the person’s suicide risk. The present study used data from a community survey to examine whether people who had received training in how to assist a person at risk of suicide had higher quality intentions and actions to provide support. Methods A national telephone survey was carried out with 3002 Australian adults on attitudes and intentions toward helping someone in severe distress or at risk of suicide as well as actions taken. Participants were asked about their intentions to assist a hypothetical person in a vignette and about any actions they took to assist a family member or friend in distress over the previous 12 months. Participants were also asked whether they had received professional training, Mental Health First Aid training or other training in how to assist a person at risk of suicide. Results Responses covered ten intentions/actions that were recommended in guidelines for the public on how to support a suicidal person and 5 that were recommended against in the guidelines. Scales were created to measure positive and negative intentions to act and positive and negative actions taken. All three types of training were associated with greater positive intentions and actions, and with lesser negative intentions. These associations were largely due to a greater willingness of those trained to talk openly about suicide with a person in distress. Conclusions Training in how to support a person at risk of suicide is associated with better quality of support. Such training merits wider dissemination in the community. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12888-018-1722-y) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
Microsoft Academic Graph classification: Helping behavior Clinical psychology Vignette Psychology Suicidal ideation medicine.symptom medicine Health education Mental health Mental health first aid First aid Distress
Library of Congress Subject Headings: lcsh:Psychiatry lcsh:RC435-571
Psychiatry and Mental health, Research Article, Suicide, Mental health first aid, Gatekeepers, Adolescent, Adult, Australia, Family, Female, First Aid, Friends, Health Education, Helping Behavior, Humans, Intention, Male, Middle Aged, Suicidal Ideation, Surveys and Questionnaires, Young Adult
Psychiatry and Mental health, Research Article, Suicide, Mental health first aid, Gatekeepers, Adolescent, Adult, Australia, Family, Female, First Aid, Friends, Health Education, Helping Behavior, Humans, Intention, Male, Middle Aged, Suicidal Ideation, Surveys and Questionnaires, Young Adult
Microsoft Academic Graph classification: Helping behavior Clinical psychology Vignette Psychology Suicidal ideation medicine.symptom medicine Health education Mental health Mental health first aid First aid Distress
Library of Congress Subject Headings: lcsh:Psychiatry lcsh:RC435-571
- University of Melbourne Australia
2012
Luoma, JB, Martin, CE, Pearson, JL. Contact with mental health and primary care providers before suicide: a review of the evidence. Am J Psychiatry. 2002; 159 (6): 909-916 [OpenAIRE] [PubMed] [DOI]
2.Stene-Larsen K, Reneflot A. Contact with primary and mental health care prior to suicide: a systematic review of the literature from 2000 to 2017. Scand J Public Health. 2017;1403494817746274. 10.1177/1403494817746274.
Isometsa, ET. Psychological autopsy studies--a review. Eur Psychiatry. 2001; 16 (7): 379-385 [OpenAIRE] [PubMed] [DOI]
Owens, C, Owen, G, Belam, J, Lloyd, K, Rapport, F, Donovan, J, Lambert, H. Recognising and responding to suicidal crisis within family and social networks: qualitative study. BMJ. 2011; 343: d5801 [OpenAIRE] [PubMed] [DOI]
Owen, G, Belam, J, Lambert, H, Donovan, J, Rapport, F, Owens, C. Suicide communication events: lay interpretation of the communication of suicidal ideation and intent. Soc Sci Med. 2012; 75 (2): 419-428 [OpenAIRE] [PubMed] [DOI]
Sweeney, L, Owens, C, Malone, K. Communication and interpretation of emotional distress within the friendships of young Irish men prior to suicide: a qualitative study. Health Soc Care Community. 2015; 23 (2): 150-158 [OpenAIRE] [PubMed] [DOI]
7.Kelly CM, Jorm AF, Kitchener BA, Langlands RL. Development of mental health first aid guidelines for suicidal ideation and behaviour: a Delphi study. BMC Psychiatry. 2008;8:17.
8.Ross AM, Kelly CM, Jorm AF. Re-development of mental health first aid guidelines for suicidal ideation and behaviour: a delphi study. BMC Psychiatry. 2014;14:241.
Jorm, AF, Blewitt, KA, Griffiths, KM, Kitchener, BA, Parslow, RA. Mental health first aid responses of the public: results from an Australian national survey. BMC Psychiatry. 2005; 5: 9 [OpenAIRE] [PubMed] [DOI]
10.Rossetto A, Jorm AF, Reavley NJ. Quality of helping behaviours of members of the public towards a person with a mental illness: a descriptive analysis of data from an Australian national survey. Ann General Psychiatry. 2014;(1):2. 10.1186/1744-859X-13-2.
- 1
- 2
- University of Melbourne Australia
Background When a person is in severe distress, people in their social network can potentially take action to reduce the person’s suicide risk. The present study used data from a community survey to examine whether people who had received training in how to assist a person at risk of suicide had higher quality intentions and actions to provide support. Methods A national telephone survey was carried out with 3002 Australian adults on attitudes and intentions toward helping someone in severe distress or at risk of suicide as well as actions taken. Participants were asked about their intentions to assist a hypothetical person in a vignette and about any actions they took to assist a family member or friend in distress over the previous 12 months. Participants were also asked whether they had received professional training, Mental Health First Aid training or other training in how to assist a person at risk of suicide. Results Responses covered ten intentions/actions that were recommended in guidelines for the public on how to support a suicidal person and 5 that were recommended against in the guidelines. Scales were created to measure positive and negative intentions to act and positive and negative actions taken. All three types of training were associated with greater positive intentions and actions, and with lesser negative intentions. These associations were largely due to a greater willingness of those trained to talk openly about suicide with a person in distress. Conclusions Training in how to support a person at risk of suicide is associated with better quality of support. Such training merits wider dissemination in the community. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12888-018-1722-y) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.