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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 three appointments
Every step and its timing: the questionnaires, the clinician call within 24 hours, 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. €300; next cohort dates announced on booking.
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.