A self-report screening tool that assesses for a variety of anxiety disorders in children. The SCARED comprises 41 items that measure the severity of anxiety-related symptoms (based on DSM-IV criteria), and is scored on a 3-point scale—Not True/Hardly Ever True (0), Sometimes True(1), and True/Often True (2). The questionnaire is administered by a clinician to children and their parent(s), and requires approximately 10 minutes to administer.
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University of Pittsburgh, Department of Psychiatry
Children aged 8 to 18 years
https://www.ohsu.edu/sites/default/files/2019-06/SCARED-form-Parent-and-Child-version.pdf