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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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By disorderEdit

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorderEdit

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

AnxietyEdit

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)
  • WAQ homepage
  • PDF
 18+

AutismEdit

Instrument Where to obtain Age Minutes General information Scoring information
Autism Treatment Evaluation Checklist (ATEC) 5-12 10-15 Yes Yes

Bipolar disorderEdit

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)
  • YMRS (caregiver version)
 5-17 15-30 Yes Yes

DepressionEdit

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 behaviorsEdit

Instrument Where to obtain Age Minutes General information Scoring information
Child and Adolescent Disruptive Behavior Inventory (CADBI) N/A

Eating disordersEdit

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)
  • EQ (self-report)
 18+
Clinical Impairment Questionnaire (CIA 3.0) 18+

Overall mental healthEdit

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

OCDEdit

Instrument Where to obtain Age Minutes General information Scoring information
Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS) 6-17 years Yes Yes

Personality disordersEdit

Instrument Where to obtain Age Minutes General information Scoring information
Borderline Evaluation of Severity over Time (BEST) 18+

PTSD/traumaEdit

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

SleepEdit

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)

Substance useEdit

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)

SuicideEdit

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

Tic disordersEdit

Instrument Where to obtain Age Minutes General information Scoring information
Yale Global Tic Severity Scale Yes Yes

Diagnostic interviewsEdit

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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