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Saavedra, Lissette M.; Morgan-López, Antonio A.; West, Stephen G.; Alegría, Margarita; Silverman, Wendy K. – Prevention Science, 2023
Psychiatric epidemiologists, developmental psychopathologists, prevention scientists, and treatment researchers have long speculated that treating child anxiety disorders could prevent alcohol and other drug use disorders in young adulthood. A primary challenge in examining long-term effects of anxiety disorder treatment from randomized controlled…
Descriptors: Children, Young Adults, Anxiety, Substance Abuse
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Jorge Gaete; Daniela Meza; Javiera Andaur; Samuel McKay; Jo Robinson; Daniel Nuñez – Prevention Science, 2025
Suicide prevention programs delivered in school settings have been shown to reduce suicide attempts and ideation among adolescents. School-based digital interventions targeting at-risk youth are a promising avenue for suicide prevention, and some evidence has shown that blending digital and face-to-face components may improve the effectiveness.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Health Promotion, Suicide, Prevention
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Deborah M. Caldwell; Jennifer C. Palmer; Katie E. Webster; Sarah R. Davies; Hugo Hughes; Joseph Rona; Rachel Churchill; Sarah E. Hetrick; Nicky J. Welton – Prevention Science, 2025
Many randomized controlled trials have investigated the role of school-based prevention interventions to reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression in young people. Systematic reviews have subsequently demonstrated a small, beneficial effect of these interventions when compared to a combined control group including usual care, no intervention, or…
Descriptors: Depression (Psychology), Prevention, Randomized Controlled Trials, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
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Barrett, Courtenay A.; Sleesman, Dustin J.; Spear, Shelbie E.; Clinkscales, Andryce; Amin, Tazkira – Prevention Science, 2023
Schools are the most common site to implement evidence-based prevention programs and practices (EBPs) to improve behavioral and mental health outcomes among children and adolescents. Research has highlighted the critical role of school administrators in the adoption, implementation, and evaluation of such EBPs, focusing on the factors they should…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Prevention, Child Behavior, Mental Health
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Zhang, Yanchen; Cook, Clayton R.; Azad, Gazi F.; Larson, Madeline; Merle, James L.; Thayer, Jordan; Pauls, Alex; Lyon, Aaron R. – Prevention Science, 2023
As the most common setting where youth access behavioral healthcare, the education sector frequently employs training and follow-up consultation as cornerstone implementation strategies to promote the implementation of evidence-based practices (EBPs). However, these strategies alone are not sufficient to promote desirable implementation (e.g.,…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Behavior Theories, Intention, Intervention
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Wilcox, Holly C.; Petras, Hanno; Brown, Hendricks C.; Kellam, Sheppard G. – Prevention Science, 2022
Three generations of developmental epidemiologically based randomized field trials of the Good Behavior Game (GBG) have been delivered to Baltimore elementary schools. With the collaboration of family and community partners, all three trials were directed at decreasing proximal targets of aggressive behavior and improving learning in first-grade…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Educational Games, Student Behavior, Behavior Modification