The screening landscape

CDC LTSAE CDC Learn the Signs. Act Early. Milestone Checklists

2 mo – 5 y · Caregiver checklist · U.S. CDC / AAP · official site ↗

ASQ-3 Ages & Stages Questionnaires, 3rd ed.

1 – 66 mo · Caregiver questionnaire · Brookes Publishing · official site ↗

ASQ:SE-2 Ages & Stages Questionnaires: Social-Emotional, 2nd ed.

1 – 72 mo · Caregiver questionnaire · Brookes Publishing · official site ↗

PEDS / PEDS:DM Parents’ Evaluation of Developmental Status

0 – 8 y · Caregiver concerns · PEDStest.com · official site ↗

SWYC Survey of Well-being of Young Children

1 – 65 mo · Caregiver questionnaire · Tufts Medical Center · official site ↗

Free to use; use the official forms.

Bayley-4 Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development, 4th ed.

16 d – 42 mo · Clinician-administered test · Pearson

Performance-based assessment; not replicable as a questionnaire.

Denver II Denver Developmental Screening Test II

0 – 6 y · Clinician-administered · Denver Developmental Materials

BDI-3 ST Battelle Developmental Inventory, 3rd ed. Screening Test

0 – 7 y · Clinician-administered · Riverside Insights

GMCD Guide for Monitoring Child Development

0 – 42 mo · Clinician interview · Ertem et al.

Requires training; used in UNICEF/WHO programmes.

M-CHAT-R/F Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers, Revised with Follow-Up

16 – 30 mo · Caregiver questionnaire + interview · Robins, Fein & Barton · official site ↗

Free for clinical use; electronic reproduction needs permission. Use the authors’ official free online version.

Q-CHAT-10 Quantitative Checklist for Autism in Toddlers (10-item)

18 – 24 mo · Caregiver questionnaire · ARC, University of Cambridge · official site ↗

AQ-10 Autism Spectrum Quotient (10-item)

16+ y · Self-report · ARC, University of Cambridge · official site ↗

CAST Childhood Autism Spectrum Test

4 – 11 y · Caregiver questionnaire · ARC, University of Cambridge · official site ↗

SCQ Social Communication Questionnaire

4+ y · Caregiver questionnaire · WPS

SRS-2 Social Responsiveness Scale, 2nd ed.

2.5 y – adult · Caregiver / teacher / self · WPS

GARS-3 Gilliam Autism Rating Scale, 3rd ed.

3 – 22 y · Caregiver / teacher · PRO-ED

ASSQ Autism Spectrum Screening Questionnaire

6 – 17 y · Caregiver / teacher · Ehlers & Gillberg

Published in the research literature; check terms with authors.

STAT Screening Tool for Autism in Toddlers & Young Children

24 – 36 mo · Interactive clinician screen · Vanderbilt University

Requires training.

RAADS-R / RAADS-14 Ritvo Autism Asperger Diagnostic Scale – Revised

Adults · Self-report (clinician-administered) · Ritvo et al.

Published in journals; check terms before electronic use.

ADOS-2 Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule, 2nd ed.

12 mo – adult · Clinician observation (diagnostic) · WPS

Diagnostic gold standard; a trained-observer procedure, not replicable online.

ADI-R Autism Diagnostic Interview – Revised

2 y – adult · Clinician interview (diagnostic) · WPS

CARS-2 Childhood Autism Rating Scale, 2nd ed.

2+ y · Clinician rating · WPS

SNAP-IV SNAP-IV 26-item Teacher and Parent Rating Scale

6 – 18 y · Parent / teacher · J. M. Swanson · official site ↗

Vanderbilt NICHQ Vanderbilt Assessment Scales

6 – 12 y · Parent / teacher · AAP & NICHQ

Copyrighted; distributed for clinical use through the AAP toolkit.

Conners 4 Conners 4th ed.

6 – 18 y · Parent / teacher / self · MHS

ADHD-RS-5 ADHD Rating Scale-5

5 – 17 y · Parent / teacher · Guilford Press

ASRS v1.1 Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale v1.1

18+ y · Self-report · World Health Organization · official site ↗

CAARS 2 Conners’ Adult ADHD Rating Scales 2

18+ y · Self / observer · MHS

DIVA-5 Diagnostic Interview for ADHD in Adults

18+ y · Structured clinical interview · DIVA Foundation · official site ↗

Free, with an official app; the recommended next step after a positive ASRS.

Conners CPT 3 Conners Continuous Performance Test 3

8+ y · Computer task · MHS

TOVA Test of Variables of Attention

4+ y · Computer task · The TOVA Company

QbTest QbTest

6 – 60 y · Computer task + motion tracking · Qbtech

PSC-17 Pediatric Symptom Checklist-17

4 – 16 y · Parent / youth · Massachusetts General Hospital · official site ↗

SDQ Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire

2 – 17 y · Parent / teacher / self · Youthinmind (R. Goodman) · official site ↗

Free on paper; electronic versions not permitted without licence — use the official online scoring.

CBCL Child Behavior Checklist / ASEBA

1.5 – 18 y · Parent / teacher / self · ASEBA (Achenbach)

BASC-3 Behavior Assessment System for Children, 3rd ed.

2 – 21 y · Parent / teacher / self · Pearson

BRIEF-2 Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function, 2nd ed.

5 – 18 y · Parent / teacher / self · PAR

CEFI Comprehensive Executive Function Inventory

5 – 18 y · Parent / teacher / self · MHS

Vineland-3 Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales, 3rd ed.

0 – 90 y · Interview / caregiver / teacher · Pearson

ABAS-3 Adaptive Behavior Assessment System, 3rd ed.

0 – 89 y · Caregiver / teacher / self · WPS

WISC-V Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, 5th ed.

6 – 16 y · Clinician-administered test · Pearson

Standardised cognitive test; not replicable as a questionnaire.

Shaywitz Shaywitz DyslexiaScreen

5 – 7 y · Teacher rating · Pearson

CTOPP-2 Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing, 2nd ed.

4 – 24 y · Clinician-administered test · PRO-ED

CLDQ Colorado Learning Difficulties Questionnaire

6 – 18 y · Parent questionnaire · Willcutt et al.

Published for research use.

DIBELS 8 DIBELS 8th Edition

K – Grade 8 · Brief reading probes · University of Oregon · official site ↗

Free for educational use; direct reading assessment complementing questionnaires.

ARHQ Adult Reading History Questionnaire

Adults · Self-report · Lefly & Pennington

Published research instrument.

DCDQ’07 Developmental Coordination Disorder Questionnaire 2007

5 – 15 y · Parent questionnaire · B. N. Wilson, Alberta Children’s Hospital · official site ↗

Free with registration.

MABC-2 Movement Assessment Battery for Children, 2nd ed.

3 – 16 y · Test + checklist · Pearson

BOT-2 Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency, 2nd ed.

4 – 21 y · Clinician-administered test · Pearson

CCC-2 Children’s Communication Checklist, 2nd ed.

