The Diva Foundation – For Clinicians or Professionals

ADHD Europe support and endorse the work of the the Diva Foundation who has put a great deal of work into making a reliable tool for assessing and diagnosing ADHD for clinicians or professionals across the globe.

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DIVA-5 is the successor to DIVA 2.0, the structured Diagnostic Interview for Adult ADHD, and is based on the criteria for ADHD in DSM-5. DIVA-5 is available in many languages.

DIVA-5 asks about the presence of ADHD symptoms in adulthood as well as childhood, the chronicity of these symptoms, and significant lifetime impairments due to these symptoms.

DIVA-5 has been adjusted for children age 5-17 (Young DIVA-5) and for people with Intellectual Disability (DIVA-5-ID).

More information Diva website

Validation of DIVA 2.0 and DIVA-5
The DIVA 2.0 has been validated in a Swedish and Spanish study.

The DIVA-5 in a Korean study.

1) Petterson R, Söderström S, Nilsson KW. Diagnosing ADHD in Adults: An Examination of the Discriminative Validity of Neuropsychological Tests and Diagnostic Assessment Instruments. J Atten Disord. 2015 Dec 17

Diagnosing ADHD in Adults An Examination of the Discriminative Validity of Neuropsychological Tests and Diagnostic Assessment Instruments.

Conclusion:
The DIVA 2.0 was found to have a good ability to discriminate between patients with and without ADHD (sensitivity 90.0%, specificity 72.9%)

2) Ramos-Quiroga JA, Nasillo V, Richarte V, Corrales M, Palma F, Ibáñez P, Michelsen M, Van de Glind G, Casas M, Kooij JJ. Criteria and Concurrent Validity of DIVA 2.0: A Semi-Structured Diagnostic Interview for Adult ADHD. J AttenDisord. 2016 Apr 28.

Criteria and Concurrent Validity of DIVA 2.0: A Semi-Structured Diagnostic Interview for Adult ADHD.

Conclusion:
The DIVA 2.0 is a reliable tool for assessing and diagnosing Adult ADHD and is the only one that offers free online access for clinical and research purposes.

3) Minha Hong 1 JJ Sandra Kooij 2,3 Bongseog Kim 4 Yoo-Sook Joung 5 Hanik K Yoo 6 Eui-Jung Kim 7 Soyoung Irene Lee 8 Soo-Young Bhang 9 Seung Yup Lee 10 Doug Hyun Han 11 Young Sik Lee 11 Geon Ho Bahn 10

Validity of the Korean Version of DIVA-5: A Semi-Structured Diagnostic Interview for Adult ADHD

Conclusion:
The Korean version of DIVA-5 is a reliable tool for assessing and diagnosing ADHD in adult Korean populations.

1 Department of Psychiatry, Myongji Hospital, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Goyang, Korea;

2 PsyQ, Psycho-Medical Programs, Expertise Center Adult ADHD, The Hague, The Netherlands;

3 Department of Psychiatry, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;

4 Department of Psychiatry, Inje University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea;

5 Department of Psychiatry, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; 6Department of Clinical Psychiatry, Seoul Brain Research Institute, Seoul, Korea;

7 Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea;

8 Department of Psychiatry, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Bucheon, Korea;

9. Department of Psychiatry, Nowon Eulji University Hospital, Eulji University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea;

10 Department of Psychiatry, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; 11Department of Psychiatry, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea