Deep Psychology
Self-screening tools used in real clinical and research settings. All free, all validated.
These are screening tools, not diagnoses. A high score does not mean you have a condition. Only a licensed mental health professional can diagnose. If your result concerns you, the resources at the bottom of this page can help.
ACE — Adverse Childhood Experiences
10-item questionnaire from the CDC-Kaiser Permanente study (Felitti et al., 1998). Measures childhood adversity.
PHQ-9 — Depression Screening
9-item Patient Health Questionnaire. Validated across thousands of studies. Used in primary care worldwide.
GAD-7 — Anxiety Screening
7-item Generalized Anxiety Disorder scale. The standard tool for anxiety screening.
ASRS — Adult ADHD
WHO Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale. 6-item short form designed by the World Health Organization.
Dark Triad
Narcissism, Machiavellianism, psychopathy in one test. Paulhus & Williams, 2002.
Narcissism (NPI-16)
16-item version of the Narcissistic Personality Inventory. The most widely used narcissism measure in research.
Attachment Style
Are you secure, anxious, avoidant, or fearful in relationships? Based on Bowlby & Ainsworth.
Frost Perfectionism Scale
Measures perfectionism across 6 dimensions. Frost et al. (1990) — most cited perfectionism measure.
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