With the vigorous development of the social economy, the tide of competition is becoming increasingly turbulent, and the pressure on people is also increasing, which gives rise to various psychological and spiritual problems.
According to the World Health Organization, the number of people with depression worldwide has reached 3500 million, and China accounts for nearly one-third of the proportion, and about 95 million people with depression are struggling with the haze in their hearts.
Whether it is an individual or a hospital or institution, if you want to accurately determine whether a person has a mental health problem, it is often necessary to use self-rating scales or professional assessment tools to measure the severity of symptoms. But among the many assessment tools, how do you choose the one that best suits your organization?Today, we will take stock of 5 commonly used mental health assessment tools, which are both convenient and accurate!
, Symptom Self-Rating Scale SCL-90: 90 indicators of mental healthWorld Famous Widely used
Symptom Checklist 90, abbreviated as SCL-90, is one of the most well-known and widely used assessment tools in the field of mental health worldwide. It not only plays an important role in the outpatient examination of mental disorders and mental illnesses, but also an effective way for individuals to self-understand their mental health status.
The scale has a total of 90 items covering a wide range of psychiatric symptomatology, with each item being scored on a scale of 1 to 5 to ensure accuracy and reliability of the results. From feelings, emotions, thinking, consciousness, behavior, to lifestyle habits, interpersonal relationships, eating and sleeping, and other aspects of daily life, it is involved.
It is suitable for people over the age of 16. Whether for self-testing or to check for behavioral abnormalities in others, the SCL-90 can provide valuable information, and if the test results show a high score, it is recommended to seek further professional screening to detect and manage possible psychiatric or psychological problems in a timely manner.
2. Zhongke Talent Cloud Psychological Assessment System: Beyond the TraditionWaiver is more objective
The talent cloud psychological assessment system converts the unstructured information of the human body, such as EEG and bioelectricity, into a structured assessment report through professional instruments and AI systems, eliminating human subjective factors. The application industry covers psychological counseling, education industry, human resources, Internet and other fields. The inspection process is fast and efficient, taking only about 5 minutes on average, and the report can be generated in as little as 1 minute.
At the same time, the talent psychological assessment system of Zhongke adopts AI dual system, and through the cross-interpretation and analysis of artificial intelligence big data, it can generate a B version of the psychological report (subject to qualification).
Version A of the report covers visual data from multiple dimensions such as brain strengths and weaknesses, 76 personality behavior models, effective learning styles, and vocational abilities, helping participants fully understand their strengths and weaknesses and thus conduct self-improvement. Version B of the report focuses on the comparison and screening of 20 psychological states of the subjects, including psychological symptoms such as procrastination, depression, and anxiety, as well as psychological conditions such as lack of self-control, school boredom, and irritability that are more likely to occur among adolescents.
In addition to visual data, the system functions include more than 100 system applications, such as early warning, CRM management, optimization suggestions, data query, export excel, accurate talent management system, analyst profile, talent modeling, prevention and intervention safety management.
, Mood Self-Rating Scale (DASS-21):Gain insight into the individual and estimate the risk
The Mood Self-Rating Scale (DASS-21) is currently widely used to assess the severity of three negative emotional states: depression, anxiety, and stress. is a scaled-down version of DASS-42 that includes three dimensions: depression, anxiety, and stress. The questionnaire has a total of 21 questions, each of which is rated on a 4-point scale of 0 to 3, with scores ranging from 0 to 63. The higher the score, the more severe the emotional distress the individual is facing. It is generally recommended to use the past week's normalcy as a reference, rather than just reflecting the momentary feelings of the moment. Therefore, the DASS-21 is more suitable for assessing long-term emotional trends rather than short-term mood swings.
The scale is a self-test tool that does not require special skills, but it requires the test taker to fill in as honestly and objectively as possible, and the interpretation of the DASS-21 results should be carried out by someone with a professional psychology background, such as a psychologist, a professional psychological counselor, etc.
4. Mental Health Test for Primary and Secondary Schools (MHT):Designed for teenagers
The Mental Health Diagnostic Test (MHT) for primary and secondary school students was developed by Zhou Bucheng, a professor at the Department of Psychology at East China Normal University, and other psychological researchers, based on Kiyoshi Suzuki and others in Japan"Restlessness Tendency Diagnostic Test", on this basis, revisions are made.
The test consists of 8 content scales, including learning anxiety, anxiety about others, loneliness tendency, self-blame tendency, allergy tendency, physical symptoms, phobia tendency, and impulsivity tendency, with a total of 100 questions. Through the results of these 8 content scales, the main problems that an individual has with anxiety can be diagnosed. The entire test takes about 30 minutes. Each item is followed by two answers, "yes" and "no", and the participant only needs to make a choice based on their own real situation.
5. Anxiety self-rating scale SAS: keep abreast of the recent status to prevent the spread of anxiety
The Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS) was developed by Chinese American professor Zung (1971). From the form of the scale construction to the specific assessment method, it is very similar to the Depression Self-Rating Scale (SDS), which is a concise and practical clinical tool for analyzing patients' subjective symptoms.
The SAS scale is composed of 20 items reflecting the subjective feelings of anxiety, and each item is divided into four levels of scores according to the frequency of symptoms, of which 15 items are positive scores and 5 items are reverse scores, which are suitable for adults with anxiety symptoms and have a wide range of applications.
Foreign studies have suggested that SAS can better reflect the subjective feelings of mentally ill help-seekers with anxiety tendencies. Anxiety is a common mood disorder in psychological counseling clinics, so in recent years, SAS has been used as a self-assessment tool to understand anxiety symptoms in counseling clinics. By conducting SAS tests on a regular basis, we can detect and intervene in potential psychological problems in a timely manner, so as to achieve the effect of preventing them from becoming more subtle.