Early detection of adolescents at risk of suicide by gatekeepers training: a systematic review

Identifier:  TFG:2081

Handle: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/TFG2081

Authors:  Balada Monfort, Laia

Abstract:
Introduction: suicide, nowadays, is considered a serious public health problem because the suicide rate is kept on or even been increasing during the last years. This fact shows that we realize that we need prevention programs. In the next study, the programs were aimed at teenagers, period of time from 10 to 19 which is of growth and human development full of changes. In these programs they train Gatekeepers to detect teenagers in risk at secondary school and universities. Objective: to assess, through a systematic review, if the training of Gatekeepers in high schools and universities helps the early detection of adolescents in risk of suicide. Methodology: systematic review of scientific articles and after the analysis. Results: for this systematic review, there have been recovered 9 articles that applied the prevention programs with Gatekeepers for the teenager population at secundary school and universities have been recovered. In these ones, it was seen that the personal that did the training increased significantly the real knowledge, the perceived knowledge and the self-confidence and, although it did not stay in its totality in the later months but continued having the knowledge to be able to continue putting them into practice. Conclusions: despite the lack of support for the institutions, it has been shown that it could be a good tool for detecting teens in risk of suicide and increase the knowledge of it.