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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 33913" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>It's different for us in Australia, too, and I am often aware of the differences especially in how health care works.</p><p>While I do have respect for psychologists, especially those who keep up with their training and make an effort, I've seen some duds. I've also seen some duds in psychiatry. For us, nobody can call themselves a psychologist unless they have a degree in psychology, and our health care system requires some level of professional registration which requires further accreditation. But we still have people calling themselves "therapist" when they may have only done a weekend workshop (if that).</p><p>Our psychiatrists are qualified doctors first, then they do further study and specialisation. But the filed has changed and developed in recent years, and some who practice are not up to date.</p><p></p><p>One thing we have found - to always be prepared to keep an open mind re diagnosis. Different people have different ideas. With autism, we need several specialists to have input. The most important for us are the speech pathologist and the psychologist. A pediatrician can replace the psycholoigst.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 33913, member: 1991"] It's different for us in Australia, too, and I am often aware of the differences especially in how health care works. While I do have respect for psychologists, especially those who keep up with their training and make an effort, I've seen some duds. I've also seen some duds in psychiatry. For us, nobody can call themselves a psychologist unless they have a degree in psychology, and our health care system requires some level of professional registration which requires further accreditation. But we still have people calling themselves "therapist" when they may have only done a weekend workshop (if that). Our psychiatrists are qualified doctors first, then they do further study and specialisation. But the filed has changed and developed in recent years, and some who practice are not up to date. One thing we have found - to always be prepared to keep an open mind re diagnosis. Different people have different ideas. With autism, we need several specialists to have input. The most important for us are the speech pathologist and the psychologist. A pediatrician can replace the psycholoigst. Marg [/QUOTE]
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