GHQ-12 wellbeing check

Assess your recent psychological well-being with this standard 12-item tool.

The General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) is a widely used screening tool for general psychological distress. Answer each question about how you've felt over the past few weeks, compared with your usual self.

What does it measure?

Your ability to carry on with normal life, and whether new, distressing experiences like anxiety or low mood have appeared.

Is it a diagnosis?

No. It shows whether you might benefit from support, not what is wrong.

Scoring method

The standard GHQ method (0-0-1-1), recommended for spotting possible distress.

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Download the printable form below and score it yourself.

12 questions · about 3 min · private, nothing is saved

General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12)

Developed by Sir David Goldberg

Instructions: We would like to know if you have had any medical complaints and how your health has been in general, over the past few weeks. Please answer ALL the questions on this form by underlining the answer which you think most nearly applies to you. Remember that we want to know about present and recent complaints, not those that you had in the past.

1. Have you recently been able to concentrate on what you're doing?

Better than usual

Same as usual

Less than usual

Much less than usual

2. Have you recently lost much sleep over worry?

Not at all

No more than usual

Rather more than usual

Much more than usual

3. Have you recently felt you were playing a useful part in things?

More so than usual

Same as usual

Less useful than usual

Much less useful

4. Have you recently felt capable of making decisions about things?

More so than usual

Same as usual

Less so than usual

Much less capable

5. Have you recently felt constantly under strain?

Not at all

No more than usual

Rather more than usual

Much more than usual

6. Have you recently felt you couldn't overcome your difficulties?

Not at all

No more than usual

Rather more than usual

Much more than usual

7. Have you recently been able to enjoy your normal day-to-day activities?

More so than usual

Same as usual

Less so than usual

Much less than usual

8. Have you recently been able to face up to your problems?

More so than usual

Same as usual

Less so than usual

Much less able

9. Have you recently been feeling unhappy and depressed?

Not at all

No more than usual

Rather more than usual

Much more than usual

10. Have you recently been losing confidence in yourself?

Not at all

No more than usual

Rather more than usual

Much more than usual

11. Have you recently been thinking of yourself as a worthless person?

Not at all

No more than usual

Rather more than usual

Much more than usual

12. Have you recently been feeling reasonably happy, all things considered?

More so than usual

About the same as usual

Less so than usual

Much less happy

Scoring (GHQ Method):

For each question, the first two options are scored 0 and the last two options are scored 1. Sum the scores for all 12 questions.

Total Score: _______ / 12

Date: ________________

A score of 3 or 4 or more is generally considered to indicate psychological distress.

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GHQ-12 wellbeing check

What does it measure?

Is it a diagnosis?

Scoring method

Prefer paper?

Need Immediate Mental Health Support? तुरंत मानसिक स्वास्थ्य सहायता चाहिए?

General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12)

Scoring (GHQ Method):

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