Originally Posted by ultramarina
I do have a friend who is a child psych, but when I had a long conversation with her about DD, her opinion was that it was giftedness and nothing else. She also does not really believe in therapy for children under 10. (Interesting position for a child psych, but she is also a professor.)

I think that many of the problems that child psychiatrists see involve dysfunction the entire family (poor coping skills) and are not just a child problem.