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

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

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P.A. Tiffin

C. Kitchen

S. Weir



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

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This is the accepted version of the following article: Tiffin, P. A., Kitchen, C. E.W. and 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, which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/camh.12110. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance With Wiley Terms and Conditions for self-archiving.




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