Adult ADHD screener (ASRS v1.1)

This is a screener, not a diagnosis. Only a clinician can diagnose ADHD. It is scored in your browser: nothing is stored, and you are not asked for an email address to see the result.

Answer the six questions below for how you have felt and conducted yourself over the past six months.

1. 1. How often do you have trouble wrapping up the final details of a project, once the challenging parts have been done?

   NeverRarelySometimesOftenVery Often

   Shaded range for this question: Sometimes, Often, Very Often

2. 2. How often do you have difficulty getting things in order when you have to do a task that requires organization?

   NeverRarelySometimesOftenVery Often

   Shaded range for this question: Sometimes, Often, Very Often

3. 3. How often do you have problems remembering appointments or obligations?

   NeverRarelySometimesOftenVery Often

   Shaded range for this question: Sometimes, Often, Very Often

4. 4. When you have a task that requires a lot of thought, how often do you avoid or delay getting started?

   NeverRarelySometimesOftenVery Often

   Shaded range for this question: Often, Very Often

5. 5. How often do you fidget or squirm with your hands or feet when you have to sit down for a long time?

   NeverRarelySometimesOftenVery Often

   Shaded range for this question: Often, Very Often

6. 6. How often do you feel overly active and compelled to do things, like you were driven by a motor?

   NeverRarelySometimesOftenVery Often

   Shaded range for this question: Often, Very Often

Common questions

Is this an ADHD diagnosis?

No. This is a screener, not a diagnosis. Only a clinician can diagnose ADHD, after a full assessment. The screener asks six questions about how often you experience certain things and reports whether four or more of your responses fall in the instrument's shaded range.

What does the result mean?

Four or more responses in the shaded range means symptoms highly consistent with ADHD in adults, and further investigation is warranted. Fewer than four means the screener did not flag your symptoms, which neither rules ADHD in nor out.

Which questions does it use?

The six Part A questions of the Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale version 1.1, reproduced verbatim with the five point frequency scale. The ADHD-ASRS Screener v1.1 is copyrighted by the World Health Organization.

Do you store my answers?

No. The questions are scored in your browser. No answers are sent anywhere, nothing is written to a database, and you are not asked for an email address before the result.

What can I do after the result?

If you have no diagnosis and want an NHS assessment in England, you can ask your GP for a referral to a provider of your choosing. If you are already diagnosed and shared care or medication is blocked, a formal letter to your GP practice is the usual next step. If you have applied for PIP and been refused, the next stage is mandatory reconsideration, and after that an appeal.

The ADHD-ASRS Screener v1.1 is copyrighted by the World Health Organization.

General information and document drafting, not medical advice. A screener cannot diagnose and does not replace an assessment.