SynthesisEuropean child & adolescent psychiatry2006
Screening and early psychological intervention for depression in schools : systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- The Effectiveness of Preventative Interventions to Reduce Mental Health Problems in at-risk Children and Young People: A Systematic Review of Reviews.Journal of prevention (2022) · 2024Pooled it
- Is it worth investing in mental health promotion and prevention of mental illness? A systematic review of the evidence from economic evaluations.BMC public health · 2008Pooled it
- A multifaceted intervention to improve mental health literacy in students of a multicampus university: a cluster randomised trial.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2014Trial
- Trends in Mental Health: A Review of the Most Influential Research on Depression in Children and Adolescents.Annals of general psychiatry · 2024Article
- Early detection of students' mental health issues from a traditional daily health observation scheme in Japanese schools and its digitalization.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Do Boys and Girls Display Different Levels of Depression in Response to Mobile Phone Addiction? Examining the Longitudinal Effects of Four Types of Mobile Phone Addiction.Psychology research and behavior management · 2024Article
- Closing the gap between screening and depression prevention: a qualitative study on barriers and facilitators from the perspective of public health professionals in a school-based prevention approach.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Mental Health Prevention and Promotion-A Narrative Review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Review
- Contextualized School-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Intervention for Malaysian Secondary School Students.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2020Article
- A School-Based Program to Promote Well-Being in Preadolescents: Results From a Cluster Quasi-Experimental Controlled Study.The journal of primary prevention · 2019Article
- Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Children and Adolescents: Can Attachment Theory Contribute to Its Efficacy?Clinical child and family psychology review · 2016Review
- Perinatal Risks and Childhood Premorbid Indicators of Later Psychosis: Next Steps for Early Psychosocial Interventions.Schizophrenia bulletin · 2015Review
- An evidence map of psychosocial interventions for the earliest stages of bipolar disorder.The lancet. Psychiatry · 2015Review
- Relationship between salivary cortisol and depression in adolescent survivors of a major natural disaster.The journal of physiological sciences : JPS · 2014Article
- Children's Depression Screener (ChilD-S): development and validation of a depression screening instrument for children in pediatric care.Child psychiatry and human development · 2012Article
- A population study comparing screening performance of prototypes for depression and anxiety with standard scales.BMC medical research methodology · 2011Article
- Prodromal symptoms and atypical affectivity as predictors of major depression in juveniles: implications for prevention.Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines · 2010Review
- Quantifying the value of markers in screening programmes.European journal of epidemiology · 2010Article
- Rasch model analysis of the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scales (DASS).BMC psychiatry · 2009Article
- The Case for School-Based Depression Screening: Evidence From Established Programs.Report on emotional & behavioral disorders in youth · 2009Article
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Abstract
Depression in children and adolescents is considerably undertreated, and the school may be a good setting for identifying and treating depression. We conducted a meta-analysis of studies in which students were screened for depression, and those with depressive symptoms were treated with a psychological intervention. Only randomised controlled trials were included. Eight studies met the inclusion criteria. Five studies focused on younger children (7-14 years) and three studies were aimed at adolescents (12-19 years). In total 5803 students were screened, of whom 7.2% were included in the intervention studies (95% CI: 7.1-7.3). The 'numbers-needed-to-screen' was 31 (95% CI: 27-32), which means that 31 students had to be screened in order to generate one successfully treated case of depression. The effects of the psychological treatments at post-test were compared to control conditions in the 8 studies comprising 12 contrast groups, with a total of 413 students. The mean effect size was 0.55 (95% CI: 0.35-0.76). There were not enough studies to examine whether specific psychotherapies were superior to other psychotherapies. Although the number of studies is small and their quality is limited, screening and early intervention at schools may be an effective strategy to reduce the burden of disease from depression in children and adolescents. More research on the (negative) effects of these interventions is needed.
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