Emergency Medicine, Mental Disorders, Mentally Ill Persons
Conditions
Keywords
Mental Disorders, Mentally Ill Persons, Emergency Medicine, Emergency Department, Screening
Brief summary
The purpose of this study is to find out how prevalent unidentified Mental Health issues are in the pediatric population that visits the Emergency Department in an urban city.
Detailed description
The purpose of this research study is to find out how many children in the Emergency Room have emotional issues and how many of them go unnoticed. In particular the study looks at how well a questionnaire for children and teenagers, the DISC Predictive Scales, Version IV (DPS-IV) works and what is the best way to ask the questions. In addition, for children aged 9-17 this study will look at families' readiness to seek care when a problem is indicated.
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
6 Years to 18 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Child Must be With Biological Mother * Child Presenting to Emergency Department with an Urgent But Stable condition * Child must be between the ages of 6 years and 18 years * Child must have no prior history of Behavioral Health concerns or diagnoses
Exclusion criteria
* Child has prior Behavioral Health history, diagnosis, or concerns * Child not between ages of 6 years and 18 years of ages * Child presenting without Biological Mother present * Child acuity level outside of Urgent But Stable for presenting complaints
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed