Clinical Screening Questionnaires Reference Table: An Introduction

Purpose of Clinical Questionnaires Table:

The purpose of this reference document is to provide information to service providers about each clinical questionnaire completed by YWHO clients, including number of items, purpose, frequency of administration, alerts, scoring, and relation of scores to intensity level of services offered.

Time to Complete Clinical Questionnaires:

Based on YWHO youth clients who have completed the tools on the Dacima platform thus far, it takes, on average, approximately 15 - 30 minutes to answer all of the clinical questionnaires.

Some General Examples of Low Medium High Level Intensity Services at YWHO Sites (*not a comprehensive list; Low, Medium, and High intensity services will differ across hubs, depending on services and interventions each site has available*):

• Low Intensity: Solution Focused Brief Therapy; Motivational Enhancement Therapy (MET) or Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT; 1 4 sessions); individual or group peer support
• Medium Intensity: Evidence based structured psychotherapy for mental health concerns (Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT) skills, CBT; 6-12 sessions); Evidence based group treatments for substance use/concurrent disorder concerns (MET, CBT, DBT; 6-12 sessions); Family support; Supported education/employment/housing, if relevant.
• High Intensity: YWHO based psychiatric response ( telepsychiatry or in person); medication consult; access to crisis supports; linkage to other existing higher intensity youth/young adult mental health and/or addictions services (e.g., long term psychotherapy, day treatment, inpatient, residential, ongoing psychiatric services, addiction medicine, specialist addiction treatment, withdrawal support)