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April 10, 2026Psychology in the SchoolsOpen Access

Exploring Suicide Prevention Gatekeeper Interventions for Schools: A Scoping Review

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LØLena Rossen ØstergaardSJS. JørgensenLBLotus Sofie Bast

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Overview

A scoping review examines gatekeeper interventions' efficacy in schools, highlighting barriers and outcomes.

Key Points

  • This review aims to summarize gatekeeper training interventions for suicide prevention in schools and identify key characteristics and challenges.
  • Followed PRISMA-ScR guidelines for scoping reviews.
  • Used the Usable Innovation Framework to extract intervention characteristics.
  • Employed the COM-B model to interpret behavioral outcomes.
  • Analyzed 39 articles discussing 37 studies on gatekeeper interventions.
  • Identified seven categories of gatekeeper training.
  • GKT generally improved staff knowledge but had variable impacts on actual intervention behaviors.
  • Time constraints and resource limitations were primary barriers to implementation.

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Østergaard et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d894326c1944d70ce05120https://doi.org/10.1002/pits.70156
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