How effective are school-based anxiety prevention programs?

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How effective are school-based anxiety prevention programs?

Findings from our review suggest anxiety prevention programs are likely to reduce anxiety and depression symptoms on average, but the effect is small. 

This review is being converted to a living systematic review. Update expected: May 2025

Our interactive dashboards can help you compare study findings across different contexts and see which interventions had beneficial effects, and explore all the research used in our review:

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Technical Resources 

A free e-book version of the technical report is available here on GitHub.

A downloadable version of our technical report—and our protocol, data, code, and materials—are available here on the Open Science Framework.

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