Table 1.

Knowledge Questionnaire of Adolescent Depression for School Staff.

	Item	Correct response
1	In Chile, the annual prevalence of depression in adolescents is not greater than 1%	No
2	At least one in five people, 20 years old of age, have had depression at some point in their lives	Yes
3	The frequency of depression is higher in women than in men after puberty	Yes
4	Recurrent depression that affects adults often begins during adolescence	Yes
5	Approximately 90% of adolescents with depression seek care at a health center	No
6	Depression in adolescence is better defined as a weakness of character than as a disease	No
7	Symptoms must be present for at least 2 weeks to diagnosis depression in adolescents	Yes
8	Depression can be diagnosed in adolescents with a self-report questionnaire answered by the teenager about his or her symptoms	No
9	Blood tests are included as a part of the comprehensive assessment doctors carry out to check for depression in adolescents	Yes
10	Depression should be suspected in adolescents with poor academic performance and repeated absences from school	Yes
11	Depression must be suspected in adolescents with drug abuse	Yes
12	The best initial response after suspecting a teenager of having depression is to talk to him or her	Yes
13	The whole school community must be made aware of a student’s diagnosis of depression	No
14	For the recovery of a teenager with depression, it is preferable that he or she not attending school until symptoms disappear	No
15	The main cause of depression in teenagers is familial dysfunction	No
16	A teenager living through a stressful situation always develops depression	No
17	One of the possible consequences of adolescent depression is suicide	Yes
18	If adolescents manifest a desire to die during school, this should be communicated to their parents or guardians	Yes
19	In all cases of depression, psychosocial interventions and/or psychotherapy should be used for treatment	Yes
20	A teenager with depression and lack of energy should be exempted from physical education class	No
21	If an adolescent has severe depression, his or her parents must choose whether they prefer to start treatment with antidepressant medication or with psychological therapy	No
22	Antidepressants for the treatment of depression in adolescents must be avoided because they produce dependence	No
23	If antidepressant medications are prescribed for an adolescent, they must not be used for longer than 3 months	No
24	The beneficial effects of antidepressant medication begin to be felt after 3–4 weeks	Yes
25	Adolescents who have had depression are not able to 100% recover from this disease	No
26	Depression cannot be prevented because it is an inherited disease	No