This page lists options for assessment, with an emphasis on the best performing free measures, with evidence of reliability and validity across a range of samples. They are sorted by narrow, disorder-specific measures and broadband, general measures .
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Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
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Instrument
Where to obtain
Age
Minutes
General information
Scoring information
ADHD Rating Scale
(ADHDRS)
5-17
5
Yes
Yes
Vanderbilt ADHD Diagnostic Scale
(VADRS)
6-12
N/A
Yes
Yes
Instrument
Where to obtain
Age
Minutes
General information
Scoring information
Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI)
17+
5-10
Yes
Yes
The Clinically Useful Anxiety Outcome Scale (CUXOS)
18+
1.5
Fear Questionnaire (FQ)
18+
Generalized Anxiety Disorder Screener (GAD-7)
18+
Hamilton Rating Scale for Anxiety (HAM-A)
18+
Leibowitz Social Anxiety Scale Clinician-Report (LSAS)
18+
Panic Disorder Severity Scale (PDSS)
18+
Penn State Worry Questionnaire for Children (PSWQ-C)
PDFs of the PSWQ
6-18
Revised Children's Anxiety and Depression Scale (RCADS)
PDFs for RCADS
Subscales
Translations
User Guide
6-18
Screen for Child Anxiety Related Disorders (SCARED)
PDFs of SCARED
8-18
10
Yes
Yes
Social Phobia Inventory (SPIN)
18+
Spence Children's Anxiety Scale (SCAS)
7-19
Worry and Anxiety Questionnaire (WAQ)
18+
Instrument
Where to obtain
Age
Minutes
General information
Scoring information
Autism Treatment Evaluation Checklist (ATEC)
5-12
10-15
Yes
Yes
Instrument
Where to obtain
Age
Minutes
General information
Scoring information
Altman Self-Rating Mania Scale (ASRM)
18+
Bech-Rafaelson Mania Scale (MAS)
18+
Child Mania Rating Scale (CMRS)
9-17
N/A
Yes
Yes
General Behavior Inventory (GBI)
N/A
N/A
Yes
Yes
Hypomania Checklist (HCL-32)
18+
20
Yes
Yes
Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS)
Varies
5-10
Yes
Yes
Young Mania Rating Scale (YMRS)
5-17
15-30
Yes
Yes
Instrument
Where to obtain
Age
Minutes
General information
Scoring information
Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-DS)
18+
Yes
Yes
The Clinically Useful Depression Outcome Scale
18+
Depression Self Rating Scale for Children (DSRSC)
8-14
Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HAM-D)
18+
The Inventory of Depressive Symptoms and the Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptoms (IDS and QIDS)
18+
Mood Disorder Questionnaire (MDQ)
18+
5-10
Yes
Yes
Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9)
18+
Disruptive behaviors
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Instrument
Where to obtain
Age
Minutes
General information
Scoring information
Child and Adolescent Disruptive Behavior Inventory (CADBI)
N/A
Instrument
Where to obtain
Age
Minutes
General information
Scoring information
Child Eating Attitudes Test (ChEAT)
8-13
5
Eating Attitudes Test (EAT)
16-18
Yes
Yes
Eating Disorders Diagnostic Scale (EDDS)
18+
Sick, Control, One, Fat, Food Screening Tool (SCOFF)
18+
Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q)
18+
20min (EDE-Q and EDE-A)
5 min (EDE-Q-S )
Eating Questionnaire (Fairburn & Beglin, 2008)
18+
Clinical Impairment Questionnaire (CIA 3.0)
18+
Overall mental health
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Instrument
Where to obtain
Age
Minutes
General information
Scoring information
Brief Problem Checklist (BPC)
BPC (self report and parent report)
7-13
National Institutes of Health Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS)
18+
The Ohio Scales
5-18
Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ)
18+
Peabody Treatment Progress Battery (PTPB)
11-18
Pediatric Symptom Checklist (PSC)
3-18
Recovery Assessment Scale (RAS)
18+
Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ)
3-16
Youth Top Problems (YTP)
7-13
Instrument
Where to obtain
Age
Minutes
General information
Scoring information
Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS)
6-17 years
Yes
Yes
Personality disorders
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Instrument
Where to obtain
Age
Minutes
General information
Scoring information
Borderline Evaluation of Severity over Time (BEST)
18+
Instrument
Where to obtain
Age
Minutes
General information
Scoring information
Child PTSD Symptom Scale (CPSS)
8-18
10-20
Yes
Yes
Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R)
18+
Los Angeles Symptom Checklist (LASC)
18+
Pediatric Emotional Distress Scale (PEDS)
Website to request the PEDS
2-10
The Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Checklist (PCL-C)
18+
The Trauma History Screen (THS)
18+
The Trauma History Questionnaire (THQ)
18+
UCLA Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Reaction Index
Varies
Yes
Yes
Instrument
Where to obtain
Age
Minutes
General information
Scoring information
Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI)
N/A
5-10
Yes
Yes
Stanford Sleepiness Scale (SSS)
N/A
1-2
Yes
n/a (SSS has one question)
Instrument
Where to obtain
Age
Minutes
General information
Scoring information
Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT)
1-2
Yes
Yes
CRAFFT Screening Test
Clinician report version
Yes
Yes
CAGE Questionnaire
1-2
Yes n/a (CAGE has four questions)
Instrument
Where to obtain
Age
Minutes
General information
Scoring information
Suicide Behavior Questionnaire-Revised
13-18 years
Yes
Yes
Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS)
12+ years
Yes
Yes
Instrument
Where to obtain
Age
Minutes
General information
Scoring information
Yale Global Tic Severity Scale
Yes
Yes
Diagnostic interviews
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Instrument
Where to obtain
Ages
To read more
Scoring information
Number of items
Child and Adolescent Symptom Inventory
(CASI)
5-18 years
Yes
N/A
N/A
Kiddie Schedule of Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia
(K-SADS)
6-18 years
Yes
N/A
N/A
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