Engaging Black youth in depression and suicide prevention treatment within urban schools: study protocol for a randomized controlled pilot.

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateEthical approval for the study was received from an external review board, the Biomedical Research Alliance of New York Institutional Review Board (BRANY IRB). Informed consent, via telephone or electronic survey, is obtained from all parents/guardians. Assent is obtained from all youth. Consent for publicationNot applicable Competing interestsThe authors declare no competing interests. Competing interests The authors declare no competing interests."

"Funding This study was conducted with grant funding from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), Office of Science Policy, Planning, and Communications; 6001 Executive Boulevard, Room 6200, MSC 9663, Bethesda, MD 20892-9663; #1R34MH119290-01. NIMH did not have a role in the collection, analysis, interpretation of data, or in writing this manuscript."

"Trial registration Registered by ClinicalTrials.gov on May 3, 2019, identifier: NCT03940508."