# Evidence-based assessment/Which Questionnaire Should I Use?

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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.

## By disorder
### Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

| Instrument | Where to obtain | Age | Minutes | General information | Scoring information |
| ADHD Rating Scale (ADHDRS) | ADHDRS (caregiver version) ADHDRS (self report version) ARS for DSM-5 version (not freely available) | 5-17 | 5 | Yes | Yes |
| Vanderbilt ADHD Diagnostic Scale (VADRS) | VADRS (Parent version) - Automatically scored online version VADRS (Parent version) - PDF VADRS (Parent follow-up version) - PDF VADRS (Parent version) - Scoring instructions - PDF VADRS (Teacher version) - PDF VADRS (Teacher follow-up version) - PDF VADRS (Teacher version) - Scoring instructions - PDF | 6-12 | N/A | Yes | Yes |

### Anxiety

| Instrument | Where to obtain | Age | Minutes | General information | Scoring information |
| Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) | BAI download | 17+ | 5-10 | Yes | Yes |
| The Clinically Useful Anxiety Outcome Scale (CUXOS) | CUXOS (self-report) | 18+ | 1.5 | | |
| Fear Questionnaire (FQ) | FQ (self-report) | 18+ | | | |
| Generalized Anxiety Disorder Screener (GAD-7) | Website to access GAD-7 | 18+ | | | |
| Hamilton Rating Scale for Anxiety (HAM-A) | HAM-A (clinician report) | 18+ | | | |
| Leibowitz Social Anxiety Scale Clinician-Report (LSAS) | Printable PDF version Online version with automatic scoring | 18+ | | | |
| Panic Disorder Severity Scale (PDSS) | PDSS (clinician report) | 18+ | | | |
| Penn State Worry Questionnaire for Children (PSWQ-C) | PSWQ homepage PDFs of the PSWQ Penn State Worry Questionnaire PSWQ-C PSWC-C Korean PSWQ-C Danish Scoring of the PSWQ-C | 6-18 | | | |
| Revised Children's Anxiety and Depression Scale (RCADS) | RCADS homepage PDFs for RCADS RCADS Child Self-reported (8-18 years) RCADS Parent-reported Child Scoring Aid Parent Scoring Aid Subscales Social Anxiety/Phobia Self-reported Social Anxiety/Phobia Parent-reported Panic Self-Report Panic Parent-Report Depression Self-reported Depression Parent-reported Generalized Anxiety Child Self-reported Generalized Anxiety Parent-reported Translations User Guide | 6-18 | | | |
| Screen for Child Anxiety Related Disorders (SCARED) | SCARED homepage PDFs of SCARED SCARED English + Translations & Automatic Scoring SCARED Parent Version SCARED Child Version | 8-18 | 10 | Yes | Yes |
| Social Phobia Inventory (SPIN) | SPIN (self-report) Online questionnaire with scoring Online questionnaire with scoring Printable PDF | 18+ | | | |
| Spence Children's Anxiety Scale (SCAS) | SCAS (self-report and parent report) | 7-19 | | | |
| Worry and Anxiety Questionnaire (WAQ) | WAQ homepage PDF | 18+ | | | |

### Autism

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

### Bipolar disorder

| Instrument | Where to obtain | Age | Minutes | General information | Scoring information |
| Altman Self-Rating Mania Scale (ASRM) | ASRM (self-report) | 18+ | | | |
| Bech-Rafaelson Mania Scale (MAS) | MAS (clinician report) | 18+ | | | |
| Child Mania Rating Scale (CMRS) | CMRS (Online screening) CMRS (Parent report) | 9-17 | N/A | Yes | Yes |
| General Behavior Inventory (GBI) | GBI (Self report) GBI 7U-7D 10-Item GBI (Parent report) | N/A | N/A | Yes | Yes |
| Hypomania Checklist (HCL-32) | HCL-32 (self-report) | 18+ | 20 | Yes | Yes |
| Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS) | PANAS (self-report) PANAS-C (self-report) PANAS Short Form (self-report) PANAS-X (self-report) | Varies | 5-10 | Yes | Yes |
| Young Mania Rating Scale (YMRS) | YMRS (self-report) YMRS (caregiver version) YMRS (clinician version) | 5-17 | 15-30 | Yes | Yes |

### Depression

| Instrument | Where to obtain | Age | Minutes | General information | Scoring information |
| Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-DS) | CES-DS (self-report) | 18+ | | Yes | Yes |
| The Clinically Useful Depression Outcome Scale | CUDOS (self-report) | 18+ | | | |
| Depression Self Rating Scale for Children (DSRSC) | DSRSC (self-report) | 8-14 | | | |
| Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HAM-D) | HAM-D (clinician report) | 18+ | | | |
| The Inventory of Depressive Symptoms and the Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptoms (IDS and QIDS) | IDS and QIDS (self-report and clinician report) | 18+ | | | |
| Mood Disorder Questionnaire (MDQ) | MDQ (self-report) | 18+ | 5-10 | Yes | Yes |
| Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) | PHQ-9 (self-report) | 18+ | | | |

