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ArticleBrain sciences2024

The Development of a Brief but Comprehensive Therapeutic Assessment Protocol for the Screening and Support of Youth in the Community to Address the Youth Mental Health Crisis.

Margaret Danielle Weiss, Eleanor Castine Richards, Danta Bien-Aime, Taylor Witkowski, Peyton Williams, Katie E Holmes, Dharma E Cortes, Miriam C Tepper, Philip S Wang, Rajendra Aldis and 2 more

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12 authors.

Margaret Danielle WeissCambridge Health Alliance, 1493 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8153-8213
Eleanor Castine RichardsCambridge Health Alliance, 1493 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.ORCID 0009-0005-4125-1417
Danta Bien-AimeCambridge Health Alliance, 1493 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Taylor WitkowskiCambridge Health Alliance, 1493 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Peyton WilliamsCambridge Health Alliance, 1493 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.ORCID 0009-0008-6610-0043
Katie E HolmesCambridge Health Alliance, 1493 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Dharma E CortesCambridge Health Alliance, 1493 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Miriam C TepperDepartment of Psychiatry, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA.
Philip S WangCenter for Learning Health Systems, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA.ORCID 0009-0001-4227-5593
Rajendra AldisCambridge Health Alliance, 1493 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8252-4964
Nicholas CarsonCambridge Health Alliance, 1493 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Benjamin Le CookCambridge Health Alliance, 1493 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0135-0806

Funding

Understanding the Role of Trauma Over the Lifecourse in Order to Improve Trauma-informed TreatmentP50MH126283 · NIMH · CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE · PI COOK, BENJAMIN LE, WANG, PHILIP S · 2021 to 2024
$6.6M
AHRQ HHS R01 HS021486NIH HHS 1P50MH654321-21P50NIMH NIH HHS P50 MH126283
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThe objective of this study was to explore the acceptability and feasibility of a therapeutic assessment protocol for the Screening and Support of Youth (SASY). SASY provides brief but comprehensive community-based screening and support for diverse youth in the community.

methodsSASY screening evaluates symptoms, functioning and clinical risk. The Kiddie Computerized Adaptive Test was used to evaluate seven different diagnoses and symptom severity. The Weiss Functional Impairment Rating Scale-Self was used to measure functional impairment. Measures were scored according to nationally developed norms. An algorithm was developed to aggregate symptom and function ratings into an overall score for clinical risk. The results are discussed with participants in a motivational interview designed to promote insight, followed by the opportunity for the participant to engage in an online intervention. Protocol changes necessitated by social distancing during the pandemic led to innovative methods including the use of a QR code for recruitment, integration of both online and offline participation, and expansion from in-person recruitment within the schools to virtual engagement with youth throughout the community. The final sample included disproportionately more Black or African American and Hispanic youth as compared to school and community statistics, suggesting that optimization of online and offline methods in research may facilitate the recruitment of diverse populations. Qualitative interviews indicated that the screening and feedback raised youth awareness of their wellbeing and/or distress, its impact on their functioning, and engagement with options for improved wellbeing.

conclusionsThe emergence of innovative methods optimizing the advantages of both online and offline methods, developed as a necessity during the pandemic, proved advantageous to the feasibility and acceptability of community-based recruitment of at-risk, minoritized youth.

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access to treatmenthealth equitypandemicvirtual researchyouth mental health

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PMID39595897
PMCPMC11591985

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