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...about feelings, that someone might have felt the same way did."

"It helped me relieve some problems inside that I haven't told [anyone] else."

"I think that everyone should take the TeenScreen ... if they need to get something off their chest and feel good...."

These are some responses from participants in the Columbia University TeenScreen Program, a voluntary mental health and suicide-risk screening program being conducted at more than 450 sites around the nation. Specifically, these students took the DISC Predictive Scales (DPS), a self-administered, computerized interview that screens for eight DSM-IV disorders and suicidality. The DPS is one of several screening instruments currently offered by TeenScreen, a program that provides screening instruments and a structured clinical and case management protocol to help identify youth who are struggling, notify their parents, and support families in connecting to local mental health services for further evaluation.

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