Examining bystander intervention for peer depression and sociodemographic correlates among university students in Singapore.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The Advancing Research To Eliminate Mental Illness Stigma (ARTEMIS) study evaluated the impact of an intervention developed and implemented in Singapore on attitudes towards depression in university students. We aimed to assess the likelihood of university students intervening when their peers suffer from depression, before and after the ARTEMIS intervention.

Methods

390 students were recruited from a university in Singapore. The ARTEMIS intervention comprised a lecture by a trained mental health professional, a sharing session by a person with lived experience of depression, and a question-and-answer segment with a panel. The Bystander Intervention Scale for Depression (BISD) was administered at baseline, post-intervention, and 3-month follow-up. BISD assessed

SUBMITTER: Lim BWZ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11388726 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature