@article{ref1,
title="Taking youth suicide prevention to the schools: pilot evaluation of school-based clinician outcomes and perspectives of a multi-modal program including post-training online consultations for management of ongoing suicide risk",
journal="Psychiatry international (Basel)",
year="2020",
author="Gwyther, Kate and McKechnie, Ben and Nicoll, Helen and Gersh, Elon and Davey, Christopher G. and Robinson, Jo and Mawson, Emily and Crlenjak, Caroline and Rice, Simon M.",
volume="1",
number="1",
pages="9-23",
abstract="School-based youth-specific suicide prevention and early intervention initiatives are presently underdeveloped. The current study conducted a pilot evaluation of a multi-modal suicide prevention training program for school-based social workers, ‘Management of Youth Suicidality Training for Schools’ (MYSTS). The program comprised a two-day workshop and six fortnightly post-workshop webinar online consultations. Participants were 36 social workers (years’ experience M = 11.23, SD = 8.29) employed by the Department of Education in Tasmania, Australia. Outcomes were self-rated confidence, competence, and knowledge of self-harm in young people, and attitudes toward suicide prevention and suicide-related behaviors. Exploratory quantitative results indicated significant improvements with large effect sizes for participants’ self-reported competence (d = 1.33), and confidence (d = 1.29) to identify and respond therapeutically to youth suicidality following the workshop. Confidence remained significantly higher than baseline following the online consultations (d = 0.90). Qualitative analysis of online supervision consultations indicated key themes of accessibility, communication and information sharing, and clinical management. Participants endorsed the MYSTS package as well-presented, with relevant topics, and effective learning activities. This study highlights the need for continued supervisory or implementation support to practitioners following suicide prevention training initiatives and suggests web-based teleconference technology as a feasible strategy for this. Further evaluation of the MYSTS package, including a suitable comparison or control condition, is indicated.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2673-5318",
doi="10.3390/psychiatryint1010002",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/psychiatryint1010002"
}