Digital HEEADSSS screening for adolescent psychosocial health
eHEEADSSS is an evidence-based digital adaptation of HEEADSSS (Home, Education and Employment, Eating, Activities, Drugs, Sexuality, Suicide, and Safety), the gold-standard psychosocial risk assessment for adolescents, used across Australia. It gives young people a private, judgment-free way to share what's really going on, so clinicians see the full picture and can act on it.
The biggest risks to young people are the ones you can't see on the surface
Four of the top five health issues for young people are mental or behavioural. Left unidentified they carry an enormous cost to both the young person, and to the wider community. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Health of young people, 2024.
Recommended by The Royal Australasian College of Physicians.
Built with Digital Empathy™
eHEEADSSS was co-created with young people, and it shows. Our Digital Empathy approach gives adolescents a safe, private space to share sensitive information, the kind they rarely volunteer in person. The result is more honest answers and better data for the people caring for them.
- Multilingual
- Strengths-based
- Low-literacy friendly
- Self-administered
- Immediate results
- Three-level triage plus protective factors
- Purpose-built
- Integrates with your EMR
- Data dashboard for administration and research
What eHEEADSSS delivers
Greater engagement
Adolescents report more comfort and trust in the digital format than in face-to-face assessment, so more of them complete it and more of them are honest.
Hidden risks, surfaced
eHEEADSSS has identified previously unknown sexual abuse and mental health concerns, opening the door to intervention that would not have happened otherwise.
Better follow-up
Young people flagged with risk factors are more likely to receive the appropriate follow-up care.
Standardized data
Every assessment feeds a consistent, robust dataset that supports analysis, research, and decision-making.
Bring eHEEADSSS to your clinic
Give young people a private, judgment-free way to share what's really going on, so clinicians see the full picture and can act on it.