Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS)

OCD Severity Rating Test

This is a test to rate the severity of obsessive-compulsive disorder symptoms.

Instructions: Check the appropriate score below. Choose only one number per item. Scores should reflect the composite effect of all obsessive compulsive symptoms. Rate the average occurence of each item during the prior week up to and including now.

General Information

The information you provide below will be included in the mini-report generated by this website. If you wish to print your report to share with your mental health care provider, fill in all the information below. All information you provide is confidential. No names, email addresses, or IP addesses are ever recorded.

Your Name (optional):
Your Treatment Provider:
Your 3 Most Frequent Obsessions: *
Your 3 Most Frequent Compulsions: *

* See the comprehensive YBOCS Checklist of Obsessions and Compulsions, if necessary.

Obsession Rating Scale

- Item - - Range of Severity -
1. Time Spent
on Obsessions 		0 hrs/day 0-1 hrs/day 1-3 hrs/day 3-8 hrs/day 8+ hrs/day
  Score 0  1  2  3  4 
2. Interference
from Obsessions 		None Mild Definite
but Manageable 		Substantial
Impairment 		Incapacitating
  Score 0  1  2  3  4 
3. Distress
from Obsessions 		None Little Moderate
but Manageable 		Severe Near Constant,
Disabling
  Score 0  1  2  3  4 
4. Resistance
to Obsessions 		Always
Resists 		Much
Resistance 		Some
Resistance 		Often
Yields 		Completely
Yields
  Score 0  1  2  3  4 
5. Control Over
Obsessions 		Complete
Control 		Much
Control 		Some
Control 		Little
Control 		No
Control
  Score 0  1  2  3  4 

Compulsion Rating Scale

- Item - - Range of Severity -
1. Time Spent
on Compulsions 		0 hrs/day 0-1 hrs/day 1-3 hrs/day 3-8 hrs/day 8+ hrs/day
  Score 0  1  2  3  4 
2. Interference
from Compulsions 		None Mild Definite but
Manageable 		Substantial
Impairment 		Incapacitating
  Score 0  1  2  3  4 
3. Distress when
Resisting Compulsions 		None Little Moderate but
Manageable 		Severe Near Constant,
Disabling
  Score 0  1  2  3  4 
4. Resistance
to Compulsions 		Always
Resists 		Much
Resistance 		Some
Resistance 		Often
Yields 		Completely
Yields
  Score 0  1  2  3  4 
5. Control Over
Compulsions 		Complete
Control 		Much
Control 		Some
Control 		Little
Control 		No
Control
  Score 0  1  2  3  4 
  


Credits: WK Goodman et al, "The Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale," Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1989; 46:1006-1011.