Table 1.
Included studies with intervention details
| Author, year of publication, country | Intervention name | Intervention description | Young person demographics | Intervention components | Intervention deliverer | Brief or low intensity intervention? | Quality assessment score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Becker, C. B. (2017),31 International | The Body Project | Small-group intervention for adolescent girls with negative affect and eating disorder behaviours. | Adolescent girls with negative affect and eating disorder behaviours | Single session 4-hour intervention delivered in a small group setting | Trained staff | Brief and low intensity | Not appliable (review paper) |
| Borschuk, A. P., et al. (2015),27 USA | Brief cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) | 7 sessions of CBT to reduce depressive symptoms | 16-year-old female with depressive symptoms and suicidal behaviour | 7 sessions lasting 30 minutes | Primary care physician | Brief | Low |
| Chu, B. C., et al. (2015),26 USA | Primary and Secondary Control Enhancement Training (PASCET) | The PASCET programme is an eight-session cognitive-behavioural intervention guided by a detailed therapist’s manual. | Children aged 8–12 years with depression | 8 group sessions of around 50 minutes. | Two co-therapists with clinical training | Low intensity | High |
| Fox, J. K., et al. (2014),4 USA | Cool Kids | Cognitive-behavioural group intervention for children with anxiety | 7–12 year old children with anxiety symptoms | 8 group sessions lasting 1 hour | Trained therapist | Brief and low intensity | Not applicable (review chapter) |
| Fox, J. K., et al. (2014),4 USA | Skills for Academic and Social Success (SASS) | Cognitive-behavioural group treatment for delivery in school settings, for adolescents with social anxiety disorder | Adolescents with social anxiety disorder | 12 group sessions lasting 40 minutes (Weekly group school sessions, two individual meetings, two parent meetings, two teacher meetings, four social events, and two booster sessions) | Psychologist and psychology graduate | Brief | Not applicable (review chapter) |
| Frank, H. E., et al. (2021),24 USA | Camp Cope A Lot | Computer-assisted cognitive behavioural therapy intervention for anxious youth | 7–13 year olds with generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder and separation anxiety disorder. | 12-session computer assisted CBT intervention f based on the Coping Cat programme | Providers did not need prior mental health training and participation was voluntary | Low intensity | Medium |
| Jagiello, T., et al. (2022),30 Australia | Study without stress (SWOS) | SWOS is grounded in CBT, and skills were taught primarily through didactic group work and homework exercises | Self-identified distressed year 11 students (15/16 years) | 8 sessions of 30 minutes | Teachers trained to deliver the programme by the school counsellor | Brief and low intensity | Medium |
| Koschmann, E., et al. (2019),28 USA | School based CBT | Weekly student CBT skills groups led by a school professional and attended by a coach | 8–18 year olds who scored highly on depression or anxiety self-reported questionnaire (PHQ9 and GAD7) | 10group sessions lasting for a single class period (approximately 50mins) | School staff and a coach | Brief | Medium |
| LoCurto, J., et al. (2020),25 USA | Modular CBT (M-CBT) | Adapted CBT, made up of modules which can be delivered in any order | 6–18 year olds who all met criteria for primary anxiety disorder | 12 individual sessions of 30–40 minutes. Seven core modules: psychoeducation, exposure, rewards, cognitive restructuring, problem-solving, somatic and relaxation skills and relapse prevention | Clinician led | Brief | Medium |
| McKeague, L., et al. (2018),29 UK | DISCOVER – How to handle stress | Self-referral school-based group intervention designed for stressed students in sixth form | 16–19 year olds who wished to receive psychological help for emotional difficulties | 1-day workshop, for up to 15 students | One clinical psychologist and two assistant psychologists | Brief and low intensity | High |