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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 13479" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>It depends. The psychiatrist may BOTH diagnose and offer medication. I prefer this since a Psychiatrist has an MD. A psycologist has no MD and is more into talk therapy. I actually prefer a psychitrist who doesn't rely on a Psycologist, and won't go to one who does. I personally don't feel talk therapy is useful until the person is stable on medications. I also prefer an MD to do the diagnosing, unless it's a Neurological disorder. Then I prefer a neuropsychologist (a psycologist with knowledge of Neurology). Sound confusing? It is. I have what has been called bipolar II and many neurological problems. Throughout my life I've seen Psychiatrists and Psycologists, sometimes, when in the hospital, against my will. I'm stable now. Through all my experiences, I GREATLY, greatly, greatly etc. prefer Psychiatrists to psycologists, especially when first getting stable. The only Psycologist I really loved and felt helped me did Cognitive Behavioral Therapy rather than "talk about why I feel this way", which usually made me feel sorry for myself and worse and didn't teach me how to apply skills to every day life. I also have strange Neurological symptoms, and always have, so I've seen my share of Neurologists and NeuroPsychs--they all agree there is something wrong with the functioning of the right side of my brain--it has been called a Non-Verbal Learning Disability. As you see, no one professional can figure it all out if your child is complicated. You may need several. I think a Psychiatrist/neuropsychologist combo is the best. This is just my opinion, but it's from my experiences. I've personally liked a lot of the Psycologists I have seen; they just for the most part did not help me. Anyways, rant over. I'm sure you'll get many opinions :smile:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 13479, member: 1550"] It depends. The psychiatrist may BOTH diagnose and offer medication. I prefer this since a Psychiatrist has an MD. A psycologist has no MD and is more into talk therapy. I actually prefer a psychitrist who doesn't rely on a Psycologist, and won't go to one who does. I personally don't feel talk therapy is useful until the person is stable on medications. I also prefer an MD to do the diagnosing, unless it's a Neurological disorder. Then I prefer a neuropsychologist (a psycologist with knowledge of Neurology). Sound confusing? It is. I have what has been called bipolar II and many neurological problems. Throughout my life I've seen Psychiatrists and Psycologists, sometimes, when in the hospital, against my will. I'm stable now. Through all my experiences, I GREATLY, greatly, greatly etc. prefer Psychiatrists to psycologists, especially when first getting stable. The only Psycologist I really loved and felt helped me did Cognitive Behavioral Therapy rather than "talk about why I feel this way", which usually made me feel sorry for myself and worse and didn't teach me how to apply skills to every day life. I also have strange Neurological symptoms, and always have, so I've seen my share of Neurologists and NeuroPsychs--they all agree there is something wrong with the functioning of the right side of my brain--it has been called a Non-Verbal Learning Disability. As you see, no one professional can figure it all out if your child is complicated. You may need several. I think a Psychiatrist/neuropsychologist combo is the best. This is just my opinion, but it's from my experiences. I've personally liked a lot of the Psycologists I have seen; they just for the most part did not help me. Anyways, rant over. I'm sure you'll get many opinions [img]:smile:[/img] [/QUOTE]
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