### Disruptive behaviors

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

### Eating disorders

| Instrument | Where to obtain | Age | Minutes | General information | Scoring information |
| Child Eating Attitudes Test (ChEAT) | ChEAT (self report) | 8-13 | 5 | | |
| Eating Attitudes Test (EAT) | EAT-26 (online version) | 16-18 | | Yes | Yes |
| Eating Disorders Diagnostic Scale (EDDS) | EDDS PDF version | 18+ | | | |
| Sick, Control, One, Fat, Food Screening Tool (SCOFF) | SCOFF (self-report) | 18+ | | | |
| Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q) | EDE-Q (adult report) EDE-A (adolescent report) | 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) | CIA 3.0 | 18+ | | | |

### Overall mental health

| Instrument | Where to obtain | Age |
| Brief Problem Checklist (BPC) | BPC (self report and parent report) | 7-13 |
| National Institutes of Health Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) | PROMIS (self-report) PROMIS zip file | 18+ |
| The Ohio Scales | The Ohio Scales (self report, parent report, and clinician report) | 5-18 |
| Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ) | PHQ (self-report) | 18+ |
| Peabody Treatment Progress Battery (PTPB) | | 11-18 |
| Pediatric Symptom Checklist (PSC) | PSC (self report and parent report) | 3-18 |
| Recovery Assessment Scale (RAS) | RAS (self-report and clinician report) | 18+ |
| Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) | SDQ (self report, parent report, clinician report) | 3-16 |
| Youth Top Problems (YTP) | | 7-13 |

### OCD

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

### Personality disorders

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

### PTSD/trauma

| Instrument | Where to obtain | Age | Minutes | General information | Scoring information |
| Child PTSD Symptom Scale (CPSS) | CPSS (self-report) | 8-18 | 10-20 | Yes | Yes |
| Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R) | IES-R (self-report) | 18+ | | | |
| Los Angeles Symptom Checklist (LASC) | LASC (self-report) | 18+ | | | |
| Pediatric Emotional Distress Scale (PEDS) | Website to request the PEDS | 2-10 | | | |
| The Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Checklist (PCL-C) | PCL-C (self-report) (you have to scroll to the bottom) | 18+ | | | |
| The Trauma History Screen (THS) | THS (self-report) (you have to scroll to the bottom) | 18+ | | | |
| The Trauma History Questionnaire (THQ) | THQ (self-report and clinician report) (hard to find on the page, but it is there) | 18+ | | | |
| UCLA Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Reaction Index | UCLA PTSD Index (self-report and caregiver versions) | Varies | | Yes | Yes |

### Sleep

| Instrument | Where to obtain | Age | Minutes | General information | Scoring information |
| Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) | PSQI (self-report) | N/A | 5-10 | Yes | Yes |
| Stanford Sleepiness Scale (SSS) | SSS (self-report) | N/A | 1-2 | Yes | n/a (SSS has one question) |

### Substance use

| Instrument | Where to obtain | Minutes | General information | Scoring information |
| Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) | AUDIT (self-report) | 1-2 | Yes | Yes |
| CRAFFT Screening Test | Clinician report version CRAFFT 2.0 | | Yes | Yes |
| CAGE Questionnaire | CAGE (self-report) | 1-2 | Yes | n/a (CAGE has four questions) |

### Suicide

| Instrument | Where to obtain | Age | Minutes | General information | Scoring information |
| Suicide Behavior Questionnaire-Revised | SBQ-R (self-report) | 13-18 years | | Yes | Yes |
| Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) | C-SSRS (self-report) | 12+ years | | Yes | Yes |

### Tic disorders

| Instrument | Where to obtain | Age | Minutes | General information | Scoring information |
| Yale Global Tic Severity Scale | Yale Global Tic Severity Scale (clinician version) | | | Yes | Yes |

## Diagnostic interviews

| Instrument | Where to obtain | Ages | To read more | Scoring information | Number of items |
| Child and Adolescent Symptom Inventory (CASI) | CASI-5 | 5-18 years | Yes | N/A | N/A |
| Kiddie Schedule of Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia (K-SADS) | All K-SADS Scales here K-SADS-PL (with scoring information) - PDF K-SADS-PL DSM-5 version - PDF | 6-18 years | Yes | N/A | N/A |

### Resources to use to build page

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## More info

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