The process of mental health screening for adolescents
Explanation:
Mental health screening process in adolescents is highly important to detect for any mental depressions, illegal behavior, psychological disturbances, psychiatric disorder, etc. adolescents are highly vulnerable to psychological issues mainly because they are in the transitional period in between childhood and adulthood.
They are more independent and exposed to a lot of environmental and social triggers which leads to psychological issues which further triggers them to take illicit drugs, smoking, alcohol, illegal activities, etc. On the other hand, undue psychological disturbances in adolescents may also be harmful to self and others due to self-injury, injury to others, etc.
Hence their mental health should be monitored just like their physical health. There are many mental health screening tools for adolescents like: GAPS, Modified PHQ-9, KADS, PHQ-A, TASM, PST, TeFA, etc
