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<blockquote data-quote="FlowerGarden" data-source="post: 167646" data-attributes="member: 3068"><p>I'm not sure of the ages of your children. We never called the police until our difficult child was in high school. It was at the advice of his psychiatrist and the therapist we had said the same thing. </p><p></p><p>We've called the police saying we needed someone to help calm him down and we called to say that we needed to get him to the ER. At times, he even called the police himself! Twice when called to get him to the ER, he wound up getting arrested.</p><p></p><p>Finally the last arrest and hospitalization helped us. He made progress with the psychiatrist there, got registered with the state for mental health help and got put on probation.</p><p></p><p>Having to see him stand in front of the judge is heartbreaking but he is following the judge's orders. It is no longer OUR orders, it takes the blame off us.</p><p></p><p>I've been told by several doctors & hospital staff that the state of NJ is the worst state to try to get mental health help for an adolescent. There are so many rules and regulations that actual put the kids in charge of their own mental health. There are actually kids on waiting lists. It took many years for us to get results from the system.</p><p></p><p>Luckily for us, we are finally in the position of having the NJ mental health system going our way. </p><p></p><p>Calling the police is a hard decision. </p><p> </p><p>Wishing you the strength you need to figure out what is best for your children.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FlowerGarden, post: 167646, member: 3068"] I'm not sure of the ages of your children. We never called the police until our difficult child was in high school. It was at the advice of his psychiatrist and the therapist we had said the same thing. We've called the police saying we needed someone to help calm him down and we called to say that we needed to get him to the ER. At times, he even called the police himself! Twice when called to get him to the ER, he wound up getting arrested. Finally the last arrest and hospitalization helped us. He made progress with the psychiatrist there, got registered with the state for mental health help and got put on probation. Having to see him stand in front of the judge is heartbreaking but he is following the judge's orders. It is no longer OUR orders, it takes the blame off us. I've been told by several doctors & hospital staff that the state of NJ is the worst state to try to get mental health help for an adolescent. There are so many rules and regulations that actual put the kids in charge of their own mental health. There are actually kids on waiting lists. It took many years for us to get results from the system. Luckily for us, we are finally in the position of having the NJ mental health system going our way. Calling the police is a hard decision. Wishing you the strength you need to figure out what is best for your children. [/QUOTE]
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