NCCR tools and measures library
This table lists copyrighted clinical assessment tools and outcome measures for use within health and social care, plus how to access them. Most are available via the Copyright Licensing Service.
In some cases the copyright owner has decided not to enter into an agreement with us, usually because they have their own arrangements for making the tools available.
This doesn't necessarily mean that you will not be able to use the tool, or that you will be charged for doing so. It may just mean that you have to register on their web-site or contact them directly.
Where that is the case we have provided an alternative route with advice to follow.
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When a new version of the content is produced, we will issue an updated licensing agreement to all users who have previously been issued a copy.
You do not need to request a new version; we will automatically issue it.
New versions will only be issued to the original requestor, so please ensure you inform us whenever there is a change in staff at your organisation.
Tools and measures list
Tool name | Data set | New? | Sub-licence available | Alternate route |
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Adult Carer Quality of Life (AC-QoL) | MHSDS | Yes | |||
Ages & Stages Questionnaires (ASQ-3) | - | No | Via DHSC | A licence has been negotiated by DHSC. For details contact: [email protected] or [email protected] |
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Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST-Lite) |
MHSDS |
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Yes |
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Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) | - | No | via web WHO | Freely available for use but commercial restrictions apply | |
Altman Self-Rating Mania Scale (ASRM) | MHSDS | Yes | |||
Behaviour Problems Inventory-Short (BPI-S) | MHSDS | Yes | |||
Binge Eating Scale (BES) | MHSDS | Yes | |||
Body Image Questionnaire Weekly (BIQ) |
IAPT |
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Yes |
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Translations into Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Cantonese, Farsi, French, Gujarati, Italian, Kurdish (Kurmanji), Mandarin, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, Ukrainian and Urdu available via request form. |
Brief Assessment Checklist for Adolescents (BAC-A) | MHSDS | Yes | |||
Brief Assessment Checklist for Children (BAC-C) | MHSDS | Yes | |||
Brief Pain Inventory (BPI) |
IAPT |
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Yes |
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Brief Parental Self-efficacy Scale (BPSES) |
MHSDS |
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Yes |
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Bristol Activities of Daily Living Scale (BADLS) | MHSDS | Yes | |||
Chalder Fatigue Scale (CFQ 11) | IAPT | Yes | Translations into Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Cantonese, Farsi, French, Gujarati, Italian, Kurdish (Kurmanji), Mandarin, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, Ukrainian and Urdu available via request form. | ||
Child Outcome Rating Scale (CORS) |
MHSDS |
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Yes |
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Child Session Rating Scale (CSRS) |
MHSDS |
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Yes |
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Children's Global Assessment Scale (CGAS) |
MHSDS |
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Yes |
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City Birth Trauma Scale (City BiTS) | - | No | City BiTS | Content is freely available provided you abide by the conditions listed on the website. | |
Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) |
CSDS/MH SDS |
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Yes |
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Clinical Global Impression Scale (CGIS) | MHSDS | Yes | |||
Clinical Impairment Assessment (CIA) |
MHSDS |
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No |
Contact [email protected] to obtain permission for your intended use. |
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Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation – Outcome Measure (CORE-OM) |
MHSDS |
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No |
Read and understand the Terms displayed/linked to. Ensure that your intended use of CORE 10 is fully compliant with the Terms displayed. |
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Colombia Suicide Severity Risk Scale (C-SSRS) | MHSDS | Yes | |||
Comprehensive Assessment of At Risk Mental States (CAARMS) |
MHSDS |
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Yes |
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COPD Assessment Test (CAT) |
IAPT |
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No |
Read and understand the Terms |
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CORE 10 |
MHSDS |
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No |
Read and understand the Terms displayed/linked to. Ensure that your intended use of CORE 10 is fully compliant with the Terms displayed. |
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CRIES 8 |
MHSDS |
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No |
Click on "Children's Revised Impact of Events Scale - CRIES 8" link. Read and understand the full text. |
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Current View |
MHSDS |
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Yes |
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Dementia Quality of Life (DEMQOL) | MHSDS | Yes | |||
Diabetes Distress Scale (DDS) |
IAPT |
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Yes |
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Translations into Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Cantonese, Farsi, French, Gujarati, Italian, Kurdish (Kurmanji), Mandarin, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, Ukrainian and Urdu available via request form. |
Dialog |
MHSDS |
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Yes |
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Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS) |
- |
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Yes |
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Early Language Identification Measure (ELIM) | CSDS | Yes | |||
Eating Disorders Quality of Life Scale (EDQLS) |
MHSDS | Yes | |||
EDE A |
MHSDS |
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No |
Contact [email protected] to obtain permission for your intended use. |
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EDE Q 6.0 |
MHSDS |
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No |
Contact [email protected] to obtain permission for your intended use. |
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EQ-5D-3LTM | No | Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) | NHS England have permission for sites to use the 3 level version of EQ-5D within the PROMs programme only within England. You do not need to apply for permission. Please see PROMs web-site for more details. | ||
EQ-5D-5L™ | CSDS | No | Permissions for EQ-5D-5L |
It has not been possible to secure a central licence, but permissions can be gained directly using the alternate route listed. |
