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<blockquote data-quote="WNC Gal" data-source="post: 56988" data-attributes="member: 3783"><p>Thank you all for your words of wisdom and insight... it is heartening to know that so many other parents are in small towns too... </p><p></p><p>About my daughter's wishes: it varies - sometimes she insists that we tell her friends, coaches, teachers, etc. that she is away at a new "private school". But when she has returned home from the phospital, she told many friends all about it. Also, when she was self-injuring last fall, she made no attempt to hide her scars -even flaunted them. I think it has more to do with attention-seeking (for manipulative purposes) than being comfortable with her "diagnosis" - which we are still unsure of.</p><p></p><p>I think I will try out the neurochemical disorder or metabolic disorder explanation in the future. If they ask for more details, I can truthfully tell them her doctor is ordering an MRI and other testing and trying to determine the cause of her symptoms and that we really don't have a definitive diagnosis yet.</p><p></p><p>The main issues that I will try to avoid discussing are the suicidality and "mentally ill" which is VERY frightening to parents without difficult children. I'm becoming less worried about the medications - as you all pointed out, many kids take medications for ADHD, and more and more for depression, etc.</p><p></p><p>Now to figure out explaining WHERE she is. I know the response I will get if I disclose that she is at a locked psychiatric hospital (PRTF) </p><p></p><p>A specialty school to address her medical needs....</p><p>A private year round boarding school....</p><p>A long term care hospital while she is stabilized</p><p>A year round school out of town</p><p>An academic program to address her emotional challenges...</p><p></p><p>What do you think?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WNC Gal, post: 56988, member: 3783"] Thank you all for your words of wisdom and insight... it is heartening to know that so many other parents are in small towns too... About my daughter's wishes: it varies - sometimes she insists that we tell her friends, coaches, teachers, etc. that she is away at a new "private school". But when she has returned home from the phospital, she told many friends all about it. Also, when she was self-injuring last fall, she made no attempt to hide her scars -even flaunted them. I think it has more to do with attention-seeking (for manipulative purposes) than being comfortable with her "diagnosis" - which we are still unsure of. I think I will try out the neurochemical disorder or metabolic disorder explanation in the future. If they ask for more details, I can truthfully tell them her doctor is ordering an MRI and other testing and trying to determine the cause of her symptoms and that we really don't have a definitive diagnosis yet. The main issues that I will try to avoid discussing are the suicidality and "mentally ill" which is VERY frightening to parents without difficult children. I'm becoming less worried about the medications - as you all pointed out, many kids take medications for ADHD, and more and more for depression, etc. Now to figure out explaining WHERE she is. I know the response I will get if I disclose that she is at a locked psychiatric hospital (PRTF) A specialty school to address her medical needs.... A private year round boarding school.... A long term care hospital while she is stabilized A year round school out of town An academic program to address her emotional challenges... What do you think? [/QUOTE]
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