Free INDIGO Tools

We have developed the following assessment measures for use in healthcare practice and research studies:

BACE (Barriers to Accessing Care Evaluation)

BACE measures barriers to accessing mental health care. It asks about 30 different barriers to care, and has a special focus on stigma-related barriers.

CODA (Costs of Discrimination Assessment)

CODA has been developed to measure the economic costs than can arise due to the stigma and discrimination which people with mental health problems often face.

DISC & DISCUS (Discrimination and Stigma Scales)

DISC and DISCUS are interview-based scales which measure experiences of mental health-related discrimination in key areas of everyday life.

RIBS (Reported and Intended Behaviour Scale)

RIBS has been designed to assess and track mental health related behavioural discrimination among the general public.

MAKS (Mental Illness Knowledge Schedule)

MAKS was developed to measure mental health-related knowledge, assessesing and tracking stigma-related mental health knowledge among the general public.

MICA-2 (Mental Illness: Clinicians’ Attitudes Scale)

MICA-2 was created for use with medical students. It has 16 questions and has been widely used around the world.

MICA-4 (Mental Illness: Clinicians’ Attitudes Scale)

An amended version, MICA-4, was validated with a sample of nursing students and may be suitable for staff and students from a wide range of health professions.

QUAD (Questionnaire on Anticipated Discrimination)

QUAD measures anticipated discrimination. It asks people how much they personally anticipate experiencing mental health-related discrimination across 14 areas of life.

Find out more about what languages our scales have already been translated into here.

Conditions of Use

Researchers in the Section of Community Mental Health (CMH) at King’s College London have developed seven measures relating to different aspects of stigma and discrimination. These measures are freely available to download so long as you comply with the below conditions, including completing a short registration survey.

If you work or study in a university or health setting the scales are freely available for you subject to the conditions below.

Please follow these steps to gain aceess to the scales.

Access scales, key papers, manuals and translations

1. Register

Complete our short registration via Survey Monkey: click here to access the survey.

2. Password

Once you submit the survey, do not close the window as a password will pop up on your screen. Use it to then access the tools, key papers, manuals and translations.

3. Do not change

Please do not change or modify the questionnaires in any way.

4. Cite the original paper

If you use or publish about the tools, or their translations, please include full reference to the key paper describing the measure (e.g. in the footer).

5. No third party

Do not pass the original or translated measures to a third party. Instead, please direct them to this website.

6. Technical issues

Please contact Prof Claire Henderson (claire.1.henderson@kcl.ac.uk) if you have any questions regarding the scales.

For Translations

Translations into different languages should be done using Back Translation (as detailed in the Translation Guidelines).
Include the copyright information in the footer of the scale.
Any translated versions(s) must be made available to others who wish to use them. Send your translated versions to Prof Claire Henderson (claire.1.henderson@kcl.ac.uk)
No financial charge may be made for your version of the scales or guides.