Do school-based depression prevention
programs support youth?
Commissioned by the Ballmer Institute for Children’s Behavior Health, this review examines research on the effects of school-based depression prevention programs. We specifically reviewed evidence on programs delivered directly to K-12 students during the school day.
To get more details for each study included in our review, visit our interactive database of all studies:
Technical Resources
A free e-book version of the technical report is available here on GitHub.
For technical components of this report, please visit the project site on the Open Science Framework.
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Interactive Data Dashboard: Studies of School-Based Depression Prevention Programs
Learn more about the programs
For more information on the programs included in the review and their characteristics (e.g., cost, student age, curriculum goals), visit our Program Profiles supplement.