[Check-ups and screening for young people : What is reasonable with respect to psychiatric disorders?]

CONCLUSIONS: The adolescence healthcare examinations can be a useful element for early detection of mental disorders and damaging behavior if the utilization rate is high and actions taken in case of suspected beginning disorder/damaging behavior are evaluated. To date, screening instruments for psychiatric disorders should not be used in wide population classes without group-specific targets and without direct contact between therapists and patients. Already established preventive services and initiatives should be interlinked. The health effects of the actions have to be analyzed. PMID: 25367230 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Der Nervenarzt - Category: Neurology Authors: Tags: Nervenarzt Source Type: research