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Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) |
MSDS |
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Yes |
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Experience of Service Questionnaire (ESQ) |
MHSDS |
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Yes |
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Fear Questionnaire (FQ) |
- |
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Yes |
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Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7) |
MHSDS |
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Yes |
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Translations into Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Cantonese, Farsi, French, Gujarati, Italian, Kurdish (Kurmanji), Mandarin, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Spanish, Turkish , Ukrainian and Urdu available via request form. |
Glasgow Antipsychotic Side-effect Scale (GASS) | MHSDS | Yes | |||
Goal Attainment Scale (GAS) | MHSDS | Yes | |||
Goals Based Outcome |
MHSDS |
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Yes |
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Group Session Rating Scale (GSRS) |
MHSDS |
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Yes |
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Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS) | Yes | Not contained in a data set. | |||
HCR-20 V2 |
MHSDS |
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No |
Read and understand text on web page. Ensure that your intended use is compliant |
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HCR-20 V3 |
MHSDS |
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No |
Read and understand text on web page. Ensure that your intended use is compliant |
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Health Anxiety Inventory (HAI) |
IAPT |
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Yes |
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HoNOS 65+ |
MHSDS |
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Yes |
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HoNOS ABI |
MHSDS |
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Yes |
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HoNOS CA |
MHSDS |
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Yes |
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HoNOS CA Self |
MHSDS |
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Yes |
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HoNOS CA-P |
MHSDS |
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Yes |
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HoNOS LD |
MHSDS |
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Yes |
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HoNOS Secure |
MHSDS |
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No |
Email [email protected] to request permission for your intended use. Ensure that you comply with the terms of any permission granted. |
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HoNOS Working Age Adults |
MHSDS |
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Yes |
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How are things-ODDp |
MHSDS |
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Yes |
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Irritable Bowel Syndrome - Symptom Severity Scale (IBS-SSS) | IAPT | Yes | |||
Impact of Events Scale (IES) |
IAPT |
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Yes |
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iMTA Productivity Cost Questionnaire (iPCQ) |
IAPT |
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Yes |
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Translations into Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Cantonese, Farsi, French, Gujarati, Italian, Kurdish (Kurmanji), Mandarin, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, Ukrainian and Urdu available via request form. |
Internet Gaming Disorder Test - 10 Item (IGDT-10) | MHSDS | Yes | |||
Karnofsky Performance Status Scale |
CSDS |
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Yes |
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Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10+) |
MHSDS |
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No |
Read and understand web page, in particular the FAQ re formal request. Ensure that your intended use complies with text of page. If in doubt, email contact provided on the web page. |
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Level of Personality Functioning Scale - Brief Form 2.0 (LPFS-BF 2.0) | MHSDS | Yes | |||
London Measure of Unplanned Pregnancy (LMUP) |
MSDS |
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No |
Ensure that the conditions on the web-site are strictly complied with |
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Me and My Feelings |
MHSDS |
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Yes |
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Me and My School |
MHSDS |
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Yes |
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Mobility Inventory (MI) |
IAPT |
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Yes |
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Translations into Arabic, Albanian, Bengali, Cantonese, Farsi, French, Gujarati, Italian, Kurdish (Kurmanji), Mandarin, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, Ukrainian and Urdu available via request form |
Mothers Object Relations Scales (MORS) | MHSDS | Yes | |||
Musculoskeletal Health Questionnaire (MSK-HQ) |
CSDS |
New |
Yes |
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Translations into Arabic, Cantonese, Danish, Farsi, French Canadian, German, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Marathi, Norwegian, Portuguese, Swedish, Tamil, Turkish and Welsh available via request form |
Needs Provision Complexity Scale (NPCS) |
CSDS |
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Yes |
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Negative Symptom Assessment (NSA-4) | MHSDS | Yes | |||
Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) | MHSDS | Yes | |||
Nisonger Child Behaviour Rating Form (NCBRF) | MHSDS | Yes | |||
Obsessive Compulsive Inventory (OCI) |
IAPT |
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Yes |
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Translations into Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Cantonese, Farsi, French, Gujarati, Italian, Kurdish (Kurmanji), Mandarin, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, Ukrainian and Urdu available via request form. |
Outcome Rating Scale (ORS) |
MHSDS |
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Yes |
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Palliative Care Phases of Illness |
CSDS |
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Yes |
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Panic Disorder Severity Scale (PDSS) |
IAPT |
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Yes |
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Translations into Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Cantonese, Farsi, French, Gujarati, Italian, Kurdish (Kurmanji), Mandarin, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, Ukrainian and Urdu available via request form. |
