Improving Adolescent Gate-Keeping and Help-Seeking for Risky Drinking and Depression: A Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial.

Abstract

Young people with mental health and substance use problems are reluctant to seek help. There is a significant gap in health promotion activities which specifically target help-seeking skills, particularly teaching friends to help friends to access treatment early. This project seeks to demonstrate the efficacy of a school-based intervention that focuses on improving adolescent gate-keeping and help-seeking skills for risky drinking and depression, using a cluster randomised controlled design.

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