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Adult ADHD in Ireland: Guides & Answers
Plain-language guides from a consultant psychiatrist for adults in Ireland who suspect ADHD might explain what they have been living with.
If you have spent years being called careless, forgetful or lazy, and none of it ever matched how hard you were actually trying, this is the place to start.
Adult ADHD was, for a long time, treated in Irish psychiatry as a childhood condition. The HSE National Clinical Programme for Adult ADHD changed that, but public services remain under-resourced: waiting lists for adult ADHD assessment exceed two to four years in many HSE areas, and access is harder again outside the cities. That is the picture set out in a 2024 review in the BJPsych Bulletin, “Adult ADHD in the Republic of Ireland: the evolving response”, whose first author, Dr Shaeraine Raaj, Consultant Psychiatrist, founded MindBridge Medical in 2025 to close the gap it describes.
These guides are written by the MindBridge clinical team. They cover why ADHD is so often missed in women, what the research says about adult ADHD services in Ireland, how online assessment with a consultant psychiatrist works, why the clinic exists, and the exercise, nutrition and daily strategies that support treatment.
Not sure whether ADHD is even the right question? Take the free two-minute ADHD self-check. Already fairly sure and want to know what assessment and treatment involve? See our services and fees. Everything is done by secure video call across the Republic of Ireland, with no referral and no waiting list.
Understanding ADHD
For anyone still working out how ADHD shows up in adults, why it hides for decades, and where Irish services stand today.
Women & ADHD
ADHD in Females: Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Why It Is Often Missed
Why diagnostic models built around boys left girls and women unrecognised, the inattentive and emotional symptoms that get mistaken for anxiety or stress, and why many women are only diagnosed as adults.
Read the guide →The research
Adult ADHD in Ireland: The Evolving Response and the Role of Telepsychiatry
Dr Raaj's BJPsych Bulletin paper in plain language: the HSE clinical programme, waiting lists of two to four years, the rural postcode lottery, and why telepsychiatry is now part of the answer.
Read the guide →Getting assessed
What online assessment with a consultant psychiatrist involves, why the clinic was built the way it was, and what it costs.
Online assessment
Bringing Psychiatry Online: The Rise of Telepsychiatry in Ireland
How secure video consultations opened specialist care to people outside the cities, why rapport and diagnostic accuracy hold up on screen, and how psychiatry, psychology and counselling work together on one platform.
Read the guide →Why we exist
The Story of How MindBridge Medical Began
From a late-night literature review on ADHD referral pathways to a clinic launched in 2025: self-booking, evening and weekend appointments, and care aligned with the HSE model of care for adults with ADHD.
Read the story →Our assessment
Adult ADHD assessment & treatment at MindBridge
Screening questionnaires, a 90-minute DIVA-5 video assessment and a results consultation with a consultant psychiatrist. €950 all-inclusive, no referral, no waiting list.
About the assessment →How it works
From booking to treatment plan in two video appointments
Every step and its timing: the two pre-screening forms, the structured assessment, the GP cardiovascular check and the prescription by HealthMail.
See how it works →Living and working with ADHD
For the everyday reality: energy, focus, sleep and the habits that make treatment work better.
Lifestyle
The ADHD Wellness Toolkit: Exercise, Nutrition and Daily Strategies
Which kinds of exercise support attention and motivation, why protein at breakfast matters, what the evidence does not support, and how lifestyle measures fit alongside medication rather than replacing it.
Read the guide →Therapy
CBT group for ADHD, six weeks online
A six-week online group with a chartered psychologist for the practical side of ADHD: planning, procrastination, emotional regulation and routines. €350; next cohort starts 21 February 2027.
About the CBT group →Ready for an answer rather than another article?
Two minutes for the self-check. One structured assessment for a diagnosis you can act on.
What an ADHD Assessment Costs in Ireland
A private ADHD assessment in Ireland is usually priced as one fee. Here’s what MindBridge’s €950 includes, what a first year can add up to, and what to ask any clinic.
