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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 317858" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Hi and welcome. Sorry you have to be there.</p><p></p><p>First off, in my opinion this is way over-the-top for just being ODD. </p><p></p><p>We adopted an eleven year old boy who ended up having antisocial personality disorder and we were told flat out that he had the three red flags for this serious problem. They are: firestarting, cruelty to animals and pottying inappropriately. This child has two out of three. He really needs professional help. It's beyond what you and his mother can do in my opinion. It could escalate as he gets older. I'd want him to be under the care of a good psychiatrist AND psycologist after a neuropsychologist assessment. Yes, I know it's a lot, but he sounds very troubled.</p><p></p><p> It sounds as if his life has been very unstable and that family has serious mental health problems (on both biological sides? Where is birthfather?) and that a lot of people have come and gone in his life, which is going to make things even worse. ODD rarely stands alone, and we parents are often not that objective about diagnosing our kids. Than, again, some of us guess better than the professionals!</p><p></p><p>Can you please give us some background on where you live? Has any of mom's partners abused her or the boy and did he see it, if she was the one abused? I really think that on top of scheduling a neuropsychologist assessment, you need to get him into therapy too. In fact, it sounds like the entire family could use it. Is bio. mom getting help for Borderline (BPD)? Borderline (BPD) is very hard to live with and to deal with. </p><p></p><p>Whatever you decide to do, I wish you all the best. Others will come along. It can be slow on the weekends.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 317858, member: 1550"] Hi and welcome. Sorry you have to be there. First off, in my opinion this is way over-the-top for just being ODD. We adopted an eleven year old boy who ended up having antisocial personality disorder and we were told flat out that he had the three red flags for this serious problem. They are: firestarting, cruelty to animals and pottying inappropriately. This child has two out of three. He really needs professional help. It's beyond what you and his mother can do in my opinion. It could escalate as he gets older. I'd want him to be under the care of a good psychiatrist AND psycologist after a neuropsychologist assessment. Yes, I know it's a lot, but he sounds very troubled. It sounds as if his life has been very unstable and that family has serious mental health problems (on both biological sides? Where is birthfather?) and that a lot of people have come and gone in his life, which is going to make things even worse. ODD rarely stands alone, and we parents are often not that objective about diagnosing our kids. Than, again, some of us guess better than the professionals! Can you please give us some background on where you live? Has any of mom's partners abused her or the boy and did he see it, if she was the one abused? I really think that on top of scheduling a neuropsychologist assessment, you need to get him into therapy too. In fact, it sounds like the entire family could use it. Is bio. mom getting help for Borderline (BPD)? Borderline (BPD) is very hard to live with and to deal with. Whatever you decide to do, I wish you all the best. Others will come along. It can be slow on the weekends. [/QUOTE]
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