SINGLE MEASURE

Using social care services support for mental health issues

Sweep Title: Parent Questionnaire (of children aged 8 to 16 years old)
Dataset: Mental Health of Children and Young People in England Surveys (MHCYPS)

Question(s)

“Since {textfill year ago date}, have you or {if NickNameP=RESPONSE: “NicknameP”, else:”first_name”} been in contact with any of the following people or services because of worries about {if NickNameP=RESPONSE: “NicknameP”, else:”first_name”}’s mental health or emotional, behavioural or concentration problems? G_Multi_II1”ANALYSIS:”Parent: Whether been in contact with services about child’s mental health inpast year

Response scale

1. A teacher (for example, form teacher, head of year)
2. Someone from school-based mental health support services (for example, school counsellor or someone from a school Mental Health Support Team)
3. Someone working in educational support services (for example, aneducational psychologist or external specialist teacher)
4. Someone from primary health care (for example, a GP, practice nurse or school nurse)
5. Someone from Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) (for
example, child psychologist or psychiatrist, child mental health nurse, or family therapist)
6. Someone specialising in children’s physical health (for example, a hospital or community paediatrician, or occupational therapist)
7. Someone from social care (for example, a social worker or family support worker)
8. A private, paid for service (for example, a private child psychiatrist, psychologist, therapist or counsellor)
9. Accident and Emergency or an Emergency Department
10. Other (please specify)
11. No contact with any professional/service [EXCLUSIVE CODE]

Participant age 8 - 16
Starts January 2023
Ends January 2024
Provision OR Receipt OR Need? Receipt;
Informant: Parent
Multiple rater? No
Reporting Term Current
Standard instrument? No
Measure ID MHCYPS-4791