Instrument must take less that 30 minutes to administer, whether it be by self-report or interviewer-administered.
Perhaps these papers will provide some direction:
Roberts, R. E., Lewinsohn, P. M., & Seeley, J. R. (1991). Screening for adolescent depression: a comparison of depression scales. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 30(1), 58-66.
Goodman, R., Ford, T., Simmons, H., Gatward, R., & Meltzer, H. (2000). Using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) to screen for child psychiatric disorders in a community sample. The British Journal of Psychiatry, 177(6), 534-539.
Kaufman, J., Birmaher, B., Brent, D., Rao, U. M. A., Flynn, C., Moreci, P., ... & Ryan, N. (1997). Schedule for affective disorders and schizophrenia for school-age children-present and lifetime version (K-SADS-PL): initial reliability and validity data. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 36(7), 980-988.
Garrison, C. Z., Addy, C. L., Jackson, K. L., McKEOWN, R. E., & Waller, J. L. (1991). The CES-D as a screen for depression and other psychiatric disorders in adolescents. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 30(4), 636-641.
Thank you. I've also referred her to UNICEF toolkit 10. More suggestions still welcome & I'll pass them on.
The SDQ is simple, fast and widely used. It is easily available at http://www.sdqinfo.com where you can find also norms and further references.
Goodman A, Goodman R (2009) Strengths and difficulties questionnaire as a dimensional measure of child mental health. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 48, 400-3.
The Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) also screens mental health and is widely used. It includes parents', teachers', and youth report form.
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If it is to be used in edu context, I find the BASC helpful (Age range 2-21). (More educational than clinical use)
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The Behavior Assessment System for Children, Second Edition (BASC-2), is a behavioral assessment designed for use in evaluating children and adolescents with cognitive, emotional, or learning disabilities. The BASC has a comprehensive set of rating scales and forms that assess child behavior from teacher, parent, and self perspectives. The scales and forms include the Teacher Rating Scales (TRS), Parent Rating Scales (PRS), Self-Report of Personality (SRP), Student Observation System (SOS), and Structured Developmental History (SDH).
Yes, I know of those. BASC is for younger children, the CBCL a wee bit too long for adolescents who might not be literate.
kindly contact Shanthi,R. her PhD is on that and I am her guide.her mail id is
dear Rhianon Allen
Dr.Subhadra is my guide
my phd is titled"
A STUDY ON THE MANAGEMENT OF HEALTH PROMOTING BEHAVIOR AMONG ADOLESCENTS THROUGH ADOLESCENT FRIENDLY CENTER SERVICES.
I had used a multidimensional student life satisfaction scale ( Scott Huebner 2002). My topic is on general adolescent health issues and not specifically on mental health issues alone.i had developed a likert scale to assess their perception on adolescent friendly services. You can consider using the following ones.
(PSS) Paykel-Scale- to assess Suicidal ideation and attempts
(BDI)depression inventory
SAS-Anxiety scale.
thank you. I have forwarded your email address to my colleague Dr. Joan Duncan.
i also found the K6 & K10, along with a recent Psychological Assessment article validating the measure for American adolescents.
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