Clinical Pediatrics: Open Access
Open Access
ISSN: 2572-0775
ISSN: 2572-0775
Director, Center for International Education. Montague House, College of Education, University of Massachusetts, Amherst 01002, United States
Research Article
Revised Children?s Anxiety and Depression Scale (RCADS): Psychometric Properties in a Clinical Sample in the United Kingdom
Author(s): Ian Baron*, Russell Hurn, Eloise Ainger, Rebecca Adlington and Liat Shapiro
Background: Routine Outcome monitoring has become a principle element in the transformation of mental health services for children and young people in the UK and promoted by the CYP Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) program. Collecting data on the outcome of therapeutic interventions is a required element of the mental health data set within NHS settings. The Revised Child’s Anxiety and Depression Scale (RCADS) has been identified as a useful tool based on the normative studies of US populations. There has, however, been no evaluation of RCADS for a UK population. Because of the data available, the current study provides an initial assessment of the validity and reliability of the RCADS in a United Kingdom (UK) clinical sample. Children had been referred to a community mental health and emotional wellbeing service for children and young people presenting with mi.. View More»