Maternal Clinical Rating Scales

Use these evidence-based questionnaires and rating scales in your clinical practice*. They are free downloads in PDF format and several have translations available.

*These assessments should be completed in private with the patient.

Rating Scales

Anxiety

Bipolar Disorder

Mood Disorder Questionnaire (MDQ)

Young Mania Rating Scale (YMRS)

Depression

Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D)

Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS)

Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS)

Eating Disorders

Eating Attitude Test (EAT-26)

SCOFF

Medication Side Effects

Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale (AIMS; clinician)

Barnes Akathisia Scale (Self Report)

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Obsessive Comulsive Inventory (OCI)

Yale Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale Checklist

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

PTSD Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5)

PCL-5 scoring

Social Needs, Trauma & Interpersonal Violence

Danger Assessment

Protocol for Responding to and Assessing Patients' Assets, Risks and Experiences (PRAPARE)

AAFP Social Needs Screening Tool

Accountable Health Communities (AHC) Health-related (HRSN) Social Needs Screening Tool

Substance Abuse

Drug Abuse Screening Test (DAST-10)

Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT)

Tolerance, Worried, Eye Opener, Amnesia, K-/cut Down (TWEAK) (use for pregnancy)

Tolerance, Annoyance, Cut Down, Eye-Opener (T-ACE) (for pregnancy)

Suicide

P4 Suicide Risk Screener

Ask Suicide Screening Questions (ASQ)

ASQ Brief Suicide Safety Assessment

Columbia— Suicide Severity Rating Scale

Safety Plan