Grootemaat Pam, Gillan Cathie, Holt Gillian, Forward Wayne, Heywood Narelle, Willis Sue
Centre for Health Service Development, University of Wollongong, Australia.
BMC Psychiatry. 2006 Oct 31;6:50. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-6-50.
The Working Together For Mental Health course is an 8-hour course designed to demystify mental illness and mental health services. The main target group for the course is people working in human service organisations who provide services for people with mental illness.
A questionnaire was administered to all participants attending the course during 2003 (n = 165). Participants completed the questionnaire before and immediately after the course, and at three month follow-up.
A response rate of 69% was achieved with 114 people completing the questionnaire on all three occasions. The responses showed a significant improvement in the self-assessed knowledge and confidence of participants to provide human services to people with a mental health problem or disorder, three months after the course. There was no significant improvement in participants' attitudes or beliefs about people with a mental health problem or disorder at three month follow-up; however, participants' attitudes were largely positive before entering the course.
The Working Together For Mental Health course was successful in improving participants' confidence and knowledge around providing human services to people with a mental health illness.
“携手促进精神健康”课程是一门时长8小时的课程，旨在揭开精神疾病和精神健康服务的神秘面纱。该课程的主要目标群体是在为精神疾病患者提供服务的人类服务组织中工作的人员。
对2003年参加该课程的所有参与者（n = 165）进行了问卷调查。参与者在课程开始前、课程结束后立即以及三个月随访时填写问卷。
问卷回复率为69%，114人在所有三个时间点都完成了问卷。回复显示，课程结束三个月后，参与者在为有精神健康问题或障碍的人提供人类服务方面的自我评估知识和信心有显著提高。在三个月随访时，参与者对有精神健康问题或障碍的人的态度或信念没有显著改善；然而，参与者在参加课程之前态度大多是积极的。
“携手促进精神健康”课程成功提高了参与者为有精神健康疾病的人提供人类服务的信心和知识。
