50 questions - 5 minutes

ADHD test
for adults

An adult ADHD screen and seven-theme descriptive profile.

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Two parts, one result

What you'll get

Two outputs delivered together: a clinical screen result and a descriptive profile of everyday patterns.

Part 1 · Clinical screen

ASRS screen result

The World Health Organization's standard adult-ADHD screener. Six questions, used verbatim.

  • A clear positive or negative result
  • Per-item scoring against published thresholds
  • If positive, guidance on the next step (clinician evaluation)

Used in WHO research and clinical practice worldwide.

Part 2 · Descriptive profile

Seven-theme profile

Forty-four questions about how attention, energy, and emotional patterns actually show up in your day.

  • Bars across seven themes, low to prominent
  • A short reading of your most prominent areas
  • Per-theme notes on how each area showed up in your answers

Authored for psychprofile. Not a clinical instrument.

The seven themes

Your profile, mapped

The descriptive profile measures everyday patterns across seven areas. Your final result shows whether each area came through as low, moderate, or prominent, and includes a short note on how it showed up in your answers.

Time perception Prominent

How time passes, gets lost, or telescopes: deadlines, durations, and the gap between intention and action.

Working memory Moderate

Holding the thread mid-sentence, mid-task, mid-thought, and what gets dropped along the way.

Executive function Low

Starting, sequencing, switching, and finishing tasks, especially the ones that don't have a deadline.

Focus patterns Moderate

How attention shifts, where it gets stuck, and how hard it is to direct deliberately.

Energy & restlessness Low

Physical and mental restlessness: the body's role in concentration and the urge to move.

Emotional regulation Moderate

How quickly feelings shift, how big they get, and how long they take to settle.

Sensory experience Low

How the surrounding environment helps or interferes with concentration.

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The questions, in detail

The science behind this test

The ASRS screen

The first six questions are the ASRS v1.1 6-Question Screener, developed by the World Health Organization in collaboration with researchers at NYU and Harvard. The screener identifies adults whose responses are consistent with ADHD and warrant further clinical evaluation. The full ASRS is widely used in primary care, psychiatry, and large-scale population research.

Items, response scale, and scoring thresholds are reproduced unmodified, as required by NYU's public terms.

The descriptive profile

The remaining 44 questions were authored for psychprofile to describe how attention-related patterns show up across seven everyday areas: time perception, working memory, executive function, focus patterns, energy and restlessness, emotional regulation, and sensory experience.

Each theme is scored independently, using the average response per item so themes with different question counts remain comparable. Bands are descriptive (low, moderate, prominent), not clinical cut-offs.

What it isn't

This test does not diagnose ADHD. Only a qualified clinician can do that, after a structured assessment that considers history, daily impact, and other possible explanations for the same symptoms.

If your screen result is positive, the results page points you toward the next step: an evaluation with a clinician.

Key reference

  • Kessler RC, Adler L, Ames M, et al. The World Health Organization Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale (ASRS): a short screening scale for use in the general population. Psychological Medicine. 2005;35(2):245–256. doi:10.1017/S0033291704002892
Common questions

Before you take it

Is this a diagnosis?

No. The ASRS is a screening tool, not a diagnostic instrument. A positive result indicates that your responses are consistent with adult ADHD and that a clinical evaluation would be a reasonable next step. A negative result doesn't rule it out either. If you suspect ADHD despite a negative screen, talk to a clinician.

How long does it take?

Most people finish in a few minutes. There's no timer. You can pause and come back. Your progress is held locally on your device.

What happens to my answers?

Your answers are scored on our server and the result is delivered back to you. We log a non-identifying conversion event, the screen result category and demographic bands, but not your raw answers or any contact details. Full details in our privacy policy.

Can I take this if I'm under 18?

The ASRS was developed and validated in adults. The questions and result framing are calibrated for adult experience, so the result is most meaningful if you're 18 or older. The test is not blocked for younger users, but the results page includes a reminder that the instrument is adult-validated.

Why six clinical questions and forty-four others?

The six are the official WHO ASRS Part A screening items, reproduced verbatim under NYU's public terms. The forty-four are descriptive items written for this site to give a fuller picture of everyday attention, energy, and emotional patterns. The two sections are scored separately and presented separately on your results page.

Is this private?

Your answers don't carry any identifier while you take the test. The conversion log keeps only the result category and demographic band, not raw answers, IP, contact details, or any other identifier. We don't sell or share data.

Reader stories

What people said after taking it

Short notes from people who used the result to make sense of their own pattern.

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Before you start

This test asks about your mental health, so your responses are sensitive health information. Your answers are scored on our server and your result is emailed to the address you provide. Your raw answers are not stored. A non-identifying conversion event is logged, including the screen result category and demographic bands, but not your email or your answers. The result is descriptive, not a diagnosis. Full details in our privacy policy.

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