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What are the advantages of having a diagnosis?
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 418649" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>You won't get those services with a diagnosis. Period. Not in school and not in adulthood. Just saying "doesn't know how to socialize" or "clueless about life skills" won't get a child any real help. My son is now 18. We were hoping he could be independent, but he most certainly is going to need some help as an adult. Without a diagnosis, he'd end up one of those adults walking around, possibly homeless and a sitting duck for abuse. </p><p></p><p>A wrong diagnosis, on the other hand, can be harmful. After my son's experience, I would not accept a bipolar diagnosis in a young child...they just have not proven to me that they can identify who is going to have bipolar as an adult by diagnosing it in a child. Still...it IS a way to get certain services. (JMO on the bipolar by the way) Because psychiatrists were so wrong with my son, I prefer NeuroPsychs for testing...they are PhD Psychologists with extra training in the brain. They can find neurological differences as well as psychiatric problems.</p><p></p><p>Guess you have to decide if you feel the diagnosis and the help it brings is worth it. Some people tend to deny disabilities in their children...this can hurt the child as he grows up, especially if he gets isnto trouble with the law or if he clearly can not take care of himself as an adult.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 418649, member: 1550"] You won't get those services with a diagnosis. Period. Not in school and not in adulthood. Just saying "doesn't know how to socialize" or "clueless about life skills" won't get a child any real help. My son is now 18. We were hoping he could be independent, but he most certainly is going to need some help as an adult. Without a diagnosis, he'd end up one of those adults walking around, possibly homeless and a sitting duck for abuse. A wrong diagnosis, on the other hand, can be harmful. After my son's experience, I would not accept a bipolar diagnosis in a young child...they just have not proven to me that they can identify who is going to have bipolar as an adult by diagnosing it in a child. Still...it IS a way to get certain services. (JMO on the bipolar by the way) Because psychiatrists were so wrong with my son, I prefer NeuroPsychs for testing...they are PhD Psychologists with extra training in the brain. They can find neurological differences as well as psychiatric problems. Guess you have to decide if you feel the diagnosis and the help it brings is worth it. Some people tend to deny disabilities in their children...this can hurt the child as he grows up, especially if he gets isnto trouble with the law or if he clearly can not take care of himself as an adult. [/QUOTE]
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