Journal
COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH JOURNAL
Volume 52, Issue 6, Pages 691-700Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10597-015-9968-z
Keywords
Adolescent mental health; Mental health screening; School-based mental health; Depression; Anxiety; Post-traumatic stress disorder
Funding
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD) [K23HD059916]
- National Institute of Justice (NIJ) [2012-WG-BX-0005]
- UTMB Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health
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This study examines results from three mental health screening measures in a cohort of adolescent public school students in seven public schools in Southeast Texas affiliated with the Dating it Safe study. We estimated the odds of receiving professional mental health treatment in the previous year given results from different mental health screening batteries: the CES-D 10 battery for depression screening, the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Disorders, and the Primary Care Posttraumatic Stress Disorder screen. Overall, students with higher scores on screening instruments for depression, posttraumatic stress disorder, and combinations of screening instruments were more likely to have sought past-year professional mental health treatment than non-symptomatic youth. However, the proportion of students screening positive and receiving professional treatment was low, ranging from 11 to 16 %. This study emphasizes the need for broader evaluation of population-based mental health screening among adolescents.
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