Psychosocial Assessment Tools for Children and Adults

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- Birmaher, MD, Boris; Suneeta Khetarpal, MD; Marlane Cully, MEd.; David Brent, MD; and Sandra McKenzie, PhD. Screen for Child Anxiety Related Disorders (SCARED) Child Version. Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh and TN Department of Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services, February 2013, p. 445-453.

- Wehry, Anna M.; Katja Beesdo-Baum; Meghann M. Hennelly; Sucheta D. Connolly; and Jeffrey R. Strawn. Assessment and Treatment of Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents. National Center for Biotechnology Information and Curr Psychiatry Rep., July 2015 p. 1-6.

Update
Identifying Child Anxiety
Through Schools-Identification
to Intervention (iCATS-i2i): Protocol
for A Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial
to Compare Screening, Feedback
and Intervention for Child Anxiety
Problems to usual School Practice

- Reardon, T., Ukoumunne, O. C., Violato, M., Ball, S., Brown, P., Ford, T., Gray, A., Hill, C., Jasper, B., Larkin, M., Macdonald, I., Morgan, F., Pollard, J., Sancho, M., Sniehotta, F. F., Spence, S. H., Stallard, P., Stainer, J., Taylor, L., Williamson, V., … Creswell, C. (2022). Identifying Child Anxiety Through Schools-identification to intervention (iCATS-i2i): protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial to compare screening, feedback and intervention for child anxiety problems to usual school practice. Trials, 23(1), 896.

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article References:
Esbjørn, B. H., Sømhovd, M. J., Holm, J. M., Lønfeldt, N. N., Bender, P. K., Nielsen, S. K., & Reinholdt-Dunne, M. L. (2013). A structural assessment of the 30-item Metacognitions Questionnaire for Children and its relations to anxiety symptoms. Psychological Assessment, 25(4), 1211–1219.

Essau, C. A., Anastassiou-Hadjicharalambous, X., & Muñoz, L. C. (2013). Psychometric properties of the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED) in Cypriot children and adolescents. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 29(1), 19–27.

Ford-Paz, R. E., Gouze, K. R., Kerns, C. E., Ballard, R., Parkhurst, J. T., Jha, P., & Lavigne, J. (2019). Evidence-based assessment in clinical settings: Reducing assessment burden for a structured measure of child and adolescent anxiety. Psychological Services. Advance online publication.

Hartman, S., Eilertsen, E. M., Ystrom, E., Belsky, J., & Gjerde, L. C. (2020). Does prenatal stress amplify effects of postnatal maternal depressive and anxiety symptoms on child problem behavior? Developmental Psychology, 56(1), 128–137.

Zhou, S., & Li, X. (2021). Maternal and paternal worry, anxious rearing behaviors, and child anxiety during the preschool years. Journal of Family Psychology.

Online Continuing Education QUESTION 10
What are well-studied child self-report screening measures for anxiety exist and may be used in patients >8 years of age? Record the letter of the correct answer the CEU Test.