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Table 4 Correct answers regarding identification/referral of adolescents described in vignettes before and after training (N = 30*)

From: Evaluating the effectiveness of a training program that builds teachers’ capability to identify and appropriately refer middle and high school students with mental health problems in Brazil: an exploratory study

Teachers’ correct answers

Psychopathological conditions

Normal adolescence

Conduct

Mania

Depression

Hyperactivity

High risk**

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

Before training

      

Psychopathological conditions

      
 

Identifies as a problem and refers to:

      
 

  Mental health care

20 (66.7)

15 (50.0)

24 (80.0)

11 (36.7)

19 (63.3)

 
 

  Mental health care & after-school help

9 (30.0)

9 (30.0)

0 (0.0)

12 (40.0)

3 (10.0)

 
 

  Mental health care & other

0 (0.0)

1 (3.3)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (3.3)

 
 

Total of correct answers

29 (96.7)

25 (83.3)

24 (80.0)

23 (76.7)

23 (76.7)

 

Normal adolescence

      
 

Does not identify as a problem and:

      
 

  Does not refer

     

19 (63.3)

 

  Talk to parents

     

1 (3.3)

 

Total of correct answers

     

20 (66.7)

After training

      

Psychopathological conditions

      
 

Identifies as a problem and refers to:

      
 

  Mental health care

22 (73.3)

18 (60.0)

22 (73.3)

14 (46.7)

22 (73.3)

 
 

  Mental health care & after-school help

6 (20.0)

7 (23.3)

3 (10.0)

7 (23.3)

2 (6.7)

 
 

  Mental health care & other

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (3.3)

0 (0.0)

 
 

Total of correct answers

28 (93.3)

25 (83.3)

25 (83.3)

22 (73.3)

24 (80.0)

 

Normal adolescence

      
 

Does not identify as a problem and:

      
 

  Does not refer

     

24 (80.0)

 

  Talk to parents

     

0 (0.0)

 

Total of correct answers

     

24 (80.0)

  1. *Two teachers excluded due to incomplete data in questionnaires applied before and/or after training.
  2. **High risk for psychosis.