@article{ref1,
title="Does Screening High School Students for Psychological Distress, Deliberate Self-Harm, or Suicidal Ideation Cause Distress - And Is It Acceptable?",
journal="Crisis",
year="2011",
author="Robinson, Jo and Pan Yuen, Hok and Martin, Cathy and Hughes, Ally and Baksheev, Gennady N. and Dodd, Simon and Bapat, Swagata and Schwass, Wayne and McGorry, Patrick and Yung, Alison R.",
volume="32",
number="5",
pages="254-263",
abstract="Background: Programs designed to detect students at risk of depression and suicidality have shown success (<citationReference id=&quot;cr35-1&quot; rid=&quot;c35&quot;>Shaffer et al., 2004</citationReference>). Aims: The current study sought to examine whether or not such a program was acceptable to participants and whether or not it caused distress. Methods: Participants were boys aged 14 to 16. Participants were assessed using an on-line questionnaire; acceptability was measured via postal questionnaire. Results: Of 272 participants, 31 (11.4%) were considered at-risk; 13 required ongoing support, 8 of whom had not previously sought help. Overall screening did not appear to cause significant undue distress, although some differences were evident between at-risk and not at-risk students. All participants found the program acceptable. Conclusions: When conducted carefully, early detection programs can be an effective and acceptable method of identifying at-risk adolescents.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0227-5910",
doi="10.1027/0227-5910/a000087",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/0227-5910/a000087"
}