ADOS assesment (Adult)

The NHS are very short of cash so they have to prioritise everything so that the worst affected people get seen more urgently. Also, I don't see many people really praising the service they get from the mental health side of the system. In the past, they have relied too much on drugs. Now that CBT is all the rage they simply don't have enough (skilled) people or time to make this work in the way that we would like it to.

One of the things that happens is that people treat the mental health service as a service that can fix you up in the same way that casualty will fix a broken leg. i.e. you go along and they do something and you come out better. Mental health is much more about them helping you to see things in a different light. It is much more of a collaborative effort between the patient and the service.

It sounds as though you may not get a diagnosis in the short term. Perhaps you would benefit from treating yourself as though you had a mild form of the condition? If you are worried about this then you could talk to your GP about it. There is nothing that I have read in the Valerie Gaus book that would give me any cause for concern. there are no wacky crazy things that it would have you do. There are just some sensible suggestions for practical things that you can do to practice and develop your skills. It is much more targeted at people with these difficulties than a normal self help book and it doesn't promise to transform your life!

The NHS are very short of cash so they have to prioritise everything so that the worst affected people get seen more urgently. Also, I don't see many people really praising the service they get from the mental health side of the system. In the past, they have relied too much on drugs. Now that CBT is all the rage they simply don't have enough (skilled) people or time to make this work in the way that we would like it to.

One of the things that happens is that people treat the mental health service as a service that can fix you up in the same way that casualty will fix a broken leg. i.e. you go along and they do something and you come out better. Mental health is much more about them helping you to see things in a different light. It is much more of a collaborative effort between the patient and the service.

It sounds as though you may not get a diagnosis in the short term. Perhaps you would benefit from treating yourself as though you had a mild form of the condition? If you are worried about this then you could talk to your GP about it. There is nothing that I have read in the Valerie Gaus book that would give me any cause for concern. there are no wacky crazy things that it would have you do. There are just some sensible suggestions for practical things that you can do to practice and develop your skills. It is much more targeted at people with these difficulties than a normal self help book and it doesn't promise to transform your life!