Table 3.

Strategies employed in talking to a young person about their mental health problem in the past 6 months

	Pre-training (n = 99)	6-months (n = 99)	p-value
Strategies employed (frequency ≥ 'Once'):
Spent time listening to their problem	91.9%	99%	0.016
Helped to calm them down	66.7%	66.7%	-*
Talked to them about suicidal thoughts	46.5%	54.6%	0.169
Recommended they seek professional help	72.7%	87.9%	0.003
Recommended self-help strategies	45.5%	68.7%	<0.001
Gave them information about their problem	19.2%	45.5%	< 0.001
Gave them information about local services	44.4%	63.6%	0.002
Made an appointment for them with services	31.3%	37.4%	0.327
Referred them to books or websites about their problem	20.2%	32.3%	0.043

* could not be estimated.