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Use these evidence-based questionnaires and rating scales in your primary care practice. They are free downloads in PDF format. The table shows whether each resource is useful for screening, diagnosis, and/or monitoring treatment (Tracking).

The following is a list of questionnaires and rating scales for use in the primary care office. They are evidence-based, user-friendly, and available as free downloads. They are organized by condition and the table indicates whether the instrument is useful for screening (Screen), diagnosis (Dx), and/or monitoring treatment (Track).
 
Screening
Diagnosis
Tracking
General Psychosocial Screen
  PSC (baby)
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  PSC baby Scoring
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  PSC baby (spanish)
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PSC preschool 
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PSC preschool Scoring
  Pediatric Symptom Checklist-17 (PSC; parents)
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  PSC-17 (youth)
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  PSC-17 Scoring
  PSC-17 (Spanish)
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  PSC-35
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  Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaires
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Aggression
  Modified Overt Aggression Scale (MOAS; clinician rating)
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  MOAS (retrospective; parent)
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  Nisonger Child Behavior Rating Form (CBRF long; parent)
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  Nisonger CBRF scoring
  Outburst Monitoring Scale
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ADHD
  Edelbrock Rating Scale
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  Vanderbilt Parent Rating
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  Vanderbilt Parent Rating (Spanish)
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  Vanderbilt Teacher Rating
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  Vanderbilt Teacher Rating (Spanish)
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  Vanderbilt Scoring
  Vanderbilt Parent Follow up
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  Vanderbilt Teacher Follow up
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  ADHD Rating Scale (adults
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Autism
  Modified CHAT (M-CHAT; parent)
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  M-CHAT scoring
  M-CHAT Follow Up
Anxiety
  GAD-7 
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  GAD-7 Scoring
  PSWQ 
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  Screen for Anxiety Related Disorders (SCARED parents form)
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  SCARED (youth)
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  SCARED child  (Spanish) 
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  SCARED parent (Spanish)
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Bipolar disorder
  Young Mania Rating Scale
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  Young Mania Rating Scale scoring
  Child Mania Rating Scale-Parent (questionnaire)
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Depression
  CES-DC (Depression Scale for Children) (ages 6-17 yr)
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  Columbia Rating Scale (parent, youth)
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Columbia Rating Scale Child ( Spanish)
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Columbia Rating Scale Parent (Spanish)
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  Mood and Feelings Questionnaire (ages 8-18): Requires registration
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  PHQ-9 (modified for teens)
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  PHQ-9 teen scoring
  PHQ-9 (adults)
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PHQ-9 for Teens (Spanish)
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  Edinbrugh Postnatal Depression (mother)
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Eating Disorders
  Eating Attitude Test
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Functional Assessment
  Children’s Global Assessment Scale (CGAS; clinician rating)
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General Medical  
  Body Mass Index
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Medication Side Effects  
  Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale (AIMS; clinician)
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  Barnes Akathisia Scale (self)
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder  
  Child Yale Brown OC Scale (CYBOCS; clinician rating)
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  YBOCS (parents)
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YBOCS Scoring
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder  
PTSD Child Sx Scale
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PTSD Child Sx Scale Scoring
Substance Abuse  
  CRAFFT (English; parents)
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  CRAFFT (multiple languages)
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  DAST 10
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  Screening to Brief Intervention (S2BI) Tool
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Tics  
Yale Global Tic Severity Scale (YGTSS)