Do You Need Therapy?

Epstein Mental Health Inventory - Revised (EMHI-r) v. 3.1, © 2007-2019, Dr. Robert Epstein

Click on the statements below that apply to you. Do not click on statements that do not apply to you.*1.Over the past year, I’ve had a lot of trouble sleeping because of all my worries.*2.For more than six months now, I've panicked or have gotten very nervous when I’ve seen certain things.*3.For a long time now, I've known that there's something wrong with my body even though doctors tell me I’m fine.*4.Since I was young, I've often avoided saying or doing things that might make people reject me.*5.For more than six months now, I’ve been unable to control how nervous I get around other people.*6.For more than a month now, I've been extremely tired during the day, even though I slept pretty well the night before.*7.For more than six months now, I’ve been very afraid of something, and that’s caused problems for me.*8.I sometimes feel like my mind is possessed by another person or creature.*9.Ever since I was young, morals or the law or have never stopped me from getting what I want.*10.For more than a month now, I've awakened feeling more tired than I was when I went to sleep.*11.Ever since I was young, I've always gotten in fights and caused trouble.*12.For most of my life, I've often had sudden urges to do things that make me feel bad or guilty later.*13.For more than a week now, I’ve been taking huge risks without thinking about what might go wrong.*14.For more than six months now, I've been scared and nervous in public, and this is a big problem in my life.*15.For more than two weeks now, I’ve been feeling extremely down and miserable.*16.For most of my life, I've had low self esteem and have been afraid of people rejecting or leaving me.*17.Since I was young, my need to repeat certain thoughts or actions over and over again has caused problems for me.*18.Sometimes I relive a terrible event that happened to me a long time ago.*19.For at least a month, I have sometimes lost control over the movement of parts of my body.*20.Over the past year, I’ve used more and more alcohol or drugs so I can deal with my problems better.*21.For a long time now, it’s been hard for me to get turned on or orgasm, and this has caused problems in my personal life.*22.For more than two weeks now, it’s been hard for me to feel happy doing things I used to enjoy.*23.For a long time now, I've strongly believed that something’s wrong with the way I look.*24.Over the past year, for no reason at all my mood sometimes changed quickly from very up to very down or vice versa.*25.Sometimes there are large gaps in my memory of recent events.*26.For at least a month, I’ve been seeing things or hearing voices which may not be real.*27.Every week for several months now, I’ve eaten a lot of food all at once and then made myself throw up.*28.For more than a few months now, I've been harming myself on purpose or have been doing risky things without thinking.*29.Over the past year, my drug or alcohol use has caused problems in my job or relationships.*30.Over the past year, my worries have gotten so big that my body is often restless, tense, or tired.*31.I still think much too often about a terrible thing that happened to me a long time ago.*32.I sometimes feel like I have two or more different personalities in me.*33.Since I was young, I've been unable to stop bad thoughts from occurring over and over again in my mind.*34.Over the past year, my moods changed so fast that people close to me got worried.*35.For more than three months now, I've been starving myself using extreme measures.*36.Ever since I was young, I've strongly believed I'm not good enough for many things in life.*37.For most of my life, it’s been hard for me to control my impulses.*38.For more than two years now, my depression has caused me to eat or sleep abnormally almost every day.*39.For more than a week now, I’ve slept very little, and it hasn’t affected me.*40.For more than two years now, my frequent negative moods have made it hard for me to focus or make good decisions.*41.Over the past year, I've had extreme mood swings that I don't think are normal.*42.Ever since I was young, I've never cared if my actions hurt other people.*43.For more than a month now, at times I've felt extreme fear or panic, and I worry a lot about when this will happen again.*44.For a long time now, I haven't felt sexual, and this has caused problems in my personal life.*45.For more than six months now, I’ve been avoiding something I’m very afraid of.*46.I'm very scared of things that remind me of something awful that happened to me a long time ago.*47.For at least a month, my thoughts and speech have often been chaotic and confusing.*48.Over the past year, I’ve been unable to stop worrying about things no matter how hard I try.*49.For months or years now, I've been obsessed with eating as little food as possible so I don't gain weight.*50.For more than six months now, I've been sexually attracted to weird things or situations, and it causes me a lot of stress.*51.For more than a month now, at times I've felt extreme fear and panic and I don’t know why.*52.For more than a week now, I’ve been feeling extremely important, almost like a god.*53.Ever since I was young, I haven't been close to anyone because I’m afraid of being judged or not liked.*54.For more than two weeks now, I’ve been feeling hopeless, like there’s no point in living.*55.For most of my life, my extreme mood swings have caused problems in my relationships with other people.*56.For more than six months now, I’ve been scared of making a fool of myself in public.*57.Over the past year, I’ve tried to drink less, smoke less, or take less drugs, but have failed to do so.*58.For more than a month now, I've frequently had trouble going to sleep or staying asleep.*59.For a long time now, I've never known why there have been so many problems or pains in my body, but I know they're there.*60.For most of my life, I've done things without thinking about the consequences, and that’s caused lots of problems for me.*61.Since I was young, I've had to do or think certain things over and over again to keep myself calm.*62.For more than two years now, I’ve been feeling down and negative almost every day.*63.For more than a month now, I’ve avoided certain places because I panic a lot when I’m near them.