Patient Activation Measure (PAM) |
CSDS |
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No |
Use the application process on the PAM website to obtain a licence |
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Patient Experience Questionnaire (PEQ) |
IAPT |
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Yes |
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PEQ v3 included in IAPT v2.1 Translations into Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Cantonese, Farsi, French, Gujarati, Italian, Kurdish (Kurmanji), Mandarin, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, Ukrainian and Urdu available via request form. |
Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) |
MHSDS |
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Yes |
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Translations into Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Cantonese, Farsi, French, Gujarati, Italian, Kurdish (Kurmanji), Mandarin, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, Ukrainian and Urdu available via request form. |
PCL-5 |
IAPT |
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Yes |
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Translations into Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Cantonese, Farsi, French, Gujarati, Italian, Kurdish (Kurmanji), Mandarin, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, Ukrainian and Urdu available via request form. |
Penn State Worry Questionnaire (PSWQ) |
IAPT |
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Yes |
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Perceived Stress Reactivity Scale (PSRS) | MHSDS | Yes | |||
Perinatal POEM |
MHSDS |
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Yes |
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Problem Gambling Severity Index (PGSI) |
MHSDS |
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Yes |
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Quality of Life Enjoyment and Satisfaction Questionnaire – Short Form (Q-LES-Q SF) | MHSDS | Yes | |||
Questionnaire on the Process of Recovery (QPR) - 15 |
MHSDS |
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Yes |
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This is the version used in the data set. |
Questionnaire on the Process of Recovery (QPR) - 22 | MHSDS | Yes | This is an extended version not currently used in the data set. | ||
Recovering Quality of Life (ReQol) - 10 |
MHSDS |
New |
Yes |
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Translations into Bengali, Cantonese, Dutch, French Canadian, French, German, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Kannada, Mandarin, Malayam, Marathi, Norwegian, Odia, Punjabi, Portuguese, Russian Ukrainian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Tamil, Teluga, Ukrainian and Welsh available via request form |
Recovering Quality of Life (ReQol) - 20 | MHSDS | New | Yes | Translations into Cantonese, Dutch, French Canadian, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian Ukrainian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Ukrainian and Welsh available via request form | |
Revised Children's Anxiety and Depression Scale (RCADS) | MHSDS | No | RCADS website |
See the Permissions page for instructions and details. |
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Revised Children's Anxiety and Depression Scale - Parents (RCADS - P) |
MHSDS |
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No |
RCADS website | See the Permissions page for instructions and details. |
Revised Children's Anxiety and Depression Scale - Short (RCADS – 25) | MHSDS | No | RCADS website | See the Permissions page for instructions and details. | |
SCORE-15 |
MHSDS |
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Yes |
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Session Feedback Questionnaire |
MHSDS |
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Yes |
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Session Rating Scale (SRS) |
MHSDS |
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Yes |
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Sheffield Learning Disabilities Outcome Measure (SLDOM) |
MHSDS |
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Yes |
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Short Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (SWEMWBS) | MHSDS | - | No | Warwick Medical School |
Click on “How to use WEMWBS”. Register use, via the "Register to use WEMWBS" link. Await response and ensure your intended usage complies with any permission or conditions contained in the response. |
Social Phobia Inventory (SPIN) |
IAPT |
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Yes |
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Translations into Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Cantonese, Farsi, French, Gujarati, Italian, Kurdish (Kurmanji), Mandarin, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, Ukrainian and Urdu available via request form. |
Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) |
MHSDS |
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Yes |
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Our SDQ licence is only available to NHS-funded mental healthcare providers. For any queries, email [email protected]. |
Substance Use Recovery Evaluator (SURE) | MHSDS | Yes | |||
Therapy Outcome Measure (TOM) | MHSDS | Yes | |||
Treatment Outcomes Profile (TOP) | MHSDS | Yes | |||
Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS) |
MHSDS |
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No |
Click on "How to use WEMWBS". Register use via the "Register to use WEMWBS" link. Await response and ensure your intended usage complies with any permission or conditions contained in the response. |
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WHO Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0 | MHSDS | Yes | |||
WHO Quality of Life Questionnaire (WHOQOL) | MHSDS | Yes | |||
Whooley Questions |
MSDS |
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Yes |
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Work and Social Adjustment Scale (WSAS) |
IAPT |
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Yes |
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Translations into Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Cantonese, Farsi, French, Gujarati, Italian, Kurdish (Kurmanji), Mandarin, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, Ukrainian and Urdu available via request form. |
Young Child Outcome Rating Scale (YCORS) |
MHSDS |
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Yes |
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Young Child Session Rating Scale (YCSRS) |
MHSDS |
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Yes |
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Young SCORE-15 |
MHSDS |
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Yes |
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Youth Risk Behaviour Surveillance System (YRBSS) | MHSDS | Yes | |||
YP-CORE |
MHSDS |
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No |
Read and understand the Terms displayed/linked to. Ensure that your intended use of YP-CORE is fully compliant with the Terms displayed. |
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Last edited: 11 February 2025 11:44 am