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Fisrt visit at psychiatric hospital yesterday
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<blockquote data-quote="Andy" data-source="post: 204153" data-attributes="member: 5096"><p>You are doing a GREAT job. Stay Strong!</p><p> </p><p>I wanted to mention one thing that may help when he does come home. My difficult child stated he was homesick for the psychiatric hospital when he came home. The psychiatric hospital has such a strict structure that returning to home life was weird for him after two weeks. We decided to implement the bedtime routine to be exactly like the psychiatric hospital schedule. I think it was shower, down time with snack, brush teeth, lights out. You may want to ask the staff for their exact schedule. It will make night time at home easier.</p><p> </p><p>As for a discharge date, try talking in terms of "we are trying to find ways to make your life easier. Once you have learned the tools the staff is teaching you to stay in control and not get so upset and once the doctors figure out if you need medication and what they may be, then you can come home." I had it a little easier since my difficult child was 11 yrs old and had asked for the hospitalization.</p><p> </p><p>If he knows there are goals to be met that know one knows the exact date maybe he can start working on those. However, he is so young to understand that kind of stuff. Ask the staff what terms they are using to get him to comply with psychiatric hospital rules.</p><p> </p><p>Keep up the good work and keep us updated.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andy, post: 204153, member: 5096"] You are doing a GREAT job. Stay Strong! I wanted to mention one thing that may help when he does come home. My difficult child stated he was homesick for the psychiatric hospital when he came home. The psychiatric hospital has such a strict structure that returning to home life was weird for him after two weeks. We decided to implement the bedtime routine to be exactly like the psychiatric hospital schedule. I think it was shower, down time with snack, brush teeth, lights out. You may want to ask the staff for their exact schedule. It will make night time at home easier. As for a discharge date, try talking in terms of "we are trying to find ways to make your life easier. Once you have learned the tools the staff is teaching you to stay in control and not get so upset and once the doctors figure out if you need medication and what they may be, then you can come home." I had it a little easier since my difficult child was 11 yrs old and had asked for the hospitalization. If he knows there are goals to be met that know one knows the exact date maybe he can start working on those. However, he is so young to understand that kind of stuff. Ask the staff what terms they are using to get him to comply with psychiatric hospital rules. Keep up the good work and keep us updated. [/QUOTE]
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