4 – 16 y · Caregiver checklist · Pearson

CELF-5 Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals, 5th ed. (Screening)

5 – 21 y · Clinician-administered · Pearson

MB-CDI MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventories

8 – 37 mo · Caregiver vocabulary checklist · Brookes Publishing

ITC Infant-Toddler Checklist (CSBS-DP)

6 – 24 mo · Caregiver checklist · Brookes Publishing (Wetherby & Prizant)

Checklist is downloadable free from the publisher.

SP-2 Sensory Profile 2

0 – 14 y · Caregiver / teacher · Pearson

SPM-2 Sensory Processing Measure, 2nd ed.

4 mo – 87 y · Home / school / self · WPS

YGTSS Yale Global Tic Severity Scale

6+ y · Clinician-rated · Leckman et al., Yale

Clinician instrument; available from the authors for clinical and research use.

MOVES Motor tic, Obsessions and compulsions, Vocal tic Evaluation Survey

6+ y · Self / parent · Gaffney et al.

PUTS Premonitory Urge for Tics Scale

10+ y · Self-report · Woods et al.

AQ Autism Spectrum Quotient (Adult, 50-item)

16+ y · Self-report · ARC, University of Cambridge · official site ↗

AQ-Child Autism Spectrum Quotient – Children’s Version

4 – 11 y · Caregiver questionnaire · ARC, University of Cambridge · official site ↗

AQ-10 Child Autism Spectrum Quotient (10-item) – Child

4 – 11 y · Caregiver questionnaire · ARC, University of Cambridge · official site ↗

AQ-10 Adolescent Autism Spectrum Quotient (10-item) – Adolescent

12 – 15 y · Caregiver questionnaire · ARC, University of Cambridge · official site ↗

Q-CHAT Quantitative Checklist for Autism in Toddlers (25-item)

18 – 24 mo · Caregiver questionnaire · ARC, University of Cambridge · official site ↗

CATI Comprehensive Autistic Trait Inventory

Adults · Self-report · English, Maybery et al. (UWA / UBC) · official site ↗

Free to use; items, order and response scale must not be altered.

PSC-35 Pediatric Symptom Checklist (35-item, parent)

4 – 16 y · Caregiver questionnaire · Massachusetts General Hospital · official site ↗

Y-PSC Pediatric Symptom Checklist – Youth Report

11+ y · Self-report · Massachusetts General Hospital · official site ↗

AQ-Short / AQ-28 Autism Spectrum Quotient – Short (28-item)

Adults · Self-report · ARC, University of Cambridge · official site ↗

EQ Empathy Quotient (Adult)

16+ y · Self-report · ARC, University of Cambridge · official site ↗

EQ-10 Empathy Quotient – 10 items

16+ y · Self-report · ARC, University of Cambridge · official site ↗

SQ-R-10 Systemizing Quotient-Revised – 10 items

16+ y · Self-report · ARC, University of Cambridge · official site ↗

SPQ-35 Sensory Perception Quotient – Short Form (35-item)

Adults · Self-report · ARC, University of Cambridge · official site ↗

SPQ-10 Sensory Perception Quotient – 10 items

16+ y · Self-report · ARC, University of Cambridge · official site ↗

EQ-C / SQ-C Children’s Empathy and Systemizing Quotients

4 – 11 y · Caregiver questionnaire · ARC, University of Cambridge · official site ↗

CAT-Q Camouflaging Autistic Traits Questionnaire

16+ y · Self-report · Hull, Mandy et al. (UCL / Cambridge) · official site ↗

Published as an appendix to an open-access (CC BY 4.0) article.

EQ-Adol Empathy Quotient – Adolescent Version (parent report)

12 – 15 y · Caregiver questionnaire · ARC, University of Cambridge · official site ↗

The official form is marked “Specimen, for research use only”.

SQ-Adol Systemizing Quotient – Adolescent Version (parent report)

12 – 15 y · Caregiver questionnaire · ARC, University of Cambridge · official site ↗

The official form is marked “Specimen, for research use only”.

RBQ-2A Adult Repetitive Behaviours Questionnaire-2

Adults · Self-report · Barrett, Leekam et al. (Cardiff University) · official site ↗

The validation article is open access (CC BY), but it reports items only in collapsed 3-point form; the official questionnaire with its full response options must be obtained from the authors.

AASP Adolescent/Adult Sensory Profile

11+ y · Self-report · Pearson

AQ-Adol Autism Spectrum Quotient – Adolescent Version (50-item)

12 – 15 y · Caregiver questionnaire · ARC, University of Cambridge · official site ↗

The official form is marked “Specimen, for research use only”; use the AQ-10 Adolescent for clinical referral decisions.

ASRS-5 Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale for DSM-5 (6-item screener)

18+ y · Self-report · NYU / Harvard (Ustün, Adler, Kessler et al.) · official site ↗

Requires a licence agreement through NYU (free for research and education only, with an institutional signatory); the ASRS v1.1 is free without permission.

WURS-25 Wender Utah Rating Scale (25-item)

Adults (retrospective childhood) · Self-report · Ward, Wender & Reimherr

Published in Am J Psychiatry (1993); terms for electronic reproduction could not be confirmed with the rights holders.

SWAN Strengths and Weaknesses of ADHD Symptoms and Normal Behavior Scale

6 – 18 y · Parent / teacher · J. M. Swanson et al.

Widely used in research; official terms for electronic reproduction could not be confirmed.

PHQ-9 Patient Health Questionnaire-9

12+ y · Self-report · Spitzer, Williams & Kroenke (Pfizer grant) · official site ↗

PHQ-2 Patient Health Questionnaire-2

13+ y · Self-report · Spitzer, Williams & Kroenke (Pfizer grant) · official site ↗

PHQ-8 Patient Health Questionnaire-8

18+ y · Self-report · Spitzer, Williams & Kroenke (Pfizer grant) · official site ↗

PHQ-9 without the self-harm item; mainly for research and surveys.

PHQ-A PHQ-9 Modified for Adolescents

13 – 17 y · Self-report · Johnson, Spitzer & Williams; form via U.S. NIMH · official site ↗

CES-D Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale

Adults · Self-report · U.S. NIMH (Radloff, 1977) · official site ↗

GDS-15 Geriatric Depression Scale, 15-item short form

65+ y · Self-report (yes/no) · Yesavage & Sheikh, Stanford / VA Palo Alto · official site ↗

GDS-30 Geriatric Depression Scale, 30-item long form

65+ y · Self-report (yes/no) · Yesavage et al., Stanford / VA Palo Alto · official site ↗

SMFQ-C Short Mood and Feelings Questionnaire – Child

6 – 17 y · Self-report · Angold & Costello, Duke University · official site ↗

Free for clinical and research use; cite the authors.

SMFQ-P Short Mood and Feelings Questionnaire – Parent

6 – 17 y · Caregiver report · Angold & Costello, Duke University · official site ↗

Free for clinical and research use; cite the authors.

