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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 214493" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>This might be the same as a neuropsychologist, I'm not sure, but I had a PhD level psychologist test my son (complete neuropsychologist testing, I was told) and she told me that she didn't diagnose psychiatric disorders. She works with the child&adolescent psychiatrist, so she refers to him for that. Bottom line, it took both to get a more rounded view of what was going on. </p><p></p><p>I'm not saying that's the only answer or that there isn't a better one or that it always works that way, but if you can only find a person to give you one piece of the puzzle, it might be beneficial to get different types of experts involved to give other pieces, if that makes sense. </p><p></p><p>A couple of years later, I took my son to a children's/teaching hospital and had a Multi-discipline evaluation done- I found this very helpful, too. Of course, they were provided with copies of the previous test results and consulted with difficult child's regular psychiatrist, we filled out the forms, and there was about a 2 hour "interview".</p><p></p><p>Either direction you choose to go, which of course has a lot to do with what is available to you, getting someone else's opinion will almost certainly result in more hope and treatment than what you've been getting.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 214493, member: 3699"] This might be the same as a neuropsychologist, I'm not sure, but I had a PhD level psychologist test my son (complete neuropsychologist testing, I was told) and she told me that she didn't diagnose psychiatric disorders. She works with the child&adolescent psychiatrist, so she refers to him for that. Bottom line, it took both to get a more rounded view of what was going on. I'm not saying that's the only answer or that there isn't a better one or that it always works that way, but if you can only find a person to give you one piece of the puzzle, it might be beneficial to get different types of experts involved to give other pieces, if that makes sense. A couple of years later, I took my son to a children's/teaching hospital and had a Multi-discipline evaluation done- I found this very helpful, too. Of course, they were provided with copies of the previous test results and consulted with difficult child's regular psychiatrist, we filled out the forms, and there was about a 2 hour "interview". Either direction you choose to go, which of course has a lot to do with what is available to you, getting someone else's opinion will almost certainly result in more hope and treatment than what you've been getting. [/QUOTE]
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