Proactive detection of people in need of mental healthcare: accuracy of the community case detection tool among children, adolescents and families in Sri Lanka

Proactive detection of people in need of mental healthcare: accuracy of the community case detection tool among children, adolescents and families in Sri Lanka

Abstract Background Most children and adolescents in need of mental healthcare remain untreated even when services are available. This study evaluates the accuracy of a new tool, the Community Case Detection Tool (CCDT). The CCDT uses illustrated vignettes, two questions and a simple decision algori...

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Main Authors: Myrthe van den Broek, Puvaneswary Ponniah, P. Judy Ramesh Jeyakumar, Gabriela V. Koppenol-Gonzalez, John Vijay Sagar Kommu, Brandon A. Kohrt, Mark J. D. Jordans
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-10-01
Series:Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health
Subjects:
Proactive detection
Gatekeeper approach
Help-seeking
Children
Adolescents
Mental health
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13034-021-00405-2

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