SynthesisClinical child and family psychology review2024
Brief School-Based Interventions Targeting Student Mental Health or Well-Being: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
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Who cites it
16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- The African youth in mind (Y-MIND) brief psychological intervention for depression among school-going adolescents in Ghana: a development case series.BMC psychiatry · 2026Trial
- Effects and costs of a multi-component menstrual health intervention (MENISCUS) on mental health problems, educational performance, and menstrual health in Ugandan secondary schools: an open-label, school-based, cluster-randomised controlled trial.The Lancet. Global health · 2025Trial
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- Social exclusion in educational settings and the risk of alienation in adolescent development: a narrative review from a mind-body interaction perspective.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Review
- Behavioral pathways and psychosocial determinants of adolescent mental health: positioning nutrition health literacy as a candidate upstream target.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Review
- Compassionate mind training as school-based social and emotional learning: extension to younger pupils and effects of programme dosage.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Drama-in-education in rural Chinese primary schools: effects on self-concept, social connectedness, and psychosocial wellbeing.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- The Alongside Digital Wellness Program for Youth: Longitudinal Pre-Post Outcomes Study.JMIR formative research · 2025Article
- Enhancing medical student training during psychiatry clerkship through a school-based mental health approach: a qualitative study.Korean journal of medical education · 2025Article
- Impact of the best possible self intervention on affective well-being in early adolescence: A randomized controlled online trial.Internet interventions · 2025Article
- Effect of the Reassured Self-Compassion-Based School Program on Anxiety, Video Game Addiction, and Body Image Among Rural Female Adolescents: Retrospective Study.JMIR formative research · 2025Article
- Climate change and resource insecurity-related mental health stressors among young adolescents in Kenya: Qualitative multi-method insights.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2025Article
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Abstract
Brief, school-based mental health interventions hold promise for reducing barriers to mental health support access, a critical endeavor in light of increasing rates of mental health concerns among youth. However, there is no consensus on whether or not brief school-based interventions are effective at reducing mental health concerns or improving well-being. This systematic review and meta-analysis aims to provide consensus and determine directions for future work. Articles were included if they examined a brief (≤ four sessions or 240 min of intervention time) psychosocial intervention, were conducted within a Pre-K through 12th-grade school setting, included at least one treatment outcome evaluating mental health or well-being, and were published since 2000. A total of 6,702 papers were identified through database searching, of which 81 papers (k studies = 75) were ultimately selected for inclusion. A total of 40,498 students were included across studies and a total of 75 unique interventions were examined. A total of 324 effect sizes were extracted. On average, interventions led to statistically significant improvements in mental health/well-being outcomes versus control conditions up to one-month (g = .18, p = .004), six-month (g = .15, p = .006), and one-year (g = .10, p = .03) post-intervention. There may be benefits to brief school-based interventions from a preventative public health standpoint; future research may focus on how to optimize their real-world utility. Prospero pre-registration: CRD42021255079.
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