MindCheck Tools provides published mental health and substance use screening instruments alongside original educational self-checks and practical tools. Each page identifies its basis, sources, scoring approach, and limits.
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Use rights-aware alcohol screening information, browser-local recovery planning tools, withdrawal-safety education, and practical worksheets. These resources do not diagnose a substance use disorder or replace treatment.
Explore source-linked screeners and information-only instrument pages. A screening result is not a diagnosis.
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Core pages implement published screening instruments such as the PHQ-9, GAD-7, and AUDIT, with sources and limitations shown.
Every result includes clear context about what the score means and, importantly, what it cannot tell you. We always encourage professional follow-up.
MindCheck Tools is a free, no-signup collection of published mental health and substance use screeners, clearly labeled educational self-reflection tools, and practical worksheets. Interactive answers are processed in your browser and are not intentionally sent to MindCheck Tools.
These resources provide education and screening context, not a diagnosis, medical advice, treatment, or emergency care. Instrument sources, reuse boundaries, scoring methods, and limitations are disclosed on the relevant pages.
Choose a screening tool or read an instrument information page. Interactive self-check answers and scores are processed locally and are not intentionally sent to MindCheck Tools.
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9-question validated depression screener used worldwide by clinicians and researchers.
20-item NIMH depression screener covering mood, guilt, hopelessness, appetite, and sleep. Includes 4 reverse-scored positive items. Cutoff of 16+.
7-question validated anxiety screener for generalized anxiety symptoms.
Why this site does not administer or score the DASS-21 publicly, with citations and non-equivalent screening alternatives.
Evidence, licensing limits, and non-equivalent permitted options without reproducing, administering, or scoring the SPIN.
6-item measure of nonspecific psychological distress used in national health surveys. Past 30 days. Score of 13+ = serious psychological distress.
Evidence and reuse limits for the Holmes-Rahe inventory without displaying events, weights, scores, or health-risk tiers.
20-item validated PTSD screening measure developed by the National Center for PTSD.
5-item yes/no PTSD screen developed by the VA National Center for PTSD. Quick first-step screen with trauma exposure gate question. Cutoff of 3+ is positive.
Trauma-informed evidence and provenance limits without collecting childhood-experience answers or calculating an ACE score.
10-item WHO alcohol screening tool to reflect on your relationship with alcohol.
3-question brief alcohol screen used in primary care settings worldwide.
Evidence and reproduction-rights context without displaying questions, collecting substance-use answers, or returning a score.
Youth-appropriate evidence and reproduction-approval requirements without administering or scoring the CRAFFT.
Evidence and WHO public-use limits without reproducing the questionnaire, collecting answers, or returning intervention guidance.
Estimate blood alcohol content using the Widmark formula. See BAC level, effects, legal status, and time until sober.
Calculate how many standard drinks are in any beverage. 16 presets with visual comparison bars show that many common drinks are more than one standard drink.
6-item WHO-developed screening tool for adult ADHD using research-validated thresholds.
Eating-disorder screening evidence and permissions context without displaying questions, collecting answers, or scoring.
Evidence, limitations, and unresolved reuse terms without administering the MSI-BPD or assigning likelihood ranges.
Evidence and commercial/electronic-use limits without reproducing questions, scoring traits, or returning an autism result.
Validation and permissions context without displaying scale items, calculating a score, or assigning insomnia severity.
Evidence and noncommercial-use limits without reproducing the scale, collecting answers, or labeling a loneliness level.
10-item research measure of global self-esteem (Rosenberg, 1965). Four-point scale with five reverse-scored items; it is not a diagnostic instrument.
5-item positive wellbeing measure from the WHO. Percentage score 0-100. Below 50% suggests further evaluation; below 28% suggests depression screening.
12 original questions about work demands, control, support, and recovery.
15 original questions for educational reflection on exhaustion, detachment, and sense of effectiveness. Score bands are not clinical cutoffs.
See how planning, remembering, and organizing is distributed at home.
Explore how your sleep quality, habits, and mood affect each other.
Dimensional attachment research and commercial-use limits without administering the ECR-R or assigning categorical styles.
50-item personality assessment measuring Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, and Neuroticism based on the IPIP-NEO framework.
Validation evidence and unresolved reuse terms without reproducing items, reverse keys, scores, or resilience tiers.
Track days sober, hit milestones, and estimate money saved. Your date saves locally and persists between visits.
Calculate how much you've saved by not drinking or using. Preset averages by substance with projections and comparisons.
See what happens to your body after you quit. Interactive timeline based on medical research for alcohol, nicotine, and opioids.