EPDS Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale

Pregnant & postnatal · Self-report · Cox, Holden & Sagovsky; Royal College of Psychiatrists · official site ↗

Clinicians may photocopy for their own patients, but RCPsych requires written permission for distribution or republication in any medium, and has refused permission for full electronic embedding. Use the official paper form.

Whooley Whooley questions (two-question depression screen)

Adults; perinatal · Two yes/no questions · Whooley et al., UCSF / SF VA (from PRIME-MD) · official site ↗

Recommended by NICE for perinatal and primary-care case-finding. Not reproduced here because we could not verify the exact official wording from an accessible primary source; the PHQ-2 asks the same two questions with a 0–3 frequency scale.

CES-DC Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale for Children

6 – 17 y · Self-report · Weissman, Orvaschel & Padian (1980) · official site ↗

Distributed free in the Bright Futures Mental Health Tool Kit, but we could not confirm reuse terms for electronic reproduction.

PHQ-9M PHQ-9: Modified for Teens (AAP / GLAD-PC)

11 – 17 y · Self-report · American Academy of Pediatrics

AAP-copyrighted version of the PHQ-A that adds two suicide questions; distributed free for clinical use in the AAP mental-health toolkit.

KADS Kutcher Adolescent Depression Scale (6- and 11-item)

12 – 17 y · Self-report · Dr Stan Kutcher · official site ↗

Free to use, but may not be copied or distributed without the author's written consent.

QIDS-SR16 Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology – Self-Report

Adults · Self-report / clinician (QIDS-C) · Rush et al., UT Southwestern · official site ↗

Widely available free for clinical and research use, but the official site does not state reproduction terms; confirm with the developers.

MDQ Mood Disorder Questionnaire

Adults · Self-report · Hirschfeld; University of Texas Medical Branch · official site ↗

Copyright UTMB; reproduced copies carry 'used with permission'. Permission is needed for reproduction, so not reproduced here.

ASRM Altman Self-Rating Mania Scale

Adults (APA adaptations 6 – 17 y) · Self-report · Altman et al.; Elsevier

APA's DSM-5 Level 2 Mania measure adapts the ASRM and may be reproduced by clinicians for use with their own patients; other uses need Elsevier's permission.

HCL-32 Hypomania Checklist-32

Adults · Self-report · Angst et al.

Published research instrument; terms for electronic reproduction not confirmed.

CSDD Cornell Scale for Depression in Dementia

Older adults with dementia · Clinician interview (patient + caregiver) · Alexopoulos et al.; Elsevier · official site ↗

Permission to reproduce is requested from Dr Alexopoulos or the publisher.

HAM-D / HRSD Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression

Adults · Clinician-rated · M. Hamilton (1960)

Often described as public domain, but reproductions carry BMJ permission notices and many differing versions/anchors circulate; requires a trained rater. Not reproduced.

MADRS Montgomery–Åsberg Depression Rating Scale

Adults · Clinician-rated · Montgomery & Åsberg (1979); Royal College of Psychiatrists

Published in the British Journal of Psychiatry; reproduction terms not confirmed. Requires a trained rater.

YMRS Young Mania Rating Scale

Adults · Clinician-rated · Young et al. (1978); Royal College of Psychiatrists

Published in the British Journal of Psychiatry; reproduction terms not confirmed. Requires a trained rater.

BDI-II Beck Depression Inventory-II

13 – 80 y · Self-report · Pearson

CDI-2 Children's Depression Inventory 2

7 – 17 y · Self / parent / teacher · MHS

RADS-2 Reynolds Adolescent Depression Scale, 2nd ed.

11 – 20 y · Self-report · PAR

CDRS-R Children's Depression Rating Scale – Revised

6 – 12 y · Clinician interview · WPS

PDSS Postpartum Depression Screening Scale

Postnatal · Self-report · WPS

GAD-7 Generalized Anxiety Disorder – 7

18+ y · Self-report · Spitzer, Williams, Kroenke (Pfizer grant) · official site ↗

GAD-2 Generalized Anxiety Disorder – 2

18+ y · Self-report · Spitzer, Williams, Kroenke (Pfizer grant) · official site ↗

PHQ Panic Patient Health Questionnaire – Panic Module

18+ y · Self-report · Spitzer, Williams, Kroenke (Pfizer grant) · official site ↗

SCARED Screen for Child Anxiety Related Disorders

8 – 18 y · Child / parent · B. Birmaher, University of Pittsburgh · official site ↗

Child and parent forms both available here (scared-child, scared-parent).

SCAARED Screen for Adult Anxiety Related Disorders

18+ y · Self-report · B. Birmaher, University of Pittsburgh · official site ↗

DOCS Dimensional Obsessive-Compulsive Scale

Adults · Self-report · J. S. Abramowitz, UNC · official site ↗

Free for clinical use and most research; a fee applies for profit-making use or industry-sponsored trials; no modifications.

DASS-21 Depression Anxiety Stress Scales – 21

14+ y · Self-report · Lovibond & Lovibond, UNSW · official site ↗

Severity labels are only in the paid DASS manual.

DASS-Y Depression Anxiety Stress Scales – Youth

8 – 17 y · Self-report · Szabo & Lovibond · official site ↗

RCADS / RCADS-25 Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale (47 and 25 item, youth and caregiver)

8 – 18 y · Youth / caregiver · B. F. Chorpita & S. H. Spence · official site ↗

Free to clinicians, but posting on a public website is prohibited and inclusion in a digital platform needs written permission. T-scores need grade- and sex-based norms.

SCAS Spence Children's Anxiety Scale (child and parent)

8 – 15 y · Child / parent · S. H. Spence · official site ↗

Free for individual practitioners and researchers; conversion to electronic format needs the author's prior approval; organisations may be charged.

PAS Preschool Anxiety Scale

3 – 6 y · Parent / teacher · S. H. Spence · official site ↗

Same terms as the SCAS.

PSWQ-C Penn State Worry Questionnaire for Children

7 – 17 y · Self-report · B. F. Chorpita · official site ↗

Free from the UCLA Child FIRST page, which is the only official distribution source.

PSWQ Penn State Worry Questionnaire

Adults · Self-report · Meyer, Miller, Metzger & Borkovec (1990)

Widely used free in research; we could not confirm reproduction terms from the authors or publisher.

OCI-R Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory – Revised

Adults · Self-report · E. B. Foa et al.

Widely circulated; we could not confirm reproduction terms, and a licensed German edition is sold commercially.

Y-BOCS Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (and Y-BOCS-II)

Adults · Clinician-rated interview · W. K. Goodman et al.

Copyrighted clinician instrument; check the rights holder's terms before electronic use.

CY-BOCS Children's Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale

6 – 17 y · Clinician-rated interview · W. K. Goodman, L. H. Scahill et al.

Copyrighted clinician instrument; check the rights holder's terms before electronic use.

