autism and BESD

My pet gripe as a health professional is the persistence in using acronyms to hide things. It did get better initially when we were expected to copy letters to patients, but it's still not great.

It would be far more useful to have in the record:

Behaviour issues: (list or examples)

Emotional issues: (list or examples)

Social issues: (list or examples)

Why? Not just for families/caregivers but also for other involved health professionals. I used to do detailed notes in my assessment that could have been "summarising the flaming obvious" but many times GPs would thank me for succinct life course summaries that helped them focus on patient identified concerns.

Fortunately got my own GP well trained here in NZ. He has coded my SD16 has an ASD diagnosis, who did the diagnosis and the date. He's "front pages" it so it comes up in secondary care records so if she's injured and acting out they don't assume psychosis

My pet gripe as a health professional is the persistence in using acronyms to hide things. It did get better initially when we were expected to copy letters to patients, but it's still not great.

It would be far more useful to have in the record:

Behaviour issues: (list or examples)

Emotional issues: (list or examples)

Social issues: (list or examples)

Why? Not just for families/caregivers but also for other involved health professionals. I used to do detailed notes in my assessment that could have been "summarising the flaming obvious" but many times GPs would thank me for succinct life course summaries that helped them focus on patient identified concerns.

Fortunately got my own GP well trained here in NZ. He has coded my SD16 has an ASD diagnosis, who did the diagnosis and the date. He's "front pages" it so it comes up in secondary care records so if she's injured and acting out they don't assume psychosis