Identification, Response, and Referral of Suicidal Youth Following Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior - Tập 47 Số 3 - Trang 297-308 - 2017
Cynthia J. Ewell Foster1, Amanda Burnside1, Patricia K. Smith2, Anne Kramer1, Allie Wills1, Cheryl A. King1,3
1Department of Psychiatry, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
2Injury & Violence Prevention Section Michigan Department of Health & Human Services Lansing MI USA
3Department of Psychology, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

Tóm tắt

Gatekeeper training is a public health approach to suicide prevention that encourages community members to identify those at risk for suicide, respond appropriately, and refer for clinical services. Despite widespread use, few studies have examined whether training results in behavior change in participants. This study employed a naturalistic pre–post design to follow 434 participants in Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training, finding small but significant increases in self‐reported identification of at‐risk youth, some helpful responses to youth, and numbers of youth referred to treatment from pre‐test to 6‐ to 9‐month follow‐up. Changes in active listening and helping behaviors meant to support treatment referrals (such as convincing a youth to seek treatment) were not observed over time. Additional analyses explored predictors of self‐reported skill utilization including identification as a “natural helper” and attitudes about suicide prevention.

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Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Tập 47 Số 3

297-308

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