Screening Tools
Do you think you're living with one or more mental conditions, but are unsure if your symptoms are enough to warrant a consultation? If so, a mental health screen might be a good place to start. We've compiled a list of the internet's most popular screening tools below for you to explore, as well as information on different rating scales and how they work.
Keep in mind, that a mental health test is not the same as a diagnosis or psychiatric evaluation. If your results indicate that you might be living with one or more mental conditions, we recommend that you reach out to a doctor or therapist in your area and set up a professional consultation. Psychology Today's directory is a good place to start.
If you're experiencing an emergency, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255 or dial 911. If you are outside the U.S., you can search for international crisis lines in our Get Help Directory here.
General Mental Health
- Pediatric Symptom Checklist (PSC)
- Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ)
- Trauma History Questionnaire (THQ)
- Trauma History Screen (THS)
- Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C- SSRS)
- Suicide Behaviors Questionnaire-Revised
- NIMH Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS)
- Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ)
- Recovery Assessment Scale (RAS)
Major Depression
- Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression
- Montgomery–Åsberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS)
- Raskin Depression Rating Scale
- Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9)
- Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)
- Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale
- Centre for Epidemiological Studies - Depression Scale (CES-D)
- Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale for Children (CES-DC)
- Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS)
- Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS)
- Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale
- Kutcher Adolescent Depression Scale (KADS)
- Mood and Feelings Questionnaire (MFQ)
- Weinberg Screen Affective Scale (WSAS)
- Inventory of Depressive Symptoms / Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptoms (IDS / QIDS)
Dysthimia
Bipolar Disorder
- Bipolar Spectrum Diagnostic Scale (BSDS)
- Young Mania Rating Scale (YMRS)
- P-YMRS for parent/teacher of child
- Mood Disorder Questionnaire (MDQ)
- General Behavior Inventory (GBI)
- Hypomania Checklist (HCL-32)
- Child Mania Rating Scale (CMRS)
- Altman Self-Rating Mania Scale
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-Item (GAD-7)
- ScaleHamilton Anxiety Rating Scale
- Worry and Anxiety Questionnaire (WAQ)
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Panic Disorder
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Social Phobia
- Social Phobia Inventory (SPIN + mini-SPIN)
- Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale (LSAS)
- Social Interaction Anxiety Scale (SIAS)
- Fear Questionnaire
Eating Disorders
- Eating Attitudes Test
- Body Attitudes Test
- Eating Disorder Inventory (EDI-3)
- Eating Disorder Diagnostic Scale (EDDS)
- Anorectic Behavior Observation Scale
- Binge Eating Scale (BES)
- Sick, Control, One, Fat, Food Screening Tool (SCOFF)
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- ADHD Rating Scale (ADHD-RS)
- Vanderbilt ADHD Diagnostic Rating Scale (VADRS)
- Conners Comprehensive Behavior Rating Scale (CBRS)
Oppositional Defiant Disorder
Conduct Disorder
Intermittent Explosive Disorder
Schizophrenia
- Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS)
- Scale for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms (SANS)
- Scale for the Assessment of Positive Symptoms (SAPS)
- Calgary Depression Scale for Schizophrenia (CDSS)
Dissociative Identity Disorder
Personality Disorders
- Personality Diagnostic Questionnaire-IV (PDQ-IV)
- Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire (AGQ)
- Psychopathy Checklist—revised (PCL-R)
- Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory
- DSM-IV Criteria for the Personality Disorders
Substance Use Disorder(s)
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