Online test for PTSD

This PTSD screening test can be a helpful starting point if you are exploring whether your experiences align with common PTSD symptoms.

This test is an indicative screening tool, and shouldn't be used instead of getting help if you need it. For urgent mental health help that is not an emergency, use NHS 111 online or call 111. If you or someone else is in immediate danger, call 999 or go to A&E.

If you need someone to listen, call Samaritans free on 116 123 or text SHOUT to 85258.

This PTSD screening test is based on diagnostic tools, but it cannot give a diagnosis. The test compares the answers you give today with common patterns and behaviours linked to PTSD.

These are the references for this test: Weiss,D.S. & Marmar,C.R. The impact of event scale-revised. in Wilson,J.P. & Kean,T.M. (eds.) Assessing psychological trauma and PTSD: a practitioner’s handbook (ch 15). N.Y: Guildford, 1995.

No, this test cannot give a formal diagnosis and should only be used as an indicative tool to see if common PTSD symptoms align with your experiences.

If you are looking for a diagnosis, you may want to explore a private psychiatric assessment with one of our specialist clinicians.

There are 22 questions in this online test for PTSD. You'll need to think about the degree to which each of the statements is true for you, and you can take as long as you need to reflect and consider your experiences. There is no right or wrong answer.

After you've completed this test for PTSD, you will be able to see whether or not your answers suggest signs of PTSD.

This isn't a formal diagnosis, and the score is based on the answers you give and how they correspond to common patterns and behaviours linked with PTSD.

Once you have the results of this screening test, you may want to learn more about PTSD and trauma, or watch our Real Life episodes about trauma.

If you score highly, you may want to explore assessment and treatment options. Alternatively, you could speak to your GP and discuss the possible next steps for you.

You might also want to look at our other online tests, to see if anything else resonates with how you're feeling.