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further follow-up. We also recommend talking to a doctor about your feelings. Your family doctor
is a very good person to talk to in order to review these things. We'd really like you to make an
appointment with your family doctor in the next few days. Could you do that? In the meantime, if
you're feeling really unsafe, you can always take yourself to the local emergency department or
ask a family member or friend to take you. The crisis line is also a great resource to have. They
can help you in a crisis situation or can help you access resources such as your local emergency
department. The emergency address in this area and the crisis number is in your resource
pamphlet. Do you need another one? (if Yes)We can e-mail it or fax it to you.
• Make notes on the case. Continue with the interview.
3. If the answer to Q 2 was:
V^NO: No referral to school counsellor is made unless respondent scores
above the cut off score for potential depression in the RADS-2 score, or the critical items
in the scale add up to three (includes Item #14) or more items scored in this measure or
both critical items add up to three or more items scored and the respondent total score is
within the score for potential depression and needs further assessment. No contact with
the respondent's parent/Guardian is made.
V^YES: The school counsellor will be provided the name of the participant and
will be informed that we have recommended this participant make contact with the school
counsellor. Also, mention to the school counsellor that we will also contact the respondent's
parent/guardian, and that we are recommending that their child check in with the school
counsellor for further follow up. The RADS-2 are scored at school immediately after completion
of the Questionnaire.
Those respondents who answer 3 or 4 on Question #14, will be contacted in school if the school
is in session. Arrangements will be made with the school counsellor in how best to contact these
respondents during school hours. If the Questionnaire is completed just before school classes end
for the day, the respondent will be contacted at home that same evening. For those respondents
who answer YES to Q2 during the evening, the parent or guardian will be contacted within 2
hours by telephone. The respondent will be referred to the school counsellor the next morning. If
the respondent answers YES to Q2 during school hours, the school counsellor will be notified
within 2 hours by face contact or telephone. The parent or guardian will be notified by telephone
that day or evening on the same day of interview.
4. Prepare a written report file that includes the name of the school counsellor who
received the information, date and time of the referral to the school counsellor, if the
parent/guardian was contacted. No identifiable information is included in the report file.
RADS-2 raw score range 76-120 or >61T on the Depression Total Scale, or a score of 4 on
Critical Items 3, 6, 19, 20, and 30 on the RADS-2, or a score of 3 or more on the Critical
Items that include Critical Item 14 (self-destructive behavior), or a combination of a raw
score range of 76-120 (or 61T) on the Depression Total Scale and a score of 4 on Critical
Items 3, 6, 19, 20, and 30 or 3 or more Critical Items that also include Item 14
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