These fact sheets provide an overview of policy efforts related to screening, the TeenScreen National Center for Mental Health Checkups programs and initiatives, and statistics on teen depression and suicide. Also included are implementation materials to assist with the implementation of mental health checkups in primary care and school and community-based settings.

Primary Care

Schools and Communities

Policy (Depression Screening/ Health Care)

Teen Mental Health Statistics and FAQs

• Primary Care Screening Steps & Best Practices
  

• Research supporting the integration of mental health checkups in adolescent health care

• Screening Questionnaires Overview

• Screening Questionnaire Starter Kit, CRAFFT (read/review-only version - to order, click here)
  CRAFFT Questionnaire(read/review-only version - to order, click here)
• Guide to Referral and Reimbursement

• Post-Screening Interview Guide

• Incorporating Mental Health Checkups Into Adolescent Visits

• Preparing Office Staff for Implementation
  


• Tips Presentation (tips on logistics of screening in primary care)

• Medscape CME Training
Access a free continuing medical education course regarding the implementation of screening in primary care settings.

• Medscape Article
Read an article in Medscape about identifying mental illness through routine mental health screening in primary care.

• Getting Started with the TeenScreen Schools and Communities Program

• TeenScreen Schools and Communities Information Kit

• Information about TeenScreen’s National Evidence-Based Ratings

• Key Facts about Mental Health Screening and the TeenScreen Schools and Communities Program

• Screening Steps & Best Practices

• Research on mental health and success in school

• Screening Questionnaires

• FAQs for Parents
  
• FAQs for School Administrators

• Schools and Communities Development Webinar
  Access a recorded audio file and training on developing a screening program in your local school or community.

• Health Care Reform and Mental Health Parity Fact Sheet
  
  
• Brief of Medical Professional Consensus for Screening

• Personal and Societal Toll of Mental Illness

• Mental Illness and Substance Abuse

• The Strength of the USPSTF Recommendation

• Reducing Medical Costs

• Improving Outcomes

• Medicaid Well-Child Visits

• Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Well-Child Visits

• Rosie D. Fact Sheet

• Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act Fact Sheet

• Letter to CMS

• Recommendations to Realization: Health Policy Forum Report

• State-by-State Fact Sheets

• Research on teen depression and suicide

• 2007 Columbia University Teen Suicide Fact Sheet

• Teen Depression & Suicide FAQs

• Mental Health Checkups FAQs

• Preventing Youth Suicide in Rural America – Recommendations to States

• YRBS Reports