Screening · GAD-7
Anxiety symptom check
Over the last 2 weeks, how often have you been bothered by the following problems?
Timeframe: the last 2 weeks
For self-understanding only, not a diagnosis · you can exit anytime; answers are not saved or uploaded
About this instrument
The GAD-7 is the standard screening tool for generalized anxiety. Answer for the past two weeks; scoring stays on your device.
The GAD-7 (Generalized Anxiety Disorder scale), published by Spitzer, Kroenke, Williams and Löwe in 2006, is the international standard for anxiety screening. Its seven items cover tension, uncontrollable worry and difficulty relaxing.
Scoring sums the seven items for a total of 0-21: 0-4 minimal, 5-9 mild, 10-14 moderate, 15-21 severe. A score of 10 or more is the usual cutoff for further evaluation, and the scale picks up generalized, panic and social anxiety reasonably well.
Anxiety is among the most treatable common mental-health problems. A high score does not mean something is wrong with you - it signals that your recent anxiety load deserves attention, and exercise, breathing work, sleep and therapy all have solid evidence.
Source: GAD-7 · Spitzer, Kroenke, Williams & Löwe · Public domain; free to use and translate (phqscreeners.com) · Original source
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Over the last 2 weeks, how often have you been bothered by the following problems?
- Feeling nervous, anxious, or on edge
- Not being able to stop or control worrying
- Worrying too much about different things
- Trouble relaxing
- Being so restless that it is hard to sit still
- Becoming easily annoyed or irritable
- Feeling afraid, as if something awful might happen