Online Screening for Anxiety

Brought to you by the
NYU Department of Psychiatry

Other Psychiatric Screening Tests

Are You Anxious?

1) Do you feel that you worry excessively about many things?

YES

NO

2) Do you experience sensations of shortness of breath, palpitations, or shaking while at rest?

YES

NO

3) Do you have a fear of losing control of yourself or "going crazy"?

YES

NO

4) Do you avoid social situations because of feelings of fear?

YES

NO

5) Do you have specific fears of certain objects e.g., animals or knives?

YES

NO

6) Do you feel that you will be in a place or situation from which you feel that you will not be able to escape?

YES

NO

7) Does the idea of leaving home frighten you?

YES

NO

8) Do you have recurrent thoughts or images in your head that refuse to go away?

YES

NO

9) Do you feel compelled to perform certain behaviors repeatedly e.g., checking that you locked the doors or turned off the gas?

YES

NO

10) Do you persistently relive an upsetting event from the past?

YES

NO

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Disclaimer:
OSA is a preliminary screening test for anxiety symptoms that does not replace in any way a formal psychiatric evaluation. It is designed to give a preliminary idea about the presence of mild to moderate anxiety symptoms that indicate the need for an evaluation by a psychiatrist.

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