Search strategy school-based interventions and mental health prevention (PsycInfo, ERIC, Medline (all Ovid), and Scopus)

The file with the full search strategy includes PsycInfo, ERIC, Medline (all Ovid), and Scopus<br>Date exported: 2 February 2026.<br><b>PsycInfo (Ovid, APA PsycInfo, 1806 to February 2026 Week 1)</b>1. elementary school students/ OR primary school students/ OR middle school students/ OR junior high school students/ OR high school students/ OR vocational school students/ OR (elementary education OR elementary school* OR primary education OR primary school* OR K-12* OR K12 OR 1st-grade* OR first-grade* OR grade 1 OR grade one OR 2nd-grade* OR second-grade* OR grade 2 OR grade two OR 3rd-grade* OR third-grade* OR grade 3 OR grade three OR 4th-grade* OR fourth-grade* OR grade 4 OR grade four OR 5th-grade* OR fifth-grade* OR grade 5 OR grade five OR 6th-grade* OR sixth-grade* OR grade 6 OR grade six OR intermediate general OR middle school* OR secondary education OR secondary school* OR 7th-grade* OR seventh-grade* OR grade 7 OR grade seven OR 8th-grade* OR eight-grade* OR grade 8 OR grade eight OR 9th-grade* OR ninth-grade* OR grade 9 OR grade nine OR 10th-grade* OR tenth-grade* OR grade 10 OR grade ten OR 11th-grade* OR eleventh-grade* OR grade 11 OR grade eleven OR 12th-grade* OR twelfth-grade* OR grade 12 OR grade twelve OR junior high* OR highschool* OR high school* OR pupil* OR learner* OR student* OR ((child* OR adolesc* OR youth* OR teen*) AND (school* OR educ* OR learning)) OR TVET OR VET OR (vocational ADJ3 (training OR education* OR school*))).ti,ab,id.2. randomized controlled trials/ OR (random* OR RCT* OR (experiment* ADJ3 (design* OR study* OR group* OR condition*)) OR control* group* OR control* condition* OR control* design* OR random* OR rct* OR control* trial* OR control* study OR comparison group* OR experimental study OR experimental design* OR treatment group* OR intervention condition*).ti,ab,id.3. prevention/ OR health promotion/ OR (prevention* OR health promotion OR ((promot* OR prevent*) ADJ3 (mental OR emotion* OR psychosocial* OR psycho-social*))).ti,ab,id.4. school based intervention/ OR (((school* OR curricul* OR teacher*) ADJ7 (intervention* OR therapy OR program* OR therapies OR treatment* OR trial OR trials OR delivered)) OR school-based OR school-wide OR whole-school OR school setting* OR classroom*).ti,ab,id.5. anorexia nervosa/ OR anxiety/ OR attention deficit disorder/ OR attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity/ OR autistic spectrum disorders/ OR behavior problems/ OR bulimia/ OR conduct disorder/ OR "depression (emotion)"/ OR eating disorders/ OR externalization/ OR externalizings symptoms/ OR hyperactivity/ OR internalization/ OR internalizing symptoms/ OR major depression/ OR mental disorders/ OR mental health/ OR neurodevelopmental disorders/ OR oppositional defiant disorder/ OR social anxiety/ OR (ADHD* OR anorex* OR anxiety OR anxious* OR attention deficit* OR autis* OR behavi* difficult* OR bulimi* OR conduct disorder* OR ((defiant OR disruptive) ADJ3 (behavio* OR disorder*)) OR depress* OR DSM* OR eating disorder* OR externalis* OR externaliz* OR hyperactiv* OR ICD OR impulsiv* OR internalis* OR internaliz* OR mental disorder* OR mental health OR mental illness* OR mental* distress* OR neurodevelopmental disorder* OR (problem* ADJ3 (conduct* OR emotion* OR mental OR psychosocial* OR psycho-social*)) OR psychiatric disorder* OR psychological complaint* OR psychological disorder* OR psychosomatic*).ti,ab,id.6. 1 AND 2 AND 3 AND 4 AND 5Key: / = subject heading, ti = title, ab = abstract, id = key concepts (other keywords added by PsycInfo indexers to supplement the subject headings), ag = age group, md = methodology, ADJn = word distance of maximum n words (in any order), * = unlimited number of characters<br>