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Mental Health Score

Choose a screen. Get your score. Understand what it means.

Pick a short questionnaire that fits your concern, then see an instant score, a plain-language explanation and clear next steps. Cognition and psychosis concerns use safer clinician-led routes.

Self-screen answers stay in this browser — nothing is saved or uploadedScreening tools do not make a diagnosis

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Start with what you want to understand

Four self-screens cover depression, anxiety and alcohol risk. Every result includes a score range, plain-language interpretation and next step.

Clinician-led

Psychosis and cognitive assessments should not become casual online self-tests

These tools depend on observation, interview, clock drawing or standardized administration, and some have licensing limits. An official clinical pathway is safer than a misleading online “diagnosis score.”

Cognition and dementiaabout 3 min

Mini-Cog

Combines three-word recall and clock drawing. A trained administrator uses it to decide whether fuller cognitive assessment is needed.

View official Mini-Cog
Cognition and dementiaabout 10 min

MoCA

Covers more cognitive domains. It must use the official version and standardized process; this site does not copy or independently digitize it.

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Early psychosis experiencestwo-stage screen

PQ-B

This 21-item self-report is only stage one. A positive screen does not mean schizophrenia and must be followed by a clinical interview.

View official UCSF information
Schizophrenia symptom severityclinical interview

PANSS

Rates positive, negative and general symptoms in established schizophrenia. It is not a public screening or diagnostic test.

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Concise comparison

Which few scales are enough for each need?

The shortlist is based on complementary purpose, not the number of available questionnaires.

What you need to understandShortlistHow to choose
Depression screeningPHQ-2 → PHQ-9Use 2 items for a first pass; move to the 9-item version after a positive screen or when a fuller severity picture is needed.
AnxietyGAD-7One classic short scale is enough. A clinician can add panic, social-anxiety or trauma-specific assessment when needed.
Alcohol riskAUDIT-CThree items are enough for the first step; use the full 10-item AUDIT and interview only after a positive result.
Cognition / dementiaMini-Cog or MoCAMini-Cog is faster; MoCA is broader. Both should follow their official clinician-administered process.
Psychosis / schizophreniaPQ-B → interview; PANSS after diagnosisPQ-B is only stage one of a two-stage screen. PANSS measures symptom severity in established schizophrenia and is not a self-diagnosis tool.

Why are some famous names not online tests here?

BDI-II

A classic depression scale, but licensed and paid; PHQ-9 meets this public screening need.

MMSE

A familiar cognitive test, but commercially licensed; its questions are not reproduced here.

MoCA

Its owner expressly prohibits posting the test online or creating an independent electronic version, so this directory links to the official clinical route.

PANSS

Licensed and interview-rated. It measures schizophrenia symptom severity and is not suitable for public self-testing.

Official routes and sources

Evidence and instrument boundaries

Last reviewed: 29 Jul 2026

NIH · PHQ-2Original PHQ-9 validationOriginal GAD-7 validationNIH · AUDIT-CMoCA · permissionsMini-Cog · official guidanceUCSF · PQ-BSOS · 24-hour support