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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 367381" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>Hi and welcome!!~ </p><p></p><p>I read many familiar things in your post and unfortunately, my son is now in the juvenile justice system and has been for several years. He is 15yo but started having issues similiar to what you describe at 11yo. I believe he does have a mood disorder, they run in my family. However, the current people in control of our lives- courts and parole officer (his, I haven't broken the law), and the psychiatrist at his last juvenile facility do not. Never mind that two state expert psychiatrists felt he needs mental health treatment, along with staff at a private psychiatric hospital. </p><p></p><p>I would strongly agree and urge you to get a multi-discipline evaluation done (usually in concurrence with or right after neuropsychological testing) at the best place you can find before he does get in the juvenile system. For one, if he ends up in the system this can help push for appropriate sanctions, and 2) once in that system, these people can take over so much that it will not be as easy to get the evaluation or follow the recommendations resulting from it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 367381, member: 3699"] Hi and welcome!!~ I read many familiar things in your post and unfortunately, my son is now in the juvenile justice system and has been for several years. He is 15yo but started having issues similiar to what you describe at 11yo. I believe he does have a mood disorder, they run in my family. However, the current people in control of our lives- courts and parole officer (his, I haven't broken the law), and the psychiatrist at his last juvenile facility do not. Never mind that two state expert psychiatrists felt he needs mental health treatment, along with staff at a private psychiatric hospital. I would strongly agree and urge you to get a multi-discipline evaluation done (usually in concurrence with or right after neuropsychological testing) at the best place you can find before he does get in the juvenile system. For one, if he ends up in the system this can help push for appropriate sanctions, and 2) once in that system, these people can take over so much that it will not be as easy to get the evaluation or follow the recommendations resulting from it. [/QUOTE]
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