To ask if a medical report said

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“She doesn’t quite meet the criteria for x condition. Would you take this to mean the person nearly meets the criteria for the full condition. Not to drip feed it’s a mental health condition for my young adult child.

Yes, id interpret it in the same way you did.

Thank you that’s what I’m thinking she’s very upset however.

I would take it to mean that she has some symptoms / characteristics etc of the condition but not enough to officially diagnose it .
Can you ask the person who did the assessment for clarification ?

That is how I would read it too.
The label does not matter. What matters is your DD gets help with the symptoms that are causing her distress. Not having a particular diagnosis can be a good thing, especially if it is something like BPD.

Thanks all that’s the thing because of this they pushing her into group therapy which she feels won’t work for her.

I would say she doesn't have it as she doesn't have all of the symptoms/ criteria

It might be worth gently encouraging her to try the group therapy. If it is being offered, then the MH team feel that it is the best way forward. I have done group many times. Everyone craps themselves at the start... but I figure you end up stuck if you don't push yourself.

Could she request not to do group therapy? I asked not to and had 12 weeks of individual instead. Obviously depends what is on offer/which service it is etc.

No it’s group of nothing unfortunately

Can you afford to find her private 1:1 in addition to the group? I agree she might find benefit in the group but perhaps also in 1:1.

I would also encourage her to do group. It's awful to begin with ime, but I found it really really helped me gain perspective and overcome issues that had been plaguing me for 15+ years. I'd had 1-1 (lots of it) before finally doing group and I can honestly say group is what helped me finally break the cycle.

She has asd as well which unfortunately the team make no allowances for. So it’s a hard one .I have encouraged her to do and I think she would be more likely to if they were more understanding to her needs.