Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) affects millions of children and adults, often making it challenging to focus, stay organized, and manage emotions effectively. At DuPage Psychiatric Care, we provide comprehensive ADHD evaluation in Chicago to help you or your loved one understand symptoms, receive a proper diagnosis, and create a tailored treatment plan.
Our experienced psychiatrists and mental health specialists offer a compassionate, judgment-free approach to ADHD testing and diagnosis. Whether you are seeking help for yourself, your child, or a loved one, our goal is to bring clarity, relief, and practical strategies for a balanced and productive life.
Our team of experienced psychiatrists, nurse practitioners, and therapists provide a holistic approach that integrates therapy, medication management, and emotional support to help clients rediscover balance and peace. Whether you’re struggling with persistent sadness, loss of motivation, or overwhelming fatigue, our goal is to help you move toward lasting recovery.
ADHD is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by patterns of inattention, impulsivity, and hyperactivity that interfere with daily functioning. Common symptoms may include difficulty staying focused, forgetfulness, restlessness, or trouble managing time and tasks.
While ADHD is often diagnosed in childhood, it can persist into adulthood. Many adults live with undiagnosed ADHD for years, attributing their challenges to stress or personality traits rather than an underlying condition.
Learn more about other related services such as ADHD Therapy and Anxiety Treatment.
ADHD diagnosis requires a detailed, structured assessment, never just a single test. Our clinic offers psychological testing, ADHD assessment, and ADHD medication evaluation for children and adults. The evaluation may include:
Our professionals at DuPage Psychiatric Care PLLC ensure an accurate diagnosis using a holistic approach, considering lifestyle, environment, and medical history. For those needing medication support, visit our Medication Management page.
Getting an accurate diagnosis is the first step toward effective management. At DuPage Psychiatric Care, our ADHD evaluations are designed to provide a complete understanding of how symptoms affect your daily life. We assess behavior, attention span, emotional regulation, and overall mental health to ensure an accurate diagnosis.
Our team, including Dr. Anita Rao, MD, Dr. Murali Rao, MD, and Aliya Hussain, PMHNP, is dedicated to helping you receive a thorough evaluation and begin the right treatment for your needs.
For trusted national ADHD resources, visit CHADD or the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH).
We provide ADHD testing for both children and adults using age-appropriate evaluation tools. For children, we may also collaborate with teachers or caregivers to gain additional insights into behavior at school and home. For adults, evaluations often focus on workplace performance, time management, and emotional regulation.
Our compassionate providers, including Nida Khan, NP and Anandbhai Patel, MD, ensure each evaluation is handled with care and precision.
Our skilled team provides expert care tailored to your needs.
We create individualized plans to support your unique journey.
Your privacy and safety are our top priorities throughout care.
Dr Patel is kind and engaging, thorough and knowledgeable, listens and goes beyond expectations of being helpful."
"I feel safe with him and his team."
"Dr. Patel has been very patient with me and all of my question."
"I love Dr. Patel! He is very knowledgeable, understanding and nonjudgmental. He understands my needs. He is very flexible with appointment times. He is fantastic psychiatrist. I highly recommend him."
We are known for comprehensive evaluations, personalized care, and trusted expertise. Patients choose us for:
Our compassionate providers, including Nida Khan, NP and Anandbhai Patel, MD, ensure each evaluation is handled with care and precision.
This is your opportunity to explore how our services align with your mental health journey.
Our experienced therapists utilize evidence-based approaches to support you on your path to wellness.
Once a diagnosis is confirmed, our specialists create a comprehensive treatment plan. This may include:
We provide ongoing support and adjustments as your needs evolve. Visit our Medication Management page to learn more.
You may want to seek an ADHD evaluation if you notice:
If these signs sound familiar, scheduling an evaluation is the best way to gain clarity and take control of your mental health.
Dr Patel is kind and engaging, thorough and knowledgeable, listens and goes beyond expectations of being helpful."
"I feel safe with him and his team."
"Dr. Patel has been very patient with me and all of my question."
"I love Dr. Patel! He is very knowledgeable, understanding and nonjudgmental. He understands my needs. He is very flexible with appointment times. He is fantastic psychiatrist. I highly recommend him."
Each service is designed to enhance emotional stability and promote personal growth.
At DuPage Psychiatric Care, we understand that living with untreated ADHD can be frustrating and exhausting. Our comprehensive ADHD evaluation in Chicago helps you gain insight, receive a clear diagnosis, and find effective solutions that work for you.
