The number of studies and publications do not always correspond (e.g., a publication may include several studies or one study may be explained in several publications).
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Anticich SA, Barrett PM, Silverman W, Lacherez P, Gillies R. The prevention of childhood anxiety and promotion of resilience among preschool-aged children: a universal school based trial. Advances in School Mental Health Promotion 2013;6:93-121.
Araya R, Fritsch R, Spears M, Rojas G, Martinez V, et al. School intervention to improve mental health of students in Santiago, Chile: a randomized clinical trial. Journal of the American Medical Association Paediatrics 2013;167:1004–10.
Aune T, Stiles TC. Universal-based prevention of syndromal and subsyndromal social anxiety: a randomized controlled study. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 2009;77:867–79.
Barrett PM, Turner C. Prevention of anxiety symptoms in primary school children: preliminary results from a universal school-based trial. British Journal of Clinical Psychology 2001;40:399–410.
Barrett PM, Lock S, Farrell LJ. Developmental differences in universal preventive intervention for child anxiety. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry 2005;10:539–55.
Berger R, Pat-Horenczyk R, Gelkopf M. School-based intervention for prevention and treatment of elementary-students' terror-related distress in Israel: a quasi-randomized controlled trial. Journal of Traumatic Stress 2007;20:541–51.
Bouchard S, Gervais J, Gagnier N, Loranger C. Evaluation of a primary prevention program for anxiety disorders using story books with children aged 9–12 years. Journal of Primary Prevention 2013;34:345–58.
Calear AL, Christensen H, Mackinnon A, Griffiths KM, O'Kearney R. The YouthMood Project: a cluster randomized controlled trial of an online cognitive behavioral program with adolescents. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 2009;77:1021–32.
Chaplin TM, Gillham JE, Reivich, K, Elkon AG, Samuels B, et al. Depression prevention for early adolescent girls: a pilot study of all girls versus co-ed groups. Journal of Early Adolescence 2006;26:110–26.
Clarke GN, Hawkins W, Murphy M, Sheeber L. School-based primary prevention of depressive symptomatology in adolescents: findings from two studies. Journal of Adolescent Research 1993;8: 183–204.
Essau CA, Conradt J, Sasagawa S, Ollendick TH. Prevention of anxiety symptoms in children: results from a universal school-based trial. Behavior Therapy 2012;43:450–64.
Garaigordobil M. Effects of a psychological intervention on factors of emotional development during adolescence. European Journal of Psychological Assessment 2004;20:66.
Gillham JE, Hamilton J, Freres DR, Patton K, Gallop R. Preventing depression among early adolescents in the primary care setting: A randomized controlled study of the Penn Resiliency Program. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology 2006;34:203–19.
Gillham JE, Reivich KJ, Freres DR, Chaplin TM, Shatte AJ, et al. School-based prevention of depressive symptoms: a randomized controlled study of the effectiveness and specificity of the Penn Resiliency Program. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 2007;75:9–19.
Hains AA, Szyjakowski M. A cognitive stress-reduction intervention program for adolescents. Journal of Counseling Psychology 1990;37:79.
Hains AA. Comparison of cognitive-behavioral stress management techniques with adolescent boys. Journal of Counseling and Development 1992;70:600–5.
Hains AA, Ellmann SW. Stress inoculation training as a preventative intervention for high school youths. Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy 1994;8:219–32.
Hiebert B, Kirby B, Jaknavorian A. School-based relaxation: attempting primary prevention. Canadian Journal of Counselling 1989;23:273–87.
Horowitz JL, Garber J, Ciesla JA, Young JF, Mufson L. Prevention of depressive symptoms in adolescents: A randomized trial of cognitive-behavioral and interpersonal prevention programs. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 2007;75:693–706.
Johnstone J, Rooney RM, Hassan SA, Kane RT. Prevention of depression and anxiety symptoms in adolescents: 42 and 54 months follow-up of the Aussie optimism program-positive thinking skills. Frontiers in Psychology 2014;5:364.
Keogh E, Bond FW, Flaxman PE. Improving academic performance and mental health through a stress management intervention: Outcomes and mediators of change. Behaviour Research and Therapy 2006;44:339–57.
Kraag G, Van Breukelen GJ, Kok G, Hosman C. ‘Learn Young, Learn Fair’, a stress management program for fifth and sixth graders: longitudinal results from an experimental study. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 2009;50:1185–95.
