<p>There's no "standard" on-line test for mood disorders. The only standard one is [semi-]structured evaluation (e.g. SCID-5) by a mental health professional.</p>

<p>With that disclaimer aside, there are some screening tools designed to be self-rated, e.g.</p>

<ul>
<li><p>mania</p>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mood_Disorder_Questionnaire" rel="nofollow noreferrer">MDQ</a>, e.g. <a href="https://www.integration.samhsa.gov/images/res/MDQ.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">free as PDF/paper form at SAMHSA</a></li>
<li>a patient version of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Mania_Rating_Scale" rel="nofollow noreferrer">YMRS</a> is also available: <a href="https://psychology-tools.com/young-mania-rating-scale/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">e.g. on psychology-tools.com</a> although Wikipeida says it has an high false positive rate in younger people.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altman_Self-Rating_Mania_Scale" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Altman Self-Rating Mania Scale</a> e.g. <a href="https://psychology-tools.com/test/altman-self-rating-mania-scale" rel="nofollow noreferrer">also on psychology-tools.com</a>. </li>
</ul></li>
<li><p>depression and anxiety</p>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patient_Health_Questionnaire" rel="nofollow noreferrer">PHQ</a> a suite of tests developed by Pfizer, officially avaialble at <a href="https://www.phqscreeners.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.phqscreeners.com/</a> There are different tests actually for depression and generalized anxiety; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PHQ-9" rel="nofollow noreferrer">PHQ-9</a> is for depression; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generalized_Anxiety_Disorder_7" rel="nofollow noreferrer">GAD-7</a> for the latter). They can also be found elsewhere, e.g. <a href="https://www.integration.samhsa.gov/clinical-practice/GAD708.19.08Cartwright.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">GAD-7 on SAMHSA</a> or <a href="https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/Home/GetFileByID/218" rel="nofollow noreferrer">PHQ-9 on USPSTF</a>; psychology-tools.com has both of them: <a href="https://psychology-tools.com/test/phq-9" rel="nofollow noreferrer">phq-9 there</a>, <a href="https://psychology-tools.com/test/gad-7" rel="nofollow noreferrer">gad-7</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_for_Epidemiologic_Studies_Depression_Scale" rel="nofollow noreferrer">CES-D</a> for depresion found on <a href="http://cesd-r.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://cesd-r.com/</a> but also <a href="https://www.outcometracker.org/library/CES-D.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">elsewhere (older version)</a>.</li>
<li><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zung_Self-Rating_Depression_Scale" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale</a> e.g. <a href="https://psychology-tools.com/test/zung-depression-scale" rel="nofollow noreferrer">on psychology-tools.com</a> and <a href="https://psychology-tools.com/zung-anxiety-scale/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Zung Self-Rating Anxiety Scale</a> in <a href="https://psychology-tools.com/test/zung-anxiety-scale" rel="nofollow noreferrer">the same place</a>.</p></li>
<li><p>for anxiety there exist more specialized tests/screeners, depending on the kind suspected, e.g. social anxiety or phobias, but I don't want to go into a full list. See resources at the end of the answer if you're looking for those.</p></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>

<p>And here's a more extended disclaimer from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beck_Depression_Inventory" rel="nofollow noreferrer">one of those</a>, which applies to all:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>The BDI suffers from the same problems as other self-report inventories, in that scores can be easily exaggerated or minimized by the person completing them. Like all questionnaires, the way the instrument is administered can have an effect on the final score. If a patient is asked to fill out the form in front of other people in a clinical environment, for instance, social expectations have been shown to elicit a different response compared to administration via a postal survey.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>and from another (PHQ page actually):</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>The influence of these biases can mitigated by following up with a structured or semi-structured interview, the gold standard for diagnostic assessment.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>There's a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_diagnostic_classification_and_rating_scales_used_in_psychiatry#Anxiety" rel="nofollow noreferrer">longer list of tests on Wikipedia</a>, not all of which might be on-line presently. <a href="https://www.outcometracker.org/library/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.outcometracker.org/library/</a> is an alternative list of printed questionnaires; not sure how long it will be there.  Also these are not all designed to be self-rated; the instruction at top of which page will give clue in that respect. <a href="https://psychology-tools.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://psychology-tools.com/</a> is the most on-line-oriented of these collections.</p>

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This is a good list and I have used some of these with my clients with success for assessing treatment efficacy
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<p>Are there standard mental health tests available online with score interpretations? For example, if someone was interested in getting a grasp on their mental condition before seeing a psychologist/psychiatrist.</p>

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"seeing a psychologist/psychiatrist" for what purpose? there's tons of tests for various things: mental state, personality, disorders etc. Many are on-line as well, but they sometimes require a clinician to do the rating (i.e. takes experience).
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For mental disorders (suspected of depression, anxiety and mania) and so that one could assess themselves. I edited the question. Thanks.
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As Fizz pointed out, it is not really a good idea to try and assess yourself.  You can get a rough idea but it can be wrong.  The evaluation tools linked in the answer below should be used by a clinician as the results need to be weighed against the individual components of the evaluation.
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I made HUGE edit to make this question more general, since the mention of "a friend", made me feel like the question was approaching "[self-help](https://psychology.meta.stackexchange.com/q/502/4397)" territory. However, feel free to undo the edit if you feel it obscured your original intent.
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@Seanny123 It's better now, thanks for the edit.
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What are the standard mental health tests that are available online?
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# What are the standard mental health tests that are available online?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-08-03)

Are there standard mental health tests available online with score interpretations? For example, if someone was interested in getting a grasp on their mental condition before seeing a psychologist/psychiatrist.

