Screening Tools
Mental Health Screenings help people to increase their awareness, and track their emotional health, as well \find problems early on, when they may be easier to treat.
Engaging in screenings is one of the most important things you can do for your overall well being.
Below you will find links to screenings you can use or share with the people you work with.
The Life Events Checklist for DSM-5 (LEC-5) is a self-report measure designed to screen for potentially traumatic events in a respondent's lifetime.
Explore the Life Events Checklist (LEC-5) to learn more.
The Child and Adolescent Trauma Screen (CATS) questionnaire is a brief screening instrument based on the DSM-5 criteria for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Self-Screening Tool for CHWs and other helping professionals: Secondary Traumatic Stress Scale
The Relationship Assessment Tool (RAT) screens for Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Abuse. Intimate Partner violence is a pattern of abusive and threatening behaviors used by one person in a relationship, to control the other.
Violence takes many forms and can happen all the time or once in a while. To learn more, please follow this link to explore the Relationship Assessment Tool
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are traumatic events that occur before the age of 18. A landmark study found a significant relationship between the number of ACEs a person experienced and negative outcomes in adulthood, including poor physical and mental health, substance use, and risky behaviors.
The ACES Questionnaire can be taken here.