Mental Health Screening Tool Information

["Jill Ackermann" <JAckermann@xxxxxxx>]

I am from the American Academy of Pediatrics and I am creating an appendix item to promote mental health screening tools that exist to our 57,000 members.
I am looking for information on the sensitivity and specificity of the following screening tools:

Children's Global Assessment Scale (CGAS)
The Minnesota Multi-Phasic Personality Inventory for Adolescents (MMPI-A)
The Behavior Assessment System for Children (BASC)
Beck Depression Inventory
Reynolds Adolescent Depression Scale
Mental Status Checklist
HCR-20 Assessment Tool for Violence
Devereux Scales of Mental Disorders
Adolescent Psychopathology Scale
Adolescent Symptom Inventory
Behavioral and Emotional Rating Scale
Conners' Rating Scales
Benton Visual Retention Test
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Test
Halstead-Reitan Neuropsychological Battery
Wide Range Assessment Test
Weschler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC III)
Comprehensive Test of Nonverbal Intelligence (CTONI)
Luria-Nebraska Neuropsychological Battery
Child Assessment Scale (CAS)
PTSD Symptom Scale
Rorschach Inkblot Test
Child Behavior Checklist-Parent Form
Behavior Dimensions Rating Scale
Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale (RCMAS)
Self-Perception Profile for Children (SPPC)
Pictorial Scale of Perceived Competence and Social Acceptance for Young Children (PSPC)
Brief Symptom Inventory

If anyone has information on any of these tools, please email me at Jackermann@aap.org 

Thank you so much!!


Jill Ackermann
Division Assistant
Division of Children with Special Needs
Department of Community Pediatrics
American Academy of Pediatrics
141 Northwest Point Blvd
Elk Grove Village, IL 60007
847/434-4917
Fax: 847/228-6432
Jackermann@aap.org