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At a loss - Disappointed by Child psychiatric appointment.
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<blockquote data-quote="smallworld" data-source="post: 137772" data-attributes="member: 2423"><p>Arielle, what were you hoping to gain from seeing a child psychiatrist (psychiatrist)?</p><p> </p><p>In my experience, psychiatrists assess and treat mood issues (anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, etc). Some (like the three psychiatrists my kids see) do psychotherapy. But psychiatrists do not assess for neurological issues like seizures or developmental disorders like Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD).</p><p> </p><p>I believe the psychiatrist was right in not giving medication at this point because you really don't know what condition you're medicating for. The medications need to match the disorder.</p><p> </p><p>I think you have a couple of routes open to you at this point:</p><p>1) A multidisciplinary evaluation </p><p>2) A neuropsychologist </p><p>Both can be found at children's or university teaching hospitals.</p><p> </p><p>You should also arrange an Occupational Therapist (OT) evaluation and a speech/language evaluation and finish up the neurological evaluation. by the way, a sleep-deprived EEG involves no medication. You basically keep the child up late and wake her up early so that when she goes for the test and is hooked up to the electrodes, she falls asleep on the table. You need to rule in or out as many medical and neurological issues as possible.</p><p> </p><p>What is the developmental pediatrician saying about what's going on? What is the therapist saying?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smallworld, post: 137772, member: 2423"] Arielle, what were you hoping to gain from seeing a child psychiatrist (psychiatrist)? In my experience, psychiatrists assess and treat mood issues (anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, etc). Some (like the three psychiatrists my kids see) do psychotherapy. But psychiatrists do not assess for neurological issues like seizures or developmental disorders like Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). I believe the psychiatrist was right in not giving medication at this point because you really don't know what condition you're medicating for. The medications need to match the disorder. I think you have a couple of routes open to you at this point: 1) A multidisciplinary evaluation 2) A neuropsychologist Both can be found at children's or university teaching hospitals. You should also arrange an Occupational Therapist (OT) evaluation and a speech/language evaluation and finish up the neurological evaluation. by the way, a sleep-deprived EEG involves no medication. You basically keep the child up late and wake her up early so that when she goes for the test and is hooked up to the electrodes, she falls asleep on the table. You need to rule in or out as many medical and neurological issues as possible. What is the developmental pediatrician saying about what's going on? What is the therapist saying? [/QUOTE]
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