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Adult private diagnosis

Demiboy94

I'm 28 and want to finally receive a diagnosis for autism. I'm in Hull and on the nhs it's an 18 month- 2 year wait so I'm deciding to go private. But a quick Google search is coming up with nothing in the North. Or only online services come up and I feel a face to face assessment would give me a more accurate diagnosis. 

Can only really afford at most £600 for an assessment. 

Any ideas where to go??? Don't really want to travel further than the Midlands thereabouts.

Thanks :) 

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  • Hi to conduct a credible autism assessment (that meets NICE Guidance) there are quite a few considerations that need to be taken into account. There needs to be a number of professionals involved. The professionals need to have different specific trainings and the assessment therefore takes at least a day, overall face to face time with the client and/or with other professionals, with a detailed report to accompany the assessment. Some assessments maybe more time consuming due to their complexity, especially if there are other mental health issues. Therefore assessments costs at least £1500, sometimes you can get it for less, if a clinical psychologist will do it, but they really need to have had other assessments accepted by the local authority etc before I would suggest that you went with them. Space 2B You Mental Health Support Services do autism assessments online so you don't need to go to them and they don't have a waiting list. They charge £1500 per assessment and they do adult and child assessments. 

  • in reply to NAS81993

    Not true. Taken verbatim from the NICE guidelines for the assessment of ASD, "Diagnostic assessment, which in the UK uses ICD-10, is often within a multi-disciplinary team but at a minimum is by a qualified clinician, usually a clinical psychologist, psychiatrist or neurologist." From the document: Autism Recognition, referral, diagnosis and management of adults on the autism spectrum, National Clinical Guideline Number 142, p. 25.

    There is no official requirement for a team approach, though the NHS often uses teams for diagnosis.

    I was diagnosed privately by a consultant psychiatrist, who is also the clinical director of an NHS closed psychiatric facility and has specialisms in adult and child autism. It cost £900, last year.

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  • in reply to NAS81993

    Not true. Taken verbatim from the NICE guidelines for the assessment of ASD, "Diagnostic assessment, which in the UK uses ICD-10, is often within a multi-disciplinary team but at a minimum is by a qualified clinician, usually a clinical psychologist, psychiatrist or neurologist." From the document: Autism Recognition, referral, diagnosis and management of adults on the autism spectrum, National Clinical Guideline Number 142, p. 25.

    There is no official requirement for a team approach, though the NHS often uses teams for diagnosis.

    I was diagnosed privately by a consultant psychiatrist, who is also the clinical director of an NHS closed psychiatric facility and has specialisms in adult and child autism. It cost £900, last year.

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