Authors: Felicity L. Brown, Frederik Steen, Karine Taha, Gabriela V. Koppenol-Gonzalez, May Aoun, Richard Bryant & Mark J D. Jordans
This study translated and adapted the Child Psychosocial Distress Screener (CPDS) and the Pediatric Symptom Checklist (PSC) and conducted a validation study with 85 adolescents (aged 10–15) in Lebanon. Overall, it finds the Arabic PSC and CPDS are reliable and valid instruments for use as primary screening tools in Lebanon. Further research is needed to understand discrepancies between adolescent and caregiver reports, and optimal methods of using multiple informants.
