Mental health first aid training: Review of evaluation studies

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 6-8

  Kitchener, Betty A ^a   Jorm, Anthony F ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community attitudes; Mental health first aid; Mental health literacy; Stigma

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; EVALUATION RESEARCH; FIRST AID; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; OUTCOME OF EDUCATION; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DISTANCE; TRAINING; WORKPLACE;

EVALUATION STUDIES; FIRST AID; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; TEACHING;

EID: 33644747407     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1614.2006.01735.x     Document Type: Review

References (5)

1. 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.
2. Kitchener BA, Jorm AF. Mental health first aid manual. Canberra: Centre for Mental Health Research, 2002.
3. Kitchener BA, Jorm AF. Mental health first aid training for the public: evaluation of effects on knowledge, attitudes and helping behavior. BMC Psychiatry 2002; 2: 10.
4. Kitchener BA, Jorm AF. Mental health first aid training in a workplace setting: A randomized controlled trial [ISRCTN13249129]. BMC Psychiatry 2004; 4: 23.
5. Jorm AF, Kitchener BA, O'Kearney R, Dear KB. Mental health first aid training of the public in a rural area: A cluster randomized trial [ISRCTN53887541]. BMC Psychiatry 2004; 4: 33.