Which behavioral health screening tool should you use-and when?

Rebecca Sewell; Elizabeth Cottrell; Karina Gutman; MaryKatherine Clemons; Daniel Friedman; Elise Kotin; Emma Smith; Joseph Whitehouse; Courtney Pratt

Which behavioral health screening tool should you use-and when?

J Fam Pract. 2020 Nov;69(9):454-460.

Authors

Rebecca Sewell¹, Elizabeth Cottrell², Karina Gutman³, MaryKatherine Clemons⁴, Daniel Friedman⁵, Elise Kotin⁶, Emma Smith⁷, Joseph Whitehouse⁸, Courtney Pratt⁹

Affiliations

¹ Bon Secours Mercy Health, Toledo, OH, USA. Email: rebecca.sewell30@gmail.com.
² Radford University, VA, USA.
³ Alliant International UniversityCSPP, San Diego, USA.
⁴ Baylor Scott & White Health, Temple, TX, USA.
⁵ Kaiser Permanente, Redwood City, CA, USA.
⁶ Deep Eddy Psychotherapy, Austin, TX, USA.
⁷ Midwestern University, Glendale, AZ, USA.
⁸ UT Health Science Center at Tyler, TX, USA.
⁹ Robert J. Dole VA Medical Center, Wichita, KS, USA.

PMID: 33176341

Abstract

This review focuses on screens to assess everything from mood and substance use to pain and cognition. It also offers an algorithm to aid with clinical decision making.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Algorithms
Clinical Decision-Making*
Decision Making*
Decision Support Techniques
Humans
Mass Screening / instrumentation*
Mental Disorders / diagnosis*