African Youth in Mind (Y-MIND) - Pilot Feasibility Trial of a Brief Psychological Intervention for Older Adolescents With Depression Delivered Through Senior High Schools in Navrongo, Ghana

Exclusion Criteria

• •are currently receiving any psychological treatment (talking therapy) for any common mental disorder through formal health care services
• •have active bipolar disorder or psychosis (assessed through a brief screening tool for bipolar disorder and psychosis)
• •have advanced or chronic physical illness (assessed through self-report)
• •have significant visual or hearing impairment which would interfere with their ability to take part in the study
• •are actively suicidal (assessed through the use of a four-item screening tool administered by a psychiatric nurse and reviewed by the trial clinical psychologist