GAD-7 Anxiety Screener
GAD-7 Anxiety Screener - a deterministic tool in Sophie Well's Clinical Scoring & Risk group.
Open the GAD-7 Anxiety Screener → Runs in your browser. No signup, no tracking.
What this is
Administer the seven-item Generalized Anxiety Disorder scale (Spitzer 2006). Each item is scored 0-3 ("not at all" to "nearly every day") over the past two weeks; Sophie Well sums to a 0-21 total and returns the published severity band - minimal (0-4), mild (5-9), moderate (10-14), or severe (15-21) - plus the conventional treatment-consideration threshold at 10.
When to use it
Use this as a primary-care or behavioral-health screener for generalized anxiety, or to track response over time during treatment. GAD-7 is a screening instrument, not a diagnostic test; a positive score warrants a structured clinical interview, and item 9 of the paired PHQ-9 should be reviewed in parallel for active suicidality.
References
Spitzer RL, et al. GAD-7. Arch Intern Med. 2006;166(10):1092-1097.
Worked example: Score 7 of 21 = Mild anxiety.
Sophie Well is a reference and educational tool. Not medical, legal, or financial advice. Does not replace clinician judgment, professional billing review, or legal counsel.