Parker Alexandra, Hetrick Sarah, Purcell Rosemary
Orygen Youth Health Research Centre, The University of Melbourne, Victoria.
Aust Fam Physician. 2010 Aug;39(8):585-8.
Given the high prevalence of mental health and/or substance use problems in young people, an assessment interview that assists clinicians to engage with young people and assess their psychosocial needs is essential. Currently, there are few assessment tools for this purpose.
To describe the rationale and process of extending a psychosocial assessment interview to assist clinicians in assessing the full range of mental health disorders common in young people.
The 'headspace' assessment interview is designed to assist engagement while assessing psychosocial and mental health problems. It can be used by a range of clinicians in primary care settings for the purposes of developing treatment or referral options. To date, as part of a national clinical service platform, the interview has been used with over 2000 young people. A preliminary process evaluation indicated that the interview is perceived to have utility and acceptability among the clinicians who are using it in their practice to assess young people's mental health problems and psychosocial functioning.
鉴于年轻人中精神健康和/或物质使用问题的高发生率，一种能帮助临床医生与年轻人互动并评估其心理社会需求的评估访谈至关重要。目前，为此目的的评估工具很少。
描述扩展心理社会评估访谈的基本原理和过程，以协助临床医生评估年轻人中常见的各种精神健康障碍。
“headspace”评估访谈旨在在评估心理社会和精神健康问题时促进互动。它可供一系列基层医疗环境中的临床医生用于制定治疗或转诊方案。迄今为止，作为国家临床服务平台的一部分，该访谈已用于2000多名年轻人。初步的过程评估表明，该访谈在实际使用它来评估年轻人心理健康问题和心理社会功能的临床医生中被认为具有实用性和可接受性。
