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Mental health conditions, such as depression or anxiety, are real, common and treatable. And recovery is possible.
Depression Test The Depression Test is for individuals who are feeling overwhelming sadness. The depression test is also available in Spanish.
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Postpartum Depression Test (New & Expecting Parents) This test is for new and expecting parents who began feeling overwhelming sadness during pregnancy or after their child's birth.
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Anxiety Test The Anxiety Test is for people who feel that worry and fear are affecting their ability to function day-to-day. The anxiety test is also available in Spanish.
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Psychosis Test The Psychosis Test is for people who feel like their brain is playing tricks on them (seeing, hearing or believing things that don't seem real or quite right).
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Bipolar Test The Bipolar Test is for people experiencing mood swings—unusual or extreme shifts in mood and energy.
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Eating Disorder Test The Eating Disorder Test can help explore eating related concerns that have an impact on your physical health and overall well-being.
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PTSD Test The PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder) Test is for those who are experiencing ongoing distress after a traumatic life event.
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Parent Test: Your Child’s Mental Health The Parent Test helps parents determine if their child’s emotions, attention, or behaviors might be a mental health concern.
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Youth Mental Health Test The Youth Test is for young people (age 11-17) who are concerned that their emotions, attention, or behaviors might be signs of a problem.
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ADHD Test The ADHD Test is for people (both youth and adults) who have trouble focusing, remembering things, completing tasks, and/or sitting still.
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Addiction Test The Addiction Test is for people who are concerned about their use of alcohol or drugs.
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Test de depresión El test de depresión es para los individuales que sienten una tristeza abrumadora. También está disponible en inglés.
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Test de ansiedad El test de ansiedad es para las personas que sienten que la preocupación y el temor afectan su vida cotidiana. También está disponible en inglés.
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Self-Injury Survey The Self-Injury Survey is for people who have hurt themselves on purpose without wanting to die.
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Workplace Mental Health Survey The Workplace Mental Health Survey is not a mental health screening, but a survey meant to help us understand employee mental health in the U.
S. and how to support mentally healthy work environments. The survey is updated annually.
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Work Health Survey
This is a not a mental health screening but a survey meant to help us identify strategies to help companies do better. The survey is updated annually.
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FREE Bipolar Disorder Test & Screening
Bipolar Disorder
Do I have bipolar? Take this bipolar disorder quiz to see if you may benefit from further diagnosis and treatment from a mental health professional.
Medical ReviewerRandy Bressler, PsyD
Who Is This Bipolar Disorder Quiz For?
The questions below relate to life experiences that are common among people who have bipolar disorder. Please read each question carefully, and indicate how often you have experienced the same or similar challenges in the past few weeks.
How Accurate Is It?
This quiz is NOT a diagnostic tool. Mental health disorders can only be diagnosed by a licensed mental health professional or doctor.
Psycom believes assessments can be a valuable first step toward getting treatment. All too often people stop short of seeking help out of fear their concerns aren't legitimate or severe enough to warrant professional intervention.
What's the Screening Test for Bipolar Disorder Like?
Talking with a doctor or mental health professional is the first step in identifying bipolar disorder. Specific criteria for diagnosis are laid out in the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5).
In a screening for bipolar disorder, you'll be asked several questions about your symptoms and how long they have occurred.
What Other Tests Will You Need to Take?
A doctor may perform a physical evaluation to rule out any other conditions that may be causing symptoms.
What are Potential Results of Screening for Bipolar?
An estimated 2.8% of U.S. adults have been diagnosed with bipolar disorder. If left undiagnosed or untreated, the condition usually worsens, causing more problems with mood, energy and clear thinking.
If a diagnosis comes back as negative for bipolar, but you still experience symptoms, a health care professional may screen you for a similar condition such as schizophrenia or depression.
Getting a professional screening can start you on the path toward treatment, which can help improve your quality of life.
What are the Treatment Options for Bipolar Disorder?
