Mental Health Screening Resources

Explore our collection of free, evidence-based mental health screening tools designed for use in primary care settings. These questionnaires and rating scales are organized by condition to help you quickly find the right tool for your patients. Each resource supports early identification and informed care for children, adolescents, and perinatal individuals. 

 ADHD

Screener Spanish Age Screening Diagnosis Treatment Scoring
ADHD Rating Scale IV - Preschool Version 3-5 years ✔ Included
Edelbrock Rating Scale 6-12+ years ✔ No Scoring: Used to assess symptoms at different times of day
SNAP-IV: Swanson, Nolan, and Pelham Questionnaire Spanish 6-18 years ✔ ✔ Included
Vanderbilt: NICHQ Vanderbilt Assessment Scale Spanish 6-12 years ✔ ✔ Included

 Aggression

Screener Spanish Age Screening Diagnosis Treatment Scoring
MOAS: Modified Overt Aggression Scale 13+ years ✔ Included
NCBRF: Nisonger Child Behavior Rating Form –Parent 3-16 years ✔ Scoring
NCBRF: Nisonger Child Behavior Rating Form –Teacher 3-16 years Scoring

 Anxiety

Screener Spanish Age Screening Diagnosis Treatment Scoring
SCARED: Screen for Child Anxiety Related Disorders Spanish 8-18 years ✔ Included
SCAS: Spens Children's Anxiety Scale Spanish preschool version 2.5-6.5; child version 8-15 ✔ Included
GAD-7: Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Scoring Spanish 13+ years ✔ Included
FASA: Family Accommodation Scale Anxiety 6-17 years ✔ Higher scores reflect more accommodation

 Autism

Screener Spanish Age Screening Diagnosis Treatment Scoring
M-CHAT-R/F: Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers, Revised with Follow-up Spanish 16-30 months ✔ Included
Autism Spectrum Screening Questionnaire (ASSQ) Spanish 5-17 years ✔ Included
Childhood Autism Spectrum Test (CAST) Spanish 4-11 years ✔ Included
Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ) -- Adult 16+ ✔ Included

 Bipolar Disorder

Screener Spanish Age Screening Diagnosis Treatment Scoring
CIDI: composite International Diagnostic Interview for Bipolar Spectrum Disorders 18+ years ✔ Included
CMRS: Child Mania Rating Scale - Parent Version Spanish 5-17 years ✔ ✔ Scoring
MDQ: Mood Disorder Questionnaire Spanish 11+ years ✔ Included
YMRS: Young Mania Rating Scale and Scoring 5-17 years ✔ Included

 Depression & Suicide

Screener Spanish Age Screening Diagnosis Treatment Scoring
Combined PHQ-9 & asQ 12+ years ✔ Combined Scoring

 Eating Disorders

Screener Spanish Age Screening Diagnosis Treatment Scoring
EAT-26: Eating Attitude Test 12-18+ years ✔ Included

 Functional Assessment

Screener Spanish Age Screening Diagnosis Treatment Scoring
CGAS: Children's Global Assessment Scale - Clinician Rating 4-16 years ✔ Included

 Medication Side Effects

Screener Spanish Age Screening Diagnosis Treatment Scoring
AIMS: Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale anyone on an antipsychotic ✔ ✔ Scoring
Barnes Akathisia Scale - Self-report 18+ ✔ Included

 Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Screener Spanish Age Screening Diagnosis Treatment Scoring
C-FOCI: Children’s Florida Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory 7-17 years Included
CYBOCS: Child Yale Brown OC Scale - Clinician Rating 6-17 years ✔ ✔ Included
FASA: Family Accommodation Scale Anxiety 6-17 years ✔ Higher scores reflect more accommodation
Y-BOCS: Yale Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale 18+ ✔ ✔ Used to rate symptom severity rather than establish a diagnosis

 Perinatal

Screener Spanish Screening Diagnosis Treatment Scoring
Anxiety PASS: Perinatal Anxiety Screening Scale
Depression EPDS: Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale Spanish ✔ Included
Psychosis (primarily used for postpartum) Policy Center for Maternal Mental Health's Psychosis Symptom Checklist (PSC) ✔
Psychosis PSC: Perinatal Psychosis Symptom Checklist
Perinatal & Postpartum - Sleep PSQI: Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index Scoring
Postpartum PPNMSS: Perceived Prenatal Maternal Stress Scale

 Social-Emotional Development

Screener Spanish Age Screening Diagnosis Treatment Scoring
Brief ECSA: Brief Early Childhood Screening Assessment 18-60 months ✔ If scored 9+ predicts psychiatric diagnosis
PSC-17: Pediatric Symptom Checklist - 17 item Spanish 4-18 years ✔ Included
PSC-Y-17: Pediatric Symptom Checklist - Youth - 17 item Spanish 11-18 years ✔ Included

 Substance Abuse

Screener Spanish Age Screening Diagnosis Treatment Scoring
AUDIT: Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test Spanish ~12+ years ✔ Scoring
CRAFFT 2.1+N - Clinician Interview Spanish 12-21 years ✔ Included
CRAFFT 2.1+N - Self Report Spanish 12-21 years ✔ Scoring
DAST 10: Drug Abuse Screening Test Spanish 16+ years ✔ Included
S2BI: Screening to Brief Intervention 12-17 years ✔ Included

 Tics

Screener Spanish Age Screening Diagnosis Treatment Scoring
YGTSS: Yale Global Tic Severity Scale 6-17 years Included

 Trauma

Screener Spanish Age Screening Diagnosis Treatment Scoring
CATS-2: Child and Adolescent Trauma Screen – Caregiver Report 7-17 years Included
CATS-2: Child and Adolescent Trauma Screen 2 – Self Report 7-17 years Included
CATS: Child and Adolescent Trauma Screen - Caregiver Report Spanish 3-6 years Included
PC-PTSD: Primary Care PTSD Screen 13+ years ✔ Included
YC-PTSD: Young Child PTSD Screen 3-6 years ✔ Included

VTCPAP would like to thank ProjectTeach for their mentorship and support, and for graciously allowing us to adopt their screening tool template.