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<blockquote data-quote="Mattsmom277" data-source="post: 423181" data-attributes="member: 4264"><p>I have found here in canada to get treatment for adults you have to be willing to rattle chains. There are some family treatment options depending where you live, I think it is mostly in larger cities. Seeing a psychiatrist to get a diagnosis for an adult does take time to get referall but it wouldn't take 1-2 years. Counselling on the other hand can be tricky with long wait lists for adults if looking for community based agency counselors to get financial assistance to pay for them. My recommendation would be for sure to get the process moving via a referal from family doctor for a psychiatrist for a evaluation and potential diagnosis. Meanwhile getting on the proper wait lists for counseling means at least the clock starts ticking. </p><p>It has been my experience with docs for difficult children that it is important to state issues with parents in a certain way. For example, you are in office discussing difficult child's issues and treatment options and parenting adjustments in techniques that might help. One could state : difficult child definitely deserves and needs his parents at their 100% best since difficult child is struggling so much right now. I myself (or husband or S/O or whatever) am struggling with XYZ right now and have no idea where to start to get help for myself in a timely manner. I find it vital to helping difficult child progress to have adults in difficult child's life at their functioning best. Do you have any practical advice for more timely assistance for Parent X under these circumstances or are you aware of family treatment type programs that are available in our community?</p><p></p><p>Family counselling often can be added into the mix when a child goes to their own counselor. For example where I live we have a main child mental health agency and a difficult child would attend counseling there. part of that treatment would require parent present and active for at least a portion of those sessions. That is a perfect time to ask for support in moving up wait lists for oneself or asking for contacts in the community that might help.</p><p></p><p>Having said all of that, one pitfall of our national health care system is that wait lists ARE long and programs are so underfunded.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mattsmom277, post: 423181, member: 4264"] I have found here in canada to get treatment for adults you have to be willing to rattle chains. There are some family treatment options depending where you live, I think it is mostly in larger cities. Seeing a psychiatrist to get a diagnosis for an adult does take time to get referall but it wouldn't take 1-2 years. Counselling on the other hand can be tricky with long wait lists for adults if looking for community based agency counselors to get financial assistance to pay for them. My recommendation would be for sure to get the process moving via a referal from family doctor for a psychiatrist for a evaluation and potential diagnosis. Meanwhile getting on the proper wait lists for counseling means at least the clock starts ticking. It has been my experience with docs for difficult children that it is important to state issues with parents in a certain way. For example, you are in office discussing difficult child's issues and treatment options and parenting adjustments in techniques that might help. One could state : difficult child definitely deserves and needs his parents at their 100% best since difficult child is struggling so much right now. I myself (or husband or S/O or whatever) am struggling with XYZ right now and have no idea where to start to get help for myself in a timely manner. I find it vital to helping difficult child progress to have adults in difficult child's life at their functioning best. Do you have any practical advice for more timely assistance for Parent X under these circumstances or are you aware of family treatment type programs that are available in our community? Family counselling often can be added into the mix when a child goes to their own counselor. For example where I live we have a main child mental health agency and a difficult child would attend counseling there. part of that treatment would require parent present and active for at least a portion of those sessions. That is a perfect time to ask for support in moving up wait lists for oneself or asking for contacts in the community that might help. Having said all of that, one pitfall of our national health care system is that wait lists ARE long and programs are so underfunded. [/QUOTE]
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