The hardest part is rarely the treatment. It is the stretch beforehand, when something is clearly wrong and you have no words for it yet. These eleven screenings are built on the same validated instruments clinicians use. Take one in a few minutes, and walk away with something specific enough to act on.
Each one is scored entirely in your browser. Nothing is saved, nothing is sent, and there is no account to make.
For concerns about alcohol, drugs, or a behavior like gambling. Walks through the eleven DSM-5 criteria in plain language.
Start Adult · AlcoholFor anyone wondering whether their drinking has crept up. Uses the AUDIT, the World Health Organization screening used worldwide.
Start Veterans · Substance useFor veterans and service members. Pairs the DSM-5 substance use criteria with the VA’s own PC-PTSD-5 trauma screen.
Start Adult · Drug useFor illegal drugs or misused prescriptions. Uses the DAST-10, the screening most widely used in primary care.
Start Family & friends · Substance useFor parents, partners, and friends. Turns what you have noticed into something a clinician can work with, and checks on you too.
Start Adult · Mental healthFor persistent low mood, loss of interest, or exhaustion. Uses the PHQ-9, the most widely used depression measure in medicine.
Start Adult · Mental healthFor constant worry, restlessness, or dread. Uses the GAD-7, the standard anxiety screening in primary care.
Start Adult · Mental healthFor extreme mood swings or unusual shifts in mood and energy. Uses the Mood Disorder Questionnaire, the standard bipolar screening.
Start Perinatal · Mental healthFor new and expecting parents feeling overwhelming sadness or anxiety. Uses the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale.
Start Adolescent · For parentsFor parents worried about a child’s emotions, attention, or behavior. Uses the Pediatric Symptom Checklist-17.
Start Adolescent · Ages 11–17For ages 11–17, taken by the young person themselves. Uses the youth self-report Pediatric Symptom Checklist.
StartEach screening uses a published, peer-reviewed instrument with established scoring thresholds: the PSC-17, the MDQ, the EPDS, the DSM-5 criteria. Every page cites exactly what it used and how it scored you.
Your answers live in your browser's memory and disappear when you close the tab. No cookies, no local storage, no server. Results are only transmitted if you choose to submit the optional contact form.
You get the score, the threshold it is measured against, and what the instrument can and cannot tell you. Print it or save it as a PDF and bring it to an appointment.
Every result ends with the option to talk to Guardian Recovery's admissions team. Optional, always. A call is a conversation about options and insurance, not a commitment.
A screening is a structured way of noticing. It takes a vague sense that something is off and turns it into a number measured against a known threshold, which is exactly the thing that makes a first appointment productive instead of circular.
What it cannot do is tell you why. The same score can come from half a dozen different causes, and untangling them takes a clinical interview with a person, not a questionnaire. Treat a result as the start of a conversation, never the end of one.
