WeCare: A System of Care for Black Youth

This measure assesses mental health service utilization from 50 patient care locations in New York City via electronic medical records.

This measure is a semi structured interview to assess suicidal ideation and attempt This measure is a semi structured interview to assess suicidal ideation and attempt behavior (actual, interrupted, aborted suicide attempts; preparatory behavior).

This measure assesses psychological factors, including stigma, perceived relevance of treatment, etc. that impact one's perceptions and attitudes about using formal mental health treatment services.

This 5-item measure captures barriers to MH treatment participation identified in PI Lindsey's prior work with Black youth and families. A higher score indicates a perception of more barriers to treatment (Minimum score: 5; Maximum score: 15).

This measures expectations about treatment at a children's psychiatric clinic (caregiver).

This measure assesses mental health service utilization, efforts to link to services, linkage, and engagement with outpatient MH services (caregiver).

This measure targets recent feelings of hopelessness and hope.

This measure assesses familial connectedness.

This 2-ite, measure assesses peer connectedness. Higher scores indicate greater peer connectedness (Minimum score: 2; Maximum score: 10).

This measure assesses bullying.

This measure assesses impulsivity.

This measure assesses lifetime mental health service use (caregiver).

This 8-item measure assesses adolescents' willingness to change (Minimum score: 8; Maximum score: 32).

This measure assesses barriers to treatment (caregiver).

This measure assesses adolescents' confidence in use of different coping behaviors (commonly incorporated in safety plans) when experiencing suicidal thoughts.

This measure assesses alcohol use.

This measure assesses adolescents' behaviors related to drug use.

This single item measures frequency of physical fighting with a higher score indicating more incifidenst of fighting.

This measure assesses adolescents' access to lethal means (caregiver).

This measure assesses perceived treatment effectiveness.

This measure assesses adolescents' sense of purpose

This 5-item measure assesses beliefs and attitudes towards death.

This instruments measures the frequency of suicidal thoughts (only if participant responds YES to CSSRS 1 or 2).

This measure assesses if adolescents had exposure to someone who attempted or died by suicide.

This 4-item measure assesses fearlessness of death.

This survey queries background characteristics (youth and caregiver versions).

This survey queries adolescents' gender identity and sexual orientation.

Expanded 6-item version of baseline purpose of life measure.

This 2-item measure assesses regard for racial identity.

This 3-item measure assesses social skills.

This survey queries religious identity (caregiver).

This 5-item measure assesses medical mistrust (caregiver). Higher score sindicate more medical mistrust (Minimum score: 6; Maximum score: 30).

This measure assesses caregiver-reported issues youth face.

This survey measure assesses the duration of suicidal thoughts, family and social connectedness, peer victimization and bullying, impulsive-aggression, physical fighting, and overall adaptive functioning.

This measure assesses the impact of youth's problem to do certain day-to-day tasks (caregiver).

This 6-item measure assesses adolescents' sense of belongingness. Higher scores indicate greater belongingness (Minimum 6; maximum 30).

This 2-item measure assesses adolescents' sense of joy in their life.

These items are shared data with the wider scientific community to assess mental and physical health concerns and wellbeing.