Effectiveness of Mental Health First Aid training in Denmark: a randomized trial in waitlist design

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 597-606

  Jensen, Kamilla B ^a   Morthorst, Britt Reuter ^a   Vendsborg, Per B ^b   Hjorthøj, Carsten ^a   Nordentoft, Merete ^a  

^a Mental Health Center Glostrup   (Denmark)

^b Danish Mental Health Foundation   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Educational training program; Mental health; Mental Health First Aid; Randomized trial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FIRST AID; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CONCEPT;

ADULT; DENMARK; FEMALE; FIRST AID; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SELF EFFICACY; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84962691294     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-016-1176-9     Document Type: Article

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