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Home › Diagnosing Anxiety & Other Mental Health Conditions › Children’s Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale

Children’s Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale

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Obsessions are thoughts, ideas, or pictures that keep coming into your mind even though you do not want them to. They may be unpleasant, silly or embarassing.

Examples: the repeated thought that germs or dirt are harming you or other people, or that something unpleasant might happen to you or someone in your family or someone special to you

These are thoughts that keep coming back, over and over again.

Please think about your obsessions when answering the first 5 questions. Select the answer that best describes you over the last 7 days (including today).
How much time do you spend thinking about these things? How frequently do these thoughts occur?
How much do these thoughts get in the way of school or doing things with friends? Is there anything you don't do because of them?
How much do these thoughts bother or upset you?
How hard do you try to stop the thoughts or ignore them?
When you try to fight the thoughts, can you beat them? How much control do you have over the thoughts?
Please check any obsessions you are currently experiencing or have experienced in the past.
Contamination Obsessions
Aggressive Obsessions
Sexual ObsessionsSexual obsessions are repetitive thoughts that you would rather not have or find disturbing.
Hoarding/Saving ObsessionsA hoarding/saving obsession is different from hobbies and concern with objects of monetary or sentimental value.
Magical Thoughts/Superstitious Obsessions
Somatic Obsessions
Religious Obsessions (Scrupulosity)
Miscellaneous Obsessions
Other ObsessionsPlease describe any obsessions for which you selected "Other" above.
Compulsions are things that you feel you have to do although you may know that they do not make sense. Sometimes you may try to stop from doing them but this might not be possible. You might feel worried or angry or frustrated until you have finished what you have to do.

Examples: the need to wash your hands over and over again even though they are not really dirty, or the need to count up to a certain number while you do certain things

Please think about your compulsions when answering the last 5 questions. Select the answer that best describes you over the last 7 days (including today).
How much time do you spend doing these things? How often do you do these habits?
How much do these habits get in the way of doing things with friends? Is there anything you don't do because of them?
How would you feel if prevented from carrying out your habits? How upset would you become? How upset do you get while carrying out your habits until you are satisfied?
How much do you try to fight the habits?
How strong is the feeling that you have to carry out the habit(s)? How much control do you have over the habits?
Please check any compulsions you are currently experiencing or have experienced in the past.
Washing/Cleaning Compulsions
Checking Compulsions
Repeating Rituals
Counting CompulsionsThis includes objects, certain numbers, words, etc.
Ordering/Arranging
Hoarding/Saving CompulsionThis is different from hobbies or concern with objects of monetary or sentimental value.
Excessive Games/Superstitious BehaviorsDifferent from age-appropriate magical games.
Rituals Involving Other PersonsThe need to involve another person (usually a parent) in ritual (e.g., asking a parent to repeatedly answer the same question, making mother perform certain meal-time rituals involving specific utensils.
Miscellaneous Compulsions
Other CompulsionsPlease describe any compulsions for which you selected "Other" above.
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