Depression Prevention Research Database
This interactive tool is a comprehensive collection of all empirical research that has been done on the effectiveness of school-based depression prevention programs for K-12 students as of October 2022.
This tool can help you find research studies that evaluated programs designed to prevent depression in K-12 students, allowing you to focus on studies that relate to your specific school context or student population.
The information in this database was compiled as part of a systematic review and meta-analysis, which involves an exhaustive search of the literature base on a topic to assess the effectiveness of school-based depression prevention programs.
Using the tool:
Filters
- Using the filters, you can select a variety of characteristics – location, school type, outcomes, and others – and the table will auto-populate all the studies that included schools or students that meet those criteria.
- To filter by state, first select United States for Country and a State filter will pop up.
- A complete list of definitions for each filter option can be found in the Glossary tab.
Table Information
- The table includes links to the research publication, webpage information for the corresponding author, and links to the program and/or clearinghouse website for brand-name interventions (when available). If you have questions regarding a specific study, please contact the corresponding author directly. Many researchers are happy to discuss their work and answer questions you might have regarding their research.
- Selecting the Glossary tab provides descriptions of terms used in the table.
- Selecting the Summary Statistics tab will provide you with frequency tables of characteristics from studies meeting your criteria based on the filters you have selected.
Missing Data
- Many researchers did not report key information, such as student race/ethnicity or other student demographic information. If your filters do not return any studies, researchers have not studied those populations OR simply did not report if they did.
- 69% of studies did not report any student race/ethnicity information.