What to Expect from an ADHD Diagnosis at ADHD Wellbeing Solutions

Seeking an ADHD diagnosis is an important step toward understanding yourself, accessing support, and creating strategies tailored to your needs. At ADHD Wellbeing Solutions, we take a holistic and individualised approach, ensuring your diagnosis reflects your experiences, challenges and personal goals.

Together, we will work through each stage of the assessment to gain clarity, provide scientific insights, and create a management plan that supports your long-term well-being.

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Step 1: Booking Your ADHD Assessment

To get started, contact us directly to arrange your ADHD assessment appointment. We offer flexible scheduling Monday to Saturday, with remote, face-to-face, and school/home-based assessments available (the latter for school-aged children, by prior arrangement).

To book:

• Email us at [email protected]
• Or call/text us on 07533 695269

Once your appointment slot has been confirmed, you will receive a secure link to complete your booking and make full payment of £789. Payment is made via Stripe, which accepts all major cards and offers flexible instalment options through Klarna (subject to eligibility).

Please note: Online booking is coming soon — in the meantime, all bookings must be made via email or phone.

For full details on cancellation, refund, and rescheduling policies, please review our Booking Terms & Conditions before confirming your appointment

Once scheduled, we will send you an initial medical and psychosocial questionnaire to collect essential details, including:

✔️ Physical health history – Any pre-existing conditions, medications, or medical concerns that may impact ADHD symptoms.
✔️ Mental health history – ADHD often coexists with anxiety, depression, and other conditions, so we examine previous diagnoses and challenges.
✔️ Family history – ADHD is strongly linked to genetics, so exploring familial traits provides valuable insights.
✔️ Educational background – Identifying early signs of learning difficulties or executive function challenges.
✔️ Current and past impairments – ADHD affects work, relationships, self-management, organisation and emotional regulation, all of which we explore thoroughly.
✔️ Supporting documentation – If you have educational psychology reports, workplace assessments, or other relevant paperwork, you will be asked to send them in advance or bring them to your appointment.
✔️ Summary Care Record submission – You will provide a copy of your medical records, ensuring we have a full history of treatments, diagnoses and previous care interactions.

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Step 2: Collecting Additional Records & Screening Tools

Before your full ADHD assessment, we conduct targeted pre-assessment screening to ensure an accurate and thorough diagnostic process. We select tailored tools based on your history, which may include:

📝 SNAP-IV – A well-established questionnaire measuring ADHD traits in children and adults.
📝 Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10) – Assesses mental health distress, helping differentiate ADHD symptoms from anxiety or depression.
📝 Risk Questionnaires – Screening for suicidal ideation, self-harm risks and safety concerns, ensuring a full mental health review.
📝 Substance Misuse Screening – Determines whether ADHD symptoms contribute to self-medication or substance use behaviours.
📝 Informant Questionnaires – Reports completed by parents, partners, teachers, or colleagues, offering an external perspective on ADHD-related challenges.
📝 Executive Function Assessments – Evaluating working memory, impulse control, focus, and organisation skills.

These pre-assessment tools, combined with the Summary Care Record, provide critical insights before the full ADHD evaluation, ensuring we tailor the assessment to your specific experiences.

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Step 3: Completing the QB Check

In addition to standard screening tools, you will complete a QB Check, a computer-based test designed to scientifically measure ADHD-related cognitive patterns.

Why is QB Check essential?
✔️ Tracks attention levels over time, identifying lapses in focus.
✔️ Measures impulsivity, analysing self-control and quick decision-making.
✔️ Evaluates reaction times, comparing responses against ADHD diagnostic benchmarks.
✔️ Provides motion-tracking data, ensuring physical hyperactivity is accurately assessed.
✔️ Differentiates ADHD symptoms from other conditions, making it an invaluable diagnostic tool.

The QB Check adds objective evidence to self-reported symptoms, improving diagnostic accuracy. Completing the QB Check before your full assessment ensures that we have measurable cognitive data to guide our discussion.

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Step 4: Full ADHD Assessment – DIVA-5, Young DIVA, or DIVA-LD

Your two-hour ADHD assessment is where we explore your symptoms, challenges, and history in depth, conduct a physical examination and discuss your  medical, social and psychological history, using face-to-face or virtual structured diagnostic interviews, including:

📝 DIVA-5 (Diagnostic Interview for ADHD in Adults, Fifth Edition) – A structured clinical interview based on DSM-5 criteria, assessing ADHD symptoms across childhood and adulthood and their impact on daily life.
📝 Young DIVA – A specialised child assessment designed to evaluate ADHD traits in younger individuals while distinguishing symptoms from typical childhood behaviours.
📝 DIVA-LD – A tailored version of DIVA for individuals with learning difficulties, ensuring comprehensive evaluation while accounting for cognitive differences.

This structured clinical assessment ensures we go beyond screening tools, focusing on your lived experience, struggles, strengths and goals.

Together, we will explore:
🧠 Childhood development – Early signs and how ADHD affected learning or social interactions.
💡 Current difficulties – Impact on work, relationships and daily life.
📖 Neurodevelopmental history – Identifying co-existing conditions like autism, dyslexia, or anxiety.
🗣 Your concerns, ideas, and goals – What support do you need? What accommodations or interventions will help?

Adult assessments can be conducted face-to-face or virtually, while child assessments take place in-person at RevitaMed Health Private GP Services, Aesthetics, Ormskirk, Southport, or may be arranged virtually, at school, or at home if appropriate. You are welcome to attend alone or bring a family member, friend, or trusted supporter.

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Step 5: Diagnosis Outcome & Holistic ADHD Management Plan

At the end of the assessment, we will discuss your diagnosis, ensuring you fully understand how ADHD presents in your life. If needed, your diagnosis may be reviewed by our Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) before final confirmation.

We provide official support letters for schools, workplaces and universities, helping you obtain reasonable adjustments, learning accommodations and workplace modifications.

Your personalised management plan will focus on holistic, non-medication strategies, including:
✔️ Executive function coaching – Supporting organisation, time management and concentration.
✔️ Emotional regulation techniques – Helping manage impulsivity, frustration and overwhelm.
✔️ Environmental modifications – Including adjusting routines, workplace accommodations, school adaptations or sensory-friendly strategies.
✔️ Behavioural interventions – Practical tools to manage ADHD symptoms in everyday life.

We work together to create an ADHD management plan built for you, ensuring support extends far beyond diagnosis.

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Step 6: Referral to our Care Coordinator for Ongoing Support

A diagnosis is only the beginning. Our dedicated care coordinators ensure you have long-term support, guiding you through: