Screening for Concurrent Substance Use and Mental Health Problems in Youth
Screening for Concurrent Substance Use and Mental Health Problems in Youth sumarizes the results of a CAMH research project that reviewed screening tools for use with children and adolescents. The report includes detailed information sheets for each of the 20 most promising, well-validated and reliable tools.
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Contents
The project
Screening tool review
Co-occurrence of substance use and mental health disorders
Early onset of substance use disorders
Early onset and high recurrence of mental disorders
Early recognition and treatment
Screening and assessment are steps in a sequential, staged process
Unique contexts and requirements for youth
Program setting and needs will determine criteria
Criteria used to judge the performance of a screening tool
Screening Tools: Fact Sheets and Summary tables
Screening tools: mental health disorder only
- Pediatric Symptom Checklist (PSC) / PDF
- Youth Outcome Questionnaire (Y-OQ-12) / PDF
- Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) / PDF
- Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) / PDF
- Youth Self-Report (YSR) / PDF
- Reporting Questionnaire for Children (RQC) / PDF
- Child Symptom Inventory-4 (CSI-4) / PDF
- General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) / PDF
- Early Childhood Inventory-4 (ECI-4) / PDF
Screening tools: substance use disorder only
- CRAFFT Substance Abuse Screening Test / PDF
- RAFFT / PDF
- Alcohol/Drug Acknowledgement Scale (ACK) / Alcohol/Drug Problem Proneness Scale (PRO) / MacAndrew Scale–Revised (MAC-R) / PDF
- DEP-ADO / PDF
- Rutgers Alcohol Problem Index (RAPI) / PDF
Screening tools: both mental health and substance use disorder
- Problem-Oriented Screening Instrument for Teenagers (POSIT) / PDF
- DISC Predictive Scales (DPS) / PDF
- GAIN Short Screener (GSS) / PDF
- Drug Use Screening Inventory (DUSI and DUSI-R) / PDF
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