Table 2.

Full search strategy for Embase

#	Search terms
1	exp adolescent/ OR exp adolescence/ OR exp child/ OR exp childhood/ OR child*.tw OR adolescen*.tw OR teenag*.tw OR youth*.tw OR (young adj (people or person)).tw
2	Limit 1 to english language
3	exp academic achievement/ OR exp outcome of education/ OR ((academic or educational or school or classroom) adj (achievement or performance or attainment or success or failure)).tw
4	Limit 3 to english language
5	exp depression/ OR depressi*.tw
6	Limit 5 to english language
7	#2 AND #4 AND #6

Exp (search term)/denotes exploding a subject heading; .tw denotes searching for a key word in the title, abstract and drug trade name.

*Denotes truncation.