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5 Year Old Referred for Hospitalization (Mental Health)
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 617069" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Is he kind to his same age peers and animals? Does he like to watch or play with fire? Does he poop and pee in inappropriate places?</p><p></p><p>I don't think you can actually get an accurate diagnosis at his young age and it sounds like more than one thing may be going on. In order to get him services in school, you'll need a working diagnosis however and often ADHD just isn't impressively serious enough to get the school to do anything. My youngest hasa an ADD diagnosis and when I say nobody thinks it's a big deal at her school, I mean it. She had to learn to help herself and fortunately she was capable of that.</p><p></p><p>I suggest having a neuropsychologist test him. I like them best (my opinion of course). A neuropsychologist will do 6-10 hours of intensive testing and give you some pretty good idea of why your child acts out to the degree he does. Then you can get help. You can't get help if you aren't sure what you are dealing with and a neuropsychologist does so much investigating in my opinion they come closest to the problem(s) and can give you a good head start.</p><p></p><p>Good luck!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 617069, member: 1550"] Is he kind to his same age peers and animals? Does he like to watch or play with fire? Does he poop and pee in inappropriate places? I don't think you can actually get an accurate diagnosis at his young age and it sounds like more than one thing may be going on. In order to get him services in school, you'll need a working diagnosis however and often ADHD just isn't impressively serious enough to get the school to do anything. My youngest hasa an ADD diagnosis and when I say nobody thinks it's a big deal at her school, I mean it. She had to learn to help herself and fortunately she was capable of that. I suggest having a neuropsychologist test him. I like them best (my opinion of course). A neuropsychologist will do 6-10 hours of intensive testing and give you some pretty good idea of why your child acts out to the degree he does. Then you can get help. You can't get help if you aren't sure what you are dealing with and a neuropsychologist does so much investigating in my opinion they come closest to the problem(s) and can give you a good head start. Good luck! [/QUOTE]
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