The 2014 Ontario Child Health Study Emotional Behavioural Scales (OCHS-EBS) is a 52-item parent and youth-reported checklist that provides valid and reliable dimensional and categorical measurement of 7 DSM-5 disorders (attention deficit hyperactivity, oppositional defiant, conduct, generalized anxiety, separation anxiety, major depressive and social phobia disorders).

Tools

The checklists can be downloaded here:

• OCHS-EBS parent version
• OCHS-EBS youth version

If you are thinking about using these tools, please get in touch with us (duncanlj@mcmaster.ca).

Documentation

Two Canadian Journal of Psychiatry papers documenting the psychometric properties of the OCHS-EBS can be accessed below or downloaded:

• The 2014 Ontario Child Health Study Emotional Behavioural Scales (OCHS-EBS) Part I: A Checklist for Dimensional Measurement of Selected DSM-5 Disorders
  • Direct link to open access article here, or download pdf here.
• The 2014 Ontario Child Health Study Emotional Behavioural Scales (OCHS-EBS) Part II: Psychometric Adequacy for Categorical Measurement of Selected DSM-5 Disorders
  • Direct link to open access article here, or download pdf here.

An Excel scoring tool is available that produce population normed T-scores based on children and youth in the Ontario general population. Please contact duncanlj@mcmaster.ca to access the scoring tool.