Check-ins
Something has felt off for a while, and you want to know whether it's worth bringing up with a doctor. These check-ins are the same short questionnaires clinics use, in their published wording. Each takes 1 to 2 minutes, and your answers never leave your browser.
Start here
If you're feeling low, start with the depression test (PHQ-9). If it's worry and nerves, take the anxiety test (GAD-7). The two share the same answer options, so taking both adds about 2 minutes.1 The ADHD test is for adults, the PTSD test is for after a frightening event, and the postpartum check-in is for pregnancy and the year after birth.
In this section
- ADHD test for adults (ASRS v1.1)Take the 6-question adult ADHD screener (ASRS v1.1) exactly as published. 2 minutes, nothing saved or sent. A check-in to bring to a doctor, not a diagnosis.
- Anxiety test (GAD-7)Take the GAD-7 anxiety test exactly as published. 7 questions, 2 minutes, nothing saved or sent. A screening check-in to bring to a doctor, not a diagnosis.
- Depression test (PHQ-9)Take the PHQ-9 depression test, word for word as published. Free, 2 minutes, nothing saved or sent. A screening check-in to bring to a doctor, not a diagnosis.
- Postpartum depression testA free, private postpartum depression check-in with the PHQ-9, word for word. 2 minutes, nothing saved or sent. Not a diagnosis. Plus how to get the EPDS.
- PTSD test (PC-PTSD-5)Take the VA's 5-question PTSD screen, the PC-PTSD-5, exactly as published. About 1 minute, nothing saved or sent. A screening check-in, not a diagnosis.
A score starts a conversation
A screener asks how frequently something has bothered you over a set stretch, such as the last 2 weeks. It sorts the answers into bands so a clinician knows where to look closer, but it can't say why you feel this way, whether something else explains it, or what would help. That part takes a conversation.
Even a good screener misses some people. The PHQ-9's usual cut point found 88% of people with major depression in its first study, which means it missed 12%.2
Every check-in here follows five rules:
- Nothing is reworded. Questions, answer options, scoring and bands match the publisher's form. We checked each one line by line, and each page says what we checked and when.
- Nothing runs without permission. Each page quotes the license that lets us show the questionnaire. The Edinburgh postnatal scale needs written permission we don't have, so the postpartum page uses the PHQ-9 and tells you how to get the Edinburgh scale from your clinician.
- What's going well comes first. Results open with the questions that weren't a problem.
- Your answers stay on your device. Nothing is saved or sent, and no ad tag loads in this section.
- Help is a tap away. If you answer a question about hurting yourself with anything above the lowest option, support shows up right away.
Before you start a check-in, write one sentence: what made you want to check in today?
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