Bridging the Gap: Implementing BRIDGES

Together with teenagers, we have developed a new approach: BRIDGES, which stands for "In Brussels, Resilience and Inclusion for Depression through Guidance, Exercise, and Support." BRIDGES aims to help young people with depression get moving again in their daily lives, at their own pace and in ways that are good for them.

Inclusion Criteria: * All adolescents aged 12 to 19 with a diagnosis of depression who are receiving outpatient care through AREA+ * voluntary participation and accepting the randomisation * being admitted at AREA+ * being able to stay focused for 30 minutes * having a good knowledge of French * physically inactive defined as not meeting the PA guidelines from World Health Organisation (28) following the corresponding age (i.e. at least 420 min of moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) /week for those aged 12-17 and at least 150 min of MVPA /week for those aged 18 and 19 years * living in Brussels Exclusion Criteria: * intellectual disability (defined as an intelligence quotient \< 70) * participants with serious medical problems or medical precautions prohibiting higher-intensity exercise (e.g., severe metabolic disorders, oncologic disease, unstable diabetes) according to the recommendations of the American College of Sports Medicine.