Instructions: Check the appropriate score below. Choose only one
number per item. Scores should reflect the composite effect of all
obsessive compulsive symptoms. Rate the average occurence of each
item during the prior week up to and including now.
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Total Y-BOCS score: range of severity for
patients who have both obsessions and compulsions.
0-7 Subclinical
8-15 Mild
16-23 Moderate
24-31 Severe
32-40 Extreme
Credits: WK Goodman et al, "The
Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale," Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1989;
46:1006-1011.
ob·ses·sion n. 1. Compulsive
preoccupation with a fixed idea or an unwanted feeling or emotion,
often accompanied by symptoms of anxiety. 2. A compulsive, often
unreasonable idea or emotion.
com·pul·sion n. 1. a. The act of
compelling. b. The state of being compelled. 2. a. An irresistible
impulse to act, regardless of the rationality of the motivation. b.
An act or acts performed in response to such an impulse.
anx·i·e·ty n. 1. a. A state of
uneasiness and apprehension, as about future uncertainties. b. A
cause of anxiety: For some people, air travel is a real anxiety.
2. Psychiatry:
A state of
intense apprehension, uncertainty, and fear resulting from the
anticipation of a threatening event or situation, often to a degree
that the normal physical and psychological functioning of the
affected individual is disrupted.