ADHD in Australia

Practical, maintained guides to the Australian system. An adult ADHD series by Dr Jaspreet Saini.

Practical, maintained guides to the Australian system.

• What happens during an adult ADHD assessment in Australia?

  A plain guide to the adult ADHD assessment: the history, questionnaires, collateral information, other causes considered and the written outcome.

• Can you be assessed for ADHD without childhood school reports?

  School reports help but are not essential. What other information can show how ADHD affected childhood when the records are gone.

• How much does adult ADHD assessment and treatment really cost in Australia?

  How the costs of adult ADHD care are made up in Australia: consultation fees, Medicare rebates, medicines and the PBS, and ongoing reviews.

• Can a GP diagnose and treat ADHD in NSW? A guide to the current rules

  The current NSW rules: endorsed GPs can assess, diagnose and start ADHD treatment, and ADHD Continuation Prescribers can continue it.

• Diagnosed with ADHD but can't access treatment: what are your options?

  When a diagnosis does not lead to treatment: specialist waitlists, GP continuation, endorsed GPs in NSW and non-medication support.

• The shape of GP-led ADHD care in Australia.

  How GP-led assessment, treatment and ongoing care is taking shape under NSW endorsement, with psychiatry as a partner for complexity.

• What a GP actually does for your ADHD care.

  GP diagnostic assessment, medication initiation by endorsed GPs, and the reviews and monitoring involved in ongoing ADHD care.

• Finding an ADHD GP in NSW: what to ask.

  What an endorsed GP is, how it differs from a GP who continues treatment, and the questions worth asking a practice before you book.