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About this tool
A nine-item informational mood self-check scored 0-27, with severity bands and a plain-language reading of the result.
The Mood Check Questionnaire is a nine-item self-check that asks how often, over the last 14 days, each of nine common low-mood symptoms applied — covering interest, mood, sleep, energy, appetite, self-worth, concentration, restlessness and thoughts of self-harm. Each is rated 0 (not at all) to 3 (nearly every day), giving a total from 0 to 27 with severity bands at 5, 10, 15 and 20, the same cut-points used by the nine-item mood screeners routinely handed out in primary care. It is a reflection aid, not a diagnosis, and everything you enter stays in your browser.
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Nine items, 0-3 each, banded at 5, 10, 15 and 20 — the widely used cut-points, not an invented scale.
Highlights every statement you rated 'more than half the days' so the pattern, not just the number, is visible.
Runs entirely in your browser: no account, no server, nothing stored or sent anywhere.
No score diagnoses depression. On the standard 0-27 scale, 0-4 is minimal, 5-9 mild, 10-14 moderate, 15-19 moderately severe and 20-27 severe, and 10 is the point at which clinicians usually suggest a full assessment. Diagnosis depends on a clinical interview, how long symptoms have lasted and their effect on your life.
The questions ask about the last two weeks, so retaking it more often than fortnightly mostly measures noise. Monthly is a reasonable rhythm for tracking, or before and after a specific change such as starting therapy or adjusting a medication with your doctor.
Yes, and it matters more than the total. Any answer above zero on that item is treated as a flag on its own, because someone can report few other symptoms and still be at risk. Please talk to a doctor, a crisis line or someone you trust today rather than waiting to see whether the score rises.
No. The scoring runs in JavaScript in your own browser, no answers are transmitted to a server, and nothing is written to an account. Closing or refreshing the page clears everything, so copy the result if you want to take it to an appointment.