Psychiatric Evaluation
Psychiatric Evaluation Online in Maryland, a Full 60 Minutes With Dr. Hardik Yadav, MD
Dr. Hardik Yadav, MD
Board-Certified Psychiatrist · Addiction Medicine (ABPM) · Maryland
Medically reviewed by Dr. Hardik Yadav, MD, Board-Certified Psychiatrist licensed in Maryland | 15+ Years Experience | Last Updated: July 2026
You can walk out of a first psychiatric appointment with a label, a bill, and no real plan for what happens next.
What a 60-Minute Psychiatric Evaluation Covers
Dr. Hardik Yadav, MD, a Board-Certified Psychiatrist, runs psychiatric evaluations by video for adults anywhere in Maryland. The appointment is a full 60 minutes, he conducts it himself, and it ends with a working diagnosis and a plan you can start on. Evening and weekend times are open.
Most of the hour is conversation, because that's usually where the answer is. Dr. Yadav takes a detailed personal and family history: when the symptoms started, what they cost you day to day, what you've already tried, and what happened when you tried it. He also looks at what else could be driving it. An overlapping condition can sit underneath the obvious one, a thyroid problem or low B12 or anemia can look a great deal like depression, and two medications can quietly work against each other. Any one of those changes the diagnosis, which is why the full hour goes into finding them.
Screening Scales Used During the Evaluation
Dr. Yadav scores what you describe against standard rating scales: the PHQ-9 for depression, the GAD-7 for anxiety, the ASRS for ADHD, and the MDQ, which screens for a mood pattern that depression questions on their own never surface. Those scores do two jobs. They check the diagnosis against something measurable on the day, and they set a baseline, so that at your next visit an improvement is something he can see and act on.
What You Leave the Evaluation With
At the end of the hour you get an answer in plain language: what Dr. Yadav believes is going on, what he has ruled out, and what he wants to do about it. When medication belongs in the plan, he prescribes it and adjusts it himself at your follow-up visits, and where the choice between two drugs is close, he can order genetic testing to see how your body processes them. He combines psychotherapy approaches with medication in his own visits, and when talk therapy is the piece you need from someone else, he says so and refers you. The evaluation and the treatment that follows it are the same psychiatrist, so nobody has to re-learn your history to carry out the plan.
The Psychiatrist Who Does the Evaluation
Dr. Yadav is a Board-Certified Psychiatrist and an Addiction Medicine Specialist certified through the American Board of Preventive Medicine. He completed his psychiatry residency at the University of Louisville, earned a Master's in Public Health at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, and has practiced for more than 15 years. A long stretch of that was in the corrections system, where cases arrive severe and tangled, so a presentation with several things happening at once is familiar ground. He evaluates adults for depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety, ADHD, PTSD, OCD, and alcohol and opioid use, and where two of those overlap he treats them together.
A Second Opinion When the Diagnosis Never Fit
Some people book the evaluation because they already have a diagnosis and it has never quite explained them. Dr. Yadav treats that as a real reason to come in. He goes back through the history the first diagnosis was built on: how old you were when the symptoms started, what runs in your family, and how you responded to the medication you were given, which is often the most telling part of the whole picture. What that review sometimes turns up is a condition that was being treated around but never named, and in his experience, treating the thing that was missed can ease the low mood or the anxiety sitting on top of it. He'll also tell you plainly when the original diagnosis holds up, which is worth knowing too.
Evaluations by Video, Anywhere in Maryland
The evaluation happens over video, from home or wherever you can close a door, with no drive and no waiting room. Ansh Health Associates is telehealth-only across Maryland, with evening and weekend appointments for people who cannot step away in the middle of a workday, and there is no in-person requirement at any stage, including for ADHD medication and for Suboxone. The platforms are HIPAA-compliant, and because Dr. Yadav is out-of-network, nothing is filed with your insurer, so the evaluation stays off your insurance record and away from your employer.
What a Psychiatric Evaluation Costs, and the Code Your Insurer Will Ask For
The evaluation is $350 for the full 60 minutes, and that figure sits on the Ansh Health Associates pricing page before you book anything. Dr. Yadav is out-of-network, so payment is made in full before the visit by credit, debit, or HSA/FSA card. Afterward you can request a superbill, an itemized receipt carrying CPT 90792, the code insurers recognize for a psychiatric diagnostic evaluation with medical services, together with the practice Tax ID. You send that to your plan and claim whatever your out-of-network benefit pays. How much comes back depends on the plan and the carrier, and the free 15-minute consult is the right place to work out whether the numbers make sense for you.
“A first appointment should end with more than a label. I give the full hour to your history, because that is usually where the real answer is, and you leave with a working diagnosis and a plan you can start on.”
Dr. Yadav is a Board-Certified Psychiatrist and an Addiction Medicine Specialist (American Board of Preventive Medicine), with an MD, a Master of Public Health, and over 15 years of experience that includes complex cases in the corrections system. Every visit across Maryland is with him directly, by video.
Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is a psychiatric evaluation?
- It's the appointment where a psychiatrist works out what is actually going on. At Ansh Health Associates it runs a full 60 minutes with Dr. Hardik Yadav, MD, and covers a detailed personal and family history, standard rating scales such as the PHQ-9, GAD-7, ASRS, or MDQ, and a look at the physical causes and medication interactions that can imitate a psychiatric condition. You finish with a working diagnosis and a treatment plan.
- Can I get a psychiatric evaluation online in Maryland?
- Yes. Dr. Yadav evaluates adults by video anywhere in Maryland, and no in-person visit is required at any stage, including for ADHD medication and for Suboxone treatment.
- How long is the evaluation, and what does it cost?
- A full 60 minutes, for $350, paid before the visit. Ansh Health Associates is out-of-network, and a superbill carrying CPT 90792 and the practice Tax ID is available on request, so you can claim out-of-network reimbursement from your plan.
- Will I get a diagnosis and a prescription at the first visit?
- Dr. Yadav gives you his diagnosis and his plan at the end of the evaluation. Whether medication belongs in that plan, and when it starts, depends on what the hour turns up. He prescribes and adjusts medication himself at follow-up visits, and when talk therapy is what you need from someone else, he tells you and refers you.
- Can Dr. Yadav review a diagnosis I already have?
- Yes, and it's a common reason people book the evaluation. He goes back through the history the earlier diagnosis was built on, including how you responded to any medication you were prescribed, and he tells you plainly whether it holds up.
- Do you evaluate adults for ADHD and for addiction?
- Yes. Dr. Yadav evaluates adults for ADHD using the ASRS scale, and he is an Addiction Medicine Specialist certified through the American Board of Preventive Medicine, so alcohol and opioid use are evaluated and treated in the same practice.
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