Orygen Youth Health Research Centre, Centre for Youth Mental Health, University of Melbourne, 35 Poplar Road, Parkville, Vic. 3052, Australia.
Crisis. 2011;32(5):254-63. doi: 10.1027/0227-5910/a000087.
Programs designed to detect students at risk of depression and suicidality have shown success (Shaffer et al., 2004).
The current study sought to examine whether or not such a program was acceptable to participants and whether or not it caused distress.
Participants were boys aged 14 to 16. Participants were assessed using an on-line questionnaire; acceptability was measured via postal questionnaire.
Of 272 participants, 31 (11.4%) were considered at-risk; 13 required ongoing support, 8 of whom had not previously sought help. Overall screening did not appear to cause significant undue distress, although some differences were evident between at-risk and not at-risk students. All participants found the program acceptable.
When conducted carefully, early detection programs can be an effective and acceptable method of identifying at-risk adolescents.
旨在发现有抑郁和自杀风险的学生的项目已取得成效(Shaffer 等人,2004 年)。
本研究旨在调查此类项目是否被参与者接受,以及是否会造成困扰。
参与者为年龄在 14 至 16 岁的男孩。参与者使用在线问卷进行评估;通过邮寄问卷评估可接受性。
在 272 名参与者中,有 31 名(11.4%)被认为有风险;其中 13 名需要持续支持,其中 8 名之前没有寻求过帮助。总体筛查似乎并未造成显著的过度困扰,尽管在有风险和无风险的学生之间存在一些差异。所有参与者都认为该项目是可以接受的。
当精心实施时,早期发现项目可以是一种有效且可接受的识别高危青少年的方法。