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Adult ADHD Screening Test (ASRS-v1.1)

The official WHO Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale v1.1 Part A — 6 questions on how attention and hyperactivity affect you in daily life.

6 questions 3 min

Instructions

Read each question and choose the answer that best describes how you have felt and conducted yourself over the past 6 months. Answer as honestly as you can — this is a private screening check, not a diagnosis.

WHO Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale v1.1 Part A items are reproduced from the public-domain WHO screener (Kessler et al., 2005); the world health organization encourages free use of the ASRS screen with the listed filter. Official shaded-zone rule applied unchanged.

Citations
  • Kessler, R. C., Adler, L., Ames, M., et al. (2005). The World Health Organization Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale (ASRS): A short screening scale for use in the general population. Psychological Medicine, 35(2), 245-256. Validation of the 6 item part a screener; symptom count method with shaded responses