Topic: Identify one appropriate evidence-based screening tools for depression and suicidality. For this, read the materials (link) and conduct a search in academic-based sources on the internet to ensure the screening tools are adequate for the client described in the case study.   Develop a brief description of the tools (i.e. purpose, number of items, scale type, translations, cultural adaptations, reliability and validity of the measure).

Please use the link below for the screening tools for the case study.

Topic: Identify one appropriate evidence-based screening tools for depression and suicidality. For this, read the materials (link) and conduct a search in academic-based sources on the internet to ensure the screening tools are adequate for the client described in the case study.   Develop a brief description of the tools (i.e. purpose, number of items, scale type, translations, cultural adaptations, reliability and validity of the measure).

Please use the link below for the screening tools for the case study.

Mood and Feelings Questionnaire (MFQ) | Developmental Epidemiology (duke.edu)

**PHQ-A: The Severity Measure for Depression—Child Age 11–17 (adapted from PHQ–9modified for Adolescents [PHQ-A]) is a 9– item measure that assesses the severity of depressive disorders and episodes (or clinically significant symptoms of depressive disorders and episodes) in children ages 11–17.

Mood and Feelings Questionnaire: The MFQ consists of a series of descriptive phrases regarding how the subject has been feeling or acting recently. Coding’s reflect whether the phrase was descriptive of the subject most of the time, sometimes, or not at all in the past two weeks.

Accessible Versions below will be find in this link Mood and Feelings Questionnaire (MFQ) | Developmental Epidemiology (duke.edu).

Talk about the Child Self-Report Short or Long Version (see link above) for mood and feelings questionnaire to compare to the baseline during each session with the client . The  Evidence based can be A-B-A model or others.

• Child Self-Report Short Version
• Child Self-Report Long Version

I have attached some readings from Painter, K. & Scannapieco, M. (2015). Understanding the mental health problems of children and adolescents. Oxford Press.

This is the case Study for the screening tool: The patient is a 12-year-old white female who came to the ER about self -inflicted overdose. She said the reason why she took the overdose was to harm herself.  Her mother was present at the time of the assessment. The patient refused to make eye contact with her mother and kept her head down almost the whole time during the discussion. The social worker was present and took notes about the cut in both patient’s wrists and inner thighs. The patient did not want to give more information as her mother was in the room. The social worker noticed why the patient did not want to provide more information; she politely asked the mother to leave the room. After her mother left the room, the patient became more open with the conversation. She explained the reason that led her to overdose herself. She stated that she was 9-year-old where her stepfather was sexually assault her while her mother was at work. She said that her mother is not aware of the situation at the moment because her stepfather threatened to kill her if she informs her. She has a sister who is turning 9 this month, and she reported that her stepfather is abusing her sister. She said that she becomes extremely depressed, and she recently found out she is pregnant. She is worried about her mother found out her pregnancy that is the reason she decided to end her life.

The patient stated that she cut herself to relieve stress. She said that she started to do it to herself after the abuse occured. She feels hopeless, embarrassed, and ashamed to her mother. She feels like if her mother is aware of what happened, she will be on her stepfather’s sides not on hers. She said that she feels like if she successfully commits suicide, it will be better as she will not be going to embarrass her mother. She said that her mother is a full-time nurse, and her stepfather is unemployed. She said since the past few months, her mother has difficulty to pay her bills, she does not want to put more stress on her.

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