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Mental health first aid training for Australian medical and nursing students: an evaluation study

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Psychology, April 2015
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Title
Mental health first aid training for Australian medical and nursing students: an evaluation study
Published in
BMC Psychology, April 2015
DOI 10.1186/s40359-015-0069-0
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Kathy S Bond, Anthony F Jorm, Betty A Kitchener, Nicola J Reavley

Abstract

The role and demands of studying nursing and medicine involve specific stressors that may contribute to an increased risk for mental health problems. Stigma is a barrier to help-seeking for mental health problems in nursing and medical students, making these students vulnerable to negative outcomes including higher failure rates and discontinuation of study. Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is a potential intervention to increase the likelihood that medical and nursing students will support their peers to seek help for mental health problems. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a tailored MHFA course for nursing and medical students. Nursing and medical students self-selected into either a face-to-face or online tailored MHFA course. Four hundred and thirty-four nursing and medical students completed pre- and post-course surveys measuring mental health first aid intentions, mental health literacy, confidence in providing help, stigmatising attitudes and satisfaction with the course. The results of the study showed that both the online and face-to-face courses improved the quality of first aid intentions towards a person experiencing depression, and increased mental health literacy and confidence in providing help. The training also decreased stigmatizing attitudes and desire for social distance from a person with depression. Both online and face-to-face tailored MHFA courses have the potential to improve outcomes for students with mental health problems, and may benefit the students in their future professional careers.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Singapore 1 <1%
Unknown 149 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 21 14%
Student > Bachelor 19 13%
Student > Ph. D. Student 16 11%
Student > Master 15 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 11 7%
Other 25 17%
Unknown 43 29%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 35 23%
Medicine and Dentistry 25 17%
Nursing and Health Professions 21 14%
Social Sciences 6 4%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 1%
Other 13 9%
Unknown 48 32%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 19. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 27 March 2021.
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#1,901,403
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#135
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#23,898
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Outputs of similar age from BMC Psychology
#4
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