![]() ![]() The following professionals would generally be considered qualified to evaluate and diagnose AD/HD, provided that they have comprehensive training in the differential diagnosis of AD/HD and direct experience with an adolescent and/or adult AD/HD population: licensed doctoral-level clinical, educational, or neuro-psychologists, psychiatrists, or other professional with training and expertise in the diagnosis of mental disorders. Comprehensive training and relevant experience in differential diagnosis and the full range of mental disorders are essential. Professionals conducting assessments, rendering diagnoses of AD/HD, and making recommendations for accommodations must be qualified to do so. Documentation of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder The unspecified ADHD category is used in situations in which the clinician chooses not to specify the reason that the criteria are not met for the ADHD or for a specific neurodevelopmental disorder and includes presentation in which there is insufficient information to make a more specific diagnosis. This category applied to presentations in which symptoms characteristic of ADHD that cause clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning predominate but do not meet the full criteria for ADHD or any of the disorders in the neurodevelopmental disorders diagnostic class. 314.01 (F90.9) Unspecified Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder This category applies to presentations in which symptoms characteristic of ADHD that cause clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational or other important areas of functioning predominate but do not meet the full criteria for ADHD or any of the disorders in the neurodevelopmental disorders diagnostic class. This subtype should be used if six (or more) symptoms of inattention for children, and five for adults, and six (or more) symptoms of hyperactivity-impulsivity for children, and five for adults, have persisted for at least six months.Ĭlinician may indicate other ADHD presentations if applicable: 314.01 (F90.8) Other Specified Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder This should be used if six (or more) symptoms of hyperactivity-impulsivity for children, and five for adults (but fewer than six symptoms for children and five for adults of inattention) have persisted for at least six months. 314.01 (F90.1) Predominantly hyperactive-impulsive presentation This subtype should be used if six (or more) symptoms of inattention for children, and five for adults, (but fewer than six symptoms for children and five for adults of hyperactivity-impulsivity) have persisted for at least six months. DSM- 5 names the disorder, "Attention-Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder" (AD/HD) and specifies the following presentations: 314.00 (F90.0) Predominantly inattentive presentation The University of California subscribes to the DSM-5 definition of Attention- Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and the diagnostic criteria in the most current edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: Fifth Edition (DSM- 5), published in 2013. 5 Definition of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder In defining a disability as primarily psychological in nature, these practices consider the definition of mental disorders as described in the most current edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5). The University is committed to providing reasonable accommodations appropriate to the nature and severity of the individual's documented psychological disability in all academic programs, services, and activities. University of California Practices for the Documentation and Academic Accommodation of Students with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder 1įederal and State law 2 and University of California policies 3 require the University to provide reasonable accommodation in its academic programs to qualified 4 students with disabilities, including students with psychological disabilities. ![]()
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