Official ADHD resources by country

Government health services, national clinical guidelines and established charities for ADHD in Australia, the UK, the USA, Canada and New Zealand.

Reviewed August 2026 · 3 min read

The rest of this site stays general on purpose, because referral routes, costs and prescribing rules vary far too much between countries to describe safely. This page is the exception: it points you at the official sources for your own country, which is where country-specific answers actually belong.

Everything listed is either a government health service, a national clinical guideline, or a long-established national charity. All links were checked in August 2026.

Health services reorganise and rules change — New Zealand's prescribing rules changed in February 2026, for instance. If a page here contradicts something on this site, believe the official source, not us.

Australia

United Kingdom

United States

Canada

New Zealand

Anywhere else

If your country is not listed, the reliable pattern is to look for these three things rather than trusting a search result:

  • Your national health service's own website. Most publish a plain-language ADHD page, and it will be accurate about your system in a way no international site can be.
  • Your country's clinical guideline for ADHD, if one exists. Many countries either publish their own or formally adopt the NICE guideline.
  • An established national ADHD charity or association. These usually maintain lists of assessment services and know the local waiting times.

For urgent mental health support in any country, findahelpline.com lists free crisis lines for well over a hundred countries.

Judging any other source you find

A few things worth checking before trusting an ADHD website: does it say who wrote and reviewed the content, and when? Does it acknowledge that other conditions cause similar symptoms? Is it selling an assessment, a supplement or a subscription? And does it promise certainty — a definitive online test, a cure, a natural alternative to medication? Certainty is the clearest warning sign, because the real evidence is more mixed than any of those claims allow.

Getting Assessed How is ADHD diagnosed? What actually happens in an ADHD assessment — the criteria used, the history taken, what gets ruled out, and why no online questionnaire can replace it. Getting Assessed When should you see a doctor about ADHD? How to decide whether your difficulties warrant a professional evaluation, what to say when you book, and what to expect from a first appointment. Treatment & Support ADHD treatment options The approaches used to treat ADHD — medication, therapy, coaching, education and workplace support — and what the evidence says about each.