Therapy Rating Scales
- Rumination Rating Scale: PDF or Online version
Mood Charts
- Weekly MTC version
- Daily the original NIH version
- Wellness Tracker free app from Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA)
- Mood charts for children and teens (a free research program from Robert Post, MD)
Screening Tests for Mood Disorders
- PHQ-9 for depression: adult, adolescent
- AREDOC Mood Rating Scale: Patient version, Friend & relative version (this new scale is an improved version of the two below, but the two below are still useful)
- Bipolar Spectrum Diagnostic Scale: Patient version, Friend & relative version
- Mood Disorder Questionnaire: Patient version, Friend & relative version, Child & adolescent version
- Hypomanic Checklist-32
Other Screening Tests
- Borderline Personality Disorder: McClean Screening Instrument
- Anxiety: GAD-7
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD): OCD Spectrum (covers symptoms that go along with OCD but are not necessarily diagnostic of it)
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): ASRS
For Professional Use
- The Bipolarity Index looks beyond symptoms to measure markers of bipolar disorder across the lifespan (original study)
- Digit Symbol Substitution Test (DSST) a 3 minute test of processing speed (typical results for various populations are in DSST Norms)
- MINI Neuropsychiatric Interview: There are several versions of the MINI, each for different populations (the DSM-5 version for adults is $10). More diagnostic scales, including disability and suicidality, are available through Dr. Sheehan’s group, the Harm Research Institute.
- SCID Structured Interview: DSM-5 version, Free DSM-IV Mania Section
Want more?
- Free, Brief, and Validated. This research article lists the top free rating scales for common psychiatric conditions.