START YOUR JOURNEY TOWARD BETTER FOCUS AND PEACE OF MIND TODAY.
ADHD is diagnosed through a combination of clinical interviews, standardized tests, and behavioral assessments.
Yes. Many adults are diagnosed later in life after years of undiagnosed symptoms.
It typically takes one to two sessions depending on the complexity of the case and additional assessments needed.
Yes. ADHD can be effectively managed through therapy, medication, and lifestyle changes tailored to the individual.
Many insurance plans cover ADHD evaluations and follow-up care. Contact our office for details about your coverage.
We firmly believe that the internet should be available and accessible to anyone, and are committed to providing a website that is accessible to the widest possible audience, regardless of circumstance and ability.
To fulfill this, we aim to adhere as strictly as possible to the World Wide Web Consortium’s (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 (WCAG 2.1) at the AA level. These guidelines explain how to make web content accessible to people with a wide array of disabilities. Complying with those guidelines helps us ensure that the website is accessible to all people: blind people, people with motor impairments, visual impairment, cognitive disabilities, and more.
This website utilizes various technologies that are meant to make it as accessible as possible at all times. We utilize an accessibility interface that allows persons with specific disabilities to adjust the website’s UI (user interface) and design it to their personal needs.
Additionally, the website utilizes an AI-based application that runs in the background and optimizes its accessibility level constantly. This application remediates the website’s HTML, adapts Its functionality and behavior for screen-readers used by the blind users, and for keyboard functions used by individuals with motor impairments.
If you’ve found a malfunction or have ideas for improvement, we’ll be happy to hear from you. You can reach out to the website’s operators by using the following email
Our website implements the ARIA attributes (Accessible Rich Internet Applications) technique, alongside various different behavioral changes, to ensure blind users visiting with screen-readers are able to read, comprehend, and enjoy the website’s functions. As soon as a user with a screen-reader enters your site, they immediately receive a prompt to enter the Screen-Reader Profile so they can browse and operate your site effectively. Here’s how our website covers some of the most important screen-reader requirements, alongside console screenshots of code examples:
Screen-reader optimization: we run a background process that learns the website’s components from top to bottom, to ensure ongoing compliance even when updating the website. In this process, we provide screen-readers with meaningful data using the ARIA set of attributes. For example, we provide accurate form labels; descriptions for actionable icons (social media icons, search icons, cart icons, etc.); validation guidance for form inputs; element roles such as buttons, menus, modal dialogues (popups), and others. Additionally, the background process scans all of the website’s images and provides an accurate and meaningful image-object-recognition-based description as an ALT (alternate text) tag for images that are not described. It will also extract texts that are embedded within the image, using an OCR (optical character recognition) technology. To turn on screen-reader adjustments at any time, users need only to press the Alt+1 keyboard combination. Screen-reader users also get automatic announcements to turn the Screen-reader mode on as soon as they enter the website.
These adjustments are compatible with all popular screen readers, including JAWS and NVDA.
Keyboard navigation optimization: The background process also adjusts the website’s HTML, and adds various behaviors using JavaScript code to make the website operable by the keyboard. This includes the ability to navigate the website using the Tab and Shift+Tab keys, operate dropdowns with the arrow keys, close them with Esc, trigger buttons and links using the Enter key, navigate between radio and checkbox elements using the arrow keys, and fill them in with the Spacebar or Enter key.Additionally, keyboard users will find quick-navigation and content-skip menus, available at any time by clicking Alt+1, or as the first elements of the site while navigating with the keyboard. The background process also handles triggered popups by moving the keyboard focus towards them as soon as they appear, and not allow the focus drift outside of it.
Users can also use shortcuts such as “M” (menus), “H” (headings), “F” (forms), “B” (buttons), and “G” (graphics) to jump to specific elements.
We aim to support the widest array of browsers and assistive technologies as possible, so our users can choose the best fitting tools for them, with as few limitations as possible. Therefore, we have worked very hard to be able to support all major systems that comprise over 95% of the user market share including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Opera and Microsoft Edge, JAWS and NVDA (screen readers), both for Windows and for MAC users.
Despite our very best efforts to allow anybody to adjust the website to their needs, there may still be pages or sections that are not fully accessible, are in the process of becoming accessible, or are lacking an adequate technological solution to make them accessible. Still, we are continually improving our accessibility, adding, updating and improving its options and features, and developing and adopting new technologies. All this is meant to reach the optimal level of accessibility, following technological advancements. For any assistance, please reach out to