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

Inclusion Criteria: * Adolescents aged 15 to 18 years in senior high schools located within the Kassena-Nankana Municipality and Kassena-Nankana West District * Have scored 10 or more on the locally validated Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) * be willing and able to be followed up for 5 months and provide informed consent or assent * For adolescents 15-17 years participants must have 5) access to a caregiver to obtain informed consent * All participants must have the ability to read, write and communicate in English language. 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