Your Results — Youth Mental Health Test:
Low Risk for Emotional, Attentional, or Behavioral Difficulties
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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
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Your Answers
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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