RCT: Universal screening in high schools can help identify and initiate treatment for depression in adolescents.

Screening in High Schools to Identify, Evaluate, and Lower Depression Among Adolescents: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA Network Open

News release: School-based screening increases identification of, treatment for depression – Penn State

Commentaries:

Universal Depression Screening in Schools—Promises and Challenges in Addressing Adolescent Mental Health Need – JAMA Network Open

Universal School-Based Depression Screening May Connect More Students to Care – Psychiatric News Alert

Commentaries on Twitter

In a randomized clinical trial including 12,909 students at 14 Pennsylvania public high schools, adolescents randomized to receive a depression screen and identified with symptoms had 2.1 times higher odds of initiating depression treatment. https://t.co/b0l5ShCiHf pic.twitter.com/XptJDrH0Ne

— JAMA Network Open (@JAMANetworkOpen) November 8, 2021