HRS Hoarding Rating Scale

Adults · Interview / self-report · Tolin, Frost & Steketee

Widely circulated; we could not confirm reproduction terms.

PDSS / PDSS-SR Panic Disorder Severity Scale (and self-report)

Adults · Clinician / self-report · M. K. Shear et al.

Reported to be free for clinicians from the author; we could not confirm the terms from an official source.

SPIN / Mini-SPIN Social Phobia Inventory / Mini-SPIN

Adolescents & adults · Self-report · J. R. T. Davidson / K. M. Connor

Copyrighted; permission from the rights holder is required. The SCAARED and GAD-7 cover social anxiety for free.

LSAS Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale

Adults · Clinician / self-report · M. R. Liebowitz

Copyrighted; check the rights holder's terms before electronic use.

OASIS Overall Anxiety Severity and Impairment Scale

Adults · Self-report · Norman, Campbell-Sills, Stein et al.

Widely circulated; we could not confirm reproduction terms.

APA Severity Measures APA DSM-5-TR Severity Measures for anxiety disorders (adult and age 11–17)

11+ y · Self-report · American Psychiatric Association · official site ↗

Clinicians may reproduce them for their own patients; inclusion in third-party apps or other uses needs APA permission.

HAM-A Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale

Adults · Clinician-rated · M. Hamilton (1959)

Widely treated as public domain (reproduced in the 1976 NIMH ECDEU manual), but we could not confirm the rights position, so it is not reproduced here.

BAI Beck Anxiety Inventory

17 – 80 y · Self-report · Pearson · official site ↗

MASC-2 Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children, 2nd ed.

8 – 19 y · Self / parent · MHS · official site ↗

STAI / STAIC State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (adult and children's forms)

Children & adults · Self-report · Mind Garden · official site ↗

HADS Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale

Adults · Self-report · GL Assessment

SPAI-2 Social Phobia and Anxiety Inventory, 2nd ed.

Adolescents & adults · Self-report · MHS

ADIS-5 Anxiety and Related Disorders Interview Schedule for DSM-5

Child & adult versions · Structured clinical interview · Oxford University Press

Diagnostic interview; the usual next step after a positive screen in specialist settings.

PC-PTSD-5 Primary Care PTSD Screen for DSM-5

18+ y · Self-report / clinician-read screen · US VA National Center for PTSD · official site ↗

PCL-5 PTSD Checklist for DSM-5

18+ y · Self-report · US VA National Center for PTSD · official site ↗

ITQ International Trauma Questionnaire

18+ y · Self-report (ICD-11) · International Trauma Consortium (Cloitre, Shevlin, Brewin et al.) · official site ↗

BTQ Brief Trauma Questionnaire

18+ y · Self-report exposure checklist · US VA National Center for PTSD · official site ↗

ACE Adverse Childhood Experiences – BRFSS ACE Module

18+ y · Self-report / survey interview · U.S. CDC · official site ↗

Exposure count for surveillance and conversation; not diagnostic.

CATS Child and Adolescent Trauma Screen

3 – 17 y · Self-report (7–17) / caregiver (3–6, 7–17) · Sachser, Berliner, Goldbeck et al. · official site ↗

All three English versions are available here (cats-self, cats-caregiver-7-17, cats-caregiver-3-6).

IADQ International Adjustment Disorder Questionnaire

18+ y · Self-report (ICD-11) · International Trauma Consortium (Shevlin, Hyland et al.) · official site ↗

LEC-5 Life Events Checklist for DSM-5

18+ y · Self-report / interview exposure checklist · US VA National Center for PTSD · official site ↗

Public domain; not yet implemented because each event allows several exposure types at once (multi-select). No total score.

ITQ-CA International Trauma Questionnaire – Child and Adolescent Version

7 – 17 y · Self-report / caregiver (ICD-11) · International Trauma Consortium · official site ↗

Public domain; forms are obtained through the developers' download form.

IGQ International Grief Questionnaire

18+ y · Self-report (ICD-11 prolonged grief) · International Trauma Consortium · official site ↗

Freely available for use; forms obtained through the developers' download form.

DSPS Dissociative Subtype of PTSD Scale

18+ y · Self-report / semi-structured interview · US VA National Center for PTSD · official site ↗

Free download from the VA; branching frequency/intensity format.

PSS-10 Perceived Stress Scale

Adolescents & adults · Self-report · Sheldon Cohen (Carnegie Mellon) / Mapi Research Trust · official site ↗

Free of charge, but permission must be requested through Mapi Research Trust's ePROVIDE platform. No diagnostic cut-offs.

IES-R Impact of Event Scale – Revised

Adults · Self-report · D. S. Weiss (UCSF) · official site ↗

Obtained from the author; terms for electronic reproduction not published.

TSQ Trauma Screening Questionnaire

Adults · Self-report screen · C. R. Brewin (UCL) · official site ↗

Obtained from the author; reproduction terms not published.

CPSS-5 Child PTSD Symptom Scale for DSM-5

8 – 18 y · Self-report / interview · E. B. Foa, Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety · official site ↗

Available from the developers; licence for electronic reproduction not confirmed.

PEARLS Pediatric ACEs and Related Life Events Screener

0 – 19 y · Caregiver / adolescent self-report · Center for Youth Wellness / ACEs Aware (California) · official site ↗

Free to download from ACEs Aware; licensed by the Center for Youth Wellness — reproduction terms not confirmed.

CAPS-5 Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale for DSM-5

18+ y · Structured clinical interview (diagnostic) · US VA National Center for PTSD · official site ↗

Gold-standard PTSD interview; non-VA clinicians request it by email and certify graduate-level assessment training. Training strongly encouraged.

CAPS-CA-5 Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale for Children and Adolescents

7+ y · Structured clinical interview (diagnostic) · US VA National Center for PTSD · official site ↗

Available on request to qualified clinicians.

UCLA PTSD-RI UCLA Child/Adolescent PTSD Reaction Index for DSM-5

School age – adolescent; caregiver version ≤ 6 y · Semi-structured interview / self & caregiver report · Behavioral Health Innovations · official site ↗

Requires a licensing agreement.

TSCC Trauma Symptom Checklist for Children

8 – 16 y · Self-report · PAR (J. Briere) · official site ↗

TSCYC Trauma Symptom Checklist for Young Children

3 – 12 y · Caregiver report · PAR (J. Briere) · official site ↗

TSI-2 Trauma Symptom Inventory-2

18+ y · Self-report · PAR (J. Briere) · official site ↗

DAPS Detailed Assessment of Posttraumatic Stress

18+ y · Self-report · PAR (J. Briere) · official site ↗

CTQ Childhood Trauma Questionnaire

12+ y · Self-report (retrospective abuse & neglect) · Pearson (Bernstein & Fink) · official site ↗

AUDIT Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test

Adults · Self-report or interview · World Health Organization · official site ↗

Free to reproduce and translate, not for sale or commercial use.

