Suicide Prevention by Empowering Adolescents in Pakistan (SEPAK)

This intervention covers depression and its symptoms, the link between depression and suicide, the risk and protective factors associated with suicide, the warning signs of suicide, seeking help and overcoming barriers to seeking help, and school and community suicide prevention resources. Six educational posters will also be displayed in class rooms

It is a manualised programme for gatekeepers, originally developed in the USA which to train teachers/school staff to identify the suicide risk in students and encourage students at risk of suicide to seek professional help. Six educational posters will also be displayed in classrooms.

This is an indicated or selective intervention which is based on students' responses to the baseline questionnaires. Participating health professionals review students' responses to the questionnaires used in the study and students whose scores meet pre-established cutoff points will be invited to participate in a professional mental health clinical assessment and if needed, referred to clinical services. Six educational posters will also be displayed in classrooms.

Six educational posters will be displayed in all schools in this cluster.

It is a manualised programme for gatekeepers (parents), originally developed in the USA which to train parents to support the young people at risk of suicide. Six educational posters will also be displayed in classrooms.