Pediatric Provider Resources

General Care Guides:

The Virginia Mental Health Access Program's Guidebook is an excellent resource for providers that includes detailed, step-by-step guides that provide how to conduct surveillance for multiple different mental health concerns that each include validated screening tools, scoring guides, evidence-based interventions, medication guidance, action plans, and additional resources.

The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) offers a wealth of information on a comprehensive list of topics for families on their Families and Youth Resource Hub.

Screenings for Primary Care Settings:

General Screening for anxiety and  depression:
  1. Pediatric Symptom Checklist: https://www.massgeneral.org/psychiatry/treatments-and-services/pediatric-symptom-checklist
  2. Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire: https://www.sdqinfo.org
Depressive Disorders in Adolescents: 

AACAP Depression Resource Center includes handouts for parents, papers, lectures, video clips, FAQs, etc.

  1. Patient Health Questionnaire – 9 – Modified for adolescents

If screen concludes positive for question #9, need to screen for suicidality:

  1. Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomology (QIDS-A17-C)
  2. Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale for Children (CES-DC)

For remote screening that does not assess SI:

  1. Stanford PHQ-2 Screening
Depressive Disorders in Children:
  1. Short Mood and Feelings Questionnaire (SMFQ) - this does not include suicidality items and can be used for remote screening.
  2. Long Mood and Feelings Questionnaire (LMFQ) - this link has embedded links to long and short versions of the child self-report, parent self-report and adult self-report.
Anxiety: 

The same general screening tools listed above are adequate for anxiety.

AACAP Anxiety Disorder Resource Center includes handouts for parents, papers, lectures, video clips, FAQs, etc.

ADHD: 

AACAP ADHD Resource Center includes handouts for parents, papers, lectures, video clips, FAQs, etc.

  1. National Institute for Children's Health Quality (NICHQ) Vanderbilt Assessment Scale for diagnosing ADHD.
Suicide:
  1. Ask Suicide-Screening Questions (ASQ) Toolkit
  2. Suicide screening: Columbia SSRS  and SAFE-T, can combine to assess for risk factors; choose tool that is right for your setting and age group.