Suicide prevention for youth - a mental health awareness program: lessons learned from the Saving and Empowering Young Lives in Europe (SEYLE) intervention study

BMC Public Health

Vita Poštuvan⁵  Janina Žiberna⁵  Peeter Varnik⁹  Airi Varnik^1,11  Alexandra Tubiana-Potiez⁸  Jacklyn McCarthy⁶  Katja Klug¹  Helen Keeley⁶  Jean-Pierre Kahn⁸  Miriam Iosue^1,15  Dana Cristina Herta⁴  Christian Haring^1,12  Nadja Graber^1,12  Gloria Fischer¹  Dana Feldman⁷  Luca Farkas^1,13  Doina Cosman⁴  Julio Bobes²  Judit Balazs^1,10  Alan Apter⁷  Susana Al-Halabí²  Marco Sarchiapone^1,15  Vladimir Carli^1,14  Danuta Wasserman^1,14  Christina W Hoven³  Camilla Wasserman^1,15 

[1] Section for Disorders of Personality Development, Clinic of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Centre of Psychosocial Medicine, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany;Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Oviedo; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental, CIBERSAM, Oviedo, Spain;Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA;Department of Clinical Psychology, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania;Slovene Center for Suicide Research, Andrej Marušič Institute, University of Primorska, Koper, Slovenia;National Suicide Research Foundation, Cork, Ireland;Feinberg Child Study Centre, Schneider Children’s Medical Centre, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel;Department of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, University Medical Centre, Université de Lorraine, Nancy, France;Department of Population Studies, Tallinn University, Tallinn, Estonia;Department of Developmental and Clinical Child Psychology, Institute of Psychology, Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary;Estonian-Swedish Mental Health & Suicidology Institute, Centre for Behavioural Sciences, Tallinn University, Tallinn, Estonia;Research Division for Mental Health, University for Medical Information Technology (UMIT), Hall, Tyrol, Austria;Vadaskert Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Hospital, Budapest, Hungary;WHO Collaborating Center for Research, Methods Development and Training in Suicide Prevention, Stockholm, Sweden;Department of Health Sciences, University of Molise, Campobasso, Italy

关键词: Intervention;    SEYLE;    Suicide prevention;    Awareness program;    School-based;    Mental health;    Adolescents;    Youth;   

Others  :  1163106
DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2458-12-776

 received in 2012-03-31, accepted in 2012-09-03,  发布年份 2012

【 摘 要 】

Background

The Awareness program was designed as a part of the EU-funded Saving and Empowering Young Lives in Europe (SEYLE) intervention study to promote mental health of adolescents in 11 European countries by helping them to develop problem-solving skills and encouraging them to self-recognize the need for help as well as how to help peers in need.

Methods

For this descriptive study all coordinators of the SEYLE Awareness program answered an open-ended evaluation questionnaire at the end of the project implementation. Their answers were synthesized and analyzed and are presented here.

Results

The results show that the program cultivated peer understanding and support. Adolescents not only learned about mental health by participating in the Awareness program, but the majority of them also greatly enjoyed the experience.

Conclusions

Recommendations for enhancing the successes of mental health awareness programs are presented. Help and cooperation from schools, teachers, local politicians and other stakeholders will lead to more efficacious future programs.

【 授权许可】

   
2012 Wasserman et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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