@article{ref1,
title="Effects of gatekeeper trainings from the Austrian national suicide prevention program",
journal="Frontiers in psychiatry",
year="2023",
author="Ploderl, Martin and Fartacek, Clemens and Kapitany, Thomas and Schrittwieser, Ulrike and Niederkrotenthaler, Thomas",
volume="14",
number="",
pages="e1118319-e1118319",
abstract="BACKGROUND: The development and implementation of gatekeeper trainings were first goals in the national suicide prevention strategy &quot;Suicide Prevention Austria&quot; (SUPRA). The current study aims to assess the short- and longer-term effects of the SUPRA gatekeeper trainings in comparison with established gatekeeper trainings. <br><br>METHODS: We evaluated 28 gatekeeper trainings including 427 participants by assessing improvement of knowledge (facts about suicide and suicide prevention), gatekeeper self-efficacy and attitudes, and gatekeeper behavior (e.g., asking depressed people about suicide). Assessments were immediately before and after the gatekeeper trainings, with an additional follow-up 6 months later. Effects were compared with benchmark effects of established gatekeeper trainings. <br><br>RESULTS: There were substantial improvements in knowledge, self-efficacy and attitudes immediately after the training, comparable or larger than known from evaluations of established gatekeeper trainings. Most of these changes were upheld in the follow-up assessment, with effects comparable to other gatekeeper trainings. There was only a small increase of self-reported gatekeeper behavior, in line with results from other gatekeeper trainings. <br><br>CONCLUSION: The SUPRA gatekeeper training had some beneficial effects in the short- and longterm, with effect sizes comparable to established gatekeeper trainings.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1664-0640",
doi="10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1118319",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1118319"
}