Scoring: range of severity for patients who have both obsessions and compulsions.
- 0-7 (Subclinical OCD symptoms)
- 8-15 (Mild)
- 16-23 (Moderate)
- 24-31 (Severe)
- 32-40 (Extreme OCD symptoms)
Help for controlling obsessions and compulsions is available through OCD medications and various therapies for obsessive-compulsive disorder. Please print out your OCD test and score and share it with your doctor or therapist.
Remember, this is NOT a diagnosis. Only a doctor or qualified mental health professional can make a diagnosis of OCD and recommend treatments.
Sources: The Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale: I. Development Use and Reliability, Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1989; 46:1006-1011.
The Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale: II. Validity, Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1989; 46:1012-1016.
