Possible neuropsychology evalutation

[Anonymous]

Has anyone tried the following two places for assessment? They seem to accept insurance.

http://www.mybraindoc.com/services

http://gaithersburgpsychologist.net/services/assessment/

[Anonymous]

I haven't but that's interesting, thanks for posting! I constantly read pretty much no one but the hospitals takes insurance for neuropsych exams. Is it perhaps because they are based in Gaithersburg?

I think we need a neurospcyh soon (only psycho-ed so far), but when I was looking for OT, I found that places in the 'burbs were more likely to take insurance than places in DC (couldn't find any in DC that take insurance). A high rent thing maybe?

So long story short, here's a bump. Hope you get some responses!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone tried the following two places for assessment? They seem to accept insurance.

http://www.mybraindoc.com/services

http://gaithersburgpsychologist.net/services/assessment/

Op I've never heard of either. That said, Dr.Smith from the mybraindoc place is a psychiatrist, not psychologist. Psychiatrists are medical doctors, they do therapy and prescribe medication. They do not do evaluations - not the ones I know of at least. And not from all that I have read and experienced over the last 10 years of being in the ADHD world.

A psychologist is what you want to see when getting a neuropsych evaluation, not a medical doctor.

The place in G'Burg on the other hand has only Psychologists, that is who I would go to in a heartbeat of the brain doc guy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone tried the following two places for assessment? They seem to accept insurance.

http://www.mybraindoc.com/services

http://gaithersburgpsychologist.net/services/assessment/

Op I've never heard of either. That said, Dr.Smith from the mybraindoc place is a psychiatrist, not psychologist. Psychiatrists are medical doctors, they do therapy and prescribe medication. They do not do evaluations - not the ones I know of at least. And not from all that I have read and experienced over the last 10 years of being in the ADHD world.

A psychologist is what you want to see when getting a neuropsych evaluation, not a medical doctor.

The place in G'Burg on the other hand has only Psychologists, that is who I would go to in a heartbeat of the brain doc guy.

OP here, actually I got to the brain doc site because there is a guy there Dr. Paul Frey, who is a clinical psychologist that takes my insurance. I'm not sure why his info doesn't appear on the website.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I haven't but that's interesting, thanks for posting! I constantly read pretty much no one but the hospitals takes insurance for neuropsych exams. Is it perhaps because they are based in Gaithersburg?

I think we need a neurospcyh soon (only psycho-ed so far), but when I was looking for OT, I found that places in the 'burbs were more likely to take insurance than places in DC (couldn't find any in DC that take insurance). A high rent thing maybe?

So long story short, here's a bump. Hope you get some responses!

Thanks, I've been looking extremely hard.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone tried the following two places for assessment? They seem to accept insurance.

http://www.mybraindoc.com/services

http://gaithersburgpsychologist.net/services/assessment/

Op I've never heard of either. That said, Dr.Smith from the mybraindoc place is a psychiatrist, not psychologist. Psychiatrists are medical doctors, they do therapy and prescribe medication. They do not do evaluations - not the ones I know of at least. And not from all that I have read and experienced over the last 10 years of being in the ADHD world.

A psychologist is what you want to see when getting a neuropsych evaluation, not a medical doctor.

The place in G'Burg on the other hand has only Psychologists, that is who I would go to in a heartbeat of the brain doc guy.

OP here, actually I got to the brain doc site because there is a guy there Dr. Paul Frey, who is a clinical psychologist that takes my insurance. I'm not sure why his info doesn't appear on the website.

Haven't heard of Paul Frey either. Google shows very little info on the guy. Honestly I would go to the group in Gaithersburg. My son is 13 and has had 3 evaluations so I know what to look for, and the group in G'Burg seems to have more to offer. I am basing that just on their website, but the fact that they have a number of psychologists to choose from is already a positive in my opinion.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone tried the following two places for assessment? They seem to accept insurance.

http://www.mybraindoc.com/services

http://gaithersburgpsychologist.net/services/assessment/

Op I've never heard of either. That said, Dr.Smith from the mybraindoc place is a psychiatrist, not psychologist. Psychiatrists are medical doctors, they do therapy and prescribe medication. They do not do evaluations - not the ones I know of at least. And not from all that I have read and experienced over the last 10 years of being in the ADHD world.

A psychologist is what you want to see when getting a neuropsych evaluation, not a medical doctor.

The place in G'Burg on the other hand has only Psychologists, that is who I would go to in a heartbeat of the brain doc guy.

Ok I got a better feeling from that place also.
OP here, actually I got to the brain doc site because there is a guy there Dr. Paul Frey, who is a clinical psychologist that takes my insurance. I'm not sure why his info doesn't appear on the website.

Haven't heard of Paul Frey either. Google shows very little info on the guy. Honestly I would go to the group in Gaithersburg. My son is 13 and has had 3 evaluations so I know what to look for, and the group in G'Burg seems to have more to offer. I am basing that just on their website, but the fact that they have a number of psychologists to choose from is already a positive in my opinion.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone tried the following two places for assessment? They seem to accept insurance.

http://www.mybraindoc.com/services

http://gaithersburgpsychologist.net/services/assessment/

Op I've never heard of either. That said, Dr.Smith from the mybraindoc place is a psychiatrist, not psychologist. Psychiatrists are medical doctors, they do therapy and prescribe medication. They do not do evaluations - not the ones I know of at least. And not from all that I have read and experienced over the last 10 years of being in the ADHD world.

A psychologist is what you want to see when getting a neuropsych evaluation, not a medical doctor.

The place in G'Burg on the other hand has only Psychologists, that is who I would go to in a heartbeat of the brain doc guy.

OP here, actually I got to the brain doc site because there is a guy there Dr. Paul Frey, who is a clinical psychologist that takes my insurance. I'm not sure why his info doesn't appear on the website.

Haven't heard of Paul Frey either. Google shows very little info on the guy. Honestly I would go to the group in Gaithersburg. My son is 13 and has had 3 evaluations so I know what to look for, and the group in G'Burg seems to have more to offer. I am basing that just on their website, but the fact that they have a number of psychologists to choose from is already a positive in my opinion.

Yes I agree