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

Research Article

Christina W Hoven¹  Camilla Wasserman²  Doina Cosman³  Dana Cristina Herta³  Miriam Iosue⁴  Marco Sarchiapone⁴  Alexandra Tubiana-Potiez⁵  Jean-Pierre Kahn⁵  Julio Bobes⁶  Susana Al-Halabí⁶  Airi Varnik⁷  Peeter Varnik⁸  Alan Apter⁹  Dana Feldman⁹  Vladimir Carli^1,10  Danuta Wasserman^1,10  Jacklyn McCarthy^1,11  Helen Keeley^1,11  Christian Haring^1,12  Nadja Graber^1,12  Katja Klug^1,13  Gloria Fischer^1,13  Vita Poštuvan^1,14  Janina Žiberna^1,14  Luca Farkas^1,15  Judit Balazs^1,16 

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

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

DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2458-12-776

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

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundThe 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.MethodsFor 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.ResultsThe 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.ConclusionsRecommendations 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】

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© Wasserman et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2012