Workplace Mental Health Awareness Training: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial. Issue 4 (April 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Tan, Leona; Harvey, Samuel B.; Deady, Mark; Dobson, Mark; Donohoe, Alison; Suk, Curie; Paterson, Helen; Bryant, Richard
• Is Part Of: Journal of occupational and environmental medicine. Volume 63:Issue 4(2021)
• Publication Date: 2021-04
• Subjects: first responders -- help-seeking -- mental health -- mental ill health -- psychoeducation -- RCT -- workplace; Medicine, Industrial -- Periodicals; Environmental health -- Periodicals; Occupational Medicine -- Periodicals; Environmental Medicine -- Periodicals; Environmental health; Medicine, Industrial; Periodicals; Electronic journals; 616.9803
• DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000002121
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1076-2752

Abstract

Abstract : Objective: To investigate the efficacy of a workplace mental health awareness training program on help-seeking and mental health outcomes. Methods: A cluster randomized controlled trial was conducted comparing those who received standard training ( N = 210) or standard training with a mental health awareness module ( N = 208). Both groups were followed up for 3 years with the primary outcome being likelihood to seek help. Results: Rates of likely help-seeking were slightly higher in the intervention group 6 months after the training, but this was not maintained over time. There was no significant difference between study conditions for mental health outcomes or actual help-seeking among those with probable mental disorder at any time point. Conclusions: Workplace mental health awareness training has a limited short-term impact on likelihood of help-seeking and does not appear to improve mental health outcomes.