Free test · MHI-5
Five questions about the last four weeks show how often you felt nervous, down, calm and happy. It is a quick screen of everyday mental health, not a diagnosis: a low score is a reason to look closer and talk to a professional.
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The MHI-5 is the five-item mental health scale of the RAND 36-Item Health Survey, built on the Mental Health Inventory (Veit and Ware, 1983) and validated as a short screen by Berwick and colleagues in 1991. Each answer scores 1 to 6, two positive items (calm, happy) are reversed, and the total runs from 5 to 30, higher meaning better. RAND converts it to 0 to 100 as (total minus 5) divided by 25, times 100. Sessio shows the 5 to 30 total.
The MHI-5 shows how you have felt recently. It cannot tell depression or an anxiety disorder from a hard month. Only a doctor or therapist can make a diagnosis after a conversation.
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Higher is better: 30 means you felt calm and happy most of the time and rarely nervous or down. The score drops as nervousness and low mood become more frequent.
The WHO-5 asks about the last two weeks and covers energy and interest as well. If you want a second view, take it: Well-being test
Source: MHI-5: items 24, 25, 26, 28 and 30 (Emotional well-being scale) of the RAND 36-Item Health Survey 1.0, developed at RAND as part of the Medical Outcomes Study. Berwick D. M. et al., 1991, Performance of a five-item mental health screening test, Medical Care 29(2), 169-176, DOI 10.1097/00005650-199102000-00008.
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