Overview
When youth with mental health concerns seek care, they often complete numerous assessments with their service provider. But how should these assessments be used to figure out the most appropriate services? And are these assessments actually providing useful information when it comes to youth clients?
The Measure Better study is examining these assessments, called psychometric measures, and developing a new conceptual and methodological framework “to study the benefits and limitations of psychometric methods in the context of youth mental healthcare.” As part of this project, service providers will receive training for this framework to understand best practices for providing care to youth.
This study is co-led by Dr. Eran Tal (Canada Research Chair in Data Ethics and Associate Professor at McGill University) and Dr. Skye Barbic (Head Scientist at Foundry and Associate Professor at University of British Columbia).
Funders
The Measure Better Study is supported by the Canada Research Chairs Program; Fonds de recherche du Quebec; Healthy Brains, Healthy Lives at McGill University; and the McGill Arts Undergraduate Society Arts Student Employment Fund.
Resources
- Measurebetter.org: Mobilizing measurement to improve clinical care
- Rodriguez Duque S, Tal E, Barbic SP. (2024). The role of ethical and social values in psychosocial measurement. Measurement. 225:113993.