Healio (11/5) reported, “Universal school-based screening helped identify depression among high school students in Pennsylvania, according to a randomized clinical trial, which found that participating students were twice as likely to begin treatment.” The findings were published in JAMA Network Open.
Psychiatric News (11/5) reported that researchers “analyzed data from 12,909 students in 14 Pennsylvania high schools who were randomized to either targeted screening or universal screening for MDD between November 2018 and November 2020.” And, “compared with students in the targeted screening group, students in the universal screening group had 5.92 times higher odds of being identified with MDD symptoms, 3.30 times higher odds of their Student Assistant Program confirming that they had symptoms and needed treatment, and 2.07 times higher odds of beginning treatment.”
Related Links:
— “Universal screening helps identify depression among high schoolers “Rose Weldon, Healio, November 5, 2021