ReachNow

The ReachNow tool, developed by War Child Holland, aims to improve help-seeking among children and adolescents in need of mental healthcare by strengthening community-level proactive detection and help-seeking encouragement. The tool is made up of illustrated vignettes depicting most common, culturally relevant indicators of childhood psychological distress as well as decision-making diagrams, to guide community members and lay people towards seeking further support, if necessary.

 

Read more here:

WarChild Holland website on ReachNow (https://www.warchild.net/intervention-reachnow/)

 

ReachNow detection tool (https://www.warchild.net/documents/262/220420_WCH_REACHNOW_CO-BRANDING_DETECTION_TOOL_EN.pdf)

Accuracy of a Proactive Case Detection Tool for Internalizing and Externalizing Problems Among Children and Adolescents (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/353369281_Accuracy_of_a_Proactive_Case_Detection_Tool_for_Internalizing_and_Externalizing_Problems_Among_Children_and_Adolescents)