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Adult ADHD Screening (ASRS v1.1)
The ASRS v1.1 was developed with the World Health Organization to help adults recognize possible ADHD. It is a starting point, not a diagnosis.
Beyond the Checklist: Questions Worth Asking Too
The ASRS v1.1 has real, demonstrated value, and it remains one of the most useful screening tools available for adult ADHD. Nothing here is meant to replace it.
But newer research into adult ADHD has surfaced patterns the original scale was never built to catch — emotional dysregulation, rejection sensitivity, time blindness, and task paralysis among them. With that updated thinking in mind, here are a few additional questions that may carry just as much real-life value as the ones you’re about to answer below:
- Does a small criticism take days to recover from? This screens for rejection sensitivity, not just mood.
- How often are you shocked by how much time has passed? This screens for time blindness better than any lateness question.
- Can you describe a task you know matters but genuinely cannot make yourself start? This screens for paralysis and executive dysfunction, not motivation or character.
- What does it take to get you truly engaged in something? This screens for the interest-based nervous system, and points toward what tools will actually work for you.
Consider these alongside the ASRS below, not instead of it. Together, they paint a fuller picture of an adult ADHD brain than either could on its own. If you also want to check for anxiety, the GAD-7 screener takes about two minutes.