How Telapsychiatry Diagnoses ADHD with Confidence as Requests Surge
of Dr. Toy's patients arrive with concerns about attention, focus, or memory — more than his subjective tools alone could confidently explain.
objectively assessed in under 25 minutes, layered onto patient self-report and his clinical judgment to support each ADHD evaluation.
of patients who present with ADHD concerns are confirmed with support from objective cognitive testing; the rest are confidently ruled out.
"Creyos gives us more confidence to make a diagnosis and treat patients. In psychiatry, we don't traditionally have cognitive testing available for ADHD or related conditions, so we rely on subjective evaluation. But with Creyos, we get a detailed picture of brain health that's based on objective data."
Accessible psychiatric care, built for a virtual practice
Telapsychiatry is a physician-led virtual practice delivering psychiatric and mental health care by telehealth to patients across 12 states. Its team of psychiatrists, therapists, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners is built around one idea: High-quality mental health care should be accessible and affordable, reaching patients wherever they are rather than wherever a clinic happens to be.
Their care model shapes how the practice treats patients. Care is delivered remotely over HIPAA-compliant video, the practice accepts many commercial insurance plans alongside self-pay options, and its clinical philosophy leans toward lifestyle change and the minimal effective medication dose. Its services span medication management, psychotherapy, and advanced diagnostics.
Dr. Ozan Toy, MD, is one of the practice's psychiatrists, seeing roughly 150 patients a month.
How the assessment fits a remote workflow
Because Dr. Toy's entire patient population attends via telehealth, the cognitive assessment runs within that virtual workflow, with no in-person visit required. It begins where any psychiatric evaluation does, with the Telapsychiatry team meeting the patient to hear their concerns. From there, Dr. Toy sends the assessment for the patient to complete at home, before any medication or caffeine.
That at-home step is not only a convenience of remote care, but can also help support more accurate assessment. Caffeine can influence attention, and a rushed clinical setting can skew results, so completing the assessment in a focused environment at the patient's own best time of day gives Dr. Toy a more accurate read on cognitive performance than a hurried in-office attempt would.
Results are generated immediately and automatically following the assessment, and a follow-up is scheduled within 1 to 2 weeks. At this visit, Dr. Toy reviews the objective data alongside his clinical impression to determine the diagnosis and treatment plan. From there he monitors how patients respond, and most report symptom improvement within 2 to 3 months.