AUDIT-C AUDIT-Consumption

Adults · Self-report (3 items) · WHO items; Bush, Bradley et al. (VA) · official site ↗

SASQ NIAAA Single Alcohol Screening Question

Adults · Single question · U.S. NIAAA · official site ↗

CAGE CAGE Questionnaire

Adults · Interview / self-report (4 yes/no) · John Ewing, Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies (UNC) · official site ↗

Free except for profit-making use; cite Ewing (1984).

DAST-10 Drug Abuse Screening Test, 10-item

Adults · Self-report (yes/no) · Harvey A. Skinner & CAMH · official site ↗

Non-commercial clinical, research and training use with credit to the author.

TAPS Tobacco, Alcohol, Prescription medication, and other Substance use Tool

Adults · Self-report or interview (2 parts) · NIDA Clinical Trials Network · official site ↗

CUDIT-R Cannabis Use Disorder Identification Test – Revised

Adults · Self-report · Adamson et al. (2010) · official site ↗

NIAAA Youth Guide NIAAA Youth Alcohol Screen (Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention for Youth)

9 – 18 y · Two clinician questions + risk chart · U.S. NIAAA with the AAP · official site ↗

COWS Clinical Opiate Withdrawal Scale

Adults · Clinician rating (11 items) · Wesson & Ling (2003); distributed by NIDA · official site ↗

“This version may be copied and used clinically.”

IGDS9-SF Internet Gaming Disorder Scale – Short-Form

Adolescents & adults · Self-report · Pontes & Griffiths (2015) · official site ↗

Author grants use without permission; CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

CRAFFT CRAFFT 2.1 / 2.1+N

12 – 21 y · Self-report or interview · John R. Knight; CABHRe, Boston Children’s Hospital · official site ↗

Free, but every reproduction (including electronic programs) must be submitted to the CRAFFT team for approval, and may not be modified. Use the official forms from crafft.org.

S2BI Screening to Brief Intervention

12 – 17 y · Self-report or interview (branching) · Boston Children’s Hospital (Levy et al.); hosted by NIDA · official site ↗

Free to use via NIDA’s online tool, but forms carry a Boston Children’s Hospital copyright and we could not confirm terms for reproduction. Use the NIDA online version.

BSTAD Brief Screener for Tobacco, Alcohol, and other Drugs

12 – 17 y · Self-report or interview (days of use) · Kelly et al.; hosted by NIDA · official site ↗

Free via NIDA’s online tool; reproduction terms not confirmed. Asks for exact days of use in the past year.

ASSIST Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test v3.1

Adults · Interview (8 questions × 10 substances) · World Health Organization · official site ↗

The 2010 WHO manual allows the questionnaire to be photocopied for clinical use, but other reproduction (including electronic) requires WHO permission. TAPS Part 2 is modified from the ASSIST-Lite.

ASSIST-Lite ASSIST-Lite

Adults · Interview / self-report · Ali et al. (2013); WHO ASSIST team · official site ↗

Approved form distributed via the ASSIST portal; training recommended. Reproduction terms not confirmed.

SASSI-4 Substance Abuse Subtle Screening Inventory-4

18+ y (SASSI-A3 for adolescents) · Self-report · The SASSI Institute · official site ↗

ASI Addiction Severity Index

Adults · Semi-structured clinician interview · McLellan et al.; Treatment Research Institute

Lengthy multi-domain interview requiring training; check current terms with the developers.

GAIN-SS Global Appraisal of Individual Needs – Short Screener

12+ y · Self-report or interview · Chestnut Health Systems · official site ↗

Licensed through Chestnut Health Systems.

CAGE-AID CAGE Adapted to Include Drugs

Adults · Interview / self-report (4 yes/no) · Brown & Rounds (1995), Wisconsin Medical Journal

Widely reproduced, but we could not confirm the rights holder’s terms from an official source.

FTND / FTCD Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence

Adult smokers · Self-report (6 items) · Heatherton, Kozlowski, Frecker & Fagerström (1991) · official site ↗

Free for research; permission from K.O. Fagerström is requested for non-research use.

PSCDI / PSECDI Penn State Cigarette / Electronic Cigarette Dependence Index

Adult smokers / vapers · Self-report (10 items) · Foulds et al., Penn State Center for Research on Tobacco and Health · official site ↗

Available to clinicians and researchers with citation. Not reproduced here because we could not access the official item-scoring guide.

HONC Hooked on Nicotine Checklist

Adolescents & adults · Self-report (10 yes/no) · DiFranza et al., UMass Chan Medical School

Widely distributed; reproduction terms not confirmed.

CIWA-Ar Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment for Alcohol, revised

Adults · Clinician rating (10 items) · Sullivan et al. (1989) · official site ↗

Widely used in hospitals; we could not confirm reproduction terms from an official source.

PGSI / CPGI Problem Gambling Severity Index (Canadian Problem Gambling Index)

Adults · Self-report (9 items) · Ferris & Wynne (2001), Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction · official site ↗

Widely used in population surveys, but the CCSA report states no reproduction terms and we could not confirm them.

BBGS Brief Biosocial Gambling Screen

Adults · Self-report (3 yes/no) · Gebauer, LaBrie & Shaffer; Division on Addiction, Cambridge Health Alliance · official site ↗

Free printable forms and an e-screener from the Division on Addiction; no reproduction licence is stated, so use the official versions.

SOGS South Oaks Gambling Screen

Adults (SOGS-RA for adolescents) · Self-report (20 items) · Lesieur & Blume; South Oaks Foundation · official site ↗

Copyrighted; check permission terms with the rights holder.

NODS-CLiP NORC Diagnostic Screen for Gambling Problems – Loss of control, Lying, Preoccupation

Adults · Self-report or interview (3 items) · Toce-Gerstein, Gerstein & Volberg; NORC · official site ↗

Reproduction terms not confirmed.

Lie/Bet Lie/Bet Questionnaire

Adults · Self-report (2 yes/no) · Johnson et al. (1997) · official site ↗

Distributed by several US state agencies; rights-holder terms not confirmed.

ASQ Ask Suicide-Screening Questions

10+ y · Clinician-asked yes/no screen · U.S. National Institute of Mental Health · official site ↗

Includes the acuity question and NIMH next-step pathway; the toolkit also has a Brief Suicide Safety Assessment (BSSA) guide.

SIDAS Suicidal Ideation Attributes Scale

18+ y · Self-report · Australian National University (van Spijker, Batterham et al.) · official site ↗

No permission required; cite the reference.

SIDAS-M Suicidal Ideation Attributes Scale – Modified

18+ y (autistic adults) · Self-report · La Trobe University / ANU (Hedley, Batterham et al.) · official site ↗

No permission required; cite the reference.

C-SSRS Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (incl. Screener / Triage)

Children to adults (several versions) · Clinician / lay interview with branching · The Columbia Lighthouse Project / Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene · official site ↗

Free on paper in community, healthcare and non-profit research settings, but electronic implementations are exclusively licensed (via Clario/eRT) and require certification, so it is not reproduced here.

