How Can We Diagnose Whether My Child Had a Mental Health Condition or Not? from Floyd Harney's blog

Once you suspect that your child has a mental health condition, it is only natural that you will want to take all of the steps necessary to get it diagnosed and help them get some of the treatment they deserve. This can seem like an uphill battle when it comes down to things, but the first step is to see a healthcare professional to help you out as well. Mental health conditions in children will be diagnosed and then treated based on the symptoms the child has and the daily l ife of the child as well. 

To make a diagnosis, the healthcare professional could suggest that you and your child go to a specialist. This can be a number of mental healthcare professionals, based on what needs the most care and attention. Some of the steps that can be seen during this process will include:

# A complete medical exam to check on the child and look over their medical history. 

# A look at any history of emotional or physical trauma to see whether that has caused some of the issues. 

# Family history to learn if there are some mental or physical health problems to worry about. 

# A review of all the concerns or symptoms that the parents may have concerning their child. 

# A timeline of how the child has matured to get a better idea of how long this problem may have been going on. 

# School history to see if some of the mental health conditions have shown up there. 

# A talk with the parents to learn some more information. 

# Talking with the child for some time to watch their behavior and see what is going on. 

# There will be a number of mental health tests and even lots of questions for the parents and the child to see what is going on and to really help diagnose the problem properly. The amount of work that is going to be done can depend on the severity of the problem. 

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