Self-Check · Stress
Stress check (PSS-4)
Four questions about the last month. Two of them ask what has been going well — that is deliberate, and it is how this scale is designed.
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This is a screening tool, not a diagnosis.
- It gives you a structured way to describe how the last stretch has been. Only a qualified clinician can assess what is actually going on.
- Your answers stay in this browser as you go. To see your result you will be asked for your name and email, and your score is then kept by the practice — so this check is not anonymous. The crisis helplines are, and they are on every screen from here on.
- If you are currently taking prescribed medication, do not change it based on this result. Speak to the doctor who prescribed it.
- This is not an emergency service. If you need someone right now, the helplines below are free and open 24×7.
Whatever those questions brought up, you do not have to work it out on your own. You can read how we work with stress and burnout, or talk to someone here first.