AUDIT Score of 8 or Higher: What It Means
What Is the AUDIT Questionnaire? The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) is a 10-question screening tool developed by the World Health Organization in 1989. It is the most …
Category: Mental Health
Signs You Are Burning Out at Work
Burnout does not hit you all at once. It accumulates gradually, like a slow leak you do not notice until the damage is significant. By the time most people …
Can ACEs Be Reversed? Healing From Childhood Trauma
Understanding the ACE Score and Its Impact Adverse Childhood Experiences, or ACEs, include abuse, neglect, and household dysfunction that occur before age 18. The landmark CDC-Kaiser Permanente ACE Study …
PHQ-9 Score of 15: What It Means and Next Steps
You completed the PHQ-9 questionnaire and scored 15. That number probably feels heavy right now, and I want you to know that taking the time to assess yourself was …
GAD-7 Score of 10: What It Means for You
You took the GAD-7 questionnaire and scored a 10. Now you are staring at the number, wondering what it actually means for your mental health. That is a completely …
What Your DASS-21 Scores Actually Mean
The DASS-21 gave you three numbers. Depression, anxiety, and stress, each with its own score. But the test does not do a great job of telling you what those …
How to Interpret Your GAF Score (Full Guide)
Your therapist or psychiatrist mentioned a GAF score and you want to understand what it means. The Global Assessment of Functioning scale rates your overall psychological, social, and occupational …
What Is a Good ACE Score? Ranges Explained
If you recently took an Adverse Childhood Experiences questionnaire, you probably want to know where you stand. The ACE score measures childhood trauma exposure on a scale from 0 …