Your Results — Youth Mental Health Test:

Low 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 30 or higher usually have significant difficulties in overall psychosocial functioning.
  • Anxiety/Depression Score:
    Children/teens with scores of 5 or higher on this subscale usually have significant difficulty with anxiety and/or depression.
  • Attention Problem Score:
    Children/teens with scores of 7 or higher on this subscale usually have significant difficulty with attention.
  • Conduct Problem Score:
    Children/teens with scores of 7 or higher on this subscale usually have significant difficulty with conduct.

Source:

Pediatric Symptom Checklist – Youth Self-Report (PSC-Y)

Jellinek, Murphy, et al. (1988). Pediatric Symptom Checklist: Screening school-age children for psychosocial dysfunction. The Journal of Pediatrics, 112(2), pp. 201-209. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-3476(88)80056-8

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 a 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

Complain of aches or pains
Sometimes (1)
Spend more time alone
Often (2)
Tire easily, little energy
Sometimes (1)
Fidgety, unable to sit still
Sometimes (1)
Have trouble with teacher
Never (0)
Less interested in school
Never (0)
Act as if driven by motor
Never (0)
Daydream too much
Sometimes (1)
Distract easily
Sometimes (1)
Are afraid of new situations
Sometimes (1)
Feel sad, unhappy
Sometimes (1)
Are irritable, angry
Sometimes (1)
Feel hopeless
Never (0)
Have trouble concentrating
Sometimes (1)
Less interested in friends
Sometimes (1)
Fight with other children
Never (0)
Absent from school
Never (0)
School grades dropping
Never (0)
Down on yourself
Never (0)
Visit doctor with doctor finding nothing wrong
Never (0)
Have trouble sleeping
Never (0)
Worry a lot
Sometimes (1)
Want to be with parent more than before
Sometimes (1)
Feel that you are bad
Sometimes (1)
Take unnecessary risks
Never (0)
Get hurt frequently
Never (0)
Seem to be having less fun
Sometimes (1)
Act younger than children your age
Sometimes (1)
Do not listen to rules
Never (0)
Do not show feelings
Never (0)
Do not understand other people's feelings
Never (0)
Tease others
Never (0)
Blame others for your troubles
Never (0)
Take things that do not belong to you
Never (0)
Refuse to share
Sometimes (1)
Do you have any emotional or behavioral problems for which you need help?
No (0)

Overall Score: 18 / 70
Anxiety/Depression Subscore: 3 / 10
Attention Problem Subscore: 4 / 10
Conduct Problem Subscore: 1 / 14

Your results indicate that you have none, or very few 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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