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<blockquote data-quote="DammitJanet" data-source="post: 166030" data-attributes="member: 1514"><p>I am from NC so I know a bit about the services here and we have used nothing but Medicaid all these years with my son. I dont know if we have gotten the most cutting edge of services but we havent received bottom of the barrel either. </p><p></p><p>Medicaid does cover private practice psychiatrists, you just have to locate one that takes medicaid. You may want to do a combination of a private psychiatrist and a local area group that provides counseling like where you are going now. Im pretty sure there are dozens like the one you are going to that you can change to if you arent happy there. Just call up your local area mental health agency and ask how. Sometimes you have to shop around.</p><p></p><p>Mental health changed in NC to community based agencies a few years ago where all these little (for lack of a better word) chains popped up to handle the county mental health care instead of a central county mental health center. It was supposed to work better. I will reserve my thoughts on that one. It does give a person more choices but it appears tons of people have opened them up. </p><p></p><p>In NC, you most likely will get your son diagnosed by a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) after hours of testing. That is simply the way it is done here. The psychiatrist may meet with him and you to give a working diagnosis but will want the Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) to verify that they agree after they spend time with the child. A good therapist wont make a decision in haste.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DammitJanet, post: 166030, member: 1514"] I am from NC so I know a bit about the services here and we have used nothing but Medicaid all these years with my son. I dont know if we have gotten the most cutting edge of services but we havent received bottom of the barrel either. Medicaid does cover private practice psychiatrists, you just have to locate one that takes medicaid. You may want to do a combination of a private psychiatrist and a local area group that provides counseling like where you are going now. Im pretty sure there are dozens like the one you are going to that you can change to if you arent happy there. Just call up your local area mental health agency and ask how. Sometimes you have to shop around. Mental health changed in NC to community based agencies a few years ago where all these little (for lack of a better word) chains popped up to handle the county mental health care instead of a central county mental health center. It was supposed to work better. I will reserve my thoughts on that one. It does give a person more choices but it appears tons of people have opened them up. In NC, you most likely will get your son diagnosed by a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) after hours of testing. That is simply the way it is done here. The psychiatrist may meet with him and you to give a working diagnosis but will want the Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) to verify that they agree after they spend time with the child. A good therapist wont make a decision in haste. [/QUOTE]
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