Introduction
Use the screening tools and educational resources in the menu if you are considering a referral to behavioral health treatment for one of your patients.
Please note, you can also point participants to Mental Health America’ self-administered online screening tests to determine if they are experiencing mental health symptoms.
Other Resources
Mental Health
Adult Screening Tools
Depression
- PHQ-9 (Patient Health Questionnaire) (adults 18+)
- PHQ-9 Scoring Sheet (English and Spanish)
- Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) (English and Spanish)
- Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS)
- Kutcher Adolescent Depression Scale – 11-Item (KADS-11)
- Major Depression Inventory (MDI)
- Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS)
- Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS)
Anxiety
- GAD-7 (Generalized Anxiety Disorder) (ages 11 – adult)
- Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HAM-A)
- Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale (LSAS)
- Penn State Worry Questionnaire (PSWQ)
- Short Health Anxiety Inventory (HAI-18)
- Social Phobia Inventory (SPIN)
- Spence Children’s Anxiety Scale (SCAS)
- Taylor Manifest Anxiety Scale (TMAS)
- Zung Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS)
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Eating Disorders
Youth Screening Tools
General Emotional & Behavioral Problems
- Pediatric Symptom Checklist (PSC): helps identify and assess emotional, behavioral, and/or attentional problems in children
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Anxiety
- Screen for Child Anxiety Related Disorders (SCARED), for use in ages 8-18
Eating Disorders
Educational Resources
Educational Resources
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
- Children and Adolescent Issue
- Older Adult Issues
- Men’s Issues
- Women’s Issues
- Attention Deficit Disorders
- Bipolar Disorders
- Depressive Disorders
- Eating Disorders
- Obsessive/Compulsive Disorders
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Schizophrenic Disorders
- Other Behavioral Health Disorders
- Anxiety Disorders
Substance Use Disorder
Adult Screening Tools
- Tobacco, Alcohol, Prescription medication, and other Substance use (TAPS)
- Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT)
- Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT)
- Clinical Opiate Withdrawal Scale (COWS)
- Car; Relax; Alone; Forget; Friends; Trouble (CRAFFT 2.1N)
- Drug Abuse Screening Test (DAST-10)
- Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment of Alcohol Scale, Revised (CIWA-Ar)
- CAGE Alcohol Questionnaire (CAGE)
Youth Screening Tools
- Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT)
- CRAFFT+N, for use in youth ages 12-21 (includes tobacco products)
- CRAFFT+N Provider administered questionnaire
- CRAFFT+N Youth self-report questionnaire
- Provider administered questionnaire
- Youth self-report questionnaire
Gambling
Educational Resources
Autism
Adult Screening Tools
Youth Screening Tools
- Autism Spectrum Screening Questionnaire (ASSQ)
- Childhood Autism Spectrum Test (CAST)
- Infant-Toddler Checklist (ITC)
- Ritvo Autism & Asperger Diagnostic Scale (RAADS-14)
- Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers (M-CHAT-R) (For ages 16 to 30 months)
- Social Attention and Communication Surveillance, Revised (SACS-R) and SACS-Preschool (SACS-PR) Tools (For ages 12 to 60 months)
- Social Challenges Screening Questionnaire (SCSQ) (For school-aged children)
Educational Resources