Colleagues:

Are any of you aware of national, provincial, state, or regional localities
that have implemented systematic assessments of children's mental health
problems?  This could be done at time of assessment, or at time of discharge.

If so, what assessment instruments are being used (Connor's, Achenbach, etc.)
and has the experience been successful?).  We are particularly
interested in issues of cultural sensitivity and paradigm issues
related to the identification and measurement of mental and behavioural
issues among children.

We have pretty well covered the published literature from Psychlit, Medline
and ERIC.

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Thanks,

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