A private adult ADHD assessment in Ireland is usually priced as a single fee for the assessment itself. What it does not always show is what happens next — the follow-up reviews and repeat prescriptions that come after a diagnosis, if you need medication. This page itemises both: MindBridge's own €950 assessment fee, and an honest estimate of what a first year of care can add up to.
By Dr Shaeraine Raaj, MRCPsych, Consultant Psychiatrist. Last reviewed: 29 September 2026.
What does MindBridge's €950 assessment include?
The fee is all-inclusive: two pre-screening questionnaires, a 90-minute DIVA-5 structured interview, a results consultation, a written diagnostic report, a letter to your GP, and — if medication is clinically indicated — a first prescription. Nothing on top of the €950 is needed to reach a diagnosis and a treatment plan.
Not everyone who is assessed receives an ADHD diagnosis. The fee covers the assessment, not a particular result, and is not refunded if ADHD is not diagnosed. You still receive a written report explaining the findings, and if the assessment points to something else, we tell you and advise on the right next step.
What does a first year of ADHD care cost, beyond the assessment?
If medication is part of your treatment plan, three further items can apply, each priced separately from the €950:
Review appointments, €150 (20 minutes) or €200 (30 minutes), used while a medication dose is being adjusted and then periodically once you are stable.
Repeat prescriptions, €40 each, issued by secure HealthMail once your dose is settled.
A GP cardiovascular check — blood pressure and heart rate, with an ECG if you or your family have a history of heart problems — arranged with your own GP before stimulant medication starts. MindBridge does not charge for this and does not set your GP's fee for it; ask your own practice what to expect.
Worked example, not a quote. One assessment (€950) plus two review appointments while a dose is adjusted (€300) plus ten months of repeat prescriptions (€400) comes to about €1,650 in year one, before any GP fee. Change the number of reviews you need and the total changes — that is deliberate: a single "from €X" headline hides more than it tells you.
If no medication is prescribed, or you choose not to take it, the €950 assessment fee may be the only cost.
Why do published fees for an ADHD assessment vary so much?
What a fee actually covers varies between providers. Some published fees are for the assessment interview only, with review appointments, repeat prescriptions, the written report or the psychiatric component priced separately and added afterwards. A fee that looks lower at first glance can end up costing about the same, or more, once those items are included.
Before booking anywhere, it is worth asking any clinic these four questions:
Does the quoted fee include the written diagnostic report and a letter to my GP, or are those extra?
If medication is indicated, is the first prescription included, or a separate charge?
What does a follow-up review cost, and how many might I need in the first year?
Is the assessment led by a psychiatrist who can prescribe, or a psychologist who would refer me elsewhere for medication?
MindBridge's own price never changes shape after booking: everything needed to reach a diagnosis and a treatment plan is inside the €950, and the three items above (reviews, repeat prescriptions, the GP cardiovascular check) are the only things ever priced separately, each shown on this page.
Ways to spread or reduce the cost
Klarna. Pay in 3 instalments via Stripe, arranged at /klarna.
Health insurance. Laya Healthcare and VHI recognise Dr Raaj; whether your policy covers an ADHD assessment depends on your plan. See Health insurance and an ADHD assessment.
Tax relief. Some or all of the €950 may qualify for Revenue tax relief on medical expenses. See Tax relief on an ADHD assessment.
Need help now? In an emergency call 999 or 112, or go to your nearest emergency department. Samaritans: call 116 123, free, 24 hours a day. Text About It: free-text HELLO to 50808, 24/7. More ways to get urgent help, on hse.ie
About this article
This article is general information. It is not medical or legal advice and it cannot tell you whether you have a condition. It does not replace an assessment by a qualified clinician, and reading it does not make you a patient of MindBridge Medical. Prices are correct as at the review date below; check /services for the current fee.
If you are worried about your health, speak to your GP or another registered clinician. In an emergency call 999 or 112, or go to your nearest emergency department.
Written by Dr Shaeraine Raaj, MRCPsych, Consultant Psychiatrist.
Medically reviewed by Dr Shaeraine Raaj, MRCPsych, Consultant Psychiatrist (Irish Medical Council 409852, Specialist Division). Reviewed 29 September 2026.
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