ABSTRACT

The mental health and wellbeing of children and young people is an area of great concern for those within education and health sectors, with young people reported to be especially at risk during adolescence. This has resulted in increasing demand for measures which can identify children and young people at risk of developing mental health difficulties, in order for appropriate and early intervention to be implemented. Previous literature highlights the large numbers of measures available, but guidance on which might be most appropriate for school use is limited. This review identified 10 measures which could be used for universal secondary school screening, from the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families (AFNCCF) and the Child Outcomes Research Consortium (CORC) toolkit. Measures were evaluated in relation to their implementation, psychometric properties and quality; and to how well items measured domains identified by the National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) domains of mental health and wellbeing. Findings indicated that the Good Childhood Index, KIDSCREEN-27, Stirling Children’s Wellbeing Scale and the Warwick and Edinburgh Mental Health Scale are all suitable measures for universal secondary school screening of young people’s mental health and wellbeing, as defined by NICE.

摘要

儿童和青少年的心理健康和福祉是教育和卫生部门人员非常关注的一个领域，据报道，青少年在青春期面临的风险尤其大。这导致越来越需要采取措施来识别有可能出现心理健康困难的儿童和年轻人，以便实施适当的早期干预。以前的文献强调了大量可用的措施，但关于哪些可能最适合学校使用的指导是有限的。该审查从安娜弗洛伊德国家儿童和家庭中心 (AFNCCF) 和儿童成果研究联盟 (CORC) 工具包中确定了 10 项可用于普及中学筛查的措施。对措施的执行情况进行了评估，心理测量特性和质量；以及项目如何衡量由国家临床卓越研究所 (NICE) 确定的心理健康和幸福领域。调查结果表明，良好童年指数、KIDSCREEN-27、斯特林儿童幸福量表以及沃里克和爱丁堡心理健康量表都是 NICE 定义的青少年心理健康和幸福的普遍中学筛查的合适措施。