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Adult ADHD Self-Test

Six questions from the Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale (ASRS v1.1) Screener, developed with the World Health Organization. It takes about two minutes. Your answers stay on your device.

Rate yourself on each question. Choose the answer that best describes how you have felt and conducted yourself over the past 6 months.

  1. How often do you have trouble wrapping up the final details of a project, once the challenging parts have been done?
  2. How often do you have difficulty getting things in order when you have to do a task that requires organization?
  3. How often do you have problems remembering appointments or obligations?
  4. When you have a task that requires a lot of thought, how often do you avoid or delay getting started?
  5. How often do you fidget or squirm with your hands or feet when you have to sit down for a long time?
  6. How often do you feel overly active and compelled to do things, like you were driven by a motor?

The 6-question Adult Self-Report Scale-Version 1.1 (ASRS-V1.1) Screener is a subset of the 18-question Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale-Version 1.1 (Adult ASRS-V1.1) Symptom Checklist. © New York University and the President and Fellows of Harvard College. Kessler RC, Adler L, Ames M, et al. The World Health Organization Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale (ASRS). Psychological Medicine, 2005;35(2):245-256.

What a screener can and cannot tell you

A screener asks how often common ADHD symptoms happen. It cannot tell whether the symptoms began in childhood, how much they affect your life, or whether something else explains them. Those are the questions a diagnostic evaluation answers. Read more about what self-test results mean, adult ADHD symptoms and ADHD or anxiety.

Getting evaluated

Dr. John C. Shershow, M.D. is a psychiatrist who focuses on adult ADHD and is licensed in New York and New Jersey. See how adult ADHD testing in NYC and adult ADHD testing in New Jersey work, or what the evaluation covers.

Questions

Is this test a diagnosis?

No. The ASRS v1.1 screener is a screening tool. A positive screen means further evaluation is warranted; only a clinician's evaluation of your symptoms, history and other possible explanations can diagnose ADHD.

Where do these questions come from?

They are the six questions of the Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale (ASRS v1.1) Screener, developed with the World Health Organization's Workgroup on Adult ADHD. The six were chosen because they were the most predictive of the 18 symptom questions.

How is it scored?

For questions 1 to 3, answers of Sometimes, Often or Very Often count. For questions 4 to 6, answers of Often or Very Often count. Four or more counted answers means symptoms highly consistent with ADHD in adults.

Are my answers saved or sent anywhere?

No. The score is worked out in your browser. Your answers are not stored or sent to the practice or to analytics.

What should I do with a positive result?

Bring it to a clinician who evaluates adult ADHD. A full evaluation looks at how long the symptoms have been present, how much they affect your life, and whether anxiety, depression, sleep problems or something else explains them better.

Sources

  1. Kessler RC et al. The World Health Organization Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale (ASRS): a short screening scale for use in the general population. Psychological Medicine, 2005
  2. Harvard Medical School, National Comorbidity Survey: Adult ADHD Self-Report Scales (ASRS)
  3. NYU Langone: ASRS v1.1 6-question screener, licensing terms
  4. National Institute of Mental Health: Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

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