Mental Health First Aid Australia, Level 6/369 Royal Parade, Parkville, VIC 3052 Australia.
Centre for Mental Health, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Level 4/207 Bouverie St., Parkville, VIC 3010 Australia.
BMC Psychol. 2015 Apr 12;3(1):11. doi: 10.1186/s40359-015-0069-0. eCollection 2015.
The role and demands of studying nursing and medicine involve specific stressors that may contribute to an increased risk for mental health problems. Stigma is a barrier to help-seeking for mental health problems in nursing and medical students, making these students vulnerable to negative outcomes including higher failure rates and discontinuation of study. Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is a potential intervention to increase the likelihood that medical and nursing students will support their peers to seek help for mental health problems. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a tailored MHFA course for nursing and medical students.
Nursing and medical students self-selected into either a face-to-face or online tailored MHFA course. Four hundred and thirty-four nursing and medical students completed pre- and post-course surveys measuring mental health first aid intentions, mental health literacy, confidence in providing help, stigmatising attitudes and satisfaction with the course.
The results of the study showed that both the online and face-to-face courses improved the quality of first aid intentions towards a person experiencing depression, and increased mental health literacy and confidence in providing help. The training also decreased stigmatizing attitudes and desire for social distance from a person with depression.
Both online and face-to-face tailored MHFA courses have the potential to improve outcomes for students with mental health problems, and may benefit the students in their future professional careers.
护理和医学专业的学习角色和要求涉及特定的压力源，这些压力源可能会增加心理健康问题的风险。污名是护理和医学专业学生寻求心理健康问题帮助的障碍，这使得这些学生容易受到负面后果的影响，包括更高的失败率和学业中断。心理健康急救（MHFA）是一种潜在的干预措施，可以增加医学生和护理专业学生支持同龄人寻求心理健康问题帮助的可能性。本研究旨在评估针对护理和医学专业学生的量身定制的 MHFA 课程的有效性。
护理和医学专业的学生自行选择参加面对面或在线量身定制的 MHFA 课程。共有 434 名护理和医学专业的学生完成了课程前后的调查，调查内容包括心理健康急救意向、心理健康素养、提供帮助的信心、歧视态度以及对课程的满意度。
研究结果表明，在线和面对面课程都提高了对经历抑郁的人进行急救的质量，并提高了心理健康素养和提供帮助的信心。培训还降低了对抑郁症患者的歧视态度和社会隔离的愿望。
在线和面对面的量身定制的 MHFA 课程都有可能改善有心理健康问题的学生的结果，并可能有益于他们未来的职业生涯。
