Need Help Finding a Specialist

[Guest guest]

HI Pelican:

OUr son needed to be treated by a team of mental health professionals. A

child psychologist trained in cognitive behavior therapy, etc, a

psychiatrist to prescribe medications and a CBT therapist to provide

therapy out and about in our geographical area.

I suggest you interview any prospective mental health professional first

yourself to determine whether they might be appropriate. Our files section

has information on selecting a therapist and the archives are sure to have

lots on this topic. Good luck, take care, aloha, Kathy

P.S. Check out the OCF website and the ADAA and the AABT - organizations

that keep lists of behavior therapists. K.

At 05:56 PM 02/05/2001 +0000, you wrote:

>Can any one tell me where I can find referals for childhood OCD my

>pedeatrition is being no help she wants me to send my 5 year old

>daughter to a psychiatist that sometimes sees childern! I dont want

>her first experince talking to someone to be a nightmare!

[Guest guest]

Hello:)

I suffered a horrendous bout of Salmonella poisoning while nine months pregnant

with my second daughter in March of 2007. I was hospitalized and given IV

treatments until I was hydrated enough to go home.

As a former tri-athlete, I have always considered myself a fairly healthy

person. But my overall health has since deteriorated – from bladder and kidney

infections to severe joint pain and other problems I never experienced before

getting sick with salmonella poisoning.

While I have been treated several times for joint pain, bladder infections by a

local GP - is there a specialist I need to be seeing? Possibly a

rheumatologist? I have two daughters under the age of five and would appreciate

any advice you can give me. I truly feel that my mothering skills have suffered

as I am sometime unable to pick up my girls - due to the joint pain. And when

you feel like you're not being the best parent you can be - it is time to take a

more proactive approach.

Thanks:))