Understanding adult ADHD symptoms and late diagnosed autism
As a GP, mental health practitioner or education professional, it’s likely that you now see more adults in your care who display adult ADHD symptoms or who suspect they may have late diagnosed autism. As neurodiversity awareness increases due to ‘mainstream’ popularity, you see patients presenting with anxiety, burnout and emotional dysregulation who are looking for an adult ADHD assessment or private autism assessment.
Your patients can’t always wait years for answers, so GPs, mental health professionals and education professionals need a reliable UK based clinic with neurodevelopmental specialist clinicians to provide adult autism referrals and ADHD assessment referrals.
Private ADHD Assessment Referrals
Refer your patients for a specialist private ADHD assessment.
Private Autism Assessment Referrals
Refer your patients for a specialist private autism assessment.
ADHD and Autism referral pathways
Many of our adult autism referrals come via GPs, mental health professionals and education professionals working with adults who have struggled to keep the mask on throughout their life.
Similarly, many adults are referred via GPs and mental health professionals because they have adult ADHD symptoms that need investigating through the ADHD referral pathway. Sometimes, menopause, untreated depression and anxiety or a child receiving a diagnosis is the trigger.
A private ADHD assessment or Autism assessment can help neurodivergent adults stop heading for burnout and allow them to build healthy coping strategies that work with their brain.
For many professionals, the support of neurodevelopmental specialist clinicians can help you to provide better treatment for your patients. After many years of not understanding why life feels so much harder, many of our clients find that their adult autism diagnosis or ADHD diagnosis later in life is the key to them thriving.
ADHD specialist psychiatrists and autism specialist clinicians
The ADHD and Autism Clinic provides private neurodevelopmental assessments for adults as part of the ADHD referral pathway and autism referral pathway for adults. We are a national, adult only service and assessments are delivered online by our UK based ADHD specialist psychiatrists and autism specialist clinicians.
We understand the professional responsibility involved in referral decisions, which is why we provide structured, evidence-based adult ADHD and adult autism assessments with comprehensive reporting.
Our ADHD specialist psychiatrists and Autism specialist clinicians are experts in their field and assessments follow recognised diagnostic frameworks.
The Assessment Process
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2. A short online assessment to provide an objective measure of your Adult ADHD symptoms.
3. An ADHD specialist referral involves an online appointment with an ADHD specialist psychiatrist. The ADHD diagnosis is confirmed and ongoing treatment plan discussed with the patient |
| Our clinicians aim to give provide a diagnosis immediately at the online appointment, but their full report will be sent to you within a week. | |
Our specialist ADHD psychiatrists offer a compassionate, structured adult ADHD assessment. For autism, our adult autism assessments are conducted by experienced autism specialist clinicians.
Reports are suitable for GP integration, workplace documentation, and onward care planning.
Our process includes:
- Structured diagnostic interviews
- Developmental history analysis
- Standardised diagnostic instruments
- Differential diagnostic consideration
- Comprehensive written report with clinical reasoning
- Clear management recommendations
Meet Our Clinical Team
Stephen Attard
Consultant Psychiatrist
Alexandra Blackman
Consultant Psychiatrist
Andrew Iles
Consultant Psychiatrist
Xanthe Wolter-Ferguson
Counselling Psychologist
Kate Walker
Autism Practitioner
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Fees and payment
The ADHD and Autism Clinic is a private provider. Click here to see our fees and how payments may be made.
Documents
Resources to help you understand ADHD and autism, treatments and interventions, and to navigate the assessment journey.
The ADHD and Autism Clinic is regulated by the Care Quality Commission (CQC)
The ADHD and Autism Clinic is regulated by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), demonstrating compliance with established standards for safety, quality, and patient care. This regulation shows our commitment to the CQC’s rigorous quality benchmarks, giving our patients confidence that we provide safe, effective, and consistent care. As a CQC-regulated provider, we are committed to delivering high-quality care and are prepared for future inspections that uphold these standards, supporting reliability and trust in our services.