School-Based Mental Health Interventions

Uses

Benefits

Risks & contraindications

Comparisons

Evidence quality

Highlighted claims

• Schools are presented as the primary institutional setting for preventive mental health interventions. — Study protocol of the e-Intervention Enhancing Mental Health in Adolescents (IMPROVA) project: a randomised controlled trial to promote adolescents’ mental health and well-being in four European countries
• Universal SEL interventions have the strongest evidence base for improving social-emotional skills and reducing short-term depression and anxiety symptoms. — Study protocol of the e-Intervention Enhancing Mental Health in Adolescents (IMPROVA) project: a randomised controlled trial to promote adolescents’ mental health and well-being in four European countries
• Most systematic reviews find existing school-based programmes have weak to modest effects. — Study protocol of the e-Intervention Enhancing Mental Health in Adolescents (IMPROVA) project: a randomised controlled trial to promote adolescents’ mental health and well-being in four European countries
• Teacher-led programmes are considered insufficient for students with emerging symptoms. — Study protocol of the e-Intervention Enhancing Mental Health in Adolescents (IMPROVA) project: a randomised controlled trial to promote adolescents’ mental health and well-being in four European countries
• Psychologist-delivered CBT is described as too costly to scale widely. — Study protocol of the e-Intervention Enhancing Mental Health in Adolescents (IMPROVA) project: a randomised controlled trial to promote adolescents’ mental health and well-being in four European countries