Description
Brief description of screening test for emotional and behavior problems in primary care
Source: Jellinek MS, Murphy JM, Robinson J, et al. Pediatric Symptom Checklist: Screening school age children for psychosocial dysfunction. Journal of Pediatrics, 1988; 112:201-209. The PSC is one of only a freely licensed measures and can be freely downloaded in English or Spanish at: http://psc.partners.org/
Age Range: 4 - 18 years.
Description: The PSC consists of 35 short statements of problem behaviors including both externalizing (conduct, attention, etc.) and internalizing (depression, anxiety, adjustment, etc.) Ratings of never, sometimes or often are assigned a value of 0,1,or 2. Scores totaling 28 or more suggest referrals. For children 4 - 5 years of age, several items referring to academic performance are omitted and a cutoff of 24 is used. Recent research on the PSC illustrates the presence of discrete factors for attention, externalizing, internalizing, and school dysfunction. A Chinese version is available by e-mailing mmurphy6@partners.org
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Related Links
- American Academy of Pediatrics
The parent organization of the Section on Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics
http://www.aap.org/
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- National Center for Medical Home Initiatives
Many resources on children with special healthcare needs
http://www.medicalhomeinfo.org/
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- National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
At the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Features information on autism surveiilance.
http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/default.htm
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Keywords: American Academy of Pediatrics,Centers for Disease Control,screening,surveillance
Publication date: Dec 21, 2004
Revise date: Feb 7, 2006
TextID: 346
