Use this quiz to help determine if you need to see a mental health professional for diagnosis and treatment of ADD or ADHD as an adult.

Instructions: Simply answer the questions on how you have behaved and felt during the past 6 months. Take your time and answer truthfully for the most accurate results.

I am a year old Female / Male

1. How often do you have difficulty keeping your attention while doing -- and completing -- something for work, school, a hobby, or fun activity? Never Rarely Sometimes Often

2. How often are you easily distracted by something in your environment, like a noise or another conversation? Never Rarely Sometimes Often

3. How often do you avoid or delay tasks or work that require a lot of mental effort or thought? Never Rarely Sometimes Often

4. How often do you have trouble listening to someone, even when they are speaking directly to you? Never Rarely Sometimes Often

5. How often do you have difficulty in organizing an activity or task needing to get done? Never Rarely Sometimes Often

6. How often do you make careless mistakes in things such as schoolwork, homework, an activity, or something at work? Never Rarely Sometimes Often

7. How often do you forget to do something you do all the time, such as missing an appointment or forgetting your lunch? Never Rarely Sometimes Often

8. How often do you lose, misplace or damage something that you need in order to get things done? Never Rarely Sometimes Often

9. How often do you have trouble completing your schoolwork, a project, chores or a responsibility at work, once all the challenging or fun parts have been done? Never Rarely Sometimes Often

 

 

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Based upon the DSM-IV ADHD criteria and informed by research such as Faraone, et al. (2005). What Is the Prevalence of Adult ADHD? Results of a Population Screen of 966 Adults. Journal of Attention Disorders, 9, Kumar, et al. (2011). Screening for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in adult inpatients with psychiatric disorders. Psychological Reports, 108, and and the Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale v1.1 Symptom Checklist by the World Health Organization.
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