Training Church Leaders in Mental Health First Aid

Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene (RFMH)

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Stigma

Treatments: Other: Mental Health First Aid

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03649776

7224

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 324 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 21+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Fluent in English
• Able to provide signed formed consent

Exclusion criteria

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

Trial design