SBQ-R Suicide Behaviors Questionnaire – Revised

Adolescents & adults · Self-report · A. Osman et al.

Widely described as free, but distributed copies state “Permission for use granted by A. Osman”; no published licence for electronic reproduction was found.

PSS-3 Patient Safety Screener (PSS-3) / ED-SAFE Secondary Screener

18+ y (used 12+) · Clinician-asked screen · E. Boudreaux, UMass Chan Medical School · official site ↗

Free materials via the Suicide Prevention Resource Center; no explicit reproduction licence found.

BSS Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation

Adults · Self-report / clinician · Pearson

BHS Beck Hopelessness Scale

17 – 80 y · Self-report · Pearson

SIQ Suicidal Ideation Questionnaire / SIQ-JR

Adolescents · Self-report · PAR

Criterion standard used in the ASQ validation studies.

ASIQ Adult Suicidal Ideation Questionnaire

Adults · Self-report · PAR

PQ-B Prodromal Questionnaire – Brief Version

12 – 35 y · Self-report with distress ratings · R. Loewy & T. Cannon, University of California · official site ↗

Free for research, clinical use and EHR platforms when users are not charged per use; translations need the author’s sign-off.

R-GPTS Revised Green et al. Paranoid Thoughts Scale

13+ y · Self-report · D. Freeman et al., University of Oxford · official site ↗

Published open access (CC BY 4.0) with severity ranges and clinical cut-offs.

PQ-16 Prodromal Questionnaire – 16 item

Help-seeking adolescents & adults · Self-report · H. Ising et al.

Permission must be sought from the first author (Dr Helga Ising); terms for electronic reproduction not published.

CAPE Community Assessment of Psychic Experiences (CAPE-42 / CAPE-P15)

Adolescents & adults · Self-report (frequency + distress) · Stefanis, Hanssen, van Os et al.; CAPE-P15: Capra et al.

Widely used and described as free, but the official CAPE website is offline and current reproduction terms could not be confirmed.

SIPS / SOPS Structured Interview for Psychosis-Risk Syndromes

Adolescents & young adults · Semi-structured clinician interview (diagnostic) · PRIME Research Clinic, Yale University (McGlashan, Miller, Woods et al.)

Requires training and certification; the reference standard that PQ-B positives are referred for.

CAARMS Comprehensive Assessment of At-Risk Mental States

Adolescents & young adults · Semi-structured clinician interview · Orygen (Yung et al.)

Requires training; obtained from Orygen.

PS-R PRIME Screen – Revised

Adolescents & young adults · Self-report · PRIME Research Clinic, Yale University

Reproduction terms not published; scoring rules differ between distributed copies.

PDI-21 Peters et al. Delusions Inventory (21-item)

Adults · Self-report · E. Peters et al., King’s College London

Research measure; reproduction terms not published.

SPQ-B Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire (SPQ / SPQ-B)

Adolescents & adults · Self-report · A. Raine

Research measure; reproduction terms not published.

SCOFF SCOFF questionnaire

Adolescents & adults · Five yes/no questions · Morgan, Reid & Lacey — © St George’s Hospital Medical School (1999) · official site ↗

Widely used; the original publication carries a copyright notice and no explicit free-reproduction licence was found, so it is not reproduced here.

ESP Eating Disorder Screen for Primary Care

Adults · Five yes/no questions · Cotton, Ball & Robinson (2003)

Published in J Gen Intern Med; no reproduction licence found.

EAT-26 Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26)

Adolescents & adults · Self-report + behaviour questions · D. M. Garner / Eating Attitudes LLC · official site ↗

Copyrighted; fees waived for individual users but reproduction requires a permission letter, and commercial web platforms need a licence.

EDE-Q Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire 6.0

Adolescents & adults · Self-report · C. G. Fairburn & S. Beglin / CREDO, University of Oxford · official site ↗

Under copyright; freely available for non-commercial research use only. The 12-item EDE-QS short form is derived from it.

EDDS-5 Eating Disorder Diagnostic Scale (DSM-5 version)

Adolescents & adults · Self-report (diagnostic algorithm) · E. Stice et al. · official site ↗

Freely available, permission not required (PhenX). Not implemented here: it needs height/weight entry and the official DSM-5 scoring algorithm, which we could not access.

BEDS-7 Binge Eating Disorder Screener-7

18+ y · Self-report · © Shire US Inc. (now Takeda)

Distributed freely, but copyright is held by the pharmaceutical sponsor and no reproduction licence was found.

EPSI Eating Pathology Symptoms Inventory

Adolescents & adults · Self-report (8 scales) · K. Forbush, University of Kansas

No permission needed for non-commercial paper use; electronic versions require advance written permission from the author.

NIAS Nine Item ARFID Screen

Adolescents & adults · Self-report · Zickgraf & Ellis (2018)

Described as free in the literature; the authors’ reproduction terms could not be confirmed.

mYFAS 2.0 Modified Yale Food Addiction Scale 2.0

Adults · Self-report · FAST Lab, University of Michigan (Gearhardt et al.) · official site ↗

The lab states its scales are free to use with citation. Not yet implemented: we could not access the official scoring instructions.

EDI-3 Eating Disorder Inventory-3

13 – 53 y · Self-report · PAR

SCI Sleep Condition Indicator

18+ y · Self-report · C. A. Espie et al. — © Sleepio Ltd · official site ↗

Licensed free for non-commercial use under CC BY-NC 4.0.

STOP-Bang STOP-Bang Questionnaire

Adults · Yes/no + clinical measures (OSA risk) · F. Chung — University Health Network, Toronto · official site ↗

Proprietary to University Health Network; use requires permission/licence from UHN.

ISI Insomnia Severity Index

Adults · Self-report · C. M. Morin / Mapi Research Trust · official site ↗

Distributed by Mapi Research Trust; conditions of use set via ePROVIDE (licence needed for organisations and electronic use).

ESS / ESS-CHAD Epworth Sleepiness Scale

Adults; children & adolescents (ESS-CHAD) · Self-report · M. W. Johns / Mapi Research Trust · official site ↗

A licence is required for use (via Mapi Research Trust); fees apply to some users.

PSQI Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index

Adults · Self-report · University of Pittsburgh (Buysse et al.) · official site ↗

May be reprinted without charge only for non-commercial research and educational purposes after a permission request; no modifications; commercial use licensed.

PROMIS Sleep PROMIS Sleep Disturbance & Sleep-Related Impairment short forms

Adults; paediatric versions 5 – 17 y · Self-report / parent proxy (T-scores) · HealthMeasures / PROMIS Health Organization · official site ↗

Free for paper and individual use; electronic administration on third-party platforms needs HealthMeasures permission, and wording/layout may not be changed.

AIS Athens Insomnia Scale

Adults · Self-report (ICD-10 based) · Soldatos et al. — © Elsevier (2000)

No free reproduction licence found.

