When you want more than a questionnaire and a quick diagnosis.
Sometimes the hardest part is not knowing that something feels off. It is understanding what is actually happening and why.
A comprehensive diagnostic assessment looks beyond a single symptom, screening tool, or diagnosis. It brings together your history, current functioning, patterns, strengths, challenges, and the factors that may be contributing to what you are experiencing.
Comprehensive Diagnostic Assessment
Wondering what actually happens during an ADHD, autism, or AuDHD assessment?
A comprehensive assessment is more than filling out questionnaires. It involves clinical interviews, developmental history, standardized measures, review of current functioning, and careful consideration of other factors that may contribute to what you are experiencing.
Explore the links below to further explain the process and what to expect.
Our Process
01 — Clinical Interview & History
We start with your story, including your current concerns, developmental history, mental health history, treatment history, and day-to-day functioning.
02 — Assessment & Measures
We use validated assessment measures and structured clinical methods to explore the concerns identified during the initial interview.
03 — Clinical Integration
We bring the information together, looking at patterns, diagnostic criteria, differential diagnoses, and the factors that may be contributing to your experience.
04 — Additional Assessment & Review
We take time to clarify unanswered questions, gather additional information when needed, and make sure the clinical picture is as complete as possible.
05 — Feedback, Report & Recommendations
We review your findings together, discuss the clinical reasoning behind the results, and provide a written report with diagnostic impressions and individualized recommendations.
What You’ll Get
Your assessment is designed to give you a clear picture of what is happening, what may be contributing to it, and what to do next.
Your five-session assessment includes:
Comprehensive clinical interview and review of your developmental and mental health history
Validated assessment measures selected based on your clinical questions
Clinical interpretation of your assessment results within the context of your history and current functioning
Diagnostic impressions based on DSM-5-TR criteria and clinical judgment
Differential diagnosis, including consideration of other conditions or factors that may better explain your experiences
Individualized recommendations based on your results and goals
Written comprehensive assessment report summarizing the findings
Dedicated feedback session to review your results, answer questions, and discuss next steps
Assessment Fees & Payment
Insurance
Insurance coverage varies by provider, plan, and service. Some of our clinicians are in-network with commercial insurance plans, while others offer self-pay services.
If you would like to use insurance for your assessment, contact us before scheduling so we can determine whether an appropriate provider and coverage option are available.
$850 Self-Pay Package
Our comprehensive diagnostic assessment is completed over five sessions and includes the clinical interview, standardized assessment measures, clinical integration, diagnostic feedback, written report, and individualized recommendations. The assessment package provides a predictable cost for the full assessment process rather than charging separately for each component.
Payment expectations will be reviewed before the assessment begins. Flexible payment options may be available.
If your insurance does not cover the assessment, you prefer not to use insurance, or your provider is out-of-network, self-pay may be an option.
Scope of Practice & Your Diagnosis
In Indiana, Licensed Clinical Social Workers (LCSWs) are permitted to provide mental health diagnoses when they have the appropriate education, training, experience, licensure, and clinical competence. Diagnosis does not include physical diagnosis. Indiana Government
At Pure Intention Services, our clinicians practice within their individual areas of education, training, experience, and scope of practice. A comprehensive diagnostic assessment is based on clinical interview, developmental and treatment history, validated assessment measures, DSM-5-TR diagnostic criteria, differential diagnosis, and professional clinical judgment.
Receiving a diagnosis from an LCSW is a valid mental health diagnosis. However, a diagnosis does not automatically mean that every healthcare system, insurance plan, medication provider, school, employer, or other organization will accept that diagnosis for every purpose.
What Happens After Your Assessment?
Sometimes a diagnosis is only the beginning.
Depending on what you are hoping to do with your diagnosis, you may need additional documentation, medical evaluation, or confirmation from another qualified healthcare professional. For example, certain medications, medical treatments, disability-related services, or other healthcare decisions may require involvement from a physician, psychiatrist, or other medical provider.
We will help you understand what comes next. When additional medical evaluation or confirmation is needed, we can help you identify what is required and support you in navigating the next step.
When a Referral Is Appropriate
Good clinical care also means knowing when something falls outside our scope.
If your needs require a specialty, level of care, medical evaluation, or type of assessment that we do not provide, we will discuss that with you and, when possible, help connect you with an appropriate provider or practice.
Our goal is not simply to complete an assessment. It is to help you get the information you need and understand what to do with it afterward.
That is an important distinction for Pure: we can diagnose within our scope, but we do not pretend that a mental health diagnosis replaces medical care or automatically unlocks every service.