For Clinicians

Clinical Implementation Guide

How to integrate RSD-RS into your ADHD assessment and monitoring practice.

Clinical Benefits

Quantify the Unquantifiable
Transform subjective patient descriptions of emotional pain into measurable data that can inform treatment decisions.
Track Treatment Response
Monitor how interventions affect rejection sensitivity over time with standardized follow-up assessments.
Identify Domains to Target
Domain-level profiles show whether to focus on trigger sensitivity, reactivity, rumination, or other aspects.
Demonstrate Outcomes
Generate professional reports that show progress to patients, families, and commissioners.
Support Multi-Informant Assessment
Gather perspectives from patients, parents, teachers, and clinicians for a complete picture.
Privacy by Design
No names, no addresses, no NHS numbers. Just anonymous IDs and clinical data you control.

Implementation Workflow

Getting started with RSD-RS is straightforward. Here's how to integrate it into your practice.

1

Register Your Clinic

Create your account and set up your clinic profile. Takes less than 5 minutes.

2

Create Patient Records

Add patients using anonymous system IDs. Record only age band, sex, and ADHD status.

3

Administer Assessments

Choose the appropriate instrument version. Patients can complete on your device or via secure link.

4

Review Reports

Access instant scoring, domain profiles, severity bands, and clinical interpretations.

5

Track Over Time

Schedule follow-ups and monitor change. Compare timepoints to see treatment response.

When to Use RSD-RS

Good Candidates

• Patients reporting intense emotional reactions to criticism

• ADHD patients with relationship difficulties

• Those who describe “emotional flashbacks” to rejection

• Patients avoiding opportunities due to fear of failure

• Treatment monitoring when targeting emotional symptoms

Consider Carefully

• Acute crisis presentations (stabilize first)

• Primary social anxiety without ADHD context

• When trauma assessment may be more appropriate

• Very young children (under 6)

High scores can also reflect social anxiety, trauma-related threat responses, borderline traits, mood instability, or ASD social-cue uncertainty. Always interpret within the broader clinical context.

Data Ethics Commitment

We've designed RSD-RS with privacy at its core. Here's what that means for your clinic.

No Personally Identifiable Information
  • Patients identified by system-generated IDs only
  • No names, dates of birth, or contact details
  • No NHS numbers or other identifiers
Clinic Data Ownership
  • Your clinic owns your data
  • Export anytime in standard formats
  • Delete records at will
Optional Research Contribution
  • Opt-in only - never automatic
  • Only anonymized, aggregate data shared
  • Helps build norms that benefit everyone
Secure Infrastructure
  • GDPR-compliant data storage
  • Encrypted at rest and in transit
  • Regular security audits

Contribute to Global Research

By enabling research mode, your anonymized data helps build population norms, validate severity thresholds, and advance understanding of RSD in ADHD. Your patients benefit from the collective knowledge of clinics worldwide.

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