Functioning check (WSAS)
How much has your mental health impaired each part of your life? Rate each area from 0 (not at all impaired) to 8 (very severely impaired). On the work question, 8 means impaired to the point that you can’t work.
This check uses the Work and Social Adjustment Scale (WSAS) — 5 questions about how much your mental health is getting in the way of work, home life, leisure, and relationships. Unlike symptom checks, it measures impact: two people with identical symptoms can score very differently.
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Common questions
What is the WSAS?
The WSAS — the Work and Social Adjustment Scale — is a 5-question test of how much a problem is impairing your functioning: work, home management, social leisure, private leisure, and close relationships. Scores run 0 to 40.
How is this different from the symptom checks?
Symptom checks count how you feel; the WSAS measures what it costs you in daily life. Clinicians often pair the two — symptoms can improve before functioning does, or the other way around.
What do the score ranges mean?
Below 10 is the subclinical range. 10–20 suggests significant functional impairment. Above 20 suggests moderately severe impairment — daily life is being substantially affected.
Who made the WSAS?
Dr. James C. Mundt, Dr. Isaac M. Marks, Dr. M. Katherine Shear and Dr. John H. Greist (2002). It’s free to use with credit.
The Work and Social Adjustment Scale (WSAS) was developed by Mundt, Marks, Shear & Greist (2002). Free to use with credit.
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