Are you at Risk?
Find out if you or someone you know may be at risk of one of the following:
Substance Abuse
Are you concerned? Ask yourself these questions*:
- Have you ever taken drugs outside the need for medical care?
- Do you ever use drugs to relax after a tough day or to fit in around friends?
- Have you ever felt ill or had blackouts or flashbacks as a result of drug use?
- Have you ever neglected friends, family, or school work as a result of drug use?
For a more extensive screening quiz, visit the Drug Abuse Screening Test (DAST).
*These questions and the DAST are preliminary screening tests for substance abuse or dependence symptoms that do not replace in any way a formal psychiatric evaluation. They are designed to give a preliminary idea about the presence of mild to moderate substance use symptoms that may indicate the need for an evaluation by a psychiatrist.
Alcohol Abuse / Binge Drinking
Are you concerned? Ask yourself these questions*:
- Have you not remembered what happened the previous night after being out with friends?
- Have your family or friends complained that you come home smelling like alcohol?
- Do you frequently feel nauseous, have bloodshot eyes, or have frequent headaches after drinking?
- Have you found that your friends, grooming, mood, energy levels, activities or grades have changed?
- Have you felt the need to become evasive about your whereabouts or your friends?
- Do you take money or spend increased amounts and are afraid to tell others what you spent it on?
For a more extensive Alcohol Screening Tool, take this quiz.
*These questions, the AS, and the RAPI are preliminary screening tests for substance abuse or dependence symptoms that do not replace in any way a formal psychiatric evaluation. They are designed to give a preliminary idea about the presence of mild to moderate substance use symptoms that may indicate the need for an evaluation by a psychiatrist.
Depression
Are you concerned? Ask yourself these questions*:
For more than two weeks:
- Have you been sad or irritable, had little energy, or been unable to concentrate?
- Are you having trouble sleeping, or finding it difficult to enjoy activities you used to like?
- Do you feel like a failure or put yourself down?
For a more extensive screening quiz, take the Online Depression Screening Test.
*Please Note:
These questions and the ODST are a preliminary screening test for depressive symptoms that do not replace in any way a formal psychiatric evaluation. They are designed to give a preliminary idea about the presence of mild to moderate depressive symptoms that indicate the need for an evaluation by a psychiatrist.
Eating Disorders
*Eating Disorder Screen:
- Do you make yourself sick because you feel uncomfortably full?
- Do you worry you have lost control over how much you eat?
- Have you recently lost more than 15 lbs in a three month period?
- Do you believe yourself to be fat when others say you are too thin?
- Would you say that food dominates your life?
Any person answering "yes" to two or more of these five questions is quite likely to have an eating disorder and should seek a medical consultation with their physician or an eating disorder specialist.
*Adapted from the Remuda Ranch Eating Disorder Screen/SCOFF questionnaire.
Safe Dating
Do you practice healthy relationships? Consider these questions*:
- Do you ever feel afraid to express how you feel to your partner for fear they'll make fun of you or put you down?
- Are you afraid you do things you don't want to so you'll make your partner happy?
- Do you have a hard time standing up for yourself or telling others no because you want them to like you?
For a more extensive Relationship Quiz, click here.
Bullying / Internet Safety
Are you being bullied? Are you a bully? Ask yourself these questions:
- Have you ever played a “practical joke” on someone through email or through another person’s myspace or facebook page?
- Do you avoid certain activities because you are afraid someone specific might be there?
- Have you been in trouble because you threatened someone?
- Have you ever had to go hungry at school because you were pressured to give another student your lunch or your lunch money?
- Have you ever had to lie about "loosing" things because someone made you give those things to them?
Test your Bully IQ, by taking this quiz.
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