Mental Health Screening Tools - National Center for Farmworker Health

Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ) Screeners: to assess for presence and severity of depression symptoms and their impact on daily functioning.
Depression Screening Tool Kit: a toolkit from Accountable Health Partners that provides resources on PHQ2/9 screenings, screening results action plans, medication management, patient education and crisis intervention resources.
Generalized Anxiety Disorder Assessment (GAD7): to assess for presence and severity of generalized anxiety and impact on daily functioning.
- English
- Spanish
Mini-Cog©: screening for cognitive impairments in older adults.
Primary Care PTSD Screen for DSM-5 (PC-PTSD-5): to identify respondents with probable post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT): to identify hazardous or harmful alcohol consumption.
Drug Abuse Screening Test (DAST-10): a quantitative index for the degree of consequences related to drug abuse.
SAFE-T Pocket Card: Suicide Assessment Five-Step Evaluation and Triage for Clinicians: a downloadable five-step plan to identify risk factors and protective factors, conduct a suicide inquiry, determine risk level and interventions, and document a treatment plan.
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Suicide Risk Screening Tool: a brief tool to screen for suicide risk with all ages.

For Children and Adolescents

Pediatric Symptom Checklist (PSC-17): to identify and assess emotional changes and shifts in behavior in children.
Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED): to assess for symptoms of anxiety in children 8-18 years old.
Patient Health Questionnaire for Adolescents (PHQ-A) : version of PHQ-9 for adolescents to assess for presence and severity of depression symptoms and their impact on daily functioning.
- PHQ-A (version 3.6.05)
CRAFFT: an assessment to identify substance use and substance-related risk in patients ages 12-21 years.