Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale HAM-A

14 questions · 4 min

Shows how strong anxiety is overall, not only in thoughts and mood but also in the body: sleep, heart, breathing, muscles, stomach. This is a clinical scale, adapted here for self-rating.

How to answer

Each screen shows one group of symptoms. Read the examples and rate how strong these symptoms have been over the last week, from “none” to “very severe”. You don’t need to have every example: rate the group as a whole. If a symptom is linked to a known illness, mention it when you talk with Tamara.

This scale was designed to be filled in by a specialist during a conversation, so a self-rated result gives only a rough picture. The validated self-test for anxiety is GAD-7.

The result is for information only. It is based only on your answers and may not describe you exactly. A test does not give a diagnosis. Please don’t diagnose yourself from a test result. Your answers are kept only on this device for 7 days, so you can continue later.

HAM-A: M. Hamilton, 1959, public domain. Item names are based on the English original; the examples are our self-report wording. Levels: Matza and colleagues, 2010.