Interventions
Affective Disorders
The SEYLE study consisted of three active intervention arms and one control arm: (1) A gatekeeper intervention: Question, Persuade and Refer (QPR), (2) A psychoeducational intervention: Youth Aware of Mental health programme (YAM), (3) A universal screener and selective intervention: Screening by Professional and Refer (ProfScreen) and (4) A Minimal Intervention arm (Control). The interventions were provided between baseline and the three-month follow-up. Two interventions (QPR, YAM) use a universal intervention approach, while ProfScreen utilizes a universal screening and selective-indicative intervention approach.A full description of each arm can be found in [
The QPR is a standardised gate-keeper programme [The YAM is a standardised mental health awareness programme developed for the SEYLE study targeting pupils [ProfScreen is a two-stage school-based screening approach, which was developed for the SEYLE study[The ProfScreen clinical interview was a semi-structured clinical interview, which was based on the Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School-Age Children [4) The Control arm were, for ethical reasons, provided with minimal intervention. Psycho-educational posters were displayed in the pupils’ classrooms. Contact information for local health care providers was provided on these posters.