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Table 7 Significant associations between type of training and specific positive actionsa

From: Associations of training to assist a suicidal person with subsequent quality of support: results from a national survey of the Australian public

Type of training

Positive actions that were more likely

Professional

Ask if he/she has the means to kill himself/herself.

Ask if he/she has a plan for suicide—for example a date or how they will die.

MHFA

Ask if he/she has been thinking about killing himself/herself.

Ask if he/she has the means to kill himself/herself.

Ask if he/she has a plan for suicide—for example a date or how they will die.

Other

Ask if he/she has the means to kill himself/herself.

Ask if he/she has a plan for suicide—for example a date or how they will die.

  1. aSignificant with Bonferroni-adjusted alpha of 0.05/10 = 0.005