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<blockquote data-quote="dandelion" data-source="post: 764067" data-attributes="member: 30736"><p>Thank you so much for your insights, I appreciate you sharing your perspective. You are correct that my son has refused treatment, and wasn't willing to be honest with doctors and therapists, at least in the time that he was living at home and attending therapy. We also had a couple of therapists that had no experience with personality disorders, and were confused and defensive when we brought up what the family therapist said about potential ASPD behavior.</p><p></p><p>We live in a state where kids over the age of 13 have the right to refuse psychiatric treatment and no medical release is given to the parent without their consent, so yes, he did withhold the results of his psychiatric evaluation that he had as a teenager. Frankly, during that time, I doubt that he answered the questions honestly in the evaluation, he was not seeking help and was in juvenile detention at the time.</p><p></p><p>I agree that my grandchild would probably benefit from early intervention, but I am not involved in my son nor granddaughter's life at this time, per my son's refusal to communicate with me. I don't even have an address or a phone number for him.</p><p></p><p>Because my son had a chronic illness, he was in therapy very young, but I don't think anyone was thinking about ODD or any kind of behavioral issues at that time, though in hindsight there were some signs early on. At that age, you can't know until years later whether those early signs are actually indicative of ODD/ASPD or something they'll grow out of.</p><p></p><p>I am glad to hear that early intervention was helpful for you, it's wonderful that you have been able to change course and live a functional adult life.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dandelion, post: 764067, member: 30736"] Thank you so much for your insights, I appreciate you sharing your perspective. You are correct that my son has refused treatment, and wasn't willing to be honest with doctors and therapists, at least in the time that he was living at home and attending therapy. We also had a couple of therapists that had no experience with personality disorders, and were confused and defensive when we brought up what the family therapist said about potential ASPD behavior. We live in a state where kids over the age of 13 have the right to refuse psychiatric treatment and no medical release is given to the parent without their consent, so yes, he did withhold the results of his psychiatric evaluation that he had as a teenager. Frankly, during that time, I doubt that he answered the questions honestly in the evaluation, he was not seeking help and was in juvenile detention at the time. I agree that my grandchild would probably benefit from early intervention, but I am not involved in my son nor granddaughter's life at this time, per my son's refusal to communicate with me. I don't even have an address or a phone number for him. Because my son had a chronic illness, he was in therapy very young, but I don't think anyone was thinking about ODD or any kind of behavioral issues at that time, though in hindsight there were some signs early on. At that age, you can't know until years later whether those early signs are actually indicative of ODD/ASPD or something they'll grow out of. I am glad to hear that early intervention was helpful for you, it's wonderful that you have been able to change course and live a functional adult life. [/QUOTE]
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