The Adult ADHD Diagnosis Problem
Diagnosing ADHD in adults is trickier than it may seem. Not only do clients need to meet quite specific criteria, but the assessing practitioner needs to be confident that symptoms have been present since before the age of 12, are impacting on at least two areas of functioning, and are not better explained by another issue or disorder. A lot of this is murky and subjective, and can be difficult to determine, especially when the main information source is the client themselves