The assessment
What is assessed, and what you receive.
No referral needed. Online appointments.
What is assessed
Five areas, covered in the first appointment.
Your symptoms now, your history from childhood, the effect on your life, your health, and the reports you already have.
Current symptoms
Attention, restlessness, impulsivity and organisation, at work, at home and in study.
History from childhood
When it started and how it has changed. School reports or a parent's account help but are not needed.
Day-to-day impact
Work, relationships, money, driving and health. This is what a diagnosis rests on.
Physical health
Blood pressure, heart health, sleep, and anything that affects which treatments suit you.
Prior reports
Earlier assessments, interstate diagnoses and childhood records are built on, not repeated.
Before the appointment
The questionnaire does the groundwork.
The questionnaire link arrives the moment you book. It includes the Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale, your history, your health and current medicines, and an identity check. You can upload reports at the same time.
Doing it before the appointment means the 50 minutes are spent on you, not on forms.
The report
A written report, yours to keep.
Written for you and, if you want, for your usual GP.
- Conclusion
- The diagnosis and how it presents
- Reasoning
- The history and rating scale results it rests on
- Next steps
- Recommended treatment and any checks needed before medication
- Letter
- To your usual GP, if you want one
Treatment
Options discussed at the treatment-planning appointment.
Decisions about diagnosis and medication rest with the assessing GP.
- Stimulant medication
- First choice where suitable, reviewed after the first month
- Non-stimulant medication
- Where stimulants do not suit or are not preferred
- Non-medication
- Strategies and referrals, including psychology and coaching
- Monitoring
- Blood pressure, heart rate, sleep and response, at set intervals
Continuing care
Already diagnosed? One appointment, then your prescriptions continue.
Bring your diagnosis letter from a psychiatrist or paediatrician and your current prescription or treatment plan. The GP confirms your treatment, checks your blood pressure and heart rate, and takes over your prescribing. No new assessment.
- Who it is for
- Adults with an existing ADHD diagnosis and a letter to show it
- What to bring
- Diagnosis letter, current prescription or treatment plan, Medicare card, photo ID
- Appointment
- 50 minutes by video
- Then
- Repeat prescriptions at reviews, at the intervals the framework sets
After the assessment
Ongoing care
Reviews
A review after the first month on medication, then as agreed.
Repeat prescriptions
Issued at reviews, to your phone. Stimulant prescriptions require a review at set intervals.
Shared care
If you agree, your usual GP receives the report and can take over prescribing where the framework allows.
Book
Adult ADHD assessment by a specialist GP.
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No referral needed. Online appointments.