Welcome to Our Psychological Screening Tests and Quizzes

Background on These Psychological Screening Tests

Psychological screening tests of various kinds have been used for many years as clinical tools, as educational tools for learning more about symptoms or particular kinds of experiences associated with psychological distress, or sometimes simply as entertainment. As explained in our disclaimer on testing, none of these tests should be understood to offer any kind of psychological diagnosis or healthcare recommendation. At best, they may help highlight experiences for reflection.

The Range of Tests and Quizzes

The range of psychological tests and quizzes we have available includes several for depression -- such as the CESD, the Goldberg, QIDS and more -- and several covering alcohol and drug use -- such as the CAGE, MAST, and DAST. Just check the submenu on the left of this page to see the full list of tests available.

In each case, either the quiz page itself or the results page (or both) will provide further information about the quiz and how to interpret your results. Where available, bibliographic citations are provided to enable you to follow up on the scientific background for that particular test or quiz.

Unless otherwise specified, none of your test answers are ever transmitted to our server; all scoring is performed by your own web browser using javascript loaded along with the quiz page. You can read more about how we protect your privacy -- and see a short checklist of things to be aware of when using tests on other sites -- on our page on psychological testing and privacy. As far as we are aware, this is this only site on the web to guarantee that all quiz answers will be processed by your own web browser and never transmitted over the internet.

Additional Essays on Relationships and on Emotional Memory

We've also included in this section a set of essays from our Consulting Clinical Psychologist Dr Joseph M. Carver, PhD. His helpful checklists and descriptions may help you to identify whether you're dating a loser, or to understand the development of bonds with an abuser (Stockholm Syndrome). And his well known article on Emotional Memory -- on which Dr Carver is something of a specialist -- contains many practical tips on understanding and better managing our own emotional memories.

The Serious Side of Psychological Screening

While self-administered tests taken on the internet and without any type of clinical consultation should not be construed as related in any way to actual psychological diagnosis, in a clinical setting some such tests do have an important role to place.

This section includes information from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) focusing specifically on screening for depression, and their recommendation in favour of screening adults for depression in clinical practices that have systems in place to assure accurate diagnosis, effective treatment, and followup.