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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 198984" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>This is tough- I'm kind of looking at this question too- do I let the psychologist be the "leader" of the treatment team or do I keep it the psychiatrist. In our case, I'm more comfortable with psychiatrist being the predominant one, at least right now. But that is based on my son's history and diagnosis. In your case, I can only suggest that you think about it- maybe also see apsychiatrist and see what they think before things get too far with this guy. My personal reluctance with psychologists is that if there is something chemical going awry, psychologist sometimes still see things from a learned behavior standpoint. They might recommend some medications, but they are dealing with things from a completely different angle. on the other hand, if it is a behavior issue that can be changed or re-directed, that needs to be dealt with and not medicated. With a lot of our difficult child's, I think there is both going on and it is difficult sometimes to find the right "team" between a psychiatrist and therapist to help them. That's just my 2 cents on it. Sorry I couldn't give a more difinitive answer.</p><p></p><p>I found my most comfortable answer by having a multi-disciplinary evaluation (MDE) done on my son. This is where several different types of professionals evaluate the difficult child collaboratively to determine what needs to be addressed from the various angles (therapy, educationally, psychiatric/medications, etc). And then they give you a written synopsis and recommendations for treatment.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 198984, member: 3699"] This is tough- I'm kind of looking at this question too- do I let the psychologist be the "leader" of the treatment team or do I keep it the psychiatrist. In our case, I'm more comfortable with psychiatrist being the predominant one, at least right now. But that is based on my son's history and diagnosis. In your case, I can only suggest that you think about it- maybe also see apsychiatrist and see what they think before things get too far with this guy. My personal reluctance with psychologists is that if there is something chemical going awry, psychologist sometimes still see things from a learned behavior standpoint. They might recommend some medications, but they are dealing with things from a completely different angle. on the other hand, if it is a behavior issue that can be changed or re-directed, that needs to be dealt with and not medicated. With a lot of our difficult child's, I think there is both going on and it is difficult sometimes to find the right "team" between a psychiatrist and therapist to help them. That's just my 2 cents on it. Sorry I couldn't give a more difinitive answer. I found my most comfortable answer by having a multi-disciplinary evaluation (MDE) done on my son. This is where several different types of professionals evaluate the difficult child collaboratively to determine what needs to be addressed from the various angles (therapy, educationally, psychiatric/medications, etc). And then they give you a written synopsis and recommendations for treatment. [/QUOTE]
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