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[quote=tabira]Looking for a psychiatric provider for my kid, I have had it with professionals (mainly NPs) who started out in non-psych fields, not wanting to tell me about length of their psych experience. Have you seen this?

It's not one provider or group, it's every single group/office I have talked to and I have talked to a lot.

They either don't have Psychology Today profile, or their PT profile and profile on their group's web site very carefully omits this piece of info.

Ask them? I have. Never gotten a good response. Just today, front office staff said what I can find publicly is all there is. This NP has a lot of non-psych experience listed. Manager kept repeating total length of experience. She IM'ed the provider asking for psych experience. Same response from the provider, total 20 years. Manager explained how great the provider she is. Ultimately said to choose another provider, if I was not comfortable. When asked can I know about their experience, said I should come in for the first visit and ask!! A quick consult to gauge fitness, ask questions she said is not something they do at all. I have heard this before.

I can't even find a way to verify and find the date of PMHNP license. Anybody knows? For RNs it is easier.

I am glad of vast inflow of providers (latest I heard is physician's assistants), but it's unethical and unprofessional, if not illegal, to go to this length to hide lack of experience.

A final plug - if you know of a psychiatric MD or NP for adolescents with at least 5 years of experience who is taking patients, in North DC, Montgomery County MD, Columbia, or aroud McLean, Reston, Vienna, Arlington, please please DM me. Taking insurance would be nice, but if not fine, as I have become a total beggar not a chooser in this process.[/quote]

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