Executive Summary: Understanding the mental health and impact of substance use on infants, children, and youth in Aotearoa New Zealand: Findings from a scoping review.

Te Pou, in partnership with Infant, Child and Youth workforce centre, Whāraurau, commissioned the University of Auckland to undertake a scoping review on measuring the mental health and impact of substance use on infants, children, and youth. This is the executive summary of that scoping review.

The review provides a summary and critical appraisal of the existing data and measures used to understand the prevalence of mental health conditions and impact of substance use on ICY in NZ. This is the executive summary of that scoping review.

A spreadsheet of commonly used measures in New Zealand for understanding mental health symptoms and substance use in infants, children and young people is also available.