Educational HALT reflection for Hungry, Angry, Lonely, and Tired needs. Ratings stay separate and do not estimate relapse risk.
See what to expect during withdrawal from alcohol, opioids, benzos, stimulants, meth, cannabis, or nicotine. Phase-by-phase symptoms with severity ratings.
See estimated costs for addiction treatment: outpatient, IOP, residential rehab, detox, MAT, and sober living. Insurance and financial aid info included.
Build a personalized relapse prevention plan. Identify triggers, warning signs, coping strategies, emergency contacts, safe activities, and a craving action plan.
Ride out cravings with a guided mindfulness timer. Wave animation, box breathing, and rotating prompts based on Alan Marlatt's urge surfing technique.
Identify your Stage of Change based on Prochaska & DiClemente's model. 15 statements with stage-specific next steps and resources.
Organize substance-use cues across six practical categories and review general response-planning ideas. Educational worksheet, not a relapse-risk assessment.
Get a random healthy coping skill when you are struggling. 51 evidence-based skills across 6 categories with instructions. Filter by category, save favorites.
Quick daily wellness check: mood, cravings, sleep, stress, connection, physical health. Track trends over 7 and 30 days with a streak counter. Saves locally.
For families concerned about a loved one's substance use. 18 questions across 7 domains: behavior changes, finances, relationships, children, emotional toll, safety, and enabling behaviors.
Published screeners use established questionnaires and source-based scoring. Original tools are labeled as educational self-checks with site-defined reflection ranges. Neither type provides a diagnosis.
Instruments such as the PHQ-9 and GAD-7 have published validation studies and are used as one part of clinical screening. Their accuracy varies by population and setting, so a score should be interpreted with symptoms, functioning, history, and professional judgment. See the clinical evidence directory for source studies and reported limitations.
On MindCheck Tools, screening answers and scores are processed locally and are not intentionally sent to us. A few optional worksheets and recovery tools save entries in local browser storage only when their page says so.
A screening tool identifies patterns that may suggest a condition. Only a licensed clinician can provide a diagnosis after a comprehensive evaluation.
Screening results can support a more informed conversation with a healthcare provider, but they are only a starting point. A clinician can consider context the questionnaire cannot capture, including medical conditions, medications, duration, functioning, and safety.
If symptoms persist, interfere with daily life, or concern you even when a score is low, seek professional evaluation. Do not wait for a questionnaire result when there is an urgent safety concern.
Tools can be used without payment or an account. Screening answers and scores are processed locally and are not intentionally sent to MindCheck Tools.
Scoring logic runs locally using client-side JavaScript. Some optional worksheets and recovery trackers can retain entries in your browser so they work across visits; those pages disclose local storage before use.
In the United States, call or text the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline for crisis support. If there is immediate danger, call your local emergency number. Outside the U.S., use local crisis services.
Find U.S. and international crisis resources
Screening answers and scores are processed locally and are not intentionally sent to MindCheck Tools. Optional local-saving tools disclose when an entry can remain in this browser. Ordinary website requests can still create hosting records. Prints, downloads, copies, device or browser sync, backups, and shared-browser or device access are outside this boundary.
MindCheck Tools does not display ads or use Google Analytics. Cookie-free aggregate measurement is limited to selected non-sensitive pages and receives no screening answers or scores. No account or login is required. Ordinary website request records are described in the notice below.
Pages such as the PHQ-9, GAD-7, AUDIT, and AUDIT-C implement published screening instruments with their source-based questions and scoring. Other pages are explicitly labeled as original educational self-checks. Neither type replaces professional evaluation.
The PHQ-9 (Patient Health Questionnaire-9) is a 9-question depression symptom screener. Scores range from 0 to 27, with higher scores reflecting more self-reported symptoms. A score of 10 is a commonly studied screening cutoff, but symptoms, functioning, and safety matter at every score. This tool does not provide a diagnosis.
The AUDIT is a 10-question alcohol-risk screening instrument developed through a World Health Organization collaborative project. The AUDIT-C is a separately studied 3-question subset focused on consumption. Both are screens, not alcohol use disorder diagnoses.
These tools are for adults who want to better understand their mental health or substance use patterns. They are not intended for use by children, as diagnostic tools, or as a replacement for professional clinical assessment. In the United States, call or text 988 for crisis support. Elsewhere, use local crisis services. In immediate danger, call your local emergency number.
A high score indicates that your symptoms may warrant professional evaluation, it does not mean you have a diagnosis. We recommend sharing your results with a licensed mental health professional, your primary care physician, or, in the United States, calling SAMHSA's National Helpline at 1-800-662-4357 for free, confidential treatment referrals.