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HEADSS for Adolescents (HEADSS)
Keywords:
Adolescents
Background:
This is an interview instrument for finding out about issues in adolescents' lives. It was developed by Cohen and colleagues (Cohen et al., 1991)
Developer(s):
Eric Cohen, Richard G. MacKenzie, and Gary L. Yates
Copyright:
Publisher: Elsevier
Assessment:
Home
q Who lives with the young person? Where? q Do they have their own room? q What are relationships like at home? q What do parents and relatives do for a living? q Ever institutionalized? Incarcerated? q Recent moves? Running away? q New people in home environment? Education and employment
q School/grade performance--any recent changes? Any dramatic past changes? q Favorite subjects--worst subjects? (include grades) q Any years repeated/classes failed
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q Suspension, termination, dropping out? q Future education/employment plans? q Any current or past employment? q Relations with teachers, employers--school, work attendance?
Activities
q On own, with peers (what do you do for fun?, where? when?) q With family? q Sports--regular exercise? q Church attendance, clubs, projects? q Hobbies--other activities? q Reading for fun--what? q TV--how much weekly--favorite shows? q Favorite music? q Does young person have car, use seat belts? q History of arrests--acting out--crime?
Drugs
q Use by peers? Use by young person? (include tobacco, alcohol) q Use by family members? (include tobacco, alcohol) q Amounts, frequency, patterns of use/abuse, and car use while intoxicated? q Source--how paid for?
Sexuality
q Orientation? q Degree and types of sexual experience and acts? q Number of partners? q Masturbation? (normalize) q History of pregnancy/abortion? q Sexually transmitted diseases--knowledge and prevention? Contraception?
Frequency of use? q Comfort with sexual activity, enjoyment/pleasure obtained? History of
sexual/physical abuse?
Suicide/Depression
q Sleep disorders (usually induction problems, also early/frequent waking or greatly increased sleep and complaints of increasing fatigue)
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q Appetite/eating behavior changes q Feelings of 'boredom' q Emotional outbursts and highly impulsive behavior q History of withdrawal/isolation q Hopeless/helpless feelings q History of past suicide attempts, depression, psychological counseling q History of suicide attempts in family or peers q History of recurrent serious 'accidents' q Psychosomatic symptomology q Suicidal ideation (including significant current and past losses) q Decreased affect on interview, avoidance of eye contact--depression posturing q Preoccupation with death (clothing, media, music, art).
References:
q Goldenring, J, Cohen, E (1988) Getting into adolescents heads. Contemporary Pediatrics, July: 75-80.
q Cohen, E, MacKenzie, R.G., Yates, G.L. (1991). HEADSS, a psychosocial risk assessment instrument: Implications for designing effective intervention programs for runaway youth. Journal of Adolescent Health 12 (7): 539-544.
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