ADHD Evaluation and Treatment in Sumter, SC

ADHD Evaluation and Treatment for Adults in Sumter

Hope Behavioral Medicine provides ADHD evaluation and treatment for adults in Sumter and across Sumter County by secure video. Sumter residents can see us by secure video from home, and in-person visits are available at our West Ashley office in Charleston.

Life and Care in Sumter

Manufacturing is Sumter County's largest employment sector, with more than 6,000 jobs. Manufacturing work demands steady focus and attention to detail, which untreated ADHD can make harder.

Sumter is home to Shaw Air Force Base, headquarters of U.S. Air Forces Central Command. Adults in military families juggle shifting routines, which can make untreated ADHD harder to manage.

About one in seven adults in Sumter County is a veteran, compared with about one in ten in neighboring Richland County.

Sumter's economy centers on the military and tire and medical device manufacturing.

Sumter County is federally designated as a mental health professional shortage area, meaning there are too few mental health professionals for the people who live there. Telehealth lets Sumter residents see a provider without waiting for a local opening.

How ADHD Evaluation and Treatment Works

Your first visit is a full evaluation by secure video. Your provider reviews your symptoms, your history back to childhood, how attention problems affect your work and home life, and other conditions that can look like ADHD, such as anxiety, depression and poor sleep.

If you have not completed a formal ADHD evaluation or testing before, our practice requires objective ADHD testing before ADHD treatment can begin. The testing is a separate computerized assessment of the three core symptoms of ADHD: attention, activity and impulsivity. It is completed online as part of your evaluation, usually before your virtual visit with your provider, on a third-party, web-based, FDA-cleared ADHD assessment platform. It gives your provider objective data from validated testing to aid the diagnosis, but on its own it is not enough to diagnose ADHD. ADHD testing is self-pay and not covered by insurance; our front desk will tell you the cost when you schedule. Your visits with your provider may be billed to your insurance according to your plan benefits.

Treatment is built with you and can include medication when clinically appropriate, counseling for organization and coping strategies, and regular follow-up.

Insurance and Scheduling

We accept Medicare, most major commercial plans, and all South Carolina Medicaid managed care plans except Select Health (First Choice). New patients are often able to be scheduled within a week of requesting an appointment.

Request an appointment for ADHD evaluation and treatment or call (843) 737-0312.

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