Diagnostic Interview for ADHD in Adults, 5th edition.
DIVA-5
- What it measures
- DSM-5 adult ADHD - the 9 inattention and 9 hyperactivity/impulsivity criteria, childhood and current, plus age of onset, pervasiveness and functional impairment across life domains
- Length and format
- 18 DSM-5 criteria (each probed childhood + adulthood with concrete examples) + impairment domains. semi-structured clinical interview; criterion present/absent with example prompts (clinician-rated/interview)
- Language versions
- translated into 20+ languages (official DIVA Foundation translations incl. ES, FR, DE, NL, IT, ZH, AR)
- Normative data
- No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.
- Licence
- copyrighted - author permission
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- Reference
- Kooij, J. J. S., & Francken, M. H. (2019). DIVA-5: Diagnostic Interview for ADHD in Adults (5th ed.). Amsterdam: DIVA Foundation. https://www.divacenter.eu
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