How long is the wait for a pediatrician ADHD referral compared with adult CAMH in Ontario?

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How long is the wait for a pediatrician ADHD referral compared with adult CAMH in Ontario?
2026-08-01 17:45
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There is no official published comparison between a pediatrician ADHD referral wait and an adult CAMH ADHD wait in Ontario, because CAMH currently does not offer ADHD assessment or treatment, so there is no published official CAMH adult ADHD waitlist length to compare. Access CAMH lists ADHD assessment and treatment among services it is unable to offer. Adult Neurodevelopmental Services is not an adult ADHD clinic; its waits can be several years for intellectual disability and/or autism services, which is a different program. A pediatrician in Ontario may assess ADHD as medically necessary physician care billed to OHIP, or may refer to a pediatric specialist; those waits vary by region and clinic and are not a single provincial number. Private psychoeducational testing is not listed as an OHIP-insured physician service. FasTreat also offers private online ADHD assessment and ongoing care, depending on your needs and clinical assessment. References: https://www.camh.ca/en/patients-and-families/access-camh https://www.camh.ca/-/media/education-files/community-resource-sheets/adhd-adults-community-resource-sheets.pdf https://www.ontario.ca/page/what-ohip-covers https://www.fastreat.com/en/adhd-faq
2026-08-03 15:02
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