@article{ref1,
title="The FRIENDS emotional health prevention programme: 12 month follow-up of a universal UK school based trial",
journal="European child and adolescent psychiatry",
year="2008",
author="Stallard, Paul and Simpson, Neil and Anderson, Scott K. and Goddard, Meghan",
volume="17",
number="5",
pages="283-289",
abstract="A universal cognitive behaviour therapy emotional health programme, FRIENDS, was provided in schools by trained school nurses to 106 children aged 9/10. Anxiety and self-esteem were re-assessed in 63 children one year after completing the programme. The significant improvements in emotional health identified 3 months after FRIENDS were maintained 12 month after completing the programme. Of the 9 children identified at baseline as high risk, 6 (67%) had moved into the low risk category by the 12 month follow-up. Of the low risk children, none had become high risk by follow-up. The study conclusions are limited by a small sample size and the absence of a comparison group. They are however consistent with previous studies and suggest that FRIENDS delivered in schools as a universal intervention can have a significant medium term effect upon emotional health.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1018-8827",
doi="10.1007/s00787-007-0665-5",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00787-007-0665-5"
}