Healio (3/8, Demko) reports, “A high school peer-to-peer depression awareness program in Michigan that encouraged students to both learn about and educate other students about mental illness reduced stigma and increased knowledge about depression, perception in identifying those who may have depression and willingness to get help for themselves,” researchers concluded after examining data from “the 2015 to 2016 outcome data from 10 high schools involved in the Peer-to-Peer Depression Awareness Program.” The findings of the 878-participant study were published online March 1 in Psychiatric Services, a publication of the American Psychiatric Association.
Related Links:
— “Student-led awareness program boosts teens’ knowledge of depression,” Parikh SV, et al., , March 8, 2018.