Depressive Disorders
Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)
Purpose: Measures depression symptoms and severity
Age Range: 13-80
Scales: Depression
Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS)
Purpose: Measures negative attitudes about the future
Age Range: 17-80
Scales: Hopelessness
Children’s Depression Inventory 2 (CDI2)
Purpose: A comprehensive multi-rater assessment of depressive symptoms in youth
Components: Parent Report, Teacher Report, Self Report
Age Range: 7-17
Scales: Emotional problems, Functional problems
DSM-V Level 1 Cross-Cutting Symptom Measure (Adult)
Purpose: Brief measure to assess mental health issues across prominent psychiatric diagnoses
Age Range: 18+
Scales: Depression, Anger, Mania, Anxiety, Somatic Symptoms, Suicidal Ideation, Psychosis, Sleep Problems, Memory, Repetitive Thoughts and Behaviors, Dissociation, Personality Functioning, Substance Use.
Maryland Addictions Questionnaire (MAQ)
Purpose: Assesses addictions severity, Motivation for treatment, relapse potential, & treatment issues
Age Range: 17+
Scales: 5 Substance abuse scales, 5 treatment scales, 2 Validity scales, 3 Summary score scales
Penn State Worry Questionnaire (PSWQ)
Purpose: Brief Screener to assess worry behaviors
Age Range: 12+
Scales: none
Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI)
Purpose: A comprehensive diagnostic & interpretive instrument
Age Range: 18+
Scales: 4 interpretive scales, 11 clinical scales, 7 trait scales, & 31 Sub scales
Personality Assessment Inventory-Adolescent (PAI-A)
Purpose: A comprehensive diagnostic & interpretive instrument
Age Range: 12-18
Scales: 22 non overlapping scales. 4 validity scales, 11 clinical scales, 5 treatment consideration scales, and 2 interpersonal scales. 10 scales contain derived subscales. 17 critical item responses.
State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory (STAXI-2)
Purpose: Measures the experience, expression, and control of anger.
Age Range: 16-63
Scales: 3 main scales, 11 subscales, and 1 index
State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory-2 Child & Adolescent (STAXI-C/A)
Purpose: Comprehensively yet concisely assess experience, expression, and control of anger while accounting for state and trait aspects
Age Range: 9-18
Scales: 5 main scales, and 4 subscales
Suicide Ideation Questionnaire (SIQ)
Purpose: Screens for suicidal ideation in adolescents in grades 10-12
Age Range: 15-18
Scales: None
Suicide Ideation Questionnaire-Adult (ASIQ)
Purpose: Screens for suicidal ideation in college students and adults
Age Range: 18-88
Scales: None
Suicide Ideation Questionnaire Junior (SIQ-JR)
Purpose: Screens for suicidal ideation in adolescents in grades 7-9
Age Range: 12-15
Scales: None
Youth Feeling Scale
Purpose: Brief Screener to assess current emotionality
Age Range: 6-14
Scales: none
Youth Outcome Questionnaire 2.01 (YOQ-2.01)
Purpose: Assesses the presence & levels of dysfunctional symptoms, behaviors, & experiences
Age Range: 2-18
Scales: Intrapersonal Distress, Somatic, Interpersonal Relations, Social Problems, Behavioral Dysfunction, & Critical Items
Zung Depression Scale
Purpose: Brief Screener to assess depression symptoms
Age Range: 18+
Scales: none