Updates are available Correction dated 2023-03-23

Article History

Received: 27 October 2022

Revised: 17 January 2023

Accepted: 20 January 2023

First Online: 1 February 2023

Change Date: 23 March 2023

Change Type: Correction

Change Details: A Correction to this paper has been published:

Change Details: https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.1186/s12889-023-15461-w

Declarations

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: The authors declare no competing interests.

: All stages of this project (development, screening, intervention, follow-up) were conducted in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations. Specifically, this project was reviewed by the European Commission as a precondition of funding approval for the project. Each individual county also got ethical approval at a national level. For the Irish site this was granted by the Clinical Research Ethics Committee of the Cork Teaching Hospitals. Ethical approval for sites not included are as follows; Austria: Ethikkomission der Medizinischen Universität Innsbruck. Estonia: Tallinna Meditsiiniuuringute Eetikakomitee. France: Comité de Protection des Personnes SudMéditerranée II. Germany: Ethikkommission Medizinische Fakultät Heidelberg. Hungary: Egészségügyi Tudományos Tanács Titkárság, Pályázati Iroda, Tudományos És Kutatásetikai. Israel: Helsinki Committee at the Rabin Medical Center. Italy: Comitato Bioetico Di Ateneo, Università Degli Studi Del Molise. Romania: Comisia De Eticã, A Universitãtii De Medicinã Si Farmacie, Cluj Napoca. Slovenia: Komisija Republike Slovenije Za Medicinsko Etiko. Spain: Comité Ètico de Investigación Clinica, regional del Principado de Asturias.

: Three arms of the study (Control, Question-Persuade-Refer & Youth Aware of Mental Health) had opt-out consent and the other (Professional Screening) had opt-in consent. Informed consent and assent was obtained from a parent/guardian and all participating students.

: Not applicable.