Lock S, Barrett PM. A longitudinal study of developmental differences in universal preventive intervention for child anxiety. Behaviour Change 2003;20:183–99.
Lowry-Webster HM, Barrett PM, Dadds MR. A universal prevention trial of anxiety and depressive symptomatology in childhood: preliminary data from an Australian study. Behaviour Change 2001;18: 36–50.
Merry S, McDowell H, Wild CJ, Bir J, Cunliffe R. A randomized placebo controlled trial of a school-based depression prevention program. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 2004;43:538–47.
Miller LD, Short C, Garland E, Clark S. The ABCs of CBT (cognitive behavior therapy): evidence-based approaches to child anxiety in public school settings. Journal of Counseling and Development 2010;88: 432–9.
Miller LD, Laye-Gindhu A, Bennett JL, Liu Y, Gold S, et al. An effectiveness study of a culturally enriched school-based CBT anxiety prevention program. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology 2011a;40:618–29.
Miller LD, Laye-Gindhu A, Liu Y, March JS, Thordarson DS, et al. Evaluation of a preventive intervention for child anxiety in two randomized attention-control school trials. Behaviour Research and Therapy 2011b;49:315–23.
Pattison C, Lynd-Stevenson RM. The prevention of depressive symptoms in children: the immediate and long-term outcomes of a school-based program. Behaviour Change 2001;18:92–102.
Pössel P, Horn AB, Groen G, Hautzinger M. School-based prevention of depressive symptoms in adolescents: A 6-month follow-up. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 2004;43:1003–10.
Pössel P, Seemann S, Hautzinger M. Impact of comorbidity in prevention of adolescent depressive symptoms. Journal of Counseling Psychology 2008;55:106–17.
Pössel, P, Adelson JL, Hautzinger M. A randomized trial to evaluate the course of effects of a program to prevent adolescent depressive symptoms over 12 months. Behaviour Research and Therapy 2011;49: 838–51.
Pössel, P, Martin NC, Garber J, Hautzinger M. A randomized controlled trial of a cognitive-behavioral program for the prevention of depression in adolescents compared with nonspecific and no-intervention control conditions. Journal of Counseling Psychology 2013;60:432–8.
Quayle D, Dziurawiec S, Roberts C, Kane R, Ebsworthy G. The effect of an optimism and lifeskills program on depressive symptoms in preadolescence. Behaviour Change 2001;18:194–203.
Raes F, Griffith JW, Van der Gucht K, Williams J. School-based prevention and reduction of depression in adolescents: a cluster-randomized controlled trial of a mindfulness group program. Mindfulness 2014;5:477–86.
Rivet-Duval E, Heriot S, Hunt C. Preventing adolescent depression in Mauritius: a universal school-based program. Child and Adolescent Mental Health 2001;16:86–91.
Roberts CM, Kane R, Bishop B, Cross D, Fenton J, et al. The prevention of anxiety and depression in children from disadvantaged schools. Behaviour Research and Therapy 2010;48:68–73.
Rooney R, Roberts C, Kane R, Pike L, Winsor A, et al. The prevention of depression in 8- to 9-year-old children: a pilot study. Australian Journal of Guidance and Counselling 2006;16:76–90.
Rose K, Hawes DJ, Hunt CJ. Randomized controlled trial of a friendship skills intervention on adolescent depressive symptoms. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 2014;82:510–20.
Ruini C, Belaise C, Brombin C, Caffo E, Fava GA. Well-being therapy in school settings: a pilot study. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics 2006;75:331–6.
Ruini C, Ottolini F, Tomba E, Belaise C. Albieri E, et al. School intervention for promoting psychological well-being in adolescence. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry 2009; 40:522–32.
Spence SH, Sheffield JK, Donovan CL. Long-term outcome of a school based, universal approach to prevention of depression in adolescents. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 2005;73:160–7.
Stallard P, Skryabina E, Taylor G, Phillips R, Daniels H, et al. Classroom-based cognitive behaviour therapy (FRIENDS): a cluster randomised controlled trial to Prevent Anxiety in Children through Education in Schools (PACES). The Lancet Psychiatry 2014;1:185–92.
Wong N, Kady L, Mewton L, Sunderland M, Andrews G. Preventing anxiety and depression in adolescents: a randomised controlled trial of two school based internet- delivered cognitive behavioural therapy programmes. Internet Interventions 2014;1:90–4.