Article History

Received: 13 January 2023

Accepted: 24 May 2023

First Online: 14 June 2023

Change Date: 12 March 2024

Change Type: Correction

Change Details: This article has been retracted. Please see the Retraction Notice for more detail:

Change Details: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-024-05645-y

Declarations

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: Ethical approval was obtained from the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of Bahir Dar University College of Medicine and Health Sciences, and permission letters were obtained for selected high schools. All experiments were performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki guidelines. Informed written consent was obtained from participants. For students who are under 18 years old, parents’ or guardians’ informed written consent forms were obtained by a written letter sent through their students one week before data collection. The letter informs them of the purpose of the study as well as provides contact information for the principal investigator. Following that, a detailed participant information sheet was given to each student, and they completed an assent form to indicate their willingness to participate in the study. After that, only students who completed an assent form and a parental/guardian consent form were eligible to participate in the study. Children were referred for treatment if their depression is clinically significant.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare no competing interests.