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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 120541" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>I would go with a neuropsychologist. I don't think regular non neuropsychologist Psychologists even do testing nor do Psychiatrists most of the time. At age five, often a diagnosis is wrong--they tend to change with time. It's best in my opinion and from my own experience to get interventions in place, especially in school, for specific problems. There is no way to rule out bipolar, Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) or anything in a test. There ARE no blood tests for these things and if you see ten people, they may give you ten different diagnoses. That drove us nuts, but the neuropsychologist in my opinion was the most thorough--he tested my son for twelve hours (no blood tests--but everything else possible , looking for IQ, Learning Disability (LD), ADHD, bipolar, etc....and he spent tons of time with my son and observed him a lot too. He did a much better job that my son's psychiatrist of three years who diagnosed his wrong and put him on heavy duty medications. My son has Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified (as soon as I learn how to get my signature back I will post it...hehe). Good luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 120541, member: 1550"] I would go with a neuropsychologist. I don't think regular non neuropsychologist Psychologists even do testing nor do Psychiatrists most of the time. At age five, often a diagnosis is wrong--they tend to change with time. It's best in my opinion and from my own experience to get interventions in place, especially in school, for specific problems. There is no way to rule out bipolar, Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) or anything in a test. There ARE no blood tests for these things and if you see ten people, they may give you ten different diagnoses. That drove us nuts, but the neuropsychologist in my opinion was the most thorough--he tested my son for twelve hours (no blood tests--but everything else possible , looking for IQ, Learning Disability (LD), ADHD, bipolar, etc....and he spent tons of time with my son and observed him a lot too. He did a much better job that my son's psychiatrist of three years who diagnosed his wrong and put him on heavy duty medications. My son has Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified (as soon as I learn how to get my signature back I will post it...hehe). Good luck. [/QUOTE]
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