Assessment of a Pilot Peer Support Program for Suicide Prevention on a Medical School Campus: Impact on Awareness, Stigma, and Self-Efficacy for Outreach.

Cassandra Balson, Justin York, David Cipriano, Jeffery D Fritz, Sara Kohlbeck, Shane Huang, Margaret Lieb
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With the continued rise in mental health concerns, including suicide on college campuses nationwide, many academic institutions have developed peer-support programs. Correspondingly, the Medical College of Wisconsin developed and evaluated Seeking Peer Outreach* as its pioneer suicide prevention initiative. Seeking Peer Outreach* is an innovative approach to provide all medical students near-peer support and outreach encouraging engagement and conversations in effort to reduce the stigma and isolation often associated with mental health concerns in professional education. This study explores the effectiveness and efficacy of Seeking Peer Outreach* - a 3-tiered peer-support system. A survey of medical students, faculty, and staff demonstrated that the program increased knowledge on suicidal thoughts and behaviors and improved self-efficacy in talking about mental health with peers. It also showed that effective training helps individuals gain confidence with mental health interventions and suicide prevention.

医学院校园自杀预防同伴支持试点项目评估:对外联意识、耻辱感和自我效能的影响。
随着包括自杀在内的心理健康问题在全国大学校园的持续上升,许多学术机构都制定了同伴支持计划。相应地,威斯康星医学院开发并评估了 "寻求同伴外联 "*,作为其预防自杀的先驱举措。寻求同伴外联*是一种创新方法,为所有医科学生提供近距离的同伴支持和外联,鼓励参与和对话,努力减少专业教育中与心理健康问题相关的耻辱感和孤立感。本研究探讨了 "寻求同伴外联*"--一个三级同伴支持系统--的有效性和功效。对医科学生、教职员工的调查显示,该项目增加了对自杀想法和行为的了解,提高了与同伴谈论心理健康的自我效能。调查还显示,有效的培训有助于个人增强对心理健康干预和自杀预防的信心。
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