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Hello,

I'm 30 years old and have been struggling significantly with my mental health for nearly 2 years.

After being hospitalised 3 times last year I am now working with a psychologist at my CMHT on a weekly basis. The psychiatrist has asked him to consider underlying issues as my depression/anxiety do not seem to improve, but are very reactive to current circumstances.

Four weeks ago he referred me for an ASD assessment, suspecting that as my problems go back as long as I can remember that I may have High Functioning Autism (Aspergers).

However, I have since heard that the funding has been removed for adult assessment.

What do I do now?

I can't find any info online about who to be asked to be referred to now. If I can't be assessed on NHS,  how do I go about getting a private assessment?

Thanks for reading.

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    Ok, that makes some sort of sense although I am confused by the way that the CMHT are treating you. I was under the impression that mental health treatment would be different for someone with autism and that they would need to identify whether or not you were autistic before they would be able to decide how best to treat you.

    Have you done the free online test aspergerstest.net/.../ ? This gives a reasonably reliable suggestion of whether you might be on the spectrum.

    When I suspected that I was on the spectrum I read a book "Living well on the spectrum" by Valerie Gaus. I identified with much of the description of the way ASD people think and it agreed with my suspicions. It also provides a positive way of dealing with the condition. I recommend the book highly.

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  • Former Member
    Former Member

    Ok, that makes some sort of sense although I am confused by the way that the CMHT are treating you. I was under the impression that mental health treatment would be different for someone with autism and that they would need to identify whether or not you were autistic before they would be able to decide how best to treat you.

    Have you done the free online test aspergerstest.net/.../ ? This gives a reasonably reliable suggestion of whether you might be on the spectrum.

    When I suspected that I was on the spectrum I read a book "Living well on the spectrum" by Valerie Gaus. I identified with much of the description of the way ASD people think and it agreed with my suspicions. It also provides a positive way of dealing with the condition. I recommend the book highly.

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