CSHQ Children’s Sleep Habits Questionnaire

4 – 10 y · Parent report · J. Owens

Copies circulate freely, but permission status is unpublished; contact the author.

PDSS Pediatric Daytime Sleepiness Scale

Children & adolescents · Self-report · C. Drake (Henry Ford Hospital)

Permission from the developer is expected.

WHO-5 World Health Organization-Five Well-Being Index

Adults · Self-report · World Health Organization · official site ↗

CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.

K10 Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (10-item)

Adults · Self-report · R. C. Kessler, Harvard Medical School · official site ↗

Free; no formal permission required.

K6 Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (6-item)

Adults · Self-report · R. C. Kessler, Harvard Medical School · official site ↗

Free; no formal permission required.

CORE-10 Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation – 10

Adults · Self-report · CORE System Trust · official site ↗

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0: non-commercial, unchanged, with copyright line.

PHQ-4 Patient Health Questionnaire-4

Adults · Self-report · Spitzer, Williams & Kroenke (Pfizer grant) · official site ↗

PHQ-15 Patient Health Questionnaire-15

Adults · Self-report · Spitzer, Williams & Kroenke (Pfizer grant) · official site ↗

SWLS Satisfaction With Life Scale

Adults · Self-report · E. Diener et al. · official site ↗

Free for all professionals with credit to the authors.

FS Flourishing Scale

Adults · Self-report · E. Diener & R. Biswas-Diener · official site ↗

SPANE Scale of Positive and Negative Experience

Adults · Self-report · E. Diener & R. Biswas-Diener · official site ↗

ONS4 ONS Personal Well-being Questions

16+ y · Self-report (4 questions) · UK Office for National Statistics · official site ↗

Crown copyright; Open Government Licence.

RSES Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale

Adolescents & adults · Self-report · M. Rosenberg; University of Maryland · official site ↗

SLUMS Saint Louis University Mental Status Examination

60+ y · Clinician-administered test · Saint Louis University / St. Louis VA GRECC · official site ↗

Free; watch the SLU training video before administering.

IQCODE-16 Short Informant Questionnaire on Cognitive Decline in the Elderly

Older adults (informant) · Informant questionnaire · A. F. Jorm, ANU · official site ↗

The author states there is no copyright on the Short IQCODE.

Mini-Cog Mini-Cog

Older adults · Clinician-administered (3-word recall + clock) · S. Borson · official site ↗

Reprinted with the author's permission solely for clinical and educational purposes; may not be modified or used commercially or for research without permission. Reproduction here would need permission.

AD8 AD8 Dementia Screening Interview

Older adults (informant) · Informant interview (8 yes/no) · Washington University in St. Louis (Knight ADRC) · official site ↗

Copyright 2005 Washington University; a licence is required for clinical or research use.

6CIT Six Item Cognitive Impairment Test

Older adults · Clinician-administered · Kingshill Research Centre, Swindon

Reported as free for healthcare professionals, but the official terms could not be verified (the former official website no longer hosts the test).

GPCOG General Practitioner Assessment of Cognition

Older adults (patient + informant) · Clinician-administered + informant · University of New South Wales · official site ↗

Free under a personal, non-commercial UNSW licence that prohibits providing it to third parties or copying/adapting it; use the official website.

RUDAS Rowland Universal Dementia Assessment Scale

Adults (multicultural) · Clinician-administered · Storey, Rowland et al.; Dementia Australia · official site ↗

Freely available for clinical use, but we could not confirm terms for electronic reproduction.

ACE-III Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination III

Adults · Clinician-administered test · J. Hodges; FRONTIER, University of Sydney

Copyrighted; distributed by the developers for clinical use. We could not confirm terms permitting third-party electronic reproduction — check current terms with the developers.

MoCA Montreal Cognitive Assessment

Adults · Clinician-administered test · MoCA Cognition (Z. Nasreddine) · official site ↗

Mandatory paid training and certification for administrators.

MMSE-2 Mini-Mental State Examination, 2nd ed.

18+ y · Clinician-administered test · PAR · official site ↗

RBANS Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status

12 – 89 y · Clinician-administered test · Pearson

SWEMWBS / WEMWBS Short Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale

13+ y · Self-report · University of Warwick / NHS Health Scotland · official site ↗

Free for non-commercial use but requires registration/licence before use, so not reproduced.

UCLA-3 / TILS Three-Item Loneliness Scale (from the UCLA Loneliness Scale)

Adults · Self-report · Hughes et al. (2004); D. Russell · official site ↗

UCLA states no permission is needed for non-profit research; clinical/electronic use terms not confirmed.

BRS Brief Resilience Scale

Adults · Self-report · B. W. Smith et al., University of New Mexico · official site ↗

Widely described as free with citation, but we found no licence statement from the authors.

CORE-OM Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation – Outcome Measure

Adults · Self-report (34 items) · CORE System Trust · official site ↗

Same CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence as the CORE-10; recommended at baseline and end of therapy.

SCL-90-R Symptom Checklist-90-Revised

13+ y · Self-report · Pearson

BSI Brief Symptom Inventory / BSI-18

13+ y · Self-report · Pearson

OQ-45 Outcome Questionnaire-45.2

18+ y · Self-report · OQ Measures

WHODAS 2.0 WHO Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0 (12- and 36-item)

Adults · Self / interviewer / proxy · World Health Organization · official site ↗

WHO requires a licence for including WHODAS 2.0 in electronic systems or reproducing it in any way; use WHO's official forms.

WSAS Work and Social Adjustment Scale

Adults · Self-report (5 items) · I. M. Marks (Mundt et al., 2002) · official site ↗

Widely used free in UK services, but copyright is held by I. M. Marks and we found no explicit reproduction licence.

SDS Sheehan Disability Scale

Adults · Self-report · D. V. Sheehan

Copyrighted; licence required.

SF-36 / SF-12 Short Form Health Surveys (SF-36 / SF-12)

Adults · Self-report · QualityMetric

EQ-5D EQ-5D

Adults (EQ-5D-Y for youth) · Self-report · EuroQol Research Foundation · official site ↗

Registration required; licence fees for some uses.

SSS-8 Somatic Symptom Scale-8

Adults · Self-report · Gierk, Löwe et al. (JAMA Intern Med 2014) · official site ↗

Short form derived from the PHQ-15; no explicit reuse licence found.

SAPAS Standardised Assessment of Personality – Abbreviated Scale

Adults · Clinician interview (8 yes/no) · Moran et al. (Br J Psychiatry 2003) · official site ↗

Reproduced in NHS guidance, but we found no explicit licence from the authors or publisher.

MSI-BPD McLean Screening Instrument for Borderline Personality Disorder

Adults & adolescents · Self-report (10 yes/no) · M. C. Zanarini (J Pers Disord 2003)

Copyrighted; reproduction terms could not be confirmed.

