A self-check following the SCL-90 framework with originally reworded items, covering 9 symptom dimensions for a broad picture of how you have been over the past week. 90 items, ~12 minutes, free, no signup.
The SCL-90 is one of the most widely used symptom-screening frameworks in psychology. Its strength is breadth: instead of looking at just depression or anxiety, it scans nine areas at once — somatization, obsessive-compulsive, interpersonal sensitivity, depression, anxiety, hostility, phobic, paranoid, and psychoticism — so you can see where your distress actually concentrates. This test follows that framework with items we rewrote independently (not the original SCL-90, not an official scale). You’ll get a 9-dimension profile plus an overall distress index and a focused read.
A broad scan across somatization, obsessive-compulsive, depression, anxiety, hostility, phobic, paranoid, interpersonal, and psychoticism.
Your answers never reach our server. Scoring happens in your browser; nothing is stored.
No account, no email, no paywall — and originally written items, free to use.
A clear chart, ordered by score, so you can see at a glance where your distress concentrates.
All 90 items distilled into a single 0–4 measure of how heavy the past week has felt overall.
For elevated dimensions: what it measures, what an elevated score means, and what you can consider doing.
Each elevated dimension comes with specific, non-clinical suggestions — not just a number.
Distress rarely shows up in just one place. “Not doing well lately” can mean bodily symptoms for one person, looping thoughts for another, raw sensitivity around people for someone else, or low mood and restlessness. Looking at only one of these easily misses the real story.
These nine — somatization, obsessive-compulsive, interpersonal sensitivity, depression, anxiety, hostility, phobic, paranoid, and psychoticism — come from the SCL-90 (Derogatis, 1975), one of the most widely used symptom-screening frameworks in psychology. Its value is breadth: it scans many areas at once to show where distress concentrates, rather than pinning a label on you.
Yes — it follows the same well-established 9-dimension framework as the SCL-90 (Derogatis, 1975), with questions we wrote ourselves. It’s designed as a free self-reflection tool to help you understand how you’ve been feeling; for a formal clinical assessment, a qualified professional is always the right next step.
No. It is a self-reflection questionnaire that gauges how much different symptoms have bothered you over the past week. Only a qualified professional can diagnose.
No. All answers stay in your browser. Scoring happens locally and results travel only in the page URL — we do not see or store your answers.
Higher scores are a signal worth taking seriously, not a verdict. Consider talking with a doctor or mental-health professional. If you have thoughts of harming yourself, contact a crisis line right away — the result page lists options.
About 12 minutes for the 90 items. Your progress is saved in your browser for 24 hours, so you can pause and pick up where you left off.
Somatization (bodily distress), obsessive-compulsive, interpersonal sensitivity, depression, anxiety, hostility, phobic anxiety, paranoid ideation, and psychoticism (isolation and unusual experiences). Together they give a broad picture rather than a single label.
Rate each item by how much it bothered you over the past week, from 0 (not at all) to 4 (extremely). Go with your first instinct and answer honestly — there are no right or wrong answers.
Yes. Mood and symptoms naturally fluctuate, so your profile can shift over time and after major life events. Retaking it now and then can show how things are changing.
