title: Identifying and Referring Youths at Risk for Suicide Following Participation in School-Based Gatekeeper Training.
abstract: Gatekeeper training is a core strategy of the Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Suicide Prevention Act of 2004. Using data gathered from school-based gatekeeper trainings implemented by GLS grantees, this analysis examines training and gatekeeper factors associated with (1) identification and referral patterns and (2) services at-risk youths receive. Time spent interacting with youths was positively correlated with the number of gatekeeper identifications and knowledge about service receipt. Gatekeepers who participated in longer trainings identified proportionately more at-risk youths than participants in shorter trainings. Most gatekeeper trainees referred the identified youths to services regardless of training type.
authors.affiliation: ICF International, Atlanta, GA, USA.
authors.forename: Donna
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9619-8714
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Susanne Condron
authors.affiliation: ICF International, Atlanta, GA, USA.
authors.forename: Lucas Godoy
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Garraza
authors.affiliation: ICF International, Atlanta, GA, USA.
authors.forename: Christine M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Walrath
authors.affiliation: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Rockville, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: McKeon
authors.affiliation: Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA.
authors.forename: David B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Goldston
authors.affiliation: Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Nicole S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Heilbron
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004493:Education / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D011314:Preventive Health Services / Q000379:methods*; D011316:Preventive Psychiatry / Q000379:methods*; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods; D012572:School Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012574:Schools / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012944:Social Support; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D000092864:Suicide Prevention