Adolescent

  • Conduct a HEADSSS assessment
  • During a patient encounter with an adolescent, be able to address concerns regarding: sexuality, contraception, drug and alcohol use/abuse, smoking, self-esteem, body image, and mood.

Core Resources

HEADSS - An Interview and Assessment Guide for Adolescents

B.C. Children’s Hospital. HEADSS – An Interview and Assessment Guide for Adolescents. Available at: http://www.bcchildrens.ca/youth-health-clinic-site/documents/headss20assessment20guide1.pdf

Youth Mental Health Anxiety and Depression

Centre for Effective Practice. Youth Mental Health: Anxiety and Depression. Published June 2017.

Supplemental Resources

HEEADSSS

Klein DA, Goldenring JM, Adelman WP.  HEEADSSS 3.0: The psychosocial interview for adolescents updated for a new century fueled by media.  Contemporary Pediatrics.  31(1).  2014: 16-28.

GHR Preventive Care for ages 18-24 years – Page 1

Greig A. Greig Health Record 2018: Selected Guidelines and Resources – Page 1. The College of Family Physicians of Canada.

GHR Preventive Care for ages 18-24 years – Page 2

Greig A. Greig Health Record 2018: Selected Guidelines and Resources – Page 2. The College of Family Physicians of Canada.

GHR Preventive Care for ages 18-24 years – Page 13

Greig A. Greig Health Record 2018: Selected Guidelines and Resources – Page 3. The College of Family Physicians of Canada.

GHR Preventive Care for ages 18-24 years – Page 4

Greig A. Greig Health Record 2018: Selected Guidelines and Resources – Page 4. The College of Family Physicians of Canada.

Canadian ADHD Guidelines-4th-Edition_-Feb2018

Canadian ADHD Resource Alliance (CADDRA): Canadian ADHD Practice Guidelines, Fourth Edition, Toronto ON; CADDRA, 2018.

Living Guideline Return to Sports School and Activity Protocol

PedsConcussion Living guideline for Pediatric Concussion care. Available at: pedsconcussion.com

Returning to school following a concussion

Can Fam Physician 2023;69:382-4, 386. DOI: 10.46747/cfp.6906382