Psychological Distress Self-Assessment
Focuses on feelings of psychological distress, including low mood, nervousness, fatigue, and restlessness over the past month.
What this assessment explores
Sometimes it's hard to name exactly what's wrong – you just know something feels heavy, off, or harder than it should be. This assessment gives you a simple way to take stock of your psychological distress right now: not to put a label on it, but to understand how much you've been carrying and what it might look like. It's built on the K10, one of the most widely used psychological screening tools in Australia and internationally.
See the original scaleWhat you can expect
There are 10 questions, and they'll ask you to reflect on how you've been feeling over the past four weeks. It's brief – but clinically well-validated.
The questions touch on things like:
- Feelings of hopelessness, depression, or worthlessness
- Nervousness, worry, or persistent tension
- Physical exhaustion and low energy
- Restlessness or agitation that's hard to settle
Your responses give you a clear overall picture of your psychological distress level – and whether it's leaning more toward depression, anxiety, or both.
Why this is free and private
Insightable Mind is built by clinical and research psychologists to help people better understand themselves, while contributing to meaningful psychological research. These assessments are offered free as part of that work. Your responses are private – when data is used for research, it's fully anonymised and combined with others to help improve the assessments and answer important questions about human psychology.
Top tips
Our best advice to help you get the most out of your self-assessment:
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