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Can a Nurse provide a Autism Diagnosis? (Adult)

Goatworshiper

I've got a draft of a report and I'm sorting out mistakes (for which there is many). I'm just wondering if a Nurse can diagnose autism or not?

I've been assesed by a Specialist Registrar, Clinical Nurse Specialist, 2xCommunity Nurses and a Higher Assistant Psychologist. I've never seen the Consultant Psychiatrist.

The report is written by a community nurse. Is this normal?

Top and bottom of this is unless I get a developmental interview conducted by someone who knew me aged 4/5 they won't say either way. Despite me telling them I didn't want my parents involved at the start (and them telling me that was ok).

I was also promised a feedback session at the end of assesment period regardless of outcome. This now seems to be convieniently forgotten about now I have "difficult" questions. 

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  • I asked for a meeting with the diagnosis team as I was unhappy at the second draft report and ended up seing the consultant and one of the team. Basically I'm unhappy I will only get a diagnosis if they do a developmental interview with my parent. So I told the consultant.

    I asked the consultant to go over my childhood medical records instead, which they seemed happy to do. I'm also getting an EQ test, ADHD Test and a Schiziod personality test. It all seems a bit daunting. Apparently I will also get another appontment by August. 

    It seems very strange I was going to be discharged (it was in the draft report) until I had a moan about it.

    Has anyone else had similar experiences?

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  • I asked for a meeting with the diagnosis team as I was unhappy at the second draft report and ended up seing the consultant and one of the team. Basically I'm unhappy I will only get a diagnosis if they do a developmental interview with my parent. So I told the consultant.

    I asked the consultant to go over my childhood medical records instead, which they seemed happy to do. I'm also getting an EQ test, ADHD Test and a Schiziod personality test. It all seems a bit daunting. Apparently I will also get another appontment by August. 

    It seems very strange I was going to be discharged (it was in the draft report) until I had a moan about it.

    Has anyone else had similar experiences?

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