Are school-based suicide prevention programs effective?

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Are school-based suicide prevention interventions effective? 

To systematically explore the evidence base for school-based suicide prevention, we did an overview of reviews, summarizing all of the systematic reviews on the topic

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Ask HEDCO: What is an overview of reviews, and what can I learn from it?
One of the most comprehensive types of research summaries is called an overview of reviews, also called “umbrella reviews,” “meta-reviews,” or “reviews of reviews.” These overviews synthesize evidence from all systematic reviews on a specific topic, and their broad scope makes them a useful tool for educational decision-makers.
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Findings From School-Based Suicide Prevention Overview 
This interactive tool visualizes findings from our overview of systematic reviews on school-based suicide prevention interventions by summarizing intervention effects and group comparisons with certainty of evidence ratings.