NCT03649776

Training Church Leaders in Mental Health First Aid

Training Community Members in Mental Health First Aid

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 324 (actual)
• Sponsor: Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc. · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 21 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

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.

Conditions

• Stigma

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Mental Health First Aid	Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is listed in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices. The program also teaches the common risk factors and warning signs of specific types of illnesses like anxiety, depression, substance use, bipolar disorder, eating disorders, and schizophrenia. Participants are introduced to local mental health resources, national organizations, support groups, and online tools for mental health and addictions treatment and support.

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-02-27
• Primary completion: 2020-12-31
• Completion: 2022-06-30
• First posted: 2018-08-28
• Last updated: 2021-03-29

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States