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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 238272" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>Sending hugs and lots of support to you. Remember to call the local Ronald McDonald house to ask if you can stay there. They are really wonderful, and so helpful when you have to drive a long way to a hospital of any kind.</p><p></p><p>psychiatric hospital stays vary depending on the type of psychiatric hospital. Acute psychiatric hospital's keep them for a MAX of 7-10 days. There are long-term phosps that will keep a child for longer. My son was in one the first time he went to a psychiatric hospital. He stayed for 4 months. We had some very severe, very drastic issues with violence toward others and he NEEDED to stay there that long.</p><p></p><p>Put your request for the sleep deprived EEG, sleep study, Occupational Therapist (OT) evaluation for Sensory Integration Disorder (SID), neuropsychologist testing ALL in WRITING. If possible get a signature on an identical copy so you can prove that they got the request. Not sure you can force them to do the testing, but it will take away the "we didn't know" excuse.</p><p></p><p>The first couple of nights will be hard. It is probably a good thing to try and help him become LESS dependent on you, and more independent. learning to comfort yourself, and to do things for yourself is very freeing, and it really builds confidence. You could use this psychiatric hospital visit to start with that. Also, look up what it means to be "enmeshed" or "'codependent". Parents and kids can do that, and it is not good in the long run for either of them. Star could tell you a LOT about that.</p><p></p><p>I hope this visit isn't traumatic, though the first time you leave him probably will be. But overall our kids usually do very well at the psychiatric hospital because the extremely structured atmosphere there is somehow comforting to many of our kids.</p><p></p><p>Hugs to all of you,</p><p></p><p>Susie</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 238272, member: 1233"] Sending hugs and lots of support to you. Remember to call the local Ronald McDonald house to ask if you can stay there. They are really wonderful, and so helpful when you have to drive a long way to a hospital of any kind. psychiatric hospital stays vary depending on the type of psychiatric hospital. Acute psychiatric hospital's keep them for a MAX of 7-10 days. There are long-term phosps that will keep a child for longer. My son was in one the first time he went to a psychiatric hospital. He stayed for 4 months. We had some very severe, very drastic issues with violence toward others and he NEEDED to stay there that long. Put your request for the sleep deprived EEG, sleep study, Occupational Therapist (OT) evaluation for Sensory Integration Disorder (SID), neuropsychologist testing ALL in WRITING. If possible get a signature on an identical copy so you can prove that they got the request. Not sure you can force them to do the testing, but it will take away the "we didn't know" excuse. The first couple of nights will be hard. It is probably a good thing to try and help him become LESS dependent on you, and more independent. learning to comfort yourself, and to do things for yourself is very freeing, and it really builds confidence. You could use this psychiatric hospital visit to start with that. Also, look up what it means to be "enmeshed" or "'codependent". Parents and kids can do that, and it is not good in the long run for either of them. Star could tell you a LOT about that. I hope this visit isn't traumatic, though the first time you leave him probably will be. But overall our kids usually do very well at the psychiatric hospital because the extremely structured atmosphere there is somehow comforting to many of our kids. Hugs to all of you, Susie [/QUOTE]
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