Effects of three prophylactic interventions on French middle-schoolers' mental health: protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT: Adolescence is a strategic developmental stage in terms of preventing later difficulties and ensuring good mental health. Prophylactic interventions, which are conducted before the onset, prolongation, or worsening of difficulties, and aim to prevent or reduce symptoms or to promote wellbeing, therefore appear particularly appropriate for adolescents. However, existing prophylactic interventions conducted with adolescents have several weaknesses, including sparse theoretical frameworks, ambivalent evidence of their efficacy, and implementation and dissemination difficulties. In addition, no data are currently available on the effectiveness of such interventions in France. To fill this gap, a four-arm randomized controlled trial will be performed to assess the effectiveness of three prophyl

SUBMITTER: Vaillant-Coindard E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11016224 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature