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Second meeting with the Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)
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<blockquote data-quote="CrazyinVA" data-source="post: 375701" data-attributes="member: 1157"><p>With all due respect, this is not up to her, it is up to you. If you want your difficult child to see a psychiatrist now, find a reputable one and make an appointment. I agree with the above that a pediatrician should NOT be prescribing psychiatric medications, it's too risky, they simply don't have the specialized training. </p><p></p><p>I do believe an Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) can make suggesetions as to what they think might be going on, but that's it ... they shouldn't diagnose or recommend specific medications. For instance, when my Youngest became quite manic while on Zoloft, the Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) she was seeing mentioned that sometimes anti-depressants trigger mania in bipolar patients. She didn't presume to tell me to put Youngest on mood stabilizers, she simply said, it's time to go back to the psychiatrist and re-evaluate, see what the psychiatrist thinks about the possibility of bipolar. The psychiatrist concurred, and then we tried mood stabilizers. I think counselors/Tdocs/LCSWs are helpful in offering perspectives of possible diagnoses, and working with a psychiatrist to discuss what they've seen in the patient in a clinical setting, but they shouldn't be the front line of a diagnosis in any child. They're just part of the treatment team, along with the psychiatrist, and you, the parent. </p><p></p><p> If she has a good rapport with your difficult child, and you find therapeutic value in her sessions with him, by all means, hang on to her. But I'd take her medication/diagnosis advice with a grain of salt.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CrazyinVA, post: 375701, member: 1157"] With all due respect, this is not up to her, it is up to you. If you want your difficult child to see a psychiatrist now, find a reputable one and make an appointment. I agree with the above that a pediatrician should NOT be prescribing psychiatric medications, it's too risky, they simply don't have the specialized training. I do believe an Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) can make suggesetions as to what they think might be going on, but that's it ... they shouldn't diagnose or recommend specific medications. For instance, when my Youngest became quite manic while on Zoloft, the Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) she was seeing mentioned that sometimes anti-depressants trigger mania in bipolar patients. She didn't presume to tell me to put Youngest on mood stabilizers, she simply said, it's time to go back to the psychiatrist and re-evaluate, see what the psychiatrist thinks about the possibility of bipolar. The psychiatrist concurred, and then we tried mood stabilizers. I think counselors/Tdocs/LCSWs are helpful in offering perspectives of possible diagnoses, and working with a psychiatrist to discuss what they've seen in the patient in a clinical setting, but they shouldn't be the front line of a diagnosis in any child. They're just part of the treatment team, along with the psychiatrist, and you, the parent. If she has a good rapport with your difficult child, and you find therapeutic value in her sessions with him, by all means, hang on to her. But I'd take her medication/diagnosis advice with a grain of salt. [/QUOTE]
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