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Zsazsa
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18 Sep 2007, 6:11 pm

Who is the BEST qualified to treat Asperger's Syndrome...a Psychiatrist, Psychologist or Social Worker?



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18 Sep 2007, 7:45 pm

update: Just joking.



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19 Sep 2007, 12:36 pm

Zsazsa wrote:
Who is the BEST qualified to treat Asperger's Syndrome...a Psychiatrist, Psychologist or Social Worker?


Depends on their specific qualifications re autism. My old treatment provider (I have none at the moment) was something called a social psychiatric nurse, which is a nurse specializing in outpatient psychiatric treatment, sort of a combination foa nurse and social worker.



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19 Sep 2007, 2:17 pm

well ive only had pleasent expierances with psychologists, the psychiatrists and social workers ive seen were pretty much useless