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The lack of culturally adapted mental health screening instruments is a barrier to establishing prevalence estimates needed to inform resource allocation and health system budgeting. Following the Gjersing et al. (2010) guidelines, we adapted five clinical mental health screening instruments to measure symptoms of depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress, and suicide-related indicators for Samoan adolescents. In collaboration with clinical experts and American Samoan adolescents, we employed a four-stage incremental approach: (1) establishing expert team consensus to modify items for conceptual equivalence; (2) an iterative process of group-based forward- and back-translations; (3) adolescent piloting testing using an online survey; and (4) an adolescent focus group to finalize instruments and to develop administrative guidelines. 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