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The Mental Health Screening and Assessment Tools for

Primary Care table provides a listing of mental health


screening and assessment tools, summarizing their
psychometric testing properties, cultural considerations,
costs, and key references. It includes tools that are
proprietary and those that are freely accessible. Products
are listed for informational purposes only. Inclusion in this
publication does not imply endorsement by the American
Academy of Pediatrics.
Consideration for including screening tests in the table
included the tests’ reliability, validity, sensitivity, and
specifcity.
• Reliability is the ability of a measure to produce
consistent results.
• The validity of a screening test is its ability to
discriminate between a child with a problem and one
The Mental Health Screening and Assessment Tools for
Primary Care table provides a listing of mental health
screening and assessment tools, summarizing their
psychometric testing properties, cultural considerations,
costs, and key references. It includes tools that are
proprietary and those that are freely accessible. Products
are listed for informational purposes only. Inclusion in this
publication does not imply endorsement by the American
Academy of Pediatrics.
Consideration for including screening tests in the table
included the tests’ reliability, validity, sensitivity, and
specifcity.
• Reliability is the ability of a measure to produce
consistent results.
• The validity of a screening test is its ability to
discriminate between a child with a problem and one

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