Self-assessment tool for psychological distress

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The information you provide when you complete this self-assessment tool is confidential. Your responses are not stored or monitored.

If you have experienced an incidence of occupational violence and aggression (OVA) you may find that the incident continues to affect how you feel over a period of time.

This simple 10-question online tool¹ measures your psychological distress by asking questions about how you’ve been feeling over the past four weeks or since the incident occurred.

Your score will place you in the low, moderate, high or very high range of psychological distress, and we will provide you with information and contacts so that you can seek support.

This tool does not provide a diagnosis. Only a qualified health professional can make a diagnosis.

You can print your results for your own records, or to share them with your general practitioner (GP, or doctor) or mental health professional.