Training Church Leaders in Mental Health First Aid

Status unconfirmed

Conditions studied: Stigma

In brief

The purpose of this study is to train Church Leaders and other community members in Mental Health First Aid (MHFA), which is an evidence-based public mental health education program. MHFA has been found to improve people's recognition of emotional and mental health challenges and to increase people's confidence in providing help to others. Information about MHFA can be accessed at http://www.mentalhealthfirstaid.org. MHFA consists an 8-hour training program in which participants will be provided a manual, learn the signs and symptoms of common mental health problems, and learn a 5-step action plan to help someone in an emotional crisis. Participants ware recruited from faith-based organizations (i.e., churches), health care organizations (i.e., hospitals), and other community based organizations. There will be no treatment directly provided as part of this study.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03649776

Run by

Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc.

People needed

324

Starts

2016-02-27

Expected to finish

2022-06-30

Last updated by the study team

2021-03-29

Who can join

Age: 21 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Fluent in English
• Able to provide signed formed consent

You may not qualify if…

• Any circumstances limiting participant's ability to complete the 8-hour training
• Inability to provide informed consent

Where it is running

• New York State Psychiatric Institute — New York, New York, United States

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