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Responding to deliberate self-harm among school students: the development and evaluation of evidence-based training

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 June 2014

S Gook,
J Robinson,
A Yung,
P McGorry,
HP Yuen and
T Jorm
S Gook
Affiliation:
ORYGEN Research Centre, Melbourne, Australia
J Robinson
Affiliation:
ORYGEN Research Centre, Melbourne, Australia
A Yung
Affiliation:
ORYGEN Research Centre, Melbourne, Australia
P McGorry
Affiliation:
ORYGEN Research Centre, Melbourne, Australia
HP Yuen
Affiliation:
ORYGEN Research Centre, Melbourne, Australia
T Jorm
Affiliation:
ORYGEN Research Centre, Melbourne, Australia
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Type
Abstracts from ‘Brainwaves’— The Australasian Society for Psychiatric Research Annual Meeting 2006, 6–8 December, Sydney, Australia
Information
Acta Neuropsychiatrica , Volume 18 , Issue 6 , December 2006, pp. 289
Copyright
Copyright © 2006 Blackwell Munksgaard

Background:

Deliberate self-harm is prevalent among school students; however, evidence-based training on responding to this is limited.

Aims:

The aims of the study were to develop and evaluate a training package for school staff to assist them manage self-harm among young people.

Methods:

The training was a 2-day evidence-based package specifically designed for school staff. It aimed to better enable participants to understand and recognize self-harm and mental illness; improve the levels of confidence and perceived skill of participants in their ability to identify and manage self-harm, mental illness and risk and to improve attitudes of participants toward young people engaging in self-harm. The evaluation adopted a pretest/posttest design. Baseline measures were administered immediately prior to the training and were repeated immediately after the training. They will also be repeated at 6-month follow-up.

Results/Conclusions:

The training was delivered to 213 school welfare staff across Victoria between May and August. Part 1 of the evaluation is now complete and analyses are under way. The findings will be presented and the overall efficacy of the training will be discussed.