My dad and I were talking recently, and he brought up something that I think would send me down a good career path, but I’m not sure what career exactly. I’ve been pursuing research psychology to the best of my ability (I have mental health issues along with autism so it hasn’t been easy), but my dad brought up that I am very good at analyzing mental health cases and coming up with potential diagnoses. I think this would be a better fit for me as opposed to just doing research. I have a personal investment in it as well, as for the most part, mental health workers have really helped me. However, I looked up who makes psychiatric disorder diagnoses, and it seems to be people in two career paths: psychiatrists and clinical psychologists. Both of these career paths seem like they need you to be people-oriented and good with social skills, something I am really not good at. I would rather just evaluate someone’s symptoms and potentially their scores on different tests, and make a diagnosis/diagnoses based on all of the information I was presented with. I would not want to work with them as a therapist, but maybe refer them to mental health counselors who were better at working with people than I am. Is there such a career, or does making a diagnosis come with administering therapy and/or medication?
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AQ Score: 46 out of 50
EQ Score: 5 out of 80
RDOS Score: Your neurodiverse (Aspie) score: 145 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 51 of 200
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19 Jan 2020, 1:52 am
maybe?
