Kognito's Avatar-Based Suicide Prevention Training for College Students: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial and a Naturalistic Evaluation.

CONCLUSIONS: This first randomized controlled trial of the college student version of Kognito validates the findings of less rigorous studies. Few brief suicide prevention trainings have shown changes in trainee behaviors such as referrals of at-risk peers and trainees actual help-seeking behavior. These results are promising that Kognito may outperform other similar suicide prevention trainings. PMID: 30957909 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior - April 7, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Coleman D, Black N, Ng J, Blumenthal E Tags: Suicide Life Threat Behav Source Type: research