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<blockquote data-quote="OTE" data-source="post: 18199"><p>SRL, Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) is a neurological condition, a developmental disability, not a psychiatric one even though it is listed in DSM. The doctor who specializes in Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) should be a developmental neurologist. I know Medwest Mom got a diagnosis she was happy with from a non-doctor and that's fine if that's what she wants. Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) is a specialty and all kinds of disciplines look at it from different sides. Also, as with any other specialty there are sub-specialities. A developmental neurologist is a sub-specialty of neurology. In terms of having a medical dr make a diagnosis this is technically the appropriate specialist. I agree with you that most general neurologists, while they may diagnosis Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD), are not expert enough at Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) diagnosis to catch a kid who is flying under the radar. My Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) kid went to a neurologist once who I though was competent when he saw my ADHD kid. What I got from his "evaluation", which was mostly done by a nurse, was that my kid had Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD). When I said, yes, I know that, that's why I brought him here, I want to talk about the different kinds of Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) therapy and which I should put him in. He said, I don't know anything about that, he has Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD). FYI: When I made the appointment I told them that he had Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) and I wanted to discuss the different potential treatments. I asked if I could do that with this dr and they said sure. So when I walked out I told them that there was no way I or my medication insur would give them a penny for wasting all my time. LOL. They never billed. LOL So I don't disagree with you. But I can also say that I've never met a psychiatrist who knew much about Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD). And the best Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) docs I ever met were developmental neurologists.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="OTE, post: 18199"] SRL, Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) is a neurological condition, a developmental disability, not a psychiatric one even though it is listed in DSM. The doctor who specializes in Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) should be a developmental neurologist. I know Medwest Mom got a diagnosis she was happy with from a non-doctor and that's fine if that's what she wants. Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) is a specialty and all kinds of disciplines look at it from different sides. Also, as with any other specialty there are sub-specialities. A developmental neurologist is a sub-specialty of neurology. In terms of having a medical dr make a diagnosis this is technically the appropriate specialist. I agree with you that most general neurologists, while they may diagnosis Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD), are not expert enough at Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) diagnosis to catch a kid who is flying under the radar. My Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) kid went to a neurologist once who I though was competent when he saw my ADHD kid. What I got from his "evaluation", which was mostly done by a nurse, was that my kid had Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD). When I said, yes, I know that, that's why I brought him here, I want to talk about the different kinds of Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) therapy and which I should put him in. He said, I don't know anything about that, he has Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD). FYI: When I made the appointment I told them that he had Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) and I wanted to discuss the different potential treatments. I asked if I could do that with this dr and they said sure. So when I walked out I told them that there was no way I or my medication insur would give them a penny for wasting all my time. LOL. They never billed. LOL So I don't disagree with you. But I can also say that I've never met a psychiatrist who knew much about Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD). And the best Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) docs I ever met were developmental neurologists. [/QUOTE]
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