ADHD Assessments
What is ADHD?
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a condition that impacts inattention and/or hyperactivity-impulsivity. Symptoms of ADHD often become apparent during early childhood and many people continue to experience difficulties into their teenage and adult years. ADHD impacts daily functioning and there is a high prevalence of mental health difficulties amongst people who have ADHD. People who have ADHD will have different strengths and what they find difficult will vary, but they will show a persistent pattern of inattention and/or hyperactivity-impulsivity
What does an ADHD Assessment involve?
An initial consultation
To get an overview of the current difficulties
Pre-screening questionnaires
To provide a more specific indicator of common traits associated with ADHD
In-depth Assessment
To understand your currently difficulties, mental health, family and developmental history, we will conduct a thorough assessment. This part of the assessment will last 50 minutes.
The Diagnostic Interview for ADHD in Adults (DIVA)
The DIVA is based on the DSM-IV criteria for ADHD and is a structured clinical interview. Whenever possible, your clinical psychologist would always prefer to complete the DIVA in the presence of a family member who knew you when you were young, or a partner. This part of the assessment will last around 60 minutes.
Optional Assessments
Enhanced, optional assessment elements to measure different aspects of attention and assess cognitive functioning.
Multidisciplinary Team Meeting (MDT)
Your assessing clinicians will hold an MDT meeting to discuss your assessment and determine the outcome.
Feedback meeting
A meeting to let you know the outcome of the assessment and give you time to ask questions
A comprehensive report
You will receive a report detailing the findings of the assessments
Recommendations
We will provide individualised recommendations, based on your needs.
What to expect from an ADHD assessment
At Xpert Psychology, our extensive ADHD assessments are conducted as part of a multidisciplinary team. All teams include a clinical psychologist and at least one other appropriately trained healthcare professional. We only use gold standard, evidence-based assessment tools that have been widely validated, or recommended by The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). We understand that ADHD can present differently in males compared to females and non-binary people, and we are up to date with recent advances in ADHD research.
We currently offer two types of ADHD assessments for adults, including a comprehensive and enhanced option. The comprehensive option meets the gold-standard ADHD assessment criteria and costs £1399. Our enhanced option includes all elements of the comprehensive option, plus two further clinician-administered assessments and costs £1899.
Whilst we do not currently offer prescribing services, if you receive an ADHD diagnosis, we are happy to support you to understand your options for obtaining medication moving forward. We are also closely linked with a company who offer ADHD coaching and we highly recommend their services if you receive a diagnosis. Currently, we only offer ADHD assessments for adults but we know a brilliant company that we are happy to recommend for child assessments.