Screening Questionnaires

Psychosis Screening Questions

The following Yes/No questions cover a range of symptoms and are written at a fifth grade reading level. If any are endorsed, ask open-ended follow-up questions to determine if this is a psychotic-like experience.

• Have you started to wonder if your mind was trying to trick you or was not working right?
• Have you felt confused whether an experience was real or imaginary?
• Have you felt that some person, force, or creature was around you, even though you couldn't see anyone?
• Have your thoughts been so strong that you felt like you heard them or worried other people could hear them?
• Have you seen objects, people, or animals that no one else could see?
• Have you heard voices or sounds that no one else could hear?
• Have you thought that the world may not be real or that you may not be real?
• Have you thought that people were following or spying on you?