Typically, a combination of medication and psychotherapy is recommended to treat bipolar disorder.
Psychotherapy
Several types of therapy may be helpful in treating bipolar issues:
Interpersonal and social rhythm therapy (IPSRT). IPSRT focuses on stabilizing daily rhythms, since following a consistent routine in sleeping, eating, and exercising may help you to manage your moods.
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). By identifying unhealthy, negative beliefs and behaviors and replacing them with healthy, positive ones, CBT can help identify what triggers your bipolar episodes. You also learn effective strategies to manage stress and to cope with upsetting situations.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy: Including both individual and group therapy, DBT teaches mindfulness and acceptance skills such as “the ability to experience moment-to-moment thoughts, emotions and their accompanying physical sensations from an observer’s stance, without negative judgment.
”Psychoeducation. Learning about bipolar disorder can help you and your loved ones understand the condition. Knowing what’s going on can help you get the best support, identify issues, make a plan to prevent relapse, and stick with treatment.
Family-focused therapy. Family support and communication can help you stick with your treatment plan and help you and your loved ones recognize and manage warning signs of mood swings.
Medications
Many medications can effectively treat bipolar disorder:
Mood stabilizers. Used to control manic or hypomanic episodes, these include lithium (Lithobid), valproic acid (Depakene), divalproex sodium (Depakote), carbamazepine (Tegretol, Equetro, others), and lamotrigine (Lamictal)).
Antipsychotics. Adding an antipsychotic may help relieve depressive or manic symptoms that persist despite treatment with other drugs. Taking these alone or with a mood stabilizer may help.
Such drugs include: olanzapine (Zyprexa), risperidone (Risperdal), quetiapine (Seroquel), aripiprazole (Abilify), ziprasidone (Geodon), lurasidone (Latuda) or asenapine (Saphris).Antidepressants. Employed to manage depression, antidepressants are usually prescribed with a mood stabilizer or antipsychotic, since an antidepressant alone can sometimes trigger a manic episode.
Antidepressant-antipsychotic. The medication Symbyax combines the antidepressant fluoxetine and the antipsychotic olanzapine. It works as a depression treatment and a mood stabilizer.
Anti-anxiety medications. Benzodiazepines may help with anxiety and improve sleep but are usually used on a short-term.
Your privacy is important to us. All results are completely anonymous. This quiz is not a substitute for a proper assessment from a health care professional.
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This test is based on the bipolar screening questionnaire created by Dr.
Ivan Goldberg. If you think you may be suffering from Bipolar Disorder or any other mental health condition, PsyCom strongly recommends that you seek help from a doctor in order to receive a proper diagnosis and support.
Bipolar Disorder FAQs
How is bipolar disorder diagnosed?
Bipolar disorder is diagnosed through a clinical interview with a licensed mental health professional, explains Simon A. Rego, PsyD, Chief Psychologist at Montefiore Medical Center and Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City.
“Sometimes, the mental health professional will also ask the person to complete some assessment measures to aid in the diagnosis,” Rego says. “They may also ask to speak with a family member or partner, or other significant person in the person’s life, in order to get additional information about the impact the disorder has had on the person and their relationships.
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Who can diagnose bipolar?
Bipolar disorder is most often diagnosed by a mental health professional, such as a psychologist, psychiatrist, or social worker.
When is bipolar diagnosed?
Bipolar disorder is typically diagnosed during the late teen years or early adulthood, says Simon A. Rego, PsyD, Chief Psychologist at Montefiore Medical Center and Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City. Occasionally, bipolar symptoms can appear in children.
To be diagnosed with bipolar disorder, the person must have experienced at least one depressive episode and one manic or hypomanic episode.
How long does it take to diagnose bipolar disorder?
Diagnosing the disorder can be done in one or two assessment sessions, says Simon A. Rego, PsyD, Chief Psychologist at Montefiore Medical Center and Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City.
