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Smith, Lucy; Callaghan, Jane E. M.; Fellin, Lisa C. – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2020
Telephone helplines offer a valued service for those in distress. However, little research has explored the experience of helpline volunteers. Through semi-structured interviews, we explore the volunteering experiences of nine long-term UK Samaritan volunteers. Interviews were analysed using Interpretive Interactionism. The analysis highlighted…
Descriptors: Volunteers, Experience, Motivation, Foreign Countries
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Anne Marie Iaccopucci; Monica M. Lobenstein; Kendra M. Lewis; Kea Norrell-Aitch – Journal of Human Sciences & Extension, 2024
Mental health challenges for youth continue to be a growing concern. Youth-serving organizations have the potential to play a significant role in recognizing the signs and symptoms of mental health challenges in youth. The Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA) training course is widely used to equip adults working with youth with skills to support…
Descriptors: Extension Education, Mental Health, First Aid, Training
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Kodish, Tamar; Kim, Joanna J.; Le, Kenny; Yu, Stephanie H.; Bear, Laurel; Lau, Anna S. – School Mental Health, 2020
Schools across the US have implemented suicide prevention procedures to detect risk among students and facilitate linkage to mental health services. Yet, many students at risk for suicide do not access mental health treatment, and significant racial/ethnic disparities in service utilization persist. Quality improvement of suicide prevention…
Descriptors: Suicide, Prevention, At Risk Students, Health Services
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Nickerson, Amanda B.; Serwacki, Michelle L.; Brock, Stephen E.; Savage, Todd A.; Woitaszewski, Scott A.; Louvar Reeves, Melissa A. – Psychology in the Schools, 2014
This study details a program evaluation of the "PREPaRE School Crisis Prevention and Intervention Training Curriculum" ("PREPaRE"), conducted in the United States and Canada between 2009 and 2011. Significant improvements in crisis prevention and intervention attitudes and knowledge were shown among 875 "Crisis Prevention…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Prevention, Crisis Intervention, Crisis Management
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Drummond, Wilhelmina J. – Adolescence, 1980
Describes the results of a survey on characteristics of Youthliners, adolescent peer counselors who staff a hotline service in New Zealand. (SS)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Attitudes, Crisis Intervention
Bard, Morton – 1972
A study is presented of two methods of resolving personal and family disputes by police in low income housing projects and by precinct crisis intervention units. In addition to the analysis of the variables that make for disputes in which police are called upon to intervene, the study addressed itself to an examination of general police…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Community Relations, Conflict, Conflict Resolution