PSC-17
ValidatedPediatric Symptom Checklist – 17 (PSC-17)
4 – 16 yearsParent~3 min17 questions
Emotional and physical health go together in children. Choose the answer that best describes your child.
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About this screener — evidence, source, alternatives
A short psychosocial screen used in primary care worldwide, with internalising (anxiety/mood), attention, and externalising (conduct) subscales. Useful as a first broad sweep, since emotional and behavioural problems commonly co-occur with neurodevelopmental conditions.
Evidence · validated
Validated in large US primary-care samples and many translations; cut-offs below are the published standard. Positive screens are associated with clinician-identified psychosocial dysfunction and need follow-up assessment.
Free alternative to
- Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL/ASEBA) · ASEBA
Paid broad-band behaviour rating with internalising/externalising structure. - Strengths & Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) · Youthinmind
Free on paper, but electronic versions are restricted by the rights holder — use sdqinfo.org for official online scoring.
Source & licence
Gardner W, Murphy M, Childs G, et al. The PSC-17: a brief Pediatric Symptom Checklist with psychosocial problem subscales. Ambulatory Child Health. 1999;5:225–236. Jellinek MS, Murphy JM, Massachusetts General Hospital.
Licence: Free to use (Massachusetts General Hospital)
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