**Tags:** clinical-psychology, test

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: "seeing a psychologist/psychiatrist" for what purpose? there's tons of tests for various things: mental state, personality, disorders etc. Many are on-line as well, but they sometimes require a clinician to do the rating (i.e. takes experience).  
> **username_0**: For mental disorders (suspected of depression, anxiety and mania) and so that one could assess themselves. I edited the question. Thanks.  
> **username_2**: As Fizz pointed out, it is not really a good idea to try and assess yourself.  You can get a rough idea but it can be wrong.  The evaluation tools linked in the answer below should be used by a clinician as the results need to be weighed against the individual components of the evaluation.  
> **username_3**: I made HUGE edit to make this question more general, since the mention of "a friend", made me feel like the question was approaching "[self-help](https://psychology.meta.stackexchange.com/q/502/4397)" territory. However, feel free to undo the edit if you feel it obscured your original intent.  
> **username_0**: @username_3 It's better now, thanks for the edit.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2018-08-04. Score: 4 | Accepted answer

There's no "standard" on-line test for mood disorders. The only standard one is [semi-]structured evaluation (e.g. SCID-5) by a mental health professional.

With that disclaimer aside, there are some screening tools designed to be self-rated, e.g.

* mania

  + [MDQ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mood_Disorder_Questionnaire), e.g. [free as PDF/paper form at SAMHSA](https://www.integration.samhsa.gov/images/res/MDQ.pdf)
  + a patient version of [YMRS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Mania_Rating_Scale) is also available: [e.g. on psychology-tools.com](https://psychology-tools.com/young-mania-rating-scale/) although Wikipeida says it has an high false positive rate in younger people.
  + [Altman Self-Rating Mania Scale](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altman_Self-Rating_Mania_Scale) e.g. [also on psychology-tools.com](https://psychology-tools.com/test/altman-self-rating-mania-scale).
* depression and anxiety

  + [PHQ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patient_Health_Questionnaire) a suite of tests developed by Pfizer, officially avaialble at <https://www.phqscreeners.com/> There are different tests actually for depression and generalized anxiety; [PHQ-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PHQ-9) is for depression; [GAD-7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generalized_Anxiety_Disorder_7) for the latter). They can also be found elsewhere, e.g. [GAD-7 on SAMHSA](https://www.integration.samhsa.gov/clinical-practice/GAD708.19.08Cartwright.pdf) or [PHQ-9 on USPSTF](https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/Home/GetFileByID/218); psychology-tools.com has both of them: [phq-9 there](https://psychology-tools.com/test/phq-9), [gad-7](https://psychology-tools.com/test/gad-7)
  + [CES-D](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_for_Epidemiologic_Studies_Depression_Scale) for depresion found on <http://cesd-r.com/> but also [elsewhere (older version)](https://www.outcometracker.org/library/CES-D.pdf).
  + [Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zung_Self-Rating_Depression_Scale) e.g. [on psychology-tools.com](https://psychology-tools.com/test/zung-depression-scale) and [Zung Self-Rating Anxiety Scale](https://psychology-tools.com/zung-anxiety-scale/) in [the same place](https://psychology-tools.com/test/zung-anxiety-scale).
  + for anxiety there exist more specialized tests/screeners, depending on the kind suspected, e.g. social anxiety or phobias, but I don't want to go into a full list. See resources at the end of the answer if you're looking for those.

And here's a more extended disclaimer from [one of those](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beck_Depression_Inventory), which applies to all:

> The BDI suffers from the same problems as other self-report inventories, in that scores can be easily exaggerated or minimized by the person completing them. Like all questionnaires, the way the instrument is administered can have an effect on the final score. If a patient is asked to fill out the form in front of other people in a clinical environment, for instance, social expectations have been shown to elicit a different response compared to administration via a postal survey.

and from another (PHQ page actually):

> The influence of these biases can mitigated by following up with a structured or semi-structured interview, the gold standard for diagnostic assessment.

There's a [longer list of tests on Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_diagnostic_classification_and_rating_scales_used_in_psychiatry#Anxiety), not all of which might be on-line presently. <https://www.outcometracker.org/library/> is an alternative list of printed questionnaires; not sure how long it will be there. Also these are not all designed to be self-rated; the instruction at top of which page will give clue in that respect. <https://psychology-tools.com/> is the most on-line-oriented of these collections.

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: This is a good list and I have used some of these with my clients with success for assessing treatment efficacy  

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