Prevention of Depression 1 BRIEF REPORTS Long-term Outcome of a School-based, Universal Approach to Prevention of Depression in Adolescents

This study examined the 2-, 3- and 4-year outcomes of a school-based, universal approach to the prevention of adolescent depression. Despite initial short-term positive effects these benefits were not maintained over time. Adolescents who completed the teacher-administered cognitive-behavioral intervention did not differ significantly from monitoring only controls in terms of changes in depressive symptoms, problem solving, attributional style or other indicators of psychopathology from pre-intervention to 4-year follow-up. Results were equivalent irrespective of initial level of depressive symptoms