Screening Wizard, Component 1 of iCHART (Integrated Care to Help At-Risk Teens)-Feasibility/Pilot Phase

Screening Wizard, Component 1 of iCHART (Integrated Care to Help At-Risk Teens)-Feasibility/Pilot Phase

Screening Wizard (SW). Primary Care Providers (PCPs) are often uncertain about how to best refer adolescents who screen positive for depression or suicidality. Screen-positive youth who are either not in treatment, or express dissatisfaction with current treatment will be consented by an on-site research assistant (RA). Those parents and patients receiving SW will answer additional questions: adaptive screens developed in a previous NIMH study (MH100155) for suicidal risk, anxiety, and mania; perceived barriers; and preferences about treatment. SW generates recommendations for PCPs reflecting patient clinical needs and preferences.

Screening Wizard will be delivered by Primary Care Providers (PCPs) at well child visits, beginning with screening occurring within the waiting room which will yield decision support guidance delivered and followed by the PCP at that same visit.

This study utilized an open trial design. A stepped wedge design was originally proposed and efforts were made to adhere to this study design, however after a year of low recruitment and resultant recruitment sites pulling out the of the study, the overall study design was changed to an open trial. Additional recruitment sites were onboarded to the study and provided with the intervention arm in order to obtain feasibility data on the intervention components of the study. For reference a stepped wedge design involves the sequential random rollout of an intervention over two time periods. Following a baseline period in which no clusters (=practices) are exposed to the intervention, the crossover is typically in one direction, from control to intervention and continues until both of the clusters have crossed-over to receive the intervention, with observations taken from each cluster and at each time period.

Hypothesis: The use of Screening Wizard will increase the rate of personalized referrals experts in specialty mental health would provide, compared to Treatment as usual (TAU).

Inclusion Criteria:

• Youth aged 12-26 yo
• Biological or adoptive parent is willing to provide informed consent for teen to participate
• Youth speaks and understands English

Exclusion Criteria:

• Non English speaking
• No parent willing to provide informed consent
• Is currently experiencing acute mania or psychosis, evidence of an intellectual or developmental disorder (IDD), life threatening medical condition that requires immediate treatment, or other cognitive or medical condition preventing youth from understanding study and/or participating.