Checklist of Common OCD Symptoms

Y-BOCS Checklist

Check all OCD symptoms that you are experiencing. Click on "Process List" to produce a summary report of target symptoms for you to print out. Please note that this report is for information only and will not be used to render a diagnosis. You are encouraged to share your report with your qualified mental health professional.

After you take the YBOCS checklist, try the YBOCS OCD Severity Scale.

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Current	Past Only	Aggressive Obsessions
		Fear might harm self
		Fear might harm others
		Violent or horrific images
		Fear of blurting out obscenities or insults
		Fear of doing something else embarrassing
		Fear will act on unwanted impulses (e.g., to stab friend)
		Fear will steal things
		Fear will harm others because not careful enough (e.g., hit/run MVA)
		Fear of being responsible for something else terrible happening (e.g., fire, burglary)
		Other aggressive obsession(s)
Current	Past Only	Contamination Obsessions
		Concerns or disgust with bodily waste or secretions (e.g., urine, feces, saliva)
		Concern with dirt or germs
		Excessive concern with of environmental contaminants (e.g., asbestos, radiation, toxic waste)
		Excessive concern with household items (e.g., cleansers, solvents)
		Excessive concern animals (e.g., insects)
		Bothered by sticky substances or residues
		Concerned will get ill because of contaminant
		Concerned will get others ill by spreading contamination
		No concern with consequences of contamination other than how it might feel
		Other contamination concerns
Current	Past Only	Sexual Obsessions
		Forbidden or unacceptable sexual thoughts/images/impulses
		Content involves children or incest
		Content involves homosexuality
		Sexual behavior toward others (aggressive)
		Other sexual obsessions
Current	Past Only	Hoarding/Saving Obsessions
		Hoarding or saving (not hobbies or concern with objects with monetary or sentimental value)
		Fears of mistakenly discarding important things along with unimportant items
Current	Past Only	Religious Obsessions/Scrupulosity
		Excessive concern with sacrilege or blasphemy
		Excessive concern with right/wrong, morality
		Other religious or moral obsessions
Current	Past Only	Obsession with Symmetry or Exactness
		Accompanied by magical thinking (e.g., concerned that mother will have accident unless things are in the right place)
		Not accompanied by magical thinking (just feels uncomfortable)
Current	Past Only	Somatic Obsessions
		Concern with illness or disease
		Excessive concern with body part or aspect of appearance (e.g., body dysmorphic disorder)
		Other bodily obsessions
Current	Past Only	Miscellaneous Obsessions
		Need to know or remember
		Fear of saying certain things
		Fear of not saying just the right thing
		Fear of losing things
		Intrusive non-violent images
		Intrusive nonsense sounds, words, or music
		Bothered by certain sounds/noises
		Lucky/unlucky numbers
		Colors with special significance
		Superstitious fears
		Other obsession
Current	Past Only	Cleaning/Washing Compulsions
		Excessive or ritualized handwashing
		Excessive or ritualized showering, bathing, tooth brushing, grooming, or toilet routine
		Excessive cleaning of household items or other inanimate objects
		Other measures to prevent or remove contact with contaminants
		Other cleaning compulsion
Current	Past Only	Checking Compulsions
		Checking locks, stoves, appliances, etc.
		Checking that did/will not harm others
		Checking that did/will not harm self
		Checking that nothing terrible did/will happen
		Checking that did not make mistakes
		Checking tied to somatic obsessions
		Other checking compulsion
Current	Past Only	Repeating Rituals
		Re-reading or re-writing
		Need to repeat routine activities (in/out door, up/down chair)
		Other repeating compulsion
Current	Past Only	Counting Compulsions
		Counting Compulsions
Current	Past Only	Ordering/Arranging Compulsions
		Compulsive ordering or arranging
Current	Past Only	Hoarding Collecting Compulsions
		Compulsive hoarding or collecting (e.g., carefully reads junk mail, piles up old newspapers, sorts through garbage, collects useless objects.)
Current	Past Only	Mental Compulsions
		Special words, images, numbers, repeated mentally to neutralize (e.g., lucky numbers)
		Special prayers (short and long) repeated in a set manner (e.g. "God is good")
		Mental counting
		Mentally listmaking
		Mental reviewing (e.g., reviewing conversations)
		Other mental compulsion
Current	Past Only	Miscellaneous Compulsions
		Excessive list making (writing or verbalizing aloud)
		Urges to ask, tell, or confess
		Urges to touch, tap, or rub
		Rituals involving blinking or staring
		Other measures (not checking) to prevent harm to self or others, or to prevent terrible consequences
		Ritualized eating behaviors
		Superstitious behaviors
		Trichotillomania (hair pulling)
		Other self-damaging or self-mutilating behaviors (skin picking)
		Other compulsion

Source: Goodman, W.K., Price, L.H., Rasmussen, S.A. et al. "The Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale." Arch Gen Psychiatry 46:1006-1011,1989

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