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OCD & Anxiety Assessment

This assessment is designed as an educational tool and is based on the Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS). The intention of this assessment is to measure the impact of the symptoms you are experiencing. 

Before you start please read:  Please carefully consider and answer each question.  After you complete your assessment, you will receive an email with your score and further instructions.

*Please note that this assessment is not meant to diagnose anything. Only a trained healthcare professional can make a diagnosis.

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Question 1 of 12

1. Which of the following best describes the type of obsessions you experience?

(If more than one please choose the categories that currently causes the most distress)

 

*Reminder: Obsessions are characterized as unwanted, repeating, intrusive thoughts, images, and/or impulses. 

A

Concerns with contamination (e.g. dirt, germs, blood, bodily fluids, radiation, environmental pollutants)

B

Concerns with organizing items (clothing, books, supplies) in perfect order, or arranged in a certain way

C

Unwanted aggressive or violent thoughts (e.g. harming other, harming self, violent images)

D

Unwanted or unacceptable sexual thoughts (e.g. fears about sexual orientation, fear of pedophilia)

E

Concerns about acting on an unwanted urges or impulses (e.g. randomly saying something that is inappropriate)

F

Concerns about horrible events happening (e.g. burglary or accidental house fire, a family member dying)

G

Concerns with accidentally hitting a pedestrian with my car

H

Concerns about health or controlling specific bodily functions (e.g. blinking, breathing)

I

Concerns about your faith or relationship with God (e.g. fear of going to hell, fear of the unforgivable sin)

J

Other Obsessions

Question 2 of 12

2. How much time each day is impacted by obsessive/intrusive thoughts?

A

None (0)

B

less than an hour (1)

C

1 - 3 hours (2)

D

3 - 8 hours (3)

E

8 or more hours (4)

Question 3 of 12

3. How much do your fearful thoughts impact your social, work, school, or life functioning?

A

None (0)

B

Mild - little interference (1)

C

Moderate - noticeable interference (2)

D

Severe - substantial interference (3)

E

Extreme - incapacitating (4)

Question 4 of 12

4. How much distress do your fearful thoughts cause you?

A

None (0)

B

Mild - they are annoying (1)

C

Moderate - impacts work and relationships (2)

D

Severe- work/school/relationship problems, limited functioning (3)

E

Extreme - disabling distress (4)

Question 5 of 12

5. How much time and effort do you spend attempting to control or eliminate fearful thoughts when they appear in your mind?

A

None - (0)

B

Mild - some effort (1)

C

Moderate - a significant effort (2)

D

Severe - a constant struggle (3)

E

Extreme - this is all I do everyday (4)

Question 6 of 12

6. How much control do you have on where you place your attention?

A

Complete Control (0)

B

Control most of the time (1)

C

Control some of the time (2)

D

Very little control (3)

E

No Control (4)

Question 7 of 12

7. Please identify the different safety behaviors that you engage in (past or present)?

 

*Reminder: Compulsions are repeated behaviors (physical or mental) that one performs in order to decrease anxiety or combat intrusive thoughts.

(Select all that apply)
A

Excessive or ritualized washing, cleaning, or grooming rituals

B

Repeated checking (light switches, the oven, door locks, windows, car lock)

C

Repeated counting, tapping, or aligning objects

D

Repeating routine actions (going through a doorway) until it "feels right"

E

Collecting useless objects or going analyzing the trash before it is tossed out

F

Avoiding certain events, places, or situations because they trigger your thoughts or anxiety

G

Replaying and Analyzing past events over and over again in your mind

H

Trying to push out, replace, or suppress unwanted thoughts

I

Repeatedly asking people for reassurance about a specific feared subject

J

Repeatedly reviewing websites to "make sure" of something

Question 8 of 12

8. How much time per day do you spend performing safety behaviors (both mental & physical)?

A

None (0)

B

Mild - less than an hour (1)

C

Moderate - 1 to 3 hours (2)

D

Severe - 3 to 8 hours (3)

E

Extreme - More than 8 hours (4)

Question 9 of 12

9. How much do your safety behaviors interfere with your social work functioning?

A

None (0)

B

Mild - a little interference (1)

C

Moderate - significant interference (2)

D

Severe - substantial interference (3)

E

Extreme - completely incapacitating (4)

Question 10 of 12

10. How much anxiety would you experience if you were prevented from performing your safety behaviors? 

A

None (0)

B

Mild - slightly anxious (1)

C

Moderate - moderately anxious (2)

D

Severe - a high level of anxiety (3)

E

Extreme - incapacitating anxiety (4)

Question 11 of 12

11. How often do you resist performing your safety behaviors?

A

Always resist (0)

B

Resist most of the time (1)

C

Resist sometimes (2)

D

Resist very little (3)

E

I never resist doing safety behaviors (4)

Question 12 of 12

12. How much control do you have over your safety behaviors?

A

Complete control (0)

B

I have control most of the time (1)

C

I have difficulty with control (2)

D

I have little control (3)

E

I have no control (4)

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