OBJECTIVES: We investigated whether intervention effects of FRIENDS for Life, a school-based prevention program for @entity1 with @entity148 or @entity308 symptoms, were maintained over a period of 12 months after the intervention in a naturalistic setting. METHODS: We used a quasi-experimental design, with 339 @entity1 in the intervention group and 157 in the control group (aged 8-13 years) in schools in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. We collected self-, teacher, and peer reports of @entity148 and @entity308 scores before and after intervention, and 6 and 12 months after intervention, from 2010 to 2012. RESULTS: Intervention-group @entity1 reported a continuing and significant decrease in @entity148 and @entity308 scores compared with the control group. Twelve months after the intervention, @entity1 ' @entity148 and @entity308 levels were comparable to those of the general population. @entity1 reported a stronger decrease in @entity148 scores than did @entity1 . Teacher reports suggested no effects. Although classmates reported increased internalizing problems in intervention-group @entity1 immediately after intervention, these effects disappeared over time. CONCLUSIONS: FRIENDS for Life, an indicated prevention program, yielded long-lasting and continuing reduction in @entity148 and @entity308 problems when implemented in daily school practice. (Am J Public Health. Published online ahead of print August 13, 2015: e1-e9. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2015.302742).

Indicated Prevention of Childhood XXXX and @entity308 : Results From a Practice-Based Study up to 12 Months After Intervention.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['participants', 'children', 'boys', 'Girls'] @entity148 :: ('MESH:D001008', 'Disease') :: ['anxiety'] @entity308 :: ('MESH:D003866', 'Disease') :: ['depression']
@entity148 :: (MESH:D001008,Disease) :: ['Anxiety']
