Self-reflection questionnaires
These optional educational tools may help you reflect on symptoms. They are not a diagnosis, clinical intake, or substitute for an evaluation, and using them does not create a patient relationship.
Safety
One direct set of questions about thoughts of suicide. It sits first because it is the one nobody should have to go looking for.
C-SSRS
The Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale is the most widely used suicide risk screening tool in the world.
Open C-SSRSMood, anxiety, trauma, and attention
Educational tools for reflecting on depression, the bipolar spectrum, anxiety, trauma-related symptoms, adult attention concerns, and specific phobia.
PHQ-9
The Patient Health Questionnaire-9 is a validated tool used to screen for the presence and severity of depressive symptoms over the past two weeks.
Open PHQ-9GAD-7
The Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 scale is a validated tool used to measure the frequency and severity of common anxiety symptoms over the past two weeks.
Open GAD-7PCL-5
The PTSD Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5) is a validated 20-item self-report tool that assesses the 20 DSM-5 symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder over the past month.
Open PCL-5ASRS v1.1
The six-question Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale (ASRS v1.1) is an educational screening tool for adults.
Open ASRS v1.1Severity Measure for Specific Phobia
This APA (DSM-5) adult severity measure assesses the frequency and intensity of fear, anxiety, and avoidance related to a specific phobia over the past 7 days.
Open Severity Measure for Specific PhobiaAlcohol and drug use
Brief tools for reflecting on drinking and drug use. None of them is a test you can fail, and none of them is reported to anyone.
AUDIT-C
The AUDIT-C is a brief, validated screening tool used to identify hazardous drinking and alcohol use disorders based on frequency and quantity of alcohol use.
Open AUDIT-CCAGE-AID
The CAGE-AID is a brief, widely used tool that adapts the CAGE questionnaire to include drug use alongside alcohol use.
Open CAGE-AIDDAST-10
The Drug Abuse Screening Test (DAST-10) is a validated tool used to identify problems related to drug use (excluding alcohol and tobacco) over the past 12 months.
Open DAST-10Opioid Risk Tool (ORT)
The Opioid Risk Tool is a brief, validated screener used to estimate risk for opioid misuse in patients being considered for long-term opioid therapy for chronic pain.
Open Opioid Risk Tool (ORT)CRAFFT
The CRAFFT is a brief, validated screening tool designed specifically for adolescents and young adults (under age 21) to reflect on alcohol and drug use.
Open CRAFFTEating and food
Four short tools. They cover different things: restriction and body image, binge eating, and avoidant or restrictive eating that has nothing to do with weight at all.
SCOFF Questionnaire
The SCOFF questionnaire is a brief, validated 5-question screening tool used to identify individuals who may have an eating disorder.
Open SCOFF QuestionnaireNIAS
The Nine Item ARFID Screen looks at avoidant and restrictive eating: being unable to face most foods, having little appetite, or being afraid of what eating will do to you.
Open NIASIf you need help right now
None of the questionnaires above reaches a person. These do.
Crisis resources
988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, the Massachusetts Behavioral Health Help Line, emergency departments near Worcester, and what to do for specific situations.
Open crisis resources