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Can a child be diagnosed with a mental illness or personality disorder?
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Yes: Unfortunately, young children do have such problems, but can be very difficult to diagnose. Properly this should be done , if necessary by a trained pediatric professional.
Answered 6/28/2015
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Yes.: Obviously, a skilled mental health physician needs to make this type of diagnosis -- but that's what we are trained to do.
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