Resources to help inform the diagnosis and management of patients with ADHD and related conditions

This guide is meant to help caregivers better understand ADHD by addressing specific questions such as:

• What causes ADHD?
• What can I do to help my child who has ADHD?
• How is ADHD treated?

The material in this booklet is NOT intended to replace any information that a health care professional provides about a child’s condition.

A newly diagnosed adult with ADHD might have a lot of questions about attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). This guide is meant to help them better understand ADHD by addressing specific questions such as:

• What is ADHD?
• What causes ADHD?
• What are the symptoms of ADHD in adults?
• What are the next steps after an ADHD diagnosis?
• How is ADHD managed?
• What should I expect living with ADHD?

The material in this guide is NOT intended to replace any information that a healthcare professional provides about their condition.

Rating scales and screening tools have been used for decades to assist clinicians with diagnosing, guiding treatment, and monitoring patient symptoms, side effects and functional outcomes.

Review an interactive table of validated rating scales and screening tools utilized for screening adult ADHD.

Download a printable table of available scales and tools for screening adults with ADHD.

The current epidemiology of ADHD in children, adolescents, and adults is provided, along with a basic outline of ADHD pathophysiology and theories of ADHD causation. This website outlines important ADHD measurement tools and scales that are commonly used in the biomedical literature to report clinical trial efficacy and safety data. Methods of reporting and interpreting pharmacokinetic data are also included. Finally, to provide an aid in understanding the body of evidence related to ADHD research, a review of various techniques commonly used in the reporting of inferential and descriptive statistics associated with ADHD clinical trials is provided.