| Abstract [eng] |
Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) was implemented in Lithuania as part of the suicide prevention program. The purpose of the training is to teach participants to recognise and help people with possible suicidal thoughts. The main goal of this study is to evaluate the efficiency of the suicide intervention (“ASIST”) training. The study included 525 participants who completed “ASIST” training. The level of suicide intervention skills was assessed before the training, right after the training and 3 months post training. The study used the Suicide Intervention Response Inventory – Revised (SIRI-2), Neimeyer & Bonnelle, 1997; Astrauskas, Skruibis ir Kaušakytė, 2016 (Lithuanian translation). The results indicate that participants did not show a statistically significant change in their suicide prevention skills right after the ASIST training, however there was a slight tendency towards improvement in their skills 3 months post training. The effectiveness of the “ASIST” training did not depend on the initial level of expertise of the study participants or the location the training. |
