T6.3 Innovative, best practice solutions to assessing and monitoring the mental health status across Europe

Summary

The aim is to prepare and improve access to best practice digital assessment tools for mental health problems and associated risk factors across Europe to help monitoring mental health problems and to improve detection of individuals at risk of developing mental health problems. Effective (both regarding costs and time), validated measurement of mental health also provide health authorities with necessary and relevant information for considering and implementing preventative and treatment initiatives. Task 6.3 directly addresses two focal points of the call, mental health awareness and literacy, by providing a platform to learn about mental health problems. Task 6.3 is linked to task 5.1 (Advancing mental health in all policies) by providing a tool to make mental health problems and the effect of policies for mental health visible, it is linked to Task 5.2 (Supporting prevention) by providing a tool for early detection of individuals at risk to developing mental health problems. Task 6.3 will coordinate its activities with 5.1 and 5.2 to ensure the development of tools that fit well with other best-practice tools and processes. Our aim is to facilitate the transfer and translation of 3 digital assessment tools across MSs, including web-based clinical interviews and assessments of factors affecting mental health, thus making them accessible for participating countries. Translation can be facilitated by the use of AI tools like ChatGPT, combined with quality control by native speakers. Accessibility of the tools especially also for vulnerable groups will be achieved by using AI methods to complement reading of questions with listening to them (TTS, text to speech service) or interacting with automated talking heads. Acquiring data by use of the same methods across MS will facilitate comparison and analysis of risk and protective factors on large data sets.

• Sub-task 6.3.1: Validate and further develop the web-based self-administered CIDI (Composite International Diagnostic Interview)
• Sub-task 6.3.2: Validate and prepare for up-scaling of a web-based self-report questionnaire of mental health problems and risk factors for youth
• Sub-task 6.3.3 Adapt, pilot, and translate a web-based screening tool for assessments of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and other factors impacting mental health in children and youth.