Evidence-Based Assessment Listings
This is a collection of evidence-based assessment (EBA) listings for providing youth mental health care across settings.
Background
For this collection, mental health is defined in the broadest sense and covers both ill-being (e.g., psychopathology, dysfunctional or problem behavior, risks/threats) and well-being (e.g., positive psychology, functional or adaptive behavior, strengths/assets). Assessment is also defined in the broadest possible sense and covers all possible purposes within mental health care, including screening, progress or outcome monitoring, social validity, program evaluation, diagnostic assessment, treatment integrity, etc.
All listings included in this collection contain multiple EBAs. The purpose of this collection is not to list individual measures or assessment systems because the listings included in this collection do exactly that. Also, heads up: there's a lot of overlap and redundancy in the EBAs linked within these several listings.
Evaluative Lists
Following are journal articles that report systematic evaluations and listings of EBAs for providing youth mental health care. Each article uses a distinct approach to identify EBAs based on criteria related to the strength or quality of available evidence.
- Evidence base update for brief, free, and accessible youth mental health measures, in Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology (Becker-Haimes et al., 2020)
- Evidence-based assessment tools for common mental health problems: A practical guide for school settings, in Children & Schools (Andrews et al., 2020)
- Progress monitoring measures for internalizing symptoms: A systematic review of the peer-reviewed literature, in School Mental Heatlh (Dart et al., 2019)
- Free, brief, and validated: Standardized instruments for low-resource mental health settings, in Cognitive & Behavioral Practice (Beidas et al., 2015)
- A systematic review of mental health outcome measures for young people aged 12 to 25 years, in BMC Psychiatry (Kwan & Rickwood, 2015)
- Measuring mental health and wellbeing outcomes for children and adolescents to inform practice and policy: A review of child self-report measures, in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry & Mental Health (Deighton et al., 2014)
Descriptive Lists
Following are websites that offer descriptive lists of EBAs (i.e., more than one evidence-based measure or assessment system). Some of these lists provide links to free assessment materials and protocols; some don't. Unlike the evaluative lists (see above), most of these descriptive lists do not provide criteria by which EBAs were evaluated or identified for inclusion.
- SHAPE System: Screening and Assessment Library, via the National Center of School Mental Health
- EdInstruments, via the Annenberg Institute of School Reform at Brown University
- Systematic Screening Tools, via Ci3T.org
- Toolbox of Forms, via the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
- Screening Tool Finder, via American Academy of Pediatrics
- CORC: Outcome & Experience Measures, via the Anna Freud National Centre for Children & Families
- Teenmentalhealth.org: Clinical Tools, via Mentalhealthliteracy.org
- DSM-5-TR: Online Assessment Measures, via the American Psychiatric Association
- Weisz Lab: Measures for Monitoring Treatment Response, via Harvard University
- Measuring SEL: Assessment Guide, via Collaborative for Academic, Social, & Emotional Learning
- Child FIRST: Assessments, via University of California at Los Angeles
- Substance Use: Screening & Assessment Tools Chart, via National Institute on Drug Abuse
- Harborview Center: Mental Health Measures, via University of Washington
- Bright Futures: Mental Health Tool Kit, via Georgetown University
- School Climate Survey Compendium, via National Center on Safe & Supportive Learning Environments
- PBIS Assessments, via Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions & Supports
- EBI Network: Evidence-Based Assessments, via University of Missouri
- Psychological Assessment Tools for Mental Health, via Psychologytools.com
- Peabody Treatment Progress Battery (2nd ed.), via Vanderbilt University
- Screening and Surveillance Tools, via University of Washington
- Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation, via CORE System Trust
- Child Welfare Information Gateway: Screening and Assessing Child Mental Health, via U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
- Evidence-Based Assessment, via Wikiversity
- Assessment Center, via Helping Give Away Psychological Science
- Well-Being Measurement, via Harvard University
- Health Measures, via Northwestern University
- Science of Behavior Change: The Measures, via Columbia University
- Center for Evidence-Based Youth Mental Health: Measurement Tools, via University of Missouri
- Mental Health, Social-Emotional, and Behavioral Screening and Evaluation Compendium, via Miami University
- Measuring Bullying, Victimization, Perpetration, and Bystander Experiences: A Compendium of Assessment Tools, via the National Center for Injury Prevention & Control
- Education Assessment Finder, via RAND Corporation
- 21 Measures of Risk & Protectice Factors for Youth & Young Adults, via the Ohio Department of Education
- Mental Health Screening for Children & Teens, via University of Utah
- IMPACT Measures Tool, via Institute for Child Success
- Behavior Screening & Behavior Progress Monitoring Tools Chart, via National Center for Intensive Intervention