Approaches to early intervention for common mental health problems in young people: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Effective early support for children and young people is a high priority. Early intervention approaches for young people with psychosis or eating disorders have substantial supporting evidence, but well-established approaches to delivering a prompt, effective response to young people presenting with early symptoms of anxiety and depression are lacking.

Methods

We conducted a systematic review of outcomes of early interventions or approaches for young people (between 11 and 25 years) with initial symptoms of depression, anxiety and other common mental health difficulties. Five bibliographic (MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsycINFO, CINAHL and Web of Science Core Collection) and two grey literature (HMIC and PsycExtra) databases were searched for papers relating to youth, early i

SUBMITTER: Appleton R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12642248 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature