**2.2 Self-assessment**

Every selected layperson participated in two waves of self-assessment for the risk of suicide behavior; the first wave of self-assessment took place immediately prior to the start of training, and the second wave, at the close of the training. Participants used the revised 32-item Response Inventory for Stressful Life Events (RISLE) [12] to determine their suicidal behavior risk. The participating laypersons were members of the same communities that lived with the experience of distress in the forms of suicide, suicide attempts, suicide ideation, alcohol use disorders, and domestic violence. The underlying principles in suicide risk self-assessments were as follows:


*Lay Counselors' Mental Wellness in Suicide Prevention after Prolonged Mass Trauma… DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.106620*
