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Depression and anxiety rating scales

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Beck Anxiety Inventory

The Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) is a 21-item self-report questionnaire measuring anxiety symptom severity in adults, introduced by Aaron T. Beck and colleagues in 1988, scoring 0 to 63.

Beck Hopelessness Scale

The Beck Hopelessness Scale is a 20-item true/false self-report questionnaire measuring negative expectations about the future, introduced by Aaron T. Beck and colleagues in 1974.

Children's Depression Inventory

The Children's Depression Inventory (CDI) is a self-report rating scale measuring depressive symptom severity in children and adolescents aged 7 to 17, published officially in 1992.

Depression Anxiety Stress Scales

The Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS) are public-domain self-report questionnaires measuring depression, anxiety, and stress over the past week, published by P.F. Lovibond and S.H. Lovibond in 1995.

Fear Questionnaire

The Fear Questionnaire is a brief self-report scale introduced by Isaac Marks and A.M. Mathews in 1979, measuring phobic fear and avoidance across agoraphobia, social phobia, and blood-injury phobia.

Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale

The Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HAM-A) is a 14-item clinician-administered interview measuring anxiety severity, created by Max Hamilton in 1959 and widely used in treatment trials.

Kessler Psychological Distress Scale

The Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10, with a six-item short form, the K6) is a free questionnaire measuring nonspecific psychological distress, developed by Ronald C. Kessler in 2002.

Mood and Feelings Questionnaire

The Mood and Feelings Questionnaire (MFQ) is a free questionnaire measuring depressive symptoms in children and adolescents, developed by Elizabeth J. Costello and Adrian Angold in 1988.

Profile of Mood States

The Profile of Mood States (POMS) is a 65-item self-report checklist measuring mood across six dimensions, developed by McNair, Lorr, and Droppleman and first published in 1971.

Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale

The Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale (RCADS) is a free 47-item youth self-report questionnaire measuring DSM-defined anxiety and depression symptoms in children and adolescents aged 8 to 18.

Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders

The Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED) is a 41-item questionnaire completed by a child and a parent to screen for anxiety disorders in children and adolescents.

State-Trait Anxiety Inventory

The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), developed by Charles Spielberger and published in 1970, is a 40-item self-report questionnaire that separately measures momentary state anxiety and stable trait anxiety.