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<blockquote data-quote="Sara PA" data-source="post: 172095" data-attributes="member: 1498"><p>I stongly believe that the medical profession should start differentiating NOW between neurobiological behavioral disorders and psychological behavioral disorders. I think it does no one any good by lumping them together.</p><p></p><p>While a child with a psychological-based behavioral disorder like Janet refers to may benefit from a specific type of therapy f--and a specific type of parenting -- a person with the same observable behaviors but with a neurobiological-based disorder may not be affected in the least -- or even made worse. </p><p></p><p>As it is, our kids -- despite our best efforts to have it be otherwise -- are all thrown into the same pile of "behavioral disorders" and subjected to the same shot-gun appoach of treatments, too often depending on who their doctors happen to be. There is little or no differentiation between behaviors caused by neurobiological problems and psychological trauma. Too many health care professionals lump everything together simply as "behavioral disorders" and treat them pretty much the same. </p><p></p><p>Because so many of us have an extremely difficult time just finding a child psychiatrist and therapist, we are at the mercy of our luck of the draw for exactly how competent their medical (make no mistake, this is <em>medical</em>) caregivers are. </p><p></p><p>My case is an example. After firing the psychiatrist who couldn't recognize an adverse reaction to an antidepressant when she admitted it to the hospital after a suicide attempt and whose only possible explanation for my son's behavior was his relationship with me, we had to find a new doctor. After looking in my county for a good option, we ended up driving an hour and a half away to the suburbs of Philadelphia for a doctor who, though he too failed to recognize the adverse reaction, was willing to consider the possibility and provided the support my son needed when he finally refused to any longer take the antidepressant and benzo. I had options. We had more than doctor available in this county. We had many doctors available within a two hour drive. We had the means to pay out of pocket and wait for the insurance company to reimburse us. Not everyone is that lucky.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sara PA, post: 172095, member: 1498"] I stongly believe that the medical profession should start differentiating NOW between neurobiological behavioral disorders and psychological behavioral disorders. I think it does no one any good by lumping them together. While a child with a psychological-based behavioral disorder like Janet refers to may benefit from a specific type of therapy f--and a specific type of parenting -- a person with the same observable behaviors but with a neurobiological-based disorder may not be affected in the least -- or even made worse. As it is, our kids -- despite our best efforts to have it be otherwise -- are all thrown into the same pile of "behavioral disorders" and subjected to the same shot-gun appoach of treatments, too often depending on who their doctors happen to be. There is little or no differentiation between behaviors caused by neurobiological problems and psychological trauma. Too many health care professionals lump everything together simply as "behavioral disorders" and treat them pretty much the same. Because so many of us have an extremely difficult time just finding a child psychiatrist and therapist, we are at the mercy of our luck of the draw for exactly how competent their medical (make no mistake, this is [I]medical[/I]) caregivers are. My case is an example. After firing the psychiatrist who couldn't recognize an adverse reaction to an antidepressant when she admitted it to the hospital after a suicide attempt and whose only possible explanation for my son's behavior was his relationship with me, we had to find a new doctor. After looking in my county for a good option, we ended up driving an hour and a half away to the suburbs of Philadelphia for a doctor who, though he too failed to recognize the adverse reaction, was willing to consider the possibility and provided the support my son needed when he finally refused to any longer take the antidepressant and benzo. I had options. We had more than doctor available in this county. We had many doctors available within a two hour drive. We had the means to pay out of pocket and wait for the insurance company to reimburse us. Not everyone is that lucky. [/QUOTE]
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