Table 7.

HEADSS protocol

* H—Home life including relationship with parents

E—Education or employment, including financial issues

A—Activities including sports (also particularly note friendships and social relationships, especially close friendships)

A—Affect (mood, particularly whether mood is responsive to situations)

D—Drug use, including cigarettes and alcohol as well as drugs

S—Sex (information on intimate relationships and sexual risk behaviours may be important in both acute and chronic illnesses in adolescents)

S—Suicide, depression, and self harm

S—Sleep

^*Adapted from Goldenring et al. Contemporary Pediatrics 1998;Jul: 75-80