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. 2020 Oct 9;22(10):e18672. doi: 10.2196/18672

Table 4.

Measured and significant intervention outcomes.

Authors (references) Suicidality Co-occurring mental health issues Perceptions and knowledge of suicide Help seeking Coping behavior Treatment initiation Significant outcomes
Universal

Aseltine et ala [34] b N/Ac N/A N/A Suicide attempts, decrease; adaptive attitudes about suicide, increase; knowledge about suicide, increase

Bailey et al [35] N/A N/A Distress, decrease at T1d and T2d; adaptive attitudes about suicide, increase; knowledge about suicide increase; help seeking for self at T2 and T3d, increase

Freedenthal [36] N/A N/A N/A N/A Help seeking by hotline, increase; help seeking from adult, decrease; help seeking from a peer, decrease

Haas et al [37] N/A N/A N/A N/A Outpatient treatment initiation for students who received evaluation and dialogue with counselor, increase

Han et ala [38] N/A N/A N/A Knowledge of suicide, increase at posttest; attitude about help seeking from a professional, increase

Pisani et ala,e [39] N/A N/A N/A Not reported

Robinson et al [40] N/A N/A N/A Not reported

Schilling et ala [41] N/A N/A N/A Suicidal ideation, planning, or attempts decrease among intervention participants with pretest suicidal ideation; knowledge about suicide, increase

Wyman et ala [42] N/A N/A Perceptions of seeking help from adults, increase; help seeking from nonmental health professional, increase; help seeking from a peer, increase
Selective

Dickter et al [43] N/A N/A N/A N/A Suicidal ideation, decrease

Hetrick et al [44] N/A N/A N/A N/A Suicidal ideation, decrease; depression symptoms, significant decrease

Iorfino et al [45] N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Not reported

King et ala [46] N/A Stigma to seek help for mental health issues, decrease; help seeking from a mental health professional, increase; help seeking from family members, increase; help seeking from a peer, increase; outpatient treatment initiation, increase
Indicated

Bertolote et ala [47] N/A N/A N/A N/A Not reported

Czyz et ala [48] N/A N/A N/A N/A Coping for suicidal behavior, increase; coping with safety plan, increase

Hetrick et ala [49] N/A N/A N/A Not reported

King et ala [50] N/A N/A N/A N/A Suicidal ideation, decrease at 6 weeks and 6 months of follow-up among multiple attempters

King et al [51] N/A N/A N/A N/A Suicidal ideation, decrease; distress, decrease

Mehlum et ala [52] N/A N/A N/A Suicidal ideation, decrease; depression symptoms, decrease

Normand et al [53] N/A N/A N/A N/A Not reported

O’Brien et al [54] N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Not reported

Rosenbaum et ala
[55]
N/A N/A N/A Outpatient treatment initiation, increase

Tan et ala,e [56] N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Not reported

Yen et al [57] N/A N/A N/A N/A Suicidal ideation, decrease

Yen et al [58] N/A N/A N/A N/A Not reported
All tiers

Silverstone et al [59] N/A N/A N/A N/A Suicidal ideation, planning, and attempts, decrease among actively suicidal participants; depression symptoms, decrease; anxiety, decrease

aIndicates the study was a randomized controlled trial.

bThe study reports that outcome.

cN/A: not applicable.

dT1, T2, and T3 indicate the time trials of the larger study.

eThe study’s purpose was to promote help seeking, but no variables directly reported the help-seeking behaviors of the participants.