However, because bipolar disorder can be confused with other disorders such as depression and borderline personality disorder, getting the correct diagnosis can take some time.
For example, some research suggests that it takes an average of three and a half years to confirm a diagnosis of bipolar disorder after the first major mood episode, with other research suggesting it can take even longer, Rego says.
Can people tell they are bipolar?
People can often tell that something is wrong (often with their mood), but may not always be able to accurately label it as bipolar. For example, it is frequently easy for people to know when they are depressed, but sometimes symptoms of mania go unnoticed, or feel “good,” so they are not as easily seen as an issue, says Simon A. Rego, PsyD, Chief Psychologist at Montefiore Medical Center and Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City.
Can bipolar disorder go away?
Bipolar disorder tends to be seen as an ongoing condition that waxes and wanes throughout one’s life, says Simon A. Rego, PsyD, Chief Psychologist at Montefiore Medical Center and Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City.
“Fortunately, the symptoms can often be controlled and stabilized in most cases when proper treatment (ideally, the combination of medication and psychotherapy) is in place,” Rego says.
Can bipolar disorder get worse with age?
Bipolar disorder may get worse with age—but this is generally the case over time if it is left untreated, explains Simon A. Rego, PsyD, Chief Psychologist at Montefiore Medical Center and Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City. If treated with a combination of medication and therapy, people have a much better chance of managing their bipolar disorder, Rego says.
“Even then, it’s important for people to monitor their symptoms and seek help right away if they start to feel a change in their mood,” he says.
Can anxiety turn into bipolar?
There is no research evidence that suggests that anxiety can turn into bipolar disorder, says Simon A. Rego, PsyD, Chief Psychologist at Montefiore Medical Center and Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City. People with bipolar disorder may experience feelings of anxiety, however, and may also confuse some of the symptoms of bipolar disorder for symptoms of anxiety.
In addition, some of the symptoms of bipolar disorder can also be associated with some of the anxiety disorders, Rego says. And some people may have both an anxiety disorder and bipolar disorder.
“So it's not always so easy to sort these things out,” Rego says. “It is much more important to seek professional help if you’re experiencing symptoms that are causing you distress or interference in your ability to function in life.
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Notes: This article was originally published March 29, 2016 and most recently updated November 11, 2021.
Test for mental disorders
The human psyche is so amazing that it is hardly possible to say something irrefutable, the only correct one about it. This gives rise to many theories and diagnoses. And given the crazy pace of modern life, it is not surprising that the number of people with neurosis or psychosis has increased significantly. This test for mental disorders will help recognize signs of abnormalities or a predisposition to them, if any.
1. Can you give clear logical explanations for most of your actions?
I can't see any good reasons to explain my depressed mental state and my physical exhaustion.
I don't know how to explain why I can be depressed for half a year and then become a very energetic person for the next weeks or months.
I myself can understand the reasons for my actions (although not always), but they are far from always logical, and I feel that others around me cease to understand me.
Some of my actions defy logic at all, but I know that I simply have to do them, otherwise something bad will happen.
In general, yes. I can explain most of my actions from a logical point of view.
2. Have you ever thought about intentionally hurting yourself physically?
Yes, I have a desire to mutilate myself or commit suicide.
Such a desire periodically appears, and it lasts for a long time, but then abruptly disappears.
Sometimes I hear voices or other people's thoughts telling me to do something bad to myself.
Under the influence of anxiety, fear, panic, I sometimes cause physical harm to myself without noticing it at first (I scratch the skin until it bleeds, hit, pinch myself). Or I have an obsessive fear of death, infection, injury.
No, I have no such thoughts or intentional desire to harm myself.
3. Choose the statement that best suits you.
My affairs, appearance, health, social status are often completely indifferent to me.
I had periods when I obsessively followed other people, believed that there was a conspiracy around me, or suddenly began to abruptly look for life-threatening, extreme sensations.
Sometimes I have hallucinations or delusions. Sometimes it is very difficult for me to distinguish the real from the fictional. I do not always distinguish between dream and reality.
