Guides
Allow five to ten minutes per guide. None of them replaces the advice of a health professional.
1Attention and ADHD
Are online ADHD tests accurate?
What an online ADHD questionnaire can point to, what it cannot establish, and how to spot a serious one. Figures and dated sources.
ADHD in adult women
Why attention difficulties are picked up later in adult women, what research has actually measured, and what an online questionnaire can and cannot indicate.
ADHD or giftedness: what each one describes
What each of the two notions actually describes, why the confusion is so common, and why asking which of the two is the wrong question. Dated sources.
The adult ADHD assessment pathway in France
Who refers you, who can carry out an adult ADHD assessment in France, how many steps are involved and what is known about waiting times. Dated sources.
How much does an ADHD assessment cost in England?
What an adult ADHD assessment costs on the NHS and privately in England, what is covered, how long the wait is, and which figures are not published at all.
2Autism spectrum
I think I'm autistic: what to do now
Six practical steps when the question comes up in adulthood: record old situations, talk to your doctor, learn the real waiting times, act while you wait.
Autism in adult women and social masking
What social masking is, what it looks like day to day, why it delays recognition in adult women and what it costs. Figures and dated publications listed.
3Work exhaustion and anxiety
Generalised anxiety: the signs described in the literature
What separates ordinary worry from worry that lasts: duration, breadth, impact and physical signs. Figures and dated sources throughout the whole page.
4Personality and relationships
MBTI vs Big Five: what each one rests on
What each one measures, how a type differs from a dimension, what reliability studies report, and which to choose to understand yourself. Dated sources.
5Method and transparency
Self-observation scales explained
What published scales on attention, autism and work exhaustion actually measure, what "validated" really means, and why licensing terms matter online.