Editorial and Medical Review Policy

Who writes and who reviews

Articles on this site are produced by the Finding Focus content team and reviewed by the Finding Focus Care Team, which is made up of licensed Canadian nurse practitioners and clinicians who work with the clinic as independent professionals. Clinical pages, meaning anything that describes assessment, diagnosis, treatment, medication classes, therapy, or the rules that apply in a province, are not published on this site until a member of the Care Team has reviewed them. The byline and the review date on each article record that review.

Reviewers work within the scope of their own licence. Where a page describes another profession's scope, such as what a psychologist, psychiatrist or Registered Social Worker does, it relies on that profession's regulator and says so.

How pages are sourced

Clinical statements are based on the Canadian ADHD Practice Guidelines published by CADDRA, the DSM-5-TR, guidance from CAMH and provincial health authorities, the published standards of the regulatory colleges for nursing, medicine, psychology and social work, federal and provincial legislation, and peer-reviewed research. Each clinical article lists its references, and a number in the text is only used when it comes from a cited source or from the clinic's own published prices.

Where a fact could not be verified against a primary source at the time of writing, the article says so plainly and names the body that can confirm it, rather than stating the fact as settled.

What the dates mean

"Last reviewed" is the date a member of the Care Team last read the whole article and confirmed it against current sources. It is not changed by small edits. Pages that describe prices, provinces served, ages served or therapy availability are updated as soon as the underlying fact changes and are checked every quarter. Clinical pages are re-reviewed at least every twelve months, and sooner when a guideline, regulation or Health Canada advisory changes.

How we use AI tools

Finding Focus uses AI tools to help research and draft some articles. Every article drafted this way carries a note saying so. AI-assisted drafts pass automated checks for compliance with Canadian health-advertising rules, duplication and sourcing, then an automated second-pass compliance review, and then the same clinical review as any other page before publication. No article is published on the strength of an AI draft alone.

Rules every page follows

• Content is educational. It does not diagnose, and it does not replace an assessment by a licensed clinician.
• Prescription medications are discussed by class, never by brand or generic name, and never next to a booking or pricing call to action, in line with Health Canada's rules on advertising prescription and controlled drugs.
• No testimonials, ratings, superlatives or guarantees appear in clinical content. An assessment can conclude that a person does not have ADHD.
• Statements about insurance, public coverage, wait times and speed are hedged to what can be documented, and provincial rules are attributed to the regulator or statute that sets them.
• Services are described only for the provinces and ages where they are actually offered. Finding Focus does not serve Quebec or the territories.
• Pages that touch crisis, self-harm, substance use, depression or anxiety point readers who need help now to 9-8-8, Canada's Suicide Crisis Helpline, or 911.

Corrections

If you find an error, email support@findfocusnow.com with the page address and the problem. Factual errors on clinical pages are corrected as a priority and the review date is updated once the correction has been reviewed.

Disclosure

Finding Focus is a clinic brand of MoralityMed Inc. and offers paid ADHD assessment, ongoing care and, in Ontario, therapy and ADHD coaching. Educational pages may link to those services. The links are kept out of medication content and are never the reason a page exists.