It should take anywhere between 5 to 10 minutes.
DERS Scale
Use the DERS Scale to assess if your patients struggle with regulating their emotions.
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DERS Scale Template
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No, because it focuses on assessing the ability to regulate emotions. The difficulty of regulating emotions is related to certain mental health issues, so this can help support actual diagnostic assessments.
Items 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 10, 17, 20, 22, 24 and 34. Don't worry. We adjusted the answer choice placements and corresponding scores for these to make it easy for you.
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