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:
- Pediatric Symptom Checklist: https://www.massgeneral.org/psychiatry/treatments-and-services/pediatric-symptom-checklist
- 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.
If screen concludes positive for question #9, need to screen for suicidality:
- Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomology (QIDS-A17-C)
- Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale for Children (CES-DC)
For remote screening that does not assess SI:
Depressive Disorders in Children:
- Short Mood and Feelings Questionnaire (SMFQ) - this does not include suicidality items and can be used for remote screening.
- 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.
Suicide:
- Ask Suicide-Screening Questions (ASQ) Toolkit
- 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.