HEEADSSS assessment | we put our heads together to discuss the adolescent psychosocial interview

HEEADSSS (with a varying number of Es and Ss according to locality) is a framework to help clinicians take a psychosocial interview, usually from an adolescent. It assists us in treating an adolescent patient within their wider context, screening for a range of items from mental health to risks to the individual, both from self and externally. 

You don't want to miss:

• Tips to help you hone your general approach to the adolescent psychosocial interview - rapport is key!
• A detailed breakdown of each aspect of the HEEADSSS interview
• How to close a psychosocial interview 

 

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(This isn’t individual medical advice, please use your own clinical judgement and local guidelines when caring for your patients)