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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 61956" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>I would take her to a neuropsychologist rather than a Child Psychiatrist, although a Child Psychiatrist will probably enter into your life. I would hold off on therapy because most kids with disorders can't really get much out of it until they are stable, and you don't really know what's wrong with him yet. ODD rarely stands by itself. It is usually behavior caused by another diagnosis that is bigger. Neuropsychs do extremely intensive evaluations/testing. As far as I know (and we've been through the mill) no other professionals do this much testing. That way the weak/strong points of the child can be establish and, although it's hard to correctly diagnose a five year old child, you'll get a lot of direction about what is going on. Do you have mood disorders or substance abuse on either side of the family tree? Neurological problems? Do not assume he has just plain ODD, which is rare. Have him evaluated. His freak out at change can be a red flag for autistic spectrum disorder, high functioning. A Psychiatrist would likely miss that as would a therapist. Cover all bases. Good luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 61956, member: 1550"] I would take her to a neuropsychologist rather than a Child Psychiatrist, although a Child Psychiatrist will probably enter into your life. I would hold off on therapy because most kids with disorders can't really get much out of it until they are stable, and you don't really know what's wrong with him yet. ODD rarely stands by itself. It is usually behavior caused by another diagnosis that is bigger. Neuropsychs do extremely intensive evaluations/testing. As far as I know (and we've been through the mill) no other professionals do this much testing. That way the weak/strong points of the child can be establish and, although it's hard to correctly diagnose a five year old child, you'll get a lot of direction about what is going on. Do you have mood disorders or substance abuse on either side of the family tree? Neurological problems? Do not assume he has just plain ODD, which is rare. Have him evaluated. His freak out at change can be a red flag for autistic spectrum disorder, high functioning. A Psychiatrist would likely miss that as would a therapist. Cover all bases. Good luck. [/QUOTE]
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