Use this questionnaire to help determine if you need to see a mental health professional for diagnosis and treatment of ADD or ADHD in an adult. Based upon the Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale (ASRS-v1.1) Symptom Checklist. We also have a slightly longer ADD quiz.

Instructions: This is a quick, 6 question screening measure. Please answer the questions below, rating yourself on each of the criteria shown using the scale below each question. As you answer 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?

Never
Rarely
Sometimes
Often
Very Often

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

Never
Rarely
Sometimes
Often
Very Often

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

Never
Rarely
Sometimes
Often
Very Often

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

Never
Rarely
Sometimes
Often
Very Often

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

Never
Rarely
Sometimes
Often
Very Often

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

Never
Rarely
Sometimes
Often
Very Often

 

Adapted from the Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale (ASRS-v1.1) Symptom Checklist. It was developed in conjunction with the World Health Organization (WHO), and the Workgroup on Adult ADHD that included the following team of psychiatrists and researchers: Lenard Adler, MD (New York University Medical School), Ronald C. Kessler, PhD and Thomas Spencer, MD (Harvard Medical School). For personal use only; other use may be prohibited by law. Used here with permission.
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Last reviewed:
  On 7 Sep 2006
  By John M. Grohol, Psy.D.