Youth Mental Health Test

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Pediatric Symptom Checklist - Youth Report

The questionnaire that follows can be used to see if you are having emotional, attentional, or behavioral difficulties. For each item please mark how often you:

Complain of aches or pains*
Spend more time alone*
Tire easily, little energy*
Fidgety, unable to sit still*
Have trouble with teacher*
Less interested in school*
Act as if driven by motor*
Daydream too much*
Distract easily*
Are afraid of new situations*
Feel sad, unhappy*
Are irritable, angry*
Feel hopeless*
Have trouble concentrating*
Less interested in friends*
Fight with other children*
Absent from school*
School grades dropping*
Down on yourself*
Visit doctor with doctor finding nothing wrong*
Have trouble sleeping*
Worry a lot*
Want to be with parent more than before*
Feel that you are bad*
Take unnecessary risks*
Get hurt frequently*
Seem to be having less fun*
Act younger than children your age*
Do not listen to rules*
Do not show feelings*
Do not understand other people's feelings*
Tease others*
Blame others for your troubles*
Take things that do not belong to you*
Refuse to share*
Do you have any emotional or behavioral problems for which you need help?*

 


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.