(Y-BOCS) – My Soul Space

Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS)

Please select the statement that indicates how often each item has occurred during the past seven days, including the time of this session.

Code

Email

Gender

Date of Birth

Marital Status

Education Level

1. Time occupied by obsessive thoughts

None

Less than 1 hour a day or occasional occurrences (less than 8 times daily)

3–8 hours a day or very frequent, rarely a full hour without obsessions

More than 8 hours a day, nearly constant

2. Interference caused by obsessive thoughts

None

Mild interference but overall functioning unaffected

Noticeable interference but manageable

Severe impairment in social or occupational functioning

Extreme interference or incapacity

3. Distress or anxiety due to obsessive thoughts

None

Mild, occasionally distressing

Moderate, frequent, and unpleasant but manageable

Severe, very distressing most of the time

Extreme, nearly disabling anxiety

4. Efforts to resist obsessive thoughts (regardless of success)

Always resists or obsessions are minimal

Tries to resist most of the time

Makes some effort to resist

Yields to obsessions with hesitation or after delayed resistance

Completely yields willingly to all obsessive thoughts

5. Degree of control over obsessive thoughts

Complete control

Substantial control; can divert attention with effort

Moderate control; sometimes can divert attention

Little control; rarely able to divert attention

No control at all

6. Time spent performing compulsive behaviors

None

Less than 1 hour a day or occasional

1–3 hours a day or frequent

3–8 hours a day or very frequent

More than 8 hours a day or almost constant

7. Interference due to compulsive behaviors

None

Mild interference; general functioning unaffected

Noticeable interference but manageable

Severe impairment in social or occupational activities

Extreme impairment or incapacity

8. Anxiety when prevented from performing compulsions

None

Mild anxiety

Noticeable anxiety but tolerable

Severe, very distressing anxiety

Extreme, disabling anxiety

9. Effort to resist compulsions (regardless of success)

Always resists or very few compulsions

Attempts resistance most of the time

Makes some attempts to resist

Usually yields to compulsions with hesitation

Completely yields willingly to all compulsions

10. Degree of control over compulsions

Complete control

Usually able to stop behaviors with effort

Sometimes can stop behaviors with difficulty

Can delay behaviors only briefly and with great effort

Rarely able to delay even for a few moments

Total Score

Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS)

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