Funding for this research was provided by:
The Research Council of Norway (“Research, Innovation in the Educational Sector” (FINNUT) (project number 238081/H20))
Gidske og Peter Jacob Sørensens fond
Norwegian Directorate of Health
University Of Stavanger
Article History
Accepted: 10 October 2021
First Online: 2 November 2021
Declarations
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: None of the authors has any competing interests.
: This investigation has been performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and has been approved by The Norwegian Regional Committee for Medical and Health Research Ethics (South East). Approval reference: 2015/1027 Depresjonsmestring for ungdom. All the participants signed the consent form. They were also informed that participating in the study was voluntary and that participants could at any time and without any given reason withdraw their consent to participate. This would not affect their further participation on the course or in the usual care treatment. Contact information was provided for these issues.
: Since the participants were above 16 years old, we did not obtain the consent from the parents or legal guardians of the participants, but participants themselves. This is in accordance with the Norwegian regulations, and thereby approved by The Norwegian Regional Committee for Medical and Health Research Ethics.
: Non applicable. No details, images, or videos relating to individual participants will be published.
: The datasets used and/or analysed during this study will be available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.