For patients
You cannot refer yourself here. The practice's existing referral forms are open to clinicians, and this website collects no clinical information. Please do not send symptoms, diagnoses, medication lists, or other health information through this website or ordinary email.
First step
Discuss what you are noticing and whether an assessment would help. The conversation starter below can help you begin. Your clinician can use the practice's secure referral instructions.
Adult ADHD assessment
For BC residents ages 18–65 who are in British Columbia for virtual care.
Coverage
The assessment is covered by MSP for eligible BC residents.
I've been having ongoing trouble with attention and follow-through, and I'd like to talk about whether it's worth a clinical assessment. I understand a questionnaire score can't settle it on its own, and that an assessment might point to ADHD, something else, both, or neither. Can we talk about whether a referral makes sense for me?
A referral must be received before anything is accepted or booked. Ongoing care stays with your referring clinician.
What formulation means
A formulation weighs the pattern over time, impairment across important settings, developmental and psychiatric history, physical health, sleep, substance use, context, alternative explanations, and co-occurring conditions.
The conclusion may be ADHD, another explanation, both, or neither. Public educational information cannot determine the answer for an individual.
Appointment lengths and preparation details are not listed here. If the clinic has already sent you instructions, follow those.
Guides you can hold
Evidence-based, versioned, and printable — general health information to read before or alongside a conversation with your own clinician.
Common questions
Yes. Care starts with a formal referral from a clinician, received by the clinic, before anything is accepted or booked. There is nothing for you to submit on this website. Your clinician sends the referral.
Ask your physician or nurse practitioner whether the ACT group is a good fit. They can refer you to the practice's existing waitlist. Patients cannot submit their own referral, and joining the waitlist does not confirm a place or an appointment.
No. Start by discussing the question with your usual clinician — the conversation starter above can help.
A psychiatric formulation looks at your history, how you are functioning, your context, other possible explanations, and conditions that can occur together. Questionnaire scores contribute information; they do not make the diagnosis. Appointment lengths are not listed here.
No. The assessment may point to ADHD, another explanation, both, or neither.
No. Please bring clinical questions to your usual clinician, and never send personal health information through a website form or ordinary email.
Get help now rather than waiting for any referral. If you are in immediate danger or need urgent medical support, call 9-1-1. If you or someone you know is thinking about suicide, call or text 9-8-8. Support is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. This website and its forms are not monitored for urgent or crisis care.