Innovations in Practice: piloting a new child and adolescent risk assessment suite in the United Kingdom

Tiffin, P.A.; Kitchen, C.; Weir, S.

Abstract

Background: A prototype risk assessment suite (FACE-CARAS) was developed for use within CAMHS and evaluated for acceptability and reliability. Method: Clinicians underwent brief training in the system and invited 69 young people to an assessment using the FACE-CARAS. A second rater produced a separate set of blind ratings for most patients. Clinicians also provided qualitative feedback. Results: The component schedules of the FACE-CARAS could be reliably rated with ‘near perfect’ to ‘moderate’ agreement observed. Internal reliability consistency values, as indexed by Cronbach's alpha, were moderate to high in all cases. Conclusions: The assessment schedules that make up the FACE-CARAS can be reliably rated by clinicians with minimal training.

Citation

Tiffin, P., Kitchen, C., & Weir, S. (2015). Innovations in Practice: piloting a new child and adolescent risk assessment suite in the United Kingdom. Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 20(4), 225-229. https://doi.org/10.1111/camh.12110

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Mar 30, 2015
• Publication Date: Nov 1, 2015
• Deposit Date: May 5, 2015
• Publicly Available Date: May 28, 2016
• Journal: Child and Adolescent Mental Health
• Print ISSN: 1475-357X
• Electronic ISSN: 1475-3588
• Publisher: Wiley
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 20
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 225-229
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/camh.12110
• Keywords: Risk assessment, Adolescents, Children.
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1409011