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[quote=Anonymous]Alvord Baker (in Silver Spring and Rockville) is a practice of psychologists who do behavior modification.  It is hit or miss, depending on who you get.  The person we got didn't work for us but I have a friend who loves them.  I don't know the psychiatrist you are referring to but I don't think that you can expect a psychiatrist to advise you on behaviors -- their area of expertise is medication.  Some do therapy as well but most are experts in how the medications work, etc.  There was even an article recently in the NYT with an older psychiatrist lamenting that he can't do therapy anymore and all he does is prescribe due to insurance rules, etc.  We see an excellent psychiatrist who tries to advise on behavior but all she does is suggest magic 1-2-3 over and over (which doesn't work for us either).  I think that it is important that the psychiatrist "get" your child so that he/she can understand exactly what is going on and prescribe the right medicine.  But if you aren't going the medicine route, you are much better off with a behavioral psychologist.  Or, depending on the issues, you may need both.[/quote]

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