Use These questionnaires to help determine if you need to see a mental health professional for diagnosis and treatment of Depression or Bipolar Disprder.
Instructions: You might reproduce this scale and use it on a weekly basis to track your moods. It also might be used to show your doctor how your symptoms have changed from one visit to the next. Changes of five or more points are significant. This scale is not designed to make a diagnosis or take the place of a professional diagnosis. If you suspect that you are depressed or Bipolar, please consult with a mental health professional as soon as possible.
The 18 items in each section refer to how you have felt and behaved DURING THE PAST WEEK.
Depression Questionnaire
MANIA
QUESTIONNAIRE
1. I do things slowly.
Not at all
Just a little
Somewhat
Moderately
Quite a lot
Very much
2. My future seems hopeless.
Not at all
Just a little
Somewhat
Moderately
Quite a lot
Very much
1. My mind has never been sharper.
Not at all
Just a little
Somewhat
Moderately
Quite a lot
Very much
2. I need less sleep than usual.
Not at all
Just a little
Somewhat
Moderately
Quite a lot
Very much
3. It is hard for me to concentrate on reading.
Not at all
Just a little
Somewhat
Moderately
Quite a lot
Very much
4. The pleasure and joy has gone out of my life.
Not at all
Just a little
Somewhat
Moderately
Quite a lot
Very much
3. I have so many plans and new ideas that it is hard for me to work.
Not at all
Just a little
Somewhat
Moderately
Quite a lot
Very much
4. I feel a pressure to talk and talk.
Not at all
Just a little
Somewhat
Moderately
Quite a lot
Very much
5. I have difficulty making decisions.
Not at all
Just a little
Somewhat
Moderately
Quite a lot
Very much
6. I have lost interest in aspects of life that used to be important to me.
Not at all
Just a little
Somewhat
Moderately
Quite a lot
Very much
5. I have been particularly happy.
Not at all
Just a little
Somewhat
Moderately
Quite a lot
Very much
6. I have been more active than usual.
Not at all
Just a little
Somewhat
Moderately
Quite a lot
Very much
7. I feel sad, blue, and unhappy.
Not at all
Just a little
Somewhat
Moderately
Quite a lot
Very much
8. I am agitated and keep moving around.
Not at all
Just a little
Somewhat
Moderately
Quite a lot
Very much
7. I talk so fast that people have a hard time keeping up with me.
Not at all
Just a little
Somewhat
Moderately
Quite a lot
Very much
8. I have more new ideas than I can handle.
Not at all
Just a little
Somewhat
Moderately
Quite a lot
Very much
9. I feel fatigued.
Not at all
Just a little
Somewhat
Moderately
Quite a lot
Very much
10. It takes great effort for me to do simple things.
Not at all
Just a little
Somewhat
Moderately
Quite a lot
Very much
9. I have been irritable.
Not at all
Just a little
Somewhat
Moderately
Quite a lot
Very much
10. It’s easy for me to think of jokes and funny stories.
Not at all
Just a little
Somewhat
Moderately
Quite a lot
Very much
11. I feel that I am a guilty person who deserves to be punished.
Not at all
Just a little
Somewhat
Moderately
Quite a lot
Very much
12. I feel like a failure.
Not at all
Just a little
Somewhat
Moderately
Quite a lot
Very much
11. I have been feeling like “the life of the party.”
Not at all
Just a little
Somewhat
Moderately
Quite a lot
Very much
12. I have been full of energy.
Not at all
Just a little
Somewhat
Moderately
Quite a lot
Very much
13. I feel lifeless — more dead than alive.
Not at all
Just a little
Somewhat
Moderately
Quite a lot
Very much
14. My sleep has been disturbed — too little, too much, or broken sleep.
Not at all
Just a little
Somewhat
Moderately
Quite a lot
Very much
13. I have been thinking about sex.
Not at all
Just a little
Somewhat
Moderately
Quite a lot
Very much
14. I have been feeling particularly playful.
Not at all
Just a little
Somewhat
Moderately
Quite a lot
Very much
15. I spend time thinking about HOW I might kill myself.
Not at all
Just a little
Somewhat
Moderately
Quite a lot
Very much
16. I feel trapped or caught.
Not at all
Just a little
Somewhat
Moderately
Quite a lot
Very much
15. I have special plans for the world.
Not at all
Just a little
Somewhat
Moderately
Quite a lot
Very much
16. I have been spending too much money.
Not at all
Just a little
Somewhat
Moderately
Quite a lot
Very much
17. I feel depressed even when good things happen to me.
Not at all
Just a little
Somewhat
Moderately
Quite a lot
Very much
18. Without trying to diet, I have lost, or gained, weight.
Not at all
Just a little
Somewhat
Moderately
Quite a lot
Very much
17. My attention keeps jumping from one idea to another.
Not at all
Just a little
Somewhat
Moderately
Quite a lot
Very much
18. I find it hard to slow down and stay in one place.
Not at all
Just a little
Somewhat
Moderately
Quite a lot
Very much
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