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All Free Mental Health Screening Tools and Self-Checks

Last updated: 2026-04-29. Reviewed by Jason Ramirez, CADC-II.

Important: The screeners below are educational self-checks, not diagnostic instruments. A score is a starting point for a conversation with a qualified clinician, not a diagnosis.

MindCheck Tools hosts 74 validated mental health screening instruments plus practical calculators and coping skill tools. Every screener listed in this index is reproduced from a published, peer-reviewed instrument, scored according to the source paper, and reviewed by a CADC-II clinical reviewer before going live.

For the source study, validated population, sensitivity and specificity, and licensing status of each instrument, see the clinical evidence page. For how the site selects instruments, preserves scoring, and handles your responses, see the methodology page.

Depression

Self-checks for depressive symptoms in the past two weeks, including population-specific versions. Scores are educational and do not diagnose major depressive disorder.

Anxiety

Generalized anxiety, social anxiety, and combined depression-anxiety-stress checks. Useful as a starting point for a conversation with a clinician about anxious symptoms.

Trauma and PTSD

Post-traumatic stress symptom checks plus a screen for adverse childhood experiences. PTSD diagnosis requires a clinical interview, not a self-report screen.

Alcohol and substance use

Brief screens used in primary care, addiction medicine, and recovery support. Screening identifies risk patterns, not a substance use disorder diagnosis.

ADHD

Adult ADHD screens including the ASRS plus population-framed versions. ADHD diagnosis requires a clinical evaluation, including history and rule-outs.

Eating disorders

Brief screens to surface possible disordered eating. Eating disorder diagnosis requires evaluation by a clinician with training in eating disorders.

OCD

Obsessive-compulsive symptom screens. OCD diagnosis requires a clinical interview that distinguishes OCD from related disorders.

Bipolar

Bipolar spectrum screens focus on lifetime hypomanic or manic episodes. A positive screen is not a bipolar diagnosis and should be reviewed with a clinician.

Borderline personality

Brief screens for borderline personality traits. BPD diagnosis requires a structured clinical interview and longitudinal observation, not a self-report screen.

Autism spectrum

Adult autism screening. A positive screen suggests further evaluation by a clinician experienced in autism spectrum assessment, not a diagnosis.

Personality and self-concept

Educational self-reflection tools. These are not clinical diagnostics. They are intended for personal insight and conversation, not for hiring, custody, or other consequential decisions.

Stress, burnout, and resilience

Stress load, burnout, and resilience checks. Burnout is a workplace phenomenon described by the World Health Organization, not a medical diagnosis on its own.

General mental health and wellbeing

Brief positive-functioning checks. These complement deficit-focused screens by tracking what is going well.

Loneliness and social

Loneliness self-checks. The UCLA scale is the most cited measure of loneliness in research.

Sleep

Brief sleep self-checks. Insomnia diagnosis requires a clinical interview that includes sleep schedule, daytime impairment, and rule-outs.

Grief

Grief self-reflection. Most grief is not a disorder. Prolonged grief disorder, defined in the DSM-5-TR, requires clinical evaluation.

Calculators and practical tools

Educational calculators and reference timelines. These are not screening instruments and do not produce a score against published cutoffs.

Coping and skills practice

Brief skills tools drawn from CBT, DBT, motivational interviewing, and relapse prevention literature. They are practice aids, not screeners and not therapy.

About this index

Reviewed by Jason Ramirez, CADC-II, a Certified Drug and Alcohol Counselor with 11 years of clinical experience. For instrument source studies see the clinical evidence page. For selection and scoring standards see the methodology page. To report an error, contact us.