Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS)

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Today's Date* This field is required.
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Year
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Child's Name:* This field is required.
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Child's Date of Birth* This field is required.
Date
Month
Day
Year
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Name of person(s) filling the form:* This field is required.
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Relationship of person(s) filling the form to the child:* This field is required.
Self
Self with help of parents
Mother
Father
Both parents filled it together
Guardian
Grandparent
Other
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TOTAL SCORE (Interpret the score using the table below)
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Score Interpretation

0-7 Subclinical or very mild OCD symptoms

8-15 Mild OCD symptoms

16-23 Moderate OCD symptoms

24-31 Severe OCD symptoms

32-40 Extreme OCD symptoms
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Section 1: Obsessions

Obsessions are unwanted ideas, images or impulses that intrude on thinking against your wishes and efforts to resist them. They usually involve themes of harm, risk and danger. Common obsessions are excessive fears of contamination; recurring doubts about danger, extreme concern with order, symmetry, or exactness; fear of losing important things.

Questions 1 to 5 are about your obsessive thoughts.
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1. How much of your day is spent thinking about obsessive thoughts?* This field is required.
None
Less than 1 hr/day (occasionally)
1 to 3 hrs/day (frequently)
3 to 8 hrs/day (very frequently)
More than 8 hrs/day (nearly constant)
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2. How much do your obsessive thoughts interfere with your work, school, social, or other important activities? Are there things you avoid because of them?* This field is required.
None
Slight interference, but overall performance isn’t affected
Noticeable interference, but still manageable
Significant impairment in social or work performance
Completely incapacitating
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3. How much distress do your obsessive thoughts cause you?* This field is required.
None
Not too disturbing
Disturbing, but still manageable
Very disturbing
Constant and disabling distress
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4. How much effort do you make to resist obsessive thoughts? How often do you try to ignore or shift your attention away from them?* This field is required.
Try to resist all the time
Try to resist most of the time
Make some effort to resist
Give in to all obsessions with some reluctance
Completely give in to all obsessions willingly
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5. How much control do you have over your obsessive thoughts? Can you stop or redirect them?* This field is required.
Complete control
Usually able to stop or redirect with effort
Sometimes able to stop or redirect
Rarely able to stop, can only redirect with difficulty
No control, obsessions are involuntary and very hard to change
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Section 2: Compulsions

Compulsions are urges that people have to do something to lessen feelings of anxiety or other discomfort. Often they do repetitive, purposeful, intentional behaviors called rituals. The behavior itself may seem appropriate but it becomes a ritual when done to excess. Washing, checking, repeating, straightening, hoarding and many other behaviors can be rituals. Some rituals are mental. For example, thinking or saying things over and over under your breath.

Questions 6-10 are about your compulsive behaviors.
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6. How much of your day do you spend on compulsive behaviors? Do they make routine tasks take longer, and how often do you perform these rituals?* This field is required.
None
Less than 1 hr/day (occasionally)
1 to 3 hrs/day (frequently)
3 to 8 hrs/day (very frequently)
More than 8 hrs/day (nearly constant)
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7. How much do your compulsive behaviors interfere with your work, school, social life, or other important activities? Are there things you are not able to do because of these compulsions?* This field is required.
None
Slight interference, but overall performance is not affected
Noticeable interference, but still manageable
Significant impairment in social or work performance
Completely incapacitating
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8. How would you feel if you were unable to perform your compulsive behaviors? How anxious would you become?* This field is required.
None
Slightly anxious
Anxiety will increase but will be manageable
Strong and very upsetting anxiety
Extreme, incapacitating anxiety . how are these answers?
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9. How much effort do you put into resisting your compulsions?* This field is required.
Always try to resist
Try to resist most of the time
Make some effort to resist
Give in to most compulsions with some reluctance
Completely give in to all compulsions willingly
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10. How strong is the urge to perform your compulsive behavior, and how much control do you have over it?* This field is required.
Complete control
Feel pressure to perform the behavior but can usually control it
Strong pressure to perform, with difficulty controlling it
Very strong urge, must complete the behavior, can only delay briefly
Behavior feels completely involuntary and overpowering, rarely able to delay it
Should be Empty:

Score	Interpretation
0-7	Subclinical or very mild OCD symptoms
8-15	Mild OCD symptoms
16-23	Moderate OCD symptoms
24-31	Severe OCD symptoms
32-40	Extreme OCD symptoms