PID-5-BF Personality Inventory for DSM-5 – Brief Form

18+ y · Self-report (25 items) · American Psychiatric Association · official site ↗

Clinicians and researchers may reproduce it for use with their own patients; other uses (including third-party apps) need APA permission.

LPFS-BF 2.0 Level of Personality Functioning Scale – Brief Form 2.0

Adults · Self-report (12 items) · De Viersprong (Hutsebaut, Weekers et al.) · official site ↗

Free on paper for non-profit use; permission needed to distribute electronic versions.

IPDE International Personality Disorder Examination

Adults · Screening questionnaire + clinician interview · World Health Organization (Loranger)

PAI Personality Assessment Inventory

18+ y · Self-report · PAR

MMPI-3 Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-3

18+ y · Self-report · University of Minnesota Press / Pearson

MCMI-IV Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-IV

18+ y · Self-report · Pearson

SCID-5-PD Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-5 Personality Disorders

Adults · Clinician interview · American Psychiatric Association Publishing

PHQ-ED Patient Health Questionnaire – Eating Disorder Module

Adults · Self-report (yes/no, algorithm) · Spitzer, Williams & Kroenke (Pfizer grant) · official site ↗

PHQ Alcohol Patient Health Questionnaire – Alcohol Module

Adults · Self-report (6 yes/no) · Spitzer, Williams & Kroenke (Pfizer grant) · official site ↗

NIDA QS NIDA Quick Screen

Adults · Clinician interview or self-report (4 items) · U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse · official site ↗

NM ASSIST NIDA-Modified ASSIST

Adults · Clinician interview or self-report (branching) · U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse (adapted from WHO ASSIST v3.0) · official site ↗

BAM Brief Addiction Monitor

Adults in SUD treatment · Self-report or interview (17 items; 30-day and 7-day versions) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs · official site ↗

We implement the 7-day IOP version; the 30-day BAM Continuous asks for exact day counts.

SSI-SA Simple Screening Instrument for Substance Abuse

Adults · Self-report or interview (16 yes/no) · SAMHSA / Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (TIP 11) · official site ↗

MHSF-III Mental Health Screening Form-III

Adults · Self-report or interview (17 yes/no) · Carroll & McGinley, Project Return Foundation · official site ↗

May be reproduced or copied, in entirety, without permission.

CESD-R Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale – Revised

Adults · Self-report (20 items) · Eaton et al. · official site ↗

SRQ-20 WHO Self-Reporting Questionnaire

Adults · Self-report or interview (20 yes/no) · World Health Organization · official site ↗

Free to reproduce, not for sale or commercial use. No global cut-off.

ISAS Inventory of Statements About Self-Injury

Adolescents & adults · Self-report (behaviours + 39 function items) · E. David Klonsky · official site ↗

“You may use the ISAS, no permission required.” Frequencies recorded in ranges here.

4AT 4AT Rapid Clinical Test for Delirium

Older adults (65+) · Clinician bedside test (4 items) · MacLullich, Ryan & Cash · official site ↗

CC BY 4.0.

RCS SLU Rapid Cognitive Screen

Older adults (60+) · Clinician-administered (3 tasks) · Saint Louis University · official site ↗

SLU states there is no copyright on its Rapid Geriatric Assessment screening tools.

CDC HRQOL-4 CDC Healthy Days Measures (HRQOL-4 / HRQOL-14)

Adults (NHANES: 12+) · Self-report / survey interview (4 core items) · U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · official site ↗

We implement the 4-item core module.

RAND-36 RAND 36-Item Health Survey 1.0

Adults · Self-report (36 items, 8 scales) · RAND Corporation (Medical Outcomes Study) · official site ↗

Free for non-commercial use; same items as the SF-36 with RAND scoring.

SQDS Single-Question Drug Screen

Adults · Single question · Smith, Schmidt, Allensworth-Davies & Saitz (2010), Arch Intern Med · official site ↗

Published in a journal; we could not confirm reproduction terms. NIDA's public-domain Quick Screen adapts the same question.

PG-13-R Prolonged Grief-13-Revised

Bereaved adults · Self-report (13 items) · Prigerson et al., Weill Cornell Center for Research on End-of-Life Care · official site ↗

Free for clinical and research use, but the developers state it should not be reproduced without permission (request form).

GSE General Self-Efficacy Scale

12+ y · Self-report (10 items) · Schwarzer & Jerusalem · official site ↗

Authors grant permission to use and reproduce it for research studies with citation; no cut-off. Clinical/online reproduction not explicitly covered.

CAM / 3D-CAM / CAM-ICU Confusion Assessment Method

Older adults / ICU · Clinician assessment algorithm · Inouye et al.; Hospital Elder Life Program (CAM-ICU: Vanderbilt) · official site ↗

Copyrighted (Hospital Elder Life Program); reported as free for non-profit clinical, educational and research use with acknowledgement, with materials via registration. Training recommended; terms not confirmed from the rights holder.

WHOQOL-BREF WHO Quality of Life – BREF

Adults · Self-report (26 items) · World Health Organization · official site ↗

No fee, but use requires a signed WHO user agreement (via WHO or a national WHOQOL centre).

BSDS Bipolar Spectrum Diagnostic Scale

Adults · Self-report (narrative passage + 1 question) · Ghaemi, Pies et al. (J Affect Disord 2005)

Copyrighted by the author; terms for electronic reproduction could not be confirmed.

PASS Perinatal Anxiety Screening Scale

Pregnant & postnatal · Self-report (31 items) · Somerville et al. (Arch Womens Ment Health 2014)

Published research instrument; reproduction terms could not be confirmed.

PBQ Postpartum Bonding Questionnaire

Postnatal · Self-report (25 items) · Brockington et al. (Arch Womens Ment Health 2001)

Published research instrument; reproduction terms could not be confirmed.

SIPP-118 Severity Indices of Personality Problems (118-item)

Adults & adolescents · Self-report (118 items) · De Viersprong (Verheul et al.)

Measures core components of personality functioning; use requires permission from the developers.

SASPD Standardised Assessment of Severity of Personality Disorder

Adults · Self-report (9 items) · Olajide et al. (J Pers Disord 2018)

Short screen aligned with ICD-11 personality disorder severity; reproduction terms could not be confirmed.

NODS NORC DSM-IV Screen for Gambling Problems

Adults · Interview or self-report (lifetime and past-year items) · Gerstein et al.; NORC at the University of Chicago (1999)

Full version of the NODS, mapped to the DSM-IV criteria; reproduction terms could not be confirmed.

DAR-5 Dimensions of Anger Reactions-5

Adults · Self-report (5 items) · Forbes et al. (2014); Phoenix Australia

Widely used in trauma services; reproduction terms could not be confirmed.

STAXI-2 State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory-2

16+ y · Self-report (57 items) · C. D. Spielberger; PAR

NAS-PI Novaco Anger Scale and Provocation Inventory

9 y – adult · Self-report · R. W. Novaco; WPS