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<blockquote data-quote="buddy" data-source="post: 582666" data-attributes="member: 12886"><p>It is very likely that you could find better ones in bigger cities, especially if there are children's hospitals or developmental clinics. </p><p>In my experience, A good psychiatrist is wonderful, but psychiatrists and mental health psychologists tend to stick to emotional/chemical/family systems types of causes and disorders. Even if they know of a documented neurological disability they will add a mental health diagnosis like ODD or Anxiety (Which may be valid, but they dont treat the neurological condition)</p><p></p><p>A neuropsychologist is a psychologist who has additional training in neurology. Their specialty is connecting how the brain works with behavior. That includes chemical imbalances, neurological/hard wiring conditions, emotional disorders, personality disorders, conditions resulting from trauma, etc. </p><p></p><p>It is much more comprehensive. They can help you sort out how your difficult child learns, what their strengths and weaknesses are.</p><p></p><p>It is well worth the effort. And there is no saying you can't do both....the psychiatrist is the only one that can rx medication if that is needed (or a neurologist). Neuropsychs are typically PhD level docs. (some very few are dual MD/PhD)</p><p></p><p>You will see lots of experiences here, many of us have great neurologists, psychiatrists etc....but for that evaluation that helps sort things out, it really does help to get a neuropsychologist. I prefer to get private Speech Language and Occupational Therapy and Physical Therapy evaluations because the neuropsychologist does testing that touches on these areas but the individual professionals go deeply into those areas. THEN I gave the results to the neuropsychologist who can put it all together.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="buddy, post: 582666, member: 12886"] It is very likely that you could find better ones in bigger cities, especially if there are children's hospitals or developmental clinics. In my experience, A good psychiatrist is wonderful, but psychiatrists and mental health psychologists tend to stick to emotional/chemical/family systems types of causes and disorders. Even if they know of a documented neurological disability they will add a mental health diagnosis like ODD or Anxiety (Which may be valid, but they dont treat the neurological condition) A neuropsychologist is a psychologist who has additional training in neurology. Their specialty is connecting how the brain works with behavior. That includes chemical imbalances, neurological/hard wiring conditions, emotional disorders, personality disorders, conditions resulting from trauma, etc. It is much more comprehensive. They can help you sort out how your difficult child learns, what their strengths and weaknesses are. It is well worth the effort. And there is no saying you can't do both....the psychiatrist is the only one that can rx medication if that is needed (or a neurologist). Neuropsychs are typically PhD level docs. (some very few are dual MD/PhD) You will see lots of experiences here, many of us have great neurologists, psychiatrists etc....but for that evaluation that helps sort things out, it really does help to get a neuropsychologist. I prefer to get private Speech Language and Occupational Therapy and Physical Therapy evaluations because the neuropsychologist does testing that touches on these areas but the individual professionals go deeply into those areas. THEN I gave the results to the neuropsychologist who can put it all together. [/QUOTE]
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