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  The American Academy of Pediatrics and the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommend routine mental health checkups for all adolescents; medical professionals, including pediatricians, family physicians and pediatric nurse practitioners, are in a unique position to screen for depression and other mental illnesses among their teen patients as part of their routine medical care. Providing mental health checkups in medical settings strengthens the idea that mental and physical health are equal contributors to a young person’s overall health and development.

Read more about TeenScreen Primary Care and to access FREE materials to implement mental health checkups in your practice.

 
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Screens in Emergency Department, Primary Care Network
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia primary care providers are using a web-based mental health screening tool for adolescents as a standard of care. Learn how CHOP’s screening projects are going.


New Assistance for Primary Care
Medscape Provides First Hand Account of Mental Health Checkups: “Identifying Adolescent Mental Illness Early through Routine Mental Health Screening” examines the need for risk assessment in adolescent health care and insights from a practitioner.

Providers’ Role in Preventing Suicide:The Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC) equips primary care providers with information on how to effectively respond to suicide risk.

Medical Organizations and Professionals Prioritize Mental Health Screening

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Society for Adolescent Medicine, the American Medical Association and other organizations all support mental health screening as a means of early identification and prevention.