School-Based Mental Health Interventions
Universal SEL interventions have the strongest evidence base for improving social-emotional skills and reducing short-term depression and anxiety symptoms. Psychologist-delivered CBT is described as too costly to scale widely. Most systema…
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Universal SEL interventions have the strongest evidence base for improving social-emotional skills and reducing short-term depression and anxiety symptoms. Psychologist-delivered CBT is described as too costly to scale widely. Most systematic reviews find existing school-based programmes have weak to modest effects. Teacher-led programmes are considered insufficient for students with emerging symptoms. Schools are presented as the primary institutional setting for preventive mental health interventions.