What this scale measures.
The ADHD-RS-5 is an 18-item scale that mirrors the DSM-5 criteria for ADHD, covering nine inattention and nine hyperactivity-impulsivity symptoms, completed by a parent or teacher for children and adolescents.
ADHD
Licensed instrument
ADHD-RS-5: scoring, cutoffs & interpretation
DSM-5 ADHD rating scale for children. Commercial licence required.
Use these insteadASRS-5
The clinician's brief
How scoring works.
Each item is rated 0 (never or rarely) to 3 (very often). Inattention, hyperactivity-impulsivity and total raw scores are compared with age- and gender-based percentile norms.
How licensing works.
The ADHD-RS-5 is copyright Guilford Press. The purchase licence only permits an individual clinician to photocopy forms for their own patients; it does not cover resale, redistribution or embedding in a commercial product, which needs a separate commercial digital licence from Guilford. We therefore cannot host it. The ASRS-5 is a free adult screener you can score here.
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