Gatekeeper training for suicideprevention : a theoretical model and review of the empirical literature / Crystal Burnette, Rajeev Ramchand, Lynsay Ayer.
Publication Info.
Santa Monica, Calif. : Rand National Defense Research Institute, [2015]
"Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense."
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
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PDF (JSTOR, viewed May 13, 2015).
Summary
In recent years, the rising rate of suicides by military personnel has generated concern among policymakers, military leaders, and the public at large. Based on a recommendation from an earlier RAND report on preventing suicide among military personnel, this report reviews the literature on gatekeeper models of suicideprevention to better understand what is known about the effectiveness of gatekeepers and gatekeeper training. The report presents a theoretical model describing how gatekeeper training may influence individual knowledge, beliefs, and attitudes that may, in turn, result in intervention behaviors. It then reviews the evidence supporting each of the relationships presented in this model, and concludes with recommendations for advancing research in this field.
