Free educational self-assessment
Complete the free DASS-21 for the past week. See separate depression, anxiety and stress scores, with scoring guidance and important limitations.
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The Depression Anxiety Stress Scales–21 asks about three dimensions of emotional distress: depression, anxiety, and stress. It reports these separately, rather than making a diagnosis or identifying the cause of distress.
Answer 21 statements about the past week using the four response choices from Did not apply to me at all to Applied to me very much or most of the time. Each of the three areas contains seven items scored 0–3. Raw subscale sums are doubled, giving three separate scores from 0 to 42.
You receive concise on-screen subscale scores and a short explanation. Conventional severity bands describe reported distress on this scale; they are not a diagnosis, treatment decision, or suicide-risk assessment. The publisher cautions that automated interpretation needs care. Seek professional support for persistent or troubling symptoms regardless of your score.
This quiz is not crisis support. In the U.S., call or text 988 for suicide and crisis support; contact emergency services if there is immediate danger. Elsewhere, use local crisis services.
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