I have 'rituals' that I must follow, even if I may be late for work, a flight, or miss an important meeting. This is something like shifting small objects one at a time, senseless actions, accurate counting of objects, etc.
None of the above or the symptoms are subtle.
4. Are there things, people, or activities that can quickly and permanently distract you from anxiety, bad mood, or even calm you completely?
No, nothing makes me happy lately, and I'm losing interest in everything that made me happy before.
I have protracted states when nothing can improve my mood. And then I enter another “mode”, and it becomes difficult for me to concentrate, there is chaos in my head, I take on everything at once.
Yes, but most often my mood changes when I suddenly start hearing voices or seeing signs that speak of my exclusivity. Then I feel like a chosen person.
Yes, these are short but systematic activities that I need to do all the time when I'm worried about something. I understand that I cannot refuse to perform these tasks, I am obliged to do them.
Yes. As a rule, this is the support of loved ones, favorite hobbies, memorable or just pleasant things (graduation photo album, delicious food, good music, etc.).
5. Do you have a strong long-term desire to avoid contact with anyone, even those closest to you?
Yes, I don't want to see anyone at all, and this goes on for weeks.
Sometimes this feeling happens, but then everything changes dramatically, and I become an oversociable and very active person.
I sometimes want to isolate myself from other people. And if I do, then I feel strange, as if everything around me is unreal. Unusual images, visions may appear.
This desire arises when I want to punish myself or when I think that association with people can put my life in serious danger.
I may have a desire to be alone with myself, but it does not last more than a couple of days.
6. Do people around you think that your actions or words are very strange and definitely not normal?
Yes, they think that my apathy and depressed mood are inadequate reactions.
Yes, sometimes they say that I behave like a real psycho-maniac, although they sometimes say that I have a terrible depression that requires the intervention of a doctor.
Sometimes they literally do not understand my language, they ask me to repeat words or whole sentences, they say that there is absolutely no logic in my reasoning and that this is a sign of deviation.
Yes, they do not understand the reasons for my actions at all and consider me paranoid with unhealthy perfectionism.
Not at all. Sometimes I have misunderstandings with others, but there is nothing critical in them.
7. Is there anything that you fear so much that it really poisons your life and prevents you from enjoying it?
Yes, it is a fear for my future or the future of my loved ones, an increased fear of death.
Sometimes I am very worried about the future, and sometimes I am afraid of conspiracies against myself, persecution. There are also moments when I realize that I am not afraid of anything at all.
Sometimes I am afraid of what is going on in my head. Sometimes I'm scared because I feel like I'm seeing, feeling, or hearing something that doesn't exist or that no one else notices.
I am constantly anxious, I often have frightening or nervous thoughts in my thoughts, which are very difficult for me to get rid of. Often they are groundless.
I have a few fears, like all people, but in general they do not interfere with my life.
8. How often do you have insomnia?
Often. Although there is no objective reason for this, I just lose sleep.
This state lasts for weeks, and even months with short breaks.
Sometimes I can not sleep at all for several days in a row because I am bursting with inner energy. On days like this, I feel like I don't need sleep at all.
No/mild insomnia, but it is often difficult to know when sleep ended and wakefulness began or vice versa.
I very often cannot fall asleep under the influence of disturbing, terrifying thoughts for which there are no objective reasons.
In general, I have a normal sleep, and if insomnia occurs, then it happens not so often and always has a reason (stress, disturbed sleep schedule, acclimatization, etc.).
9. Have you ever been diagnosed with any of the following by psychotherapists/psychiatrists?
Depression (any type).
Bipolar disorder (BAD).
Schizophrenia or its varieties.
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD).
None of the above.
10. How often do you have negative, pessimistic, or anxious thoughts that make you feel down?
Often, and such states last for weeks, I cannot do my usual business, I lose interest in old hobbies.
Often and for a long time, and then something suddenly “switches” in me, and I become noticeably more active, more cheerful, I can do in a week what I could not do for months.
Sometimes, while concentrating, remembering something, and thinking in general, it becomes difficult. Sometimes I see strange things.
Systematically. I can't get my mind off these thoughts. At such moments, I begin to perform repetitive actions that calm me down.
Everything, like everyone else. Sometimes I have negative thoughts, but they have specific reasons.
Test for neurosis and its degree
The fast pace of life, haste, constant competition, frequent stressful situations, inability to control one's emotions lead to internal psychological conflicts and exhaustion of the nervous system. Together, this becomes an excellent basis for the development of neuroses. They also cause problems with new situations in life, do not allow you to freely move forward. That is why their treatment and prevention are so important.
A neurosis test will determine the presence of this disorder and tell you what to do next
1. Do you feel dizzy, your eyes darken, your gait becomes unstable, and your movements become less precise?
Yes, often.
Yes, sometimes.
No.
2. Do you have a strange feeling that you are cornered and have nowhere to run?
Yes, it occurs frequently.
Yes, it occurs periodically.
No.
3. Do you have problems with appetite (increased or lost appetite, strong feeling of hunger against the background of rapid satiety)?
Yes, they disturb me almost constantly.
Yes, such problems occur from time to time.
No.
4. Have you been feeling lethargic, weak, sleepy, tired lately for no particular reason?
Yes, almost always.
Yes, occasionally.
No.
5. Have you noticed that you have become sensitive to even the smallest troubles, although you used to calmly experience them?
Yes, it became more difficult for me to react to troubles.
No, because I have reacted very strongly to trouble before.
No.
6. Do you have unexplained anxiety or panic attacks?
Yes, this happens often.
Yes, it happens sometimes.
No or very rare.
7. How long does your psychological discomfort last?
More than half a year.
More than a month.
Less than a month or not.
8. Do you often feel that your emotional state is rather depressed, sad, apathetic? Do you have sudden mood swings for no apparent reason?
Yes, this happens often.
Yes, this happens to me sometimes.
No.
9. Do you have unexplained bouts of shortness of breath, heart palpitations, pressure spikes, tremors, or unexplained toilet problems?
Yes, often.
Yes, sometimes.
No.
10. Do you experience stiffness, tension, discomfort when communicating, especially with unfamiliar people?
Yes, sometimes it happens even in communication with loved ones.
Yes, but this only happens to strangers.
No.
11. Do you become more sensitive to bright lights, loud noises, strong smells, sudden movements?
Yes, a lot.
Yes, a little.
No.
12. Do you often get colds and feel low energy?
Yes, very often.
Periodically.
No, this is rare.
13. Do you have sleep problems such as insomnia, frequent nightmares, difficulty falling asleep, light sleep with frequent waking?
Yes, they often and strongly disturb me.
Yes, it happens to me sometimes.
No.
14. Have you become more irritable lately?
Yes, strongly.
Yes, a little.
No.
15. Has your working capacity, its effectiveness and duration decreased?
Yes, a lot.
Yes, a little.
No.
16. Have you become more vulnerable, whiny, touchy in the last few weeks or months?
Yes, very much.
Yes, a little.
No.
17. Does your psychological discomfort increase precisely in specific situations, and not by itself? Can you predict in advance the situation in which you will become uncomfortable?
Yes, even the mere thought of such situations makes me uncomfortable, and I do my best to avoid them.
Yes, it's hard for me to force myself to take part in these situations, but I try to cope with my discomfort, although it doesn't always work out.
No, discomfort occurs situationally only if there is a specific reason for its occurrence.
18. Has your sex life receded into the background, your desire has decreased and you don't have the strength to do it all?
Yes, sometimes it's hard for me to even think about it.
Yes, there is a slight decrease in libido.
No.
19. Do you feel that sometimes you lack determination and confidence?
Yes, it severely restricts my life.
Yes, I try to fight it, but it doesn't always work out.
