Law Enforcement Officers’ (LEO) interactions with people facing mental health crises have risen exponentially since the era of deinstitutionalization. On average, about 10% of the individuals law enforcement interacts with daily have mental health challenges. Several factors influence the outcome of these interactions, not least of which is an officer's role as a gatekeeper as well as their training related to people with mental health challenges. We hypothesized that participating in the online QPR Training for Law Enforcement Officers would be associated with improved knowledge about suicide, attitudes to suicide and suicide intervention, and self-efficacy. Additionally, we hypothesized that these outcomes would be associated with greater use of intervention skills when encountering individuals at risk for suicide in the community. Results of our longitudinal analysis find that most of the participating officers reported some prior training and yet demonstrated statistically significant improvements in knowledge and attitudes after controlling for previous training. No significant changes were observed in LEO’s use of intervention skills following training. We conclude by suggesting that there is substantial need for increased training; and offering possible conceptual and empirical explanations for the observed results.

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与执法人员一起进行自杀干预培训

自去机构化时代以来，执法人员 (LEO) 与面临心理健康危机的人的互动呈指数级增长。平均而言，每天与执法部门打交道的个人中约有 10% 面临心理健康挑战。有几个因素会影响这些互动的结果，其中最重要的是官员作为看门人的角色以及他们对有心理健康挑战的人的培训。我们假设参加执法人员在线 QPR 培训将与提高有关自杀的知识、对自杀和自杀干预的态度以及自我效能感有关。此外，我们假设这些结果与在社区中遇到有自杀风险的个人时更多地使用干预技能有关。我们的纵向分析结果发现，大多数参与的军官报告了一些先前的训练，但在控制先前的训练后，他们的知识和态度在统计上有显着改善。LEO 在培训后对干预技能的使用没有观察到显着变化。我们的结论是，我们非常需要增加培训；并为观察到的结果提供可能的概念和经验解释。我们的结论是，我们非常需要增加培训；并为观察到的结果提供可能的概念和经验解释。我们的结论是，我们非常需要增加培训；并为观察到的结果提供可能的概念和经验解释。