01 · Attention
Difficulty sustaining focus
Losing track during conversations, reading, meetings, schoolwork, or routine tasks.
Based in San Diego · Telehealth across California
Online ADHD evaluation and medication management across California.
Psychiatric care for adults and patients age 6+ with concerns about attention, organization, impulsivity, restlessness, or executive functioning.
A full evaluation is required. An ADHD appointment does not guarantee a diagnosis or a controlled-substance prescription.
100% telehealthAvailable throughout California
Ages 6+ welcomeAdults, adolescents & children
60-minute intakeTime for a careful initial assessment
Insurance & self-paySeparate secure booking pathways
When to consider an evaluation
ADHD can look different from person to person.
Some people notice distractibility; others struggle with planning, impulsivity, restlessness, or finishing tasks. The evaluation considers the full pattern.
02 · Organization
Executive-function concerns
Trouble prioritizing, estimating time, managing deadlines, or keeping materials and responsibilities organized.
03 · Follow-through
Starting but not finishing
Procrastination, unfinished projects, missed obligations, or becoming overwhelmed by multi-step tasks.
04 · Impulsivity
Acting before considering
Interrupting, difficulty waiting, rapid decisions, overspending, or other choices that create problems.
05 · Restlessness
Feeling driven or unable to settle
Fidgeting, needing movement, difficulty relaxing, or an internal sense of constant activity.
06 · Daily life
Meaningful functional impact
Symptoms affecting work, school, relationships, routines, self-care, or confidence over time.
A careful assessment
What an ADHD psychiatric evaluation includes.
An ADHD evaluation looks beyond a checklist. It considers duration, effect on daily life, and whether sleep, mood, anxiety, trauma, substance use, or a medical condition may explain some symptoms.
Important: Online screening tools can be useful starting points, but they do not establish a diagnosis by themselves.
- Current symptoms and their effect on daily life
- Childhood, school, work, and relationship history
- Prior diagnoses, treatment, and medication response
- Sleep, mood, anxiety, trauma, and substance use
- Medical history, current medications, and safety factors
- Rating scales or information from a parent, partner, school, or previous clinician, with permission, when useful
- Your goals, preferences, and questions
Your first appointment
A clear evaluation, without a rushed conclusion.
The first visit builds a clear clinical picture and identifies reasonable next steps. Records, medical information, school input, or another visit may be needed before finalizing a diagnosis or plan.
Complete secure intake forms.
Share your symptoms, medications, history, and goals before the visit.
Meet by telehealth for 60 minutes.
Review the concern, possible explanations, and your questions.
Review clinical impressions and options.
Recommendations may include medication, behavioral strategies, therapy, medical follow-up, or more information.
Continue with structured follow-up.
Follow-up tracks benefit, side effects, daily functioning, and needed adjustments.
Care across the lifespan
ADHD care for adults and younger patients.
Needs can change with age. Care considers age, responsibilities, medical history, and support system.
Adult ADHD evaluation and medication management
Adult concerns may appear through missed deadlines, paperwork, household tasks, relationships, job performance, or difficulty maintaining routines.
- Evaluation of current and childhood patterns
- Review of work, school, and relationship impact
- Assessment of sleep, anxiety, depression, trauma, and mood symptoms
- Medication discussion when clinically appropriate
Children and adolescents
Evaluation includes a parent or legal guardian. School information, previous evaluations, rating scales, and input from other clinicians may be useful.
- Developmentally appropriate interview
- Parent or guardian participation
- Review of school function and supports
- Coordination with therapists or pediatric clinicians when authorized
Treatment planning
Medication management is one part of care.
When medication is appropriate, options are reviewed in plain language, including expected benefits, side effects, monitoring, and alternatives.
Individualized decisions
Medication selection depends on age, symptoms, medical history, prior response, safety factors, and patient or family preferences.
Ongoing monitoring
Follow-up reviews symptoms, daily functioning, appetite, sleep, relevant vital signs, side effects, and medication use.
No automatic prescribing
Requesting a specific medication does not mean it will be prescribed. Controlled substances require appropriate assessment and follow-up.
Brent Edwards
PMHNP-BC
PMHNP-BC
Meet your provider
Collaborative psychiatric care, explained clearly.
Brent Edwards is a board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner with experience in crisis psychiatry, military medicine, and outpatient care. He provides telehealth appointments throughout California.
Care emphasizes careful listening, plain-language education, shared decisions, and practical follow-up based on the full clinical picture.
Board-certified PMHNPTelehealth across CaliforniaAdults and age 6+Medication management
Frequently asked questions
Questions about online ADHD care.
Can ADHD be diagnosed from one questionnaire?
No. Questionnaires can help, but diagnosis requires a clinical assessment of symptoms, childhood history, daily functioning, sleep, mood, anxiety, substance use, medical factors, and other possible explanations.
Does an ADHD appointment guarantee a prescription?
No. Medication is considered only when appropriate. The evaluation may lead to medication, more information, medical follow-up, referral, or another recommendation.
Do you prescribe stimulant and nonstimulant medications?
Yes, when appropriate. The recommendation depends on the evaluation, medical and psychiatric history, safety, prior treatment response, and patient preferences.
Can children receive ADHD care by telehealth?
Children age 6 and older may be evaluated while located in California. A parent or legal guardian participates, and school or prior-clinician information may be requested with permission.
Where are telehealth appointments available?
Appointments are available to patients who are physically located in California at the time of the visit.
Can I use insurance?
Insurance appointments are scheduled through Headway, where you can check plan participation and estimated costs. Self-pay appointment requests are handled securely through SimplePractice.
Ready to begin?
Choose the booking path that fits you.
Insurance appointments are booked through Headway. Self-pay requests are submitted through SimplePractice. Both pathways use secure scheduling.
Educational resources: Learn more from the CDC and the National Institute of Mental Health. This page is educational and does not replace an individualized clinical evaluation.