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Child Mental Health for Primary Care

January to June 2022

Child Mental Health & Treatment

Screening Tools for ADHD

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Diagnosis and Treatment in Children and Adolescents [Internet]. NCBI Bookshelf.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK487766/table/results.t2/

Clinical Tools Quick Links, CHADD
https://chadd.org/for-professionals/clinical-practice-tools-quick-links/

Conners Comprehensive Behavior Rating Scales (CBRS)
https://stoeltingco.com/Psychological-Testing/Conners-Comprehensive-Behavior-Rating-Scales-CBRS~9975

Conners CBRS–Parent Assessment Report
https://documents.acer.org/Conners-CBRS-P-Assessment-Report.pdf

Which ADHD Rating Scales Should Primary Care Physicians Use?
https://chadd.org/adhd-weekly/which-adhd-rating-scales-should-primary-care-physicians-use/

Screening Tools for Anxiety

Approved Adolescent Screening Instruments for Mental Health Problem Domains in NYS OASAS Certified Programs, New York State, Office of Addiction Services and Supports
https://oasas.ny.gov/system/files/documents/2020/10/adolescent_screening_instruments.pdf

SCREEN for CHILD ANXIETY RELATED EMOTIONAL DISORDERS (SCARED), University of Pittsburgh
https://www.pediatricbipolar.pitt.edu/resources/instruments

Screening & Surveillance Tools & Guidelines
https://depts.washington.edu/dbpeds/Screening%20Tools/ScreeningTools.html

Screening for anxiety disorders in children. Simon, E., & Bögels, S. M. (2009). Screening for anxiety disorders in children. European child & adolescent psychiatry, 18(10), 625–634. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-009-0023-x
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2744785/

Self-Screening, Anxiety & Depression Association of America
https://adaa.org/find-help/treatment-help/self-screening

Screening Tools for Autism Spectrum Disorder

Autism Spectrum Disorder: Links to Commonly Used Screening Instruments and Tools, American Academy of Pediatrics
https://publications.aap.org/toolkits/pages/asd-screening-tools

ASD Specific Screening Tools
https://www.unl.edu/asdnetwork/uploads/featured-articles/Table_2_ASD_Specific_Screening.pdf

M-CHAT-R (Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers, Revised), Autism Speaks
https://www.autismspeaks.org/screen-your-child

Screening and Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder for Healthcare Providers, CDC
https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/autism/hcp-screening.html#DiagnosticTools

Screening & Assessment, Autism Research Institute
https://www.autism.org/screening-assessment/

Screening Tools for Depression

Accuracy of Depression Screening Tools to Detect Major Depression in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review. Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie, 61(12), 746–757. https://doi.org/10.1177/0706743716651833
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5564894/

Adolescent Depression Screening and Initial Treatment Toolkit for Primary Care Clinicians, UNC-Chapel Hill School of Medicine
https://www.med.unc.edu/ihqi/wp-content/uploads/sites/463/2019/03/Adolescent-Depression-Screening-and-Initial-Treatment-Toolkit.pdf

Depression Assessments
https://www.medicalhomeportal.org/clinical-practice/screening-and-prevention/mental-health-screening-for-children-and-teens#d1688464e417

SCREENING & SURVEILLANCE TOOLS & GUIDELINES
https://depts.washington.edu/dbpeds/Screening%20Tools/ScreeningTools.html

Screening for Depression in Children and Adolescents: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement, American Academy of Pediatrics, March 1, 2016
https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/137/3/e20154467/81408/Screening-for-Depression-in-Children-and

Screening Tools for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Children's Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (CY-BOCS)
https://iocdf.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/05-CYBOCS-complete.pdf

Evidence-Based Assessment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Journal of central nervous system disease, 2016, 8, 13–29. https://doi.org/10.4137/JCNSD.S38359
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4994744/

Screening Tool: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) (in Children and Youth)
https://www.ementalhealth.ca/index.php?ID=14&m=survey

[Self-Test] Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in Children
https://www.additudemag.com/screener-obsessive-compulsive-disorder-symptoms-test-children/

Validation of the Short Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Screener (SOCS) in children and adolescents. 2015. BJPsych open, 1(1), 21–26. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjpo.bp.115.000695
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4998931/

Screening Tools for Trauma in Children

Assessment and screening tools for trauma in children and adolescents: a review
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15574673/

Child/Adolescent Trauma Assessments, International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
https://istss.org/clinical-resources/child-trauma-assessments

Screening and Assessment Within Multiple Systems, National Child Traumatic Stress Network
https://www.nctsn.org/what-is-child-trauma/trauma-types/early-childhood-trauma/screening-and-assessment

Screening for Trauma in Pediatric Primary Care. Current psychiatry reports, 2020, 22(11), 60. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11920-020-01183-y
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7474707/

Tools You Can Use: Assessment, Pediatric Medical Traumatic Stress
https://www.healthcaretoolbox.org/tools-you-can-use-assessment