Aim 1

Any adult (e.g., parents, teachers, doctors, office supervisors and staff, police officers, caseworkers, students) can be trained in QPR. A QPR-trained gatekeeper learns the following: how to recognize suicide warning signs, how to calmly ask questions and listen to an at-risk person, and how to get help for someone at-risk. The training includes providing a brief history of suicide prevention, epidemiology/statistics pertaining to suicide, risk factors, warning signs, and protective factors, facts and myths of suicide, common ways in which someone may express suicidal thoughts and feelings, and general strategies for interacting and intervening with at-risk individuals during a moment of crisis.

Gryglewicz, K., Garrison, C. M. T., Childs, K. K., Labouliere, C. D., & Karver, M. S. (2024). Examining individual and service delivery context variables and their association with the effectiveness of QPR suicide prevention gatekeeper training. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 51(1), 47-59. 

Peterson, A. L., Monahan, M. F., Bender, A. M., Gryglewicz, K., & Karver, M. S. (2021). Don’t invite everyone! Training variables impacting the effectiveness of QPR trainings. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 48, 343-353.

Hangartner, R. B., Totura, C. M. W., Labouliere, C. D., Gryglewicz, K., & Karver, M. S. (2019). Benchmarking the “Question, Persuade, Refer” program against evaluations of established suicide prevention gatekeeper trainings. Suicide and Life‐Threatening Behavior, 49(2), 353-370.

Totura, C. M. W., Labouliere, C. D., Gryglewicz, K., & Karver, M. S. (2019). The role of youth trainee–trainer alliance and involvement in school-based prevention: A moderated-mediation model of student gatekeeper suicide prevention training. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 46, 209-219.