Screening tests
Find out where you stand, in two minutes
Free, validated screeners used by clinicians, scored instantly in your browser. Nothing is sent anywhere unless you ask us to look at it with you.
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Each of these is the real instrument, not an approximation: the same questions a clinician would ask, with the published scoring. They cannot diagnose anything, but they are a good way to find out whether a conversation is worth having.
Depression
PHQ-9
Patient Health Questionnaire-9
The PHQ-9 is the depression screener most clinics use, including ours. It takes about two minutes and your answers stay on your device unless you choose to send them.
9 questionsabout 2 minutesscored out of 27
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Anxiety
GAD-7
Generalised Anxiety Disorder-7
The GAD-7 is a seven-question anxiety screener used in primary care and psychiatry. It takes under two minutes, and nothing is sent anywhere unless you ask us to look at it.
7 questionsabout 2 minutesscored out of 21
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Trauma and PTSD
PC-PTSD-5
Primary Care PTSD Screen for DSM-5
A five-question screener developed by the US Department of Veterans Affairs and used well beyond veteran care. It asks about the past month. Answer only if you feel able to. You can stop at any point.
5 questionsabout 1 minutescored out of 5
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Alcohol use
AUDIT-C
AUDIT-C
Three questions, drawn from the World Health Organization’s AUDIT. It asks about how much and how often you drink, not about whether you have a problem. Honest answers are the only useful ones, and nobody sees them unless you send them.
3 questionsabout 1 minutescored out of 12
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PTSD symptoms
PCL-5
PTSD Checklist for DSM-5
The 20-question PTSD Checklist for DSM-5, from the US Department of Veterans Affairs. The five-question PC-PTSD-5 on this site is the short screen; this is the fuller measure a clinician uses to gauge how heavy the symptoms are. It asks about the past month, in relation to the worst event you have been through. Answer only if you feel able to, and stop at any point.
20 questionsabout 5 minutesscored out of 80
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Alcohol use
AUDIT
Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test
The full ten-question AUDIT, developed by the World Health Organization; the three-question AUDIT-C on this site is its short form. It asks how much and how often you drink, and whether drinking has caused problems over the past year. Honest answers are the only useful ones, and nobody sees them unless you send them. Our note on the questions: in the United States a standard drink is about 14 grams of alcohol (NIAAA), which is a 12-ounce beer, a 5-ounce glass of wine, or a 1.5-ounce shot of spirits.
10 questionsabout 3 minutesscored out of 40
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Adult ADHD
ASRS-v1.1
Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale v1.1 Screener
Six questions from the World Health Organization's Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale, the ones found most predictive of adult ADHD symptoms. It asks about the past six months, is intended for people aged 18 or older, and takes about a minute. Your answers stay in your browser.
6 questionsabout 2 minutesscored out of 6
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If you need help right now
You do not have to take a test first. The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline is free, confidential and open 24 hours a day. Call or text988. If you are in immediate danger, call 911. This website is not monitored for emergencies.
To speak to our team during office hours, call(443) 538-8400.
About these tools. Every screener on this site is published under its authors' own terms, stated on each page beside its source. We have not reworded any question. None of them is a diagnosis, and a low score does not mean your experience is not real or not worth help.
Other screening forms, from their authors
These are published by their authors as forms rather than as web pages, so we link to the official copy instead of retyping it. There is no score to see here: a clinician reads them with you, and the card says what to do with each one.
Suicide risk
C-SSRS
Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale, Screen Version
If you are thinking about suicide, do not wait for an appointment: call or text 988 now. In immediate danger, call 911.
Anyone: about yourself, or about someone you are worried about.
The six questions clinicians ask to understand suicide risk, published by the Columbia Lighthouse Project for anyone to use, with a short guide to what each answer means and what to do next.
Open the Columbia Protocol for communities (opens in a new tab)Posner et al. (2011). The Columbia Lighthouse Project; copyright The Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc.
ADHD in children, rated by a parent
Vanderbilt (parent)
NICHQ Vanderbilt Assessment Scale, Parent Informant
A parent or guardian, about a child aged 6 to 12.
The scale a pediatric ADHD evaluation usually starts with: 55 questions about attention, activity, behavior and how school and home are going, answered by the parent. NICHQ publishes the form itself, in one download with the teacher version, so get it there, fill it in, and bring it to the first visit.
Get the Vanderbilt forms from NICHQ (opens in a new tab)American Academy of Pediatrics and National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality (2002), adapted from the Vanderbilt Rating Scales developed by Mark L. Wolraich, MD.
ADHD in children, rated by a teacher
Vanderbilt (teacher)
NICHQ Vanderbilt Assessment Scale, Teacher Informant
A teacher, about a student aged 6 to 12.
The classroom half of the same evaluation: 43 questions a teacher answers about attention, behavior and academic performance at school. Ask your child's teacher to complete it, since an ADHD assessment needs more than one setting. It is in the same NICHQ download as the parent form.
Get the Vanderbilt forms from NICHQ (opens in a new tab)American Academy of Pediatrics and National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality (2002), adapted from the Vanderbilt Rating Scales developed by Mark L. Wolraich, MD.
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