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Page 1Copyright 1998 Richard Jed Wyatt YALE-BROWN OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE SCALE (Y-BOCS) (FORM 01-32)

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YALE-BROWN OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE SCALE (Y-BOCS)

Patients name_______________________________________________________________________
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Item Hours/day spent on obsessions Score Interference from obsessions Score Distress from obsessions Score Resistance to obsessions Score Control over obsessions Score 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Hours/day spent on compulsions Score Interference from compulsions Score Distress from compulsions Score Resistance to compulsions Score Control over compulsions Score None 0 0 None 0 None 0 Always resists 0 Complete control 0 0 0 None 0 None 0 Always resists 0 Complete control 0 Mild 0 to 1 1 Mild 1 Mild 1 Moderate >1 to 3 2 Definite but manageable 2 Moderate but manageable 2 Some resistance 2 Moderate control 2 >1 to 3 2 Definite but manageable 2 Moderate but manageable 2 Some resistance 2 Moderate control 2

Date ____________________________
Severe >3 to 8 3 Impaired 3 Severe 3 Often yields 3 Little control 3 >3 to 8 3 Impaired 3 Severe 3 Often yields 3 Little control 3 Extreme >8 4 Incapacitating 4 Near constant, disabling 4 Completely yields 4 No control 4 >8 4 Incapacitating 4 Near constant, disabling 4 Completely yields 4 No control 4

Much resistance 1 Much control 1 0 to 1 1 Mild 1 Mild 1

Obsession Subscale (020)

Much resistance 1 Much control 1

Comments: Date: Total previous score:

Compulsion Subscale (020) Total Score (040)

Range of severity: 07 Subclinical 815 Mild 1623 Moderate 2431 Severe 3240 Extreme Ratings include observations during interviews as well as average occurrence for each item during the last 7 days. Source. Adapted with permission from Wayne K. Goodman, M.D. Goodman WK, Price LH, Rasmussen SA, et al.: The Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale. Arch Gen Psychiatry 46:10061011, 1989.