Your Results — Parent Test: Your Child’s Mental Health:

At Risk for Emotional, Attentional, or Behavioral Difficulties

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About your score

Each of your answers has a score of 0-2. Click “Your Answers” above to see your score for each question. Adding these up provides your Total Score.

Never = 0; Sometimes = 1; Often = 2

In addition to your Total Score, 3 subscores are calculated using specific questions from the test. It’s possible to score high on one or more subscores while also having a low total score.

Interpreting your scores

  • Total Score:
    Children/teens with scores of 15 or higher usually have significant difficulties in overall psychosocial functioning.
  • Anxiety/Depression Subscore:
    Children/teens with scores of 5 or higher on this subscale usually have significant difficulty with anxiety and/or depression.
  • Attention Problem Subscore:
    Children/teens with scores of 7 or higher on this subscale usually have significant difficulty with attention.
  • Conduct Problem Subscore:
    Children/teens with scores of 7 or higher on this subscale usually have significant difficulty with conduct.

Source:

Pediatric Symptom Checklist (PSC-17)

Gardner, Murphy, Childs, et al. (1999). The PSC-17: a brief pediatric symptom checklist with psychosocial problem subscales. A report from PROS and ASPN. Ambulatory Child Health 5(3), pp. 225–236.

For more information, visit the Pediatric Symptom Checklist page at Massachusetts General Hospital Psychiatry: https://www.massgeneral.org/psychiatry/treatments-and-services/pediatric-symptom-checklist

Please note: Online screening tools are not diagnostic instruments. You are encouraged to share your results with your child’s physician or healthcare provider. Mental Health America Inc., sponsors, partners, and advertisers disclaim any liability, loss, or risk incurred as a consequence, directly or indirectly, of the use and application of these screens.

Your Answers

Feels sad, unhappy
Often (2)
Feels hopeless
Often (2)
Is down on self
Often (2)
Worries a lot
Often (2)
Seems to be having less fun
Often (2)
Fidgety, unable to sit still
Often (2)
Daydreams too much
Often (2)
Distracted easily
Often (2)
Has trouble concentrating
Often (2)
Acts as if driven by a motor
Often (2)
Fights with other children
Often (2)
Does not listen to rules
Often (2)
Does not understand other people’s feelings
Often (2)
Teases others
Often (2)
Blames others for his/her troubles
Often (2)
Refuses to share
Sometimes (1)
Takes things that do not belong to him/her
Often (2)

Overall Score: 33 / 34
Anxiety/Depression Score: 10 / 10
Attention Problem Score: 10 / 10
Conduct Problem Score: 13 / 14

Your results indicate that your child is showing some signs of emotional, attentional or behavioral difficulties.

These results are not meant to be a diagnosis. You can meet with a doctor or therapist to get a diagnosis and/or access therapy or medications. Sharing these results with someone you trust can be a great place to start.

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