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name: attention-deficit-assessment
description: Use when asked to administer, score, or explain an Attention Deficit Assessment — ADHD screening using the ASRS v1.1 screener — grounded in FormExamples/form-examples.
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# Attention Deficit Assessment

ADHD screening using the ASRS (Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale) v1.1
screener.

## Scoring

**Instrument:** ASRS Screener — Part A (6 questions, screener) plus
Part B (12 questions, supplemental). Part A items are scored against
clinically validated thresholds; **4 or more darkly-shaded responses in
Part A** is highly consistent with an ADHD diagnosis.

## What it covers

Demographics; the ASRS Part A six-question screener; ASRS Part B
twelve supplemental symptom-frequency questions; childhood history of
symptoms and behaviours; functional impact on work, relationships, and
daily life; screening for comorbid conditions; current medications and
supplements; allergies; medical history; and social/support context.

## Common pitfalls

- **Treating the ASRS screener result as a diagnosis** — it's a
  screening instrument identifying who should be assessed further, not
  a diagnostic tool on its own; a positive screen needs full clinical
  evaluation.
- **Skipping childhood history** — a valid ADHD diagnosis in adults
  requires evidence of childhood-onset symptoms; a purely present-day
  symptom count without that history is incomplete.
- **Not screening for comorbid conditions that mimic or mask ADHD
  symptoms** — anxiety, depression, and sleep disorders can produce
  overlapping attention/concentration symptoms.

## Learn more

- [FormExamples: attention-deficit-assessment](https://github.com/FormExamples/form-examples/tree/main/forms/attention-deficit-assessment) for the full implementation, clinical references, and worked examples.
- [[psychiatry-assessment]], [[psychology-assessment]] for related mental health assessments.