Why adults ask about ADHD
Many adults with ADHD were never assessed as children. Some coped at school because life had more structure, or because they worked much harder than the people around them. Girls and women are often missed, particularly when restlessness shows up as a busy mind rather than a busy body. Others start asking questions after their own child is assessed and they recognise themselves in the description.
Things adults often describe include:
- Losing track of tasks, bills, messages and appointments, despite lists and reminders
- Starting many projects and finishing few, or leaving things until the last minute
- Drifting off in meetings, conversations or reading, then having to go back over things
- Feeling restless, talking over people or acting on impulse, such as spending
- Losing hours to something interesting while important tasks wait
- Feeling worn out by the effort it takes to keep up at work or at home
None of these on its own means ADHD. Anxiety, low mood, poor sleep, stress and trauma can all affect attention, and some people have more than one of these at once. Part of the assessment is weighing up those other explanations, so the report reflects your whole picture.
What the assessment involves
ADHD is a developmental condition, so the assessment looks back as well as at the present. For a diagnosis, signs need to have been present in childhood, before age 12, and to affect more than one part of life now, such as work and home.
- A structured diagnostic interview. Your psychologist uses the DIVA-5, a structured interview that goes through each ADHD symptom in adulthood and in childhood, with everyday examples.
- Information from people who know you. With your permission, we ask someone who knew you as a child, such as a parent or older sibling, and someone who knows you now, such as a partner, to complete questionnaires.
- Records, if you have them. Old school reports often help, because teachers' comments describe childhood behaviour in their own words. Don't worry if you can't find any.
- Standardised questionnaires and testing. These look at attention, mood, anxiety and day-to-day functioning, and help rule other explanations in or out.
What happens, step by step
- Get in touch. Call us or send the form on this page. We explain the process and the fee, and answer your questions. Please ask your GP for a referral; if your GP would like our referral form, they can find it on our referrals page.
- Forms and questionnaires. You complete our online client intake form, and we send questionnaires for you and the people who know you.
- Intake and diagnostic interview. You meet your psychologist, often by video, to talk about your history and complete the DIVA-5 interview.
- Testing, if needed. Any testing is done in person at Springfield Central or The Gap.
- Scoring and report. Your psychologist scores the results and writes your report. They give you a timeline at intake.
- Feedback session. You go through the findings and recommendations together and get your written report. With your consent, a copy goes to your GP.
Your psychologist confirms the estimated cost with you before testing begins.
Fee guide and MediPay payment plans
Assessments are charged at $230 per hour (as of July 2026). The guide fee below is an estimate; the actual cost depends on what is needed, and your psychologist confirms it with you before starting.
| Assessment | Usually includes | Guide fee |
|---|---|---|
| ADHD assessment | Intake, diagnostic interview (DIVA-5), information from school or family, testing, report, feedback | $2,500 |
Medicare doesn't cover assessments at Psych Connect.
Flexible payment plans are available through MediPay (eligibility applies).
Payment plans are provided by MediPay Holdings Pty Ltd (Australian Credit Licence 474336), not Psych Connect. Applications are subject to MediPay's credit assessment criteria. Terms, conditions, fees and charges apply.
All our fees are on the fees page.
ADHD medicine in Queensland: what changed on 1 December 2025
Psychologists assess and write a report, but we don't prescribe medicine. With your consent, we share the report with your GP, paediatrician or psychiatrist, who can talk with you about treatment options, including whether medicine is suitable.
Queensland's rules changed on 1 December 2025. Fully qualified GPs (Fellows of the RACGP or ACRRM) can now start, change and continue ADHD stimulant medicine for adults, within dose limits. Paediatricians can prescribe for young people up to age 24. Whether medicine is right for you, and whether a doctor prescribes it, is a decision for you and that doctor; an assessment doesn't promise either. Queensland Health: ADHD psychostimulants (updated 28 November 2025).
What you get at the end
Your report explains what was assessed, what the results show, whether the criteria for ADHD are met, and what is likely to help. Recommendations are practical and personal. They might include strategies for work or study, adjustments to ask your employer or university for, therapy, and points for your GP.
If the results point somewhere other than ADHD, the report says so and explains what else may be going on, so you still leave with a next step. Many people choose to keep working with a psychologist afterwards on organisation, emotions or self-esteem; see individual therapy.
Wondering about autism as well? We can assess both together; see ADHD and autism assessed together.
Who does the assessment
Adult ADHD assessments are done by one of our two assessing psychologists. Both are registered with the Psychology Board of Australia, and you can check their registration on the public register at ahpra.gov.au.
Dr Sirous Momenzadeh (Clinical Psychologist)
Director and Principal Clinical Psychologist
PhD, MPsych (Clin)
More than 19 years of practice across public and private settings. His clinical focus includes trauma and PTSD, and the assessment of ADHD and autism in adolescents and adults.
Psychologist with an endorsement in clinical psychology (Psychology Board of Australia). AHPRA registration number PSY0000965905.
Farah Sobhanian (Psychologist)
Registered Psychologist
BA Psychology, Postgraduate Diploma in Psychology
More than 18 years in mental health with individuals, couples and families. She completes ADHD assessments and works with anxiety, trauma, grief and loss.
Psychologist with general registration (Psychology Board of Australia). AHPRA registration number PSY0001260612.
Read their full profiles on our team page.
Where: Springfield Central, The Gap or telehealth
- Springfield Central: inside Springfield Doctors, in the Ipswich region.
- The Gap: inside The Gap Village Doctors, in Brisbane's north-west.
- Telehealth: the intake, the diagnostic interview and the feedback session can often be done by secure video; any testing is usually in person.
Not every practitioner works at every clinic on every day, so when you call we'll let you know who is available where. Both clinics are open Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm; for Saturdays, please call to check.
Prefer to talk it through first? Call 0410 029 886, or see all our assessments.