HEADSS Interview
Penny Wilson, MD, and Vanessa Cardy, MD
Background
- HEADSS is a framework for psychosocial screening in adolescents
- Ensure patient’s confidentiality and privacy
- Questions should be open-ended and curious
- H - Home
- Living situation
- Relationships
- E - Education/employment
- Current schooling or work
- Experiences in these environments
- A - Activities
- Leisure
- Hobbies
- Community involvement
- D - Drugs and alcohol
- What
- How much
- Context of drug taking
- S - Sex
- Relationships
- Sexuality
- Contraception
- Sexual health
- S - Suicide
- Depression and mental health
- Some versions have a third S - Safety
- Exposure to violence or unsafe situations
