Anxiety & Depression Rating Scale
The items below refer to how you have felt and behaved during the past week.
Mark each statement from 0 to 5 using the following scale:
1 = not at all 2=a tiny bit 3=sometimes 4=usually 5=absolutely
Greater than 70 Indicates severe depression. You should be talking to someone immediately
50 to 70 You are moving into a potentially dangerous state of anxiety &/or depression.
30 to 50 Some self care required
Less than 30 Pretty normal
- I have trouble starting even the simplest things
- I aren’t able to do most things quickly
- Its not easy for me to concentrate
- I feel agitated and am unable to sit still or do things for a period of time
- I find making decisions difficult
- I usually worry about all sorts of stuff
- I experience little pleasure and/or joy from day to day
- I don’t feel good when I wake up in the morning
- I have lost interest in most aspects of my life
- I don’t see an exciting future ahead
- I don’t feel happy even when good things happen to me
- I usually feel lethargic and tired
- I don’t feel that I deserve to be happy
- I feel like a failure
- I don’t talk to, contact, or see my friends regularly anymore
- I generally sleep badly at night
- I think about suicide or how I might kill myself
- I feel overwhelmed regards commitments to life, work and family
- I have lost or gained weight
- I often feel I ‘need’ a drink or cigarette to calm myself
- I feel